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 76,834,994
United States 63,041,897
Ireland 41,720,206
Italy 21,709,605
France 21,234,690

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 40,357,151 36,477,843 -3,879,308
United States 32,884,188 30,157,709 -2,726,479
Ireland 21,206,261 20,513,945 -692,316
Italy 10,533,773 11,175,832 +642,059
France 11,901,266 9,333,424 -2,567,842
China 7,867,340 8,757,378 +890,038
Netherlands 7,040,530 6,791,694 -248,836
Japan 7,311,314 5,606,077 -1,705,237
Canada 6,635,382 5,341,882 -1,293,500
Switzerland 5,586,058 5,663,042 +76,984

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 84,975,094
Germany 55,688,413
Ireland 37,524,502
United Kingdom 36,214,695
China 27,620,078

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 42,383,351 42,591,743 +208,392
Germany 32,068,756 23,619,657 -8,449,099
Ireland 18,296,085 19,228,417 +932,332
United Kingdom 17,422,055 18,792,640 +1,370,585
China 13,612,419 14,007,659 +395,240
France 6,915,765 8,298,459 +1,382,694
Italy 9,151,199 5,784,198 -3,367,001
Japan 8,228,250 6,166,945 -2,061,305
Canada 6,989,894 5,059,405 -1,930,489
Switzerland 5,324,100 5,934,039 +609,939

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
Surrey, East and West Sussex 193
Inner London - West 189
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 159
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 155

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 211 207 -4
Surrey, East and West Sussex 142 126 -16
Inner London - West 114 129 +15
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 103 114 +11
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 128 98 -30
West Midlands 109 96 -13
Greater Manchester 99 86 -13
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 91 86 -5
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 99 78 -21
West Yorkshire 74 75 +1

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 262,460,064
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 87,586,654
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 41,112,920
Other 5,671,396
Road transport 1,091,447

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 133,618,894 128,841,170 -4,777,724
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 39,341,884 48,244,770 +8,902,886
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 24,372,339 16,740,581 -7,631,758
Other 2,948,048 2,723,348 -224,700
Road transport 599,615 491,832 -107,783
Rail transport 94,248 21,137 -73,111

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
East Midlands Airport 99,051,240
London Heathrow Airport 72,503,928
London Stansted Airport 36,806,876
Birmingham Airport 33,257,772
Dover 31,146,027

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 50,116,742 48,934,498 -1,182,244
London Heathrow Airport 31,492,315 41,011,613 +9,519,298
London Stansted Airport 19,486,469 17,320,407 -2,166,062
Birmingham Airport 20,616,496 12,641,276 -7,975,220
Dover 16,576,309 14,569,718 -2,006,591
Holyhead 1,970,775 12,822,637 +10,851,862
Eurotunnel 7,766,860 6,576,636 -1,190,224
London Gateway Port 7,741,192 5,027,511 -2,713,681
Thamesport 6,861,189 4,460,727 -2,400,462
Harwich 3,712,421 3,339,465 -372,956

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 559
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 374
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 297
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment 227
Architectural and engineering activities; technical testing and analysis 222

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 527
2025-10 525
2025-09 545
2025-08 530
2025-07 595

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 1351
54m+ 1185
0-1m 405
15m-54m 307
Other 224

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 146,551,103
Ireland 110,245,385
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 91,836,166
Germany 70,508,273
Japan 48,311,696

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 77,337,628 69,213,475 -8,124,153
Ireland 53,947,227 56,298,158 +2,350,931
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 48,726,681 43,109,485 -5,617,196
Germany 36,713,988 33,794,285 -2,919,703
Japan 28,726,204 19,585,492 -9,140,712
India 22,064,192 21,209,466 -854,726
China 8,250,250 11,803,561 +3,553,311
France 7,930,739 8,879,400 +948,661
South Korea 7,345,702 8,200,333 +854,631
Saudi Arabia 7,133,524 6,174,398 -959,126

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 775,478
China 7,195
XU 4,447
Czechia 4,446
Italy 3,523

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 196,934 578,544 +381,610
China 5,387 1,808 -3,579
XU 3,784 663 -3,121
Czechia 1,407 3,039 +1,632
Italy 2,385 1,138 -1,247
France 1,600 1,672 +72
Germany 1,051 2,134 +1,083
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 523,343,100
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 190,666,051
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 56,683,776
Other 807,764
Road transport 636,247

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 278,337,316 245,005,784 -33,331,532
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 90,353,836 100,312,215 +9,958,379
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 26,361,269 30,322,507 +3,961,238
Other 213,528 594,236 +380,708
Road transport 618,193 18,054 -600,139
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 290,113,809
East Midlands Airport 152,238,677
Holyhead 94,183,911
Dover / Eurotunnel 74,344,978
ZLC 26,819,854

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 154,823,502 135,290,307 -19,533,195
East Midlands Airport 80,234,172 72,004,505 -8,229,667
Holyhead 45,918,049 48,265,862 +2,347,813
Dover / Eurotunnel 35,436,074 38,908,904 +3,472,830
ZLC 14,482,130 12,337,724 -2,144,406
London Stansted Airport 12,420,963 14,017,864 +1,596,901
Southampton 9,276,248 12,119,702 +2,843,454
Liverpool Docks 6,984,109 9,942,948 +2,958,839
Dover 5,044,258 5,478,253 +433,995
Warton Aerodrome 4,525,569 4,109,004 -416,565

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