Import/export HS code 902590: Parts for measuring tools

Spare parts and accessories for thermometers, barometers, and similar devices

Why this is important if you are looking for potential customers in the UK:

  • It helps you understand the market size for your product in the UK.
  • It provides you with a list of potential leads who have bought similar products.

* UK only, last 24 months analysed

Imports by country

What this shows: Import market volume by exporter country into the UK.

Top 5 values

Country £
Netherlands 17,930,299
United States 16,974,999
Germany 14,675,251
Viet Nam 14,085,511
China 10,259,513

Countries rank shift: first 12 months vs second 12 months

What this shows: Countries are on both sides of the Sankey. Left side is sorted by first 12-month volume, right side by second 12-month volume, so rank changes are visible from line crossings.

Top 10 values

Country First 12m £ Second 12m £ Delta £
Netherlands 11,581,890 6,348,409 -5,233,481
United States 9,631,038 7,343,961 -2,287,077
Germany 4,906,049 9,769,202 +4,863,153
Viet Nam 6,633,691 7,451,820 +818,129
China 4,947,195 5,312,318 +365,123
Switzerland 1,863,460 1,880,136 +16,676
France 1,957,463 1,061,862 -895,601
Czechia 661,256 1,643,844 +982,588
Italy 969,926 747,535 -222,391
Poland 785,862 927,199 +141,337

Imports by country of origin

What this shows: Import volume by production origin country. Differences from exporter-country data can indicate re-export routes.

Top 5 values

Origin £
United States 31,801,994
Viet Nam 14,142,892
Germany 13,706,049
China 13,118,649
United Kingdom 4,558,006

Country of origin rank shift: first 12 months vs second 12 months

What this shows: Origin countries are on both sides of the Sankey. Left side is sorted by first 12-month import value, right side by second 12-month import value, so rank changes are visible from line crossings.

Top 10 values

Origin First 12m £ Second 12m £ Delta £
United States 19,327,270 12,474,724 -6,852,546
Viet Nam 6,698,270 7,444,622 +746,352
Germany 4,989,837 8,716,212 +3,726,375
China 6,611,324 6,507,325 -103,999
United Kingdom 2,299,880 2,258,126 -41,754
Mexico 1,497,144 2,125,920 +628,776
Italy 917,350 751,159 -166,191
France 712,846 912,913 +200,067
Poland 695,582 840,788 +145,206
Czechia 628,224 733,682 +105,458

Importers across UK regions

What this shows: Number of importing companies by UK ITL2 region.

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 79
Surrey, East and West Sussex 66
Inner London - West 56
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 42
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 39

UK regions rank shift: first 12 months vs second 12 months

What this shows: UK regions are on both sides of the Sankey. Left side is sorted by first 12-month importer count, right side by second 12-month importer count, so rank changes are visible from line crossings.

Top 10 values

UK region First 12m Second 12m Delta
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 49 58 +9
Surrey, East and West Sussex 43 49 +6
Inner London - West 37 37 +0
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 30 22 -8
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 28 28 +0
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 22 25 +3
Greater Manchester 24 23 -1
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 25 27 +2
West Midlands 29 22 -7
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 15 26 +11

Import volume by transport

What this shows: Import value by transport mode used to bring goods into the UK.

Top 5 values

Transport £
Air transport 71,515,529
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 19,775,755
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 10,657,166
Road transport 151,352
Other 101,396

Transport rank shift: first 12 months vs second 12 months

What this shows: Transport modes are on both sides of the Sankey. Left side is sorted by first 12-month import value, right side by second 12-month import value, so rank changes are visible from line crossings.

Top 10 values

Transport First 12m £ Second 12m £ Delta £
Air transport 35,311,238 36,204,291 +893,053
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 11,596,737 8,179,018 -3,417,719
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 5,510,116 5,147,050 -363,066
Road transport 52,791 98,561 +45,770
Other 75,843 25,553 -50,290

Import volume by port

What this shows: Import value handled by each UK port.

Top 5 values

Port £
London Stansted Airport 36,116,607
East Midlands Airport 19,222,304
London Heathrow Airport 7,921,195
Dover 5,930,240
Birmingham Airport 5,895,924

Port rank shift: first 12 months vs second 12 months

What this shows: Ports are on both sides of the Sankey. Left side is sorted by first 12-month import value, right side by second 12-month import value, so rank changes are visible from line crossings.

Top 10 values

Port First 12m £ Second 12m £ Delta £
London Stansted Airport 17,577,089 18,539,518 +962,429
East Midlands Airport 10,208,704 9,013,600 -1,195,104
London Heathrow Airport 3,583,452 4,337,743 +754,291
Dover 1,694,729 4,235,511 +2,540,782
Birmingham Airport 2,561,282 3,334,642 +773,360
Harwich 3,878,542 647,548 -3,230,994
Thamesport 1,985,780 2,039,676 +53,896
Eurotunnel 2,415,236 739,686 -1,675,550
Felixstowe 1,236,210 1,684,692 +448,482
London 1,127,588 878,011 -249,577

Importer companies by SIC division

What this shows: Industry breakdown (SIC divisions) of importing companies.

Top 5 values

SIC Companies
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 200
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 98
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 64
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 55
Manufacture of electrical equipment 49

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 126
2025-11 133
2025-10 160
2025-09 142
2025-08 124

Top importers

What this shows: Companies with the highest number of months traded for this HS code.

Importer company size by revenue band

What this shows: Distribution of importers across company revenue bands.

Top 5 values

Revenue Companies
54m+ 396
1m-15m 330
0-1m 98
15m-54m 80
Other 52

Import seasonality

What this shows: Average monthly import pattern from historical data.

Exports by country

What this shows: Export market volume by destination country from the UK.

Top 5 values

Country £
United States 38,675,401
France 22,637,612
Singapore 12,616,451
Germany 12,060,373
China 10,740,823

Export countries rank shift: first 12 months vs second 12 months

What this shows: Destination countries are on both sides of the Sankey. Left side is sorted by first 12-month export volume, right side by second 12-month export volume, so rank changes are visible from line crossings.

Top 10 values

Country First 12m £ Second 12m £ Delta £
United States 20,594,543 18,080,858 -2,513,685
France 11,765,609 10,872,003 -893,606
Singapore 5,027,219 7,589,232 +2,562,013
Germany 5,677,671 6,382,702 +705,031
China 5,558,499 5,182,324 -376,175
Switzerland 4,364,196 6,325,464 +1,961,268
Netherlands 3,614,117 4,762,562 +1,148,445
India 3,147,125 1,758,479 -1,388,646
Italy 2,214,177 2,040,022 -174,155
Japan 2,336,042 1,445,535 -890,507

Exports by country of origin

What this shows: Export volume by production origin country. For re-exports, indicates where goods originated before UK export.

Top 5 values

Origin £
XI 102,400
United States 12,383
China 5,134
Ireland 1,487
Netherlands 504

Export origin countries rank shift: first 12 months vs second 12 months

What this shows: Origin countries are on both sides of the Sankey. Left side is sorted by first 12-month export value, right side by second 12-month export value, so rank changes are visible from line crossings.

Top 10 values

Origin First 12m £ Second 12m £ Delta £
XI 100,420 1,980 -98,440
United States 12,383 0 -12,383
China 911 4,223 +3,312
Ireland 1,291 196 -1,095
Netherlands 0 504 +504
Germany 220 260 +40
Slovenia 0 383 +383
Czechia 322 0 -322
Italy 0 274 +274
Finland 178 52 -126

Export volume by transport

What this shows: Export value by transport mode used to ship goods from the UK.

Top 5 values

Transport £
Air transport 134,236,186
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 27,585,236
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 15,896,154
Road transport 338,027
Other 147,344

Export transport rank shift: first 12 months vs second 12 months

What this shows: Transport modes are on both sides of the Sankey. Left side is sorted by first 12-month export value, right side by second 12-month export value, so rank changes are visible from line crossings.

Top 10 values

Transport First 12m £ Second 12m £ Delta £
Air transport 66,000,495 68,235,691 +2,235,196
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 13,453,661 14,131,575 +677,914
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 8,334,133 7,562,021 -772,112
Road transport 319,070 18,957 -300,113
Other 128,327 19,017 -109,310

Export volume by port

What this shows: Export value handled by each UK port.

Top 5 values

Port £
London Stansted Airport 48,678,351
East Midlands Airport 41,715,904
Dover / Eurotunnel 25,227,108
London Heathrow Airport 24,056,682
ZLC 17,733,967

Export port rank shift: first 12 months vs second 12 months

What this shows: Ports are on both sides of the Sankey. Left side is sorted by first 12-month export value, right side by second 12-month export value, so rank changes are visible from line crossings.

Top 10 values

Port First 12m £ Second 12m £ Delta £
London Stansted Airport 23,002,684 25,675,667 +2,672,983
East Midlands Airport 21,336,988 20,378,916 -958,072
Dover / Eurotunnel 12,225,328 13,001,780 +776,452
London Heathrow Airport 13,592,318 10,464,364 -3,127,954
ZLC 7,153,828 10,580,139 +3,426,311
Southampton 4,153,303 5,025,529 +872,226
London Gateway Port 2,706,942 1,965,877 -741,065
Dover 898,100 941,937 +43,837
Manchester Airport 995,665 752,449 -243,216
Felixstowe 890,040 426,954 -463,086

Quick facts

HS code: 902590

Coverage: United Kingdom, most metrics for the last 24 months

Description: Spare parts and accessories for thermometers, barometers, and similar devices