Import/export HS code 903190: Parts and accessories

Spare parts and accessories for measuring or checking tools and machines

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 £
Germany 74,648,110
United States 62,753,279
Ireland 41,532,770
Italy 21,950,117
France 20,987,057

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 £
Germany 40,133,622 34,514,488 -5,619,134
United States 32,350,473 30,402,806 -1,947,667
Ireland 21,173,220 20,359,550 -813,670
Italy 10,191,114 11,759,003 +1,567,889
France 11,755,831 9,231,226 -2,524,605
China 8,009,324 8,699,200 +689,876
Netherlands 7,244,580 6,609,061 -635,519
Japan 7,160,617 5,840,308 -1,320,309
Canada 6,681,718 5,205,647 -1,476,071
Switzerland 5,915,205 5,841,740 -73,465

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 83,752,260
Germany 55,260,741
Ireland 37,444,939
United Kingdom 36,281,523
China 27,784,205

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 41,970,304 41,781,956 -188,348
Germany 32,545,624 22,715,117 -9,830,507
Ireland 18,547,076 18,897,863 +350,787
United Kingdom 17,650,669 18,630,854 +980,185
China 13,568,646 14,215,559 +646,913
France 6,937,320 8,247,126 +1,309,806
Italy 8,719,187 6,316,767 -2,402,420
Japan 7,983,033 6,312,802 -1,670,231
Canada 6,968,715 4,933,289 -2,035,426
Switzerland 5,522,242 6,207,191 +684,949

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 294
Inner London - West 190
Surrey, East and West Sussex 189
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 156
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 154

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 212 204 -8
Inner London - West 116 127 +11
Surrey, East and West Sussex 142 122 -20
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 127 100 -27
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 103 108 +5
West Midlands 110 95 -15
Greater Manchester 96 90 -6
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 91 89 -2
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 95 82 -13
West Yorkshire 80 73 -7

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 264,075,146
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 85,744,484
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 40,769,769
Other 5,657,645
Road transport 1,052,991

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 133,785,386 130,289,760 -3,495,626
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 39,614,838 46,129,646 +6,514,808
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 23,854,457 16,915,312 -6,939,145
Other 4,248,403 1,409,242 -2,839,161
Road transport 754,408 298,583 -455,825
Rail transport 110,907 4,478 -106,429

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
East Midlands Airport 99,338,485
London Heathrow Airport 72,318,453
London Stansted Airport 37,040,634
Birmingham Airport 34,750,348
Dover 31,765,268

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 £
East Midlands Airport 49,563,485 49,775,000 +211,515
London Heathrow Airport 31,149,170 41,169,283 +10,020,113
London Stansted Airport 20,530,914 16,509,720 -4,021,194
Birmingham Airport 20,668,356 14,081,992 -6,586,364
Dover 16,831,393 14,933,875 -1,897,518
Eurotunnel 7,913,722 6,273,111 -1,640,611
Holyhead 1,369,833 11,810,393 +10,440,560
London Gateway Port 7,682,819 4,759,439 -2,923,380
Thamesport 6,676,766 4,396,187 -2,280,579
Harwich 3,858,770 3,201,419 -657,351

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 558
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 369
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 301
Architectural and engineering activities; technical testing and analysis 226
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment 226

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 483
2025-11 526
2025-10 525
2025-09 545
2025-08 530

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
1m-15m 1335
54m+ 1178
0-1m 407
15m-54m 309
Other 220

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 144,969,795
Ireland 110,767,290
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 93,968,024
Germany 69,948,403
Japan 48,699,261

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 76,442,696 68,527,099 -7,915,597
Ireland 55,332,167 55,435,123 +102,956
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 49,508,833 44,459,191 -5,049,642
Germany 35,036,351 34,912,052 -124,299
Japan 28,666,833 20,032,428 -8,634,405
India 22,063,045 21,453,723 -609,322
China 8,008,340 11,919,153 +3,910,813
France 8,100,328 9,159,938 +1,059,610
South Korea 7,540,917 8,014,255 +473,338
Saudi Arabia 7,322,987 7,251,760 -71,227

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 786,537
Switzerland 490,947
Germany 28,297
China 7,013
Italy 5,772

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 215,031 571,506 +356,475
Switzerland 37 490,910 +490,873
Germany 1,162 27,135 +25,973
China 5,369 1,644 -3,725
Italy 1,324 4,448 +3,124
Czechia 1,706 2,619 +913
France 1,953 1,844 -109
Viet Nam 322 2,302 +1,980
Ireland 0 1,410 +1,410
Sweden 407 958 +551

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 526,405,912
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 193,071,804
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 56,982,399
Other 1,335,611
Road transport 399,972

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 278,746,015 247,659,897 -31,086,118
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 90,520,597 102,551,207 +12,030,610
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 26,609,977 30,372,422 +3,762,445
Other 229,732 1,105,879 +876,147
Road transport 398,040 1,932 -396,108
Rail transport 0 6,154 +6,154

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 291,566,287
East Midlands Airport 151,634,482
Holyhead 94,381,534
Dover / Eurotunnel 76,344,934
London Stansted Airport 27,355,039

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 Heathrow Airport 153,609,948 137,956,339 -15,653,609
East Midlands Airport 80,275,073 71,359,409 -8,915,664
Holyhead 45,411,318 48,970,216 +3,558,898
Dover / Eurotunnel 34,157,352 42,187,582 +8,030,230
London Stansted Airport 12,499,512 14,855,527 +2,356,015
ZLC 15,479,216 11,523,290 -3,955,926
Southampton 9,076,099 12,896,796 +3,820,697
Liverpool Docks 7,404,790 9,752,424 +2,347,634
Dover 5,133,831 5,471,694 +337,863
Warton Aerodrome 4,668,024 4,917,061 +249,037

Quick facts

HS code: 903190

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

Description: Spare parts and accessories for measuring or checking tools and machines