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90189084 — Optical, photographic and medical instruments

Commodity code 90189084 covers optical, photographic and medical instruments, within HMRC chapter 90 (optical, photographic and medical instruments). 2,612 UK businesses filed customs declarations against this code in the last six months, across 90 counties and 673 towns.

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2,612Businesses trading
90Counties
673Towns
38,953Import declarations

Counties trading under 90189084

Where the businesses using this commodity code are based.

Greater London

32 towns
413 businessesView →

Aberdeen City

1 town
166 businessesView →

Greater Manchester

26 towns
96 businessesView →

Hampshire

29 towns
90 businessesView →

Berkshire

11 towns
87 businessesView →

Hertfordshire

23 towns
81 businessesView →

Surrey

26 towns
68 businessesView →

West Yorkshire

17 towns
67 businessesView →

West Midlands

12 towns
64 businessesView →

Kent

24 towns
62 businessesView →

Essex

22 towns
62 businessesView →

South Yorkshire

13 towns
62 businessesView →

Buckinghamshire

16 towns
60 businessesView →

Oxfordshire

18 towns
58 businessesView →

Cambridgeshire

13 towns
56 businessesView →

Cheshire

15 towns
51 businessesView →

West Sussex

17 towns
50 businessesView →

Leicestershire

12 towns
47 businessesView →

Gloucestershire

18 towns
46 businessesView →

North Yorkshire

13 towns
43 businessesView →

Merseyside

9 towns
38 businessesView →

Nottinghamshire

14 towns
36 businessesView →

Devon

16 towns
35 businessesView →

Derbyshire

14 towns
35 businessesView →

Businesses importing under 90189084

The most active 3 of 2,612. Log in to see them all.

Most active business

BECTON DICKINSON U.K. LIMITED

Wokingham, Berkshire 497 import declarations 109 export declarations RG41 *Ch. 04Ch. 21Ch. 25Ch. 27 Active in 5 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include sterile surgical catgut, similar sterile suture materials, incl. sterile absorbable surgical or dental yarns, and sterile tissue adhesives for surgical wound closure; sterile laminaria and sterile laminaria tents; sterile absorbable surgical or denta, wadding, gauze, bandages and the like, e.g. dressings, adhesive plasters, poultices, impregnated or covered with pharmaceutical substances or put up for retail sale for medical, surgical, dental or veterinary purposes (excl. adhesive dressings and ot.

▼ Expected to slow by 4.7% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity497 in the last 6 months
BECTON DICKINSON U.K. LIMITED — Sep 24: 104 import declarations (historic)BECTON DICKINSON U.K. LIMITED — Oct 24: 102 import declarations (historic)BECTON DICKINSON U.K. LIMITED — Nov 24: 91 import declarations (historic)BECTON DICKINSON U.K. LIMITED — Dec 24: 90 import declarations (historic)BECTON DICKINSON U.K. LIMITED — Jan 25: 97 import declarations (historic)BECTON DICKINSON U.K. LIMITED — Feb 25: 84 import declarations (historic)BECTON DICKINSON U.K. LIMITED — Mar 25: 100 import declarations (historic)BECTON DICKINSON U.K. LIMITED — Apr 25: 99 import declarations (historic)BECTON DICKINSON U.K. LIMITED — May 25: 97 import declarations (historic)BECTON DICKINSON U.K. LIMITED — Jun 25: 103 import declarations (historic)BECTON DICKINSON U.K. LIMITED — Jul 25: 100 import declarations (historic)BECTON DICKINSON U.K. LIMITED — Aug 25: 103 import declarations (historic)BECTON DICKINSON U.K. LIMITED — Sep 25: 102 import declarations (historic)BECTON DICKINSON U.K. LIMITED — Oct 25: 107 import declarations (historic)BECTON DICKINSON U.K. LIMITED — Nov 25: 109 import declarations (historic)BECTON DICKINSON U.K. LIMITED — Dec 25: 93 import declarations (historic)BECTON DICKINSON U.K. LIMITED — Jan 26: 101 import declarations (historic)BECTON DICKINSON U.K. LIMITED — Feb 26: 104 import declarations (historic)BECTON DICKINSON U.K. LIMITED — Mar 26: 98 import declarations (current 6-month window)BECTON DICKINSON U.K. LIMITED — Apr 26: 96 import declarations (current 6-month window)BECTON DICKINSON U.K. LIMITED — May 26: 107 import declarations (current 6-month window)BECTON DICKINSON U.K. LIMITED — Jun 26: 102 import declarations (current 6-month window)BECTON DICKINSON U.K. LIMITED — Jul 26: 94 import declarations (current 6-month window)BECTON DICKINSON U.K. LIMITED — Aug 26: 0 import declarations (current 6-month window)BECTON DICKINSON U.K. LIMITED — Sep 26: 97 import declarations (modelled forecast)BECTON DICKINSON U.K. LIMITED — Oct 26: 102 import declarations (modelled forecast)BECTON DICKINSON U.K. LIMITED — Nov 26: 104 import declarations (modelled forecast)
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity109 in the last 6 months
BECTON DICKINSON U.K. LIMITED — Sep 24: 29 export declarations (historic)BECTON DICKINSON U.K. LIMITED — Oct 24: 21 export declarations (historic)BECTON DICKINSON U.K. LIMITED — Nov 24: 27 export declarations (historic)BECTON DICKINSON U.K. LIMITED — Dec 24: 30 export declarations (historic)BECTON DICKINSON U.K. LIMITED — Jan 25: 24 export declarations (historic)BECTON DICKINSON U.K. LIMITED — Feb 25: 17 export declarations (historic)BECTON DICKINSON U.K. LIMITED — Mar 25: 27 export declarations (historic)BECTON DICKINSON U.K. LIMITED — Apr 25: 26 export declarations (historic)BECTON DICKINSON U.K. LIMITED — May 25: 30 export declarations (historic)BECTON DICKINSON U.K. LIMITED — Jun 25: 30 export declarations (historic)BECTON DICKINSON U.K. LIMITED — Jul 25: 21 export declarations (historic)BECTON DICKINSON U.K. LIMITED — Aug 25: 24 export declarations (historic)BECTON DICKINSON U.K. LIMITED — Sep 25: 19 export declarations (historic)BECTON DICKINSON U.K. LIMITED — Oct 25: 21 export declarations (historic)BECTON DICKINSON U.K. LIMITED — Nov 25: 18 export declarations (historic)BECTON DICKINSON U.K. LIMITED — Dec 25: 23 export declarations (historic)BECTON DICKINSON U.K. LIMITED — Jan 26: 19 export declarations (historic)BECTON DICKINSON U.K. LIMITED — Feb 26: 19 export declarations (historic)BECTON DICKINSON U.K. LIMITED — Mar 26: 23 export declarations (current 6-month window)BECTON DICKINSON U.K. LIMITED — Apr 26: 23 export declarations (current 6-month window)BECTON DICKINSON U.K. LIMITED — May 26: 22 export declarations (current 6-month window)BECTON DICKINSON U.K. LIMITED — Jun 26: 18 export declarations (current 6-month window)BECTON DICKINSON U.K. LIMITED — Jul 26: 23 export declarations (current 6-month window)BECTON DICKINSON U.K. LIMITED — Aug 26: 0 export declarations (current 6-month window)BECTON DICKINSON U.K. LIMITED — Sep 26: 14 export declarations (modelled forecast)BECTON DICKINSON U.K. LIMITED — Oct 26: 16 export declarations (modelled forecast)BECTON DICKINSON U.K. LIMITED — Nov 26: 13 export declarations (modelled forecast)
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Among the most active

PROTO LABS LIMITED

Telford, Shropshire 184 import declarations 420 export declarations TF7 *Ch. 30Ch. 32Ch. 33Ch. 34 Active in 5 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include ceramic troughs, tubs and similar receptacles of a kind used in agriculture; ceramic pots, jars and similar articles of a kind used for the conveyance or packing of goods (excl. general-purpose storage vessels for laboratories, containers for shops a, work holders for machine tools.

▼ Expected to slow by 6.5% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity184 in the last 6 months
PROTO LABS LIMITED — Sep 24: 32 import declarations (historic)PROTO LABS LIMITED — Oct 24: 33 import declarations (historic)PROTO LABS LIMITED — Nov 24: 30 import declarations (historic)PROTO LABS LIMITED — Dec 24: 30 import declarations (historic)PROTO LABS LIMITED — Jan 25: 30 import declarations (historic)PROTO LABS LIMITED — Feb 25: 33 import declarations (historic)PROTO LABS LIMITED — Mar 25: 47 import declarations (historic)PROTO LABS LIMITED — Apr 25: 44 import declarations (historic)PROTO LABS LIMITED — May 25: 39 import declarations (historic)PROTO LABS LIMITED — Jun 25: 31 import declarations (historic)PROTO LABS LIMITED — Jul 25: 37 import declarations (historic)PROTO LABS LIMITED — Aug 25: 42 import declarations (historic)PROTO LABS LIMITED — Sep 25: 34 import declarations (historic)PROTO LABS LIMITED — Oct 25: 44 import declarations (historic)PROTO LABS LIMITED — Nov 25: 29 import declarations (historic)PROTO LABS LIMITED — Dec 25: 35 import declarations (historic)PROTO LABS LIMITED — Jan 26: 35 import declarations (historic)PROTO LABS LIMITED — Feb 26: 38 import declarations (historic)PROTO LABS LIMITED — Mar 26: 43 import declarations (current 6-month window)PROTO LABS LIMITED — Apr 26: 37 import declarations (current 6-month window)PROTO LABS LIMITED — May 26: 37 import declarations (current 6-month window)PROTO LABS LIMITED — Jun 26: 37 import declarations (current 6-month window)PROTO LABS LIMITED — Jul 26: 30 import declarations (current 6-month window)PROTO LABS LIMITED — Aug 26: 0 import declarations (current 6-month window)PROTO LABS LIMITED — Sep 26: 32 import declarations (modelled forecast)PROTO LABS LIMITED — Oct 26: 41 import declarations (modelled forecast)PROTO LABS LIMITED — Nov 26: 27 import declarations (modelled forecast)
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity420 in the last 6 months
PROTO LABS LIMITED — Sep 24: 77 export declarations (historic)PROTO LABS LIMITED — Oct 24: 88 export declarations (historic)PROTO LABS LIMITED — Nov 24: 84 export declarations (historic)PROTO LABS LIMITED — Dec 24: 69 export declarations (historic)PROTO LABS LIMITED — Jan 25: 71 export declarations (historic)PROTO LABS LIMITED — Feb 25: 88 export declarations (historic)PROTO LABS LIMITED — Mar 25: 83 export declarations (historic)PROTO LABS LIMITED — Apr 25: 74 export declarations (historic)PROTO LABS LIMITED — May 25: 75 export declarations (historic)PROTO LABS LIMITED — Jun 25: 73 export declarations (historic)PROTO LABS LIMITED — Jul 25: 79 export declarations (historic)PROTO LABS LIMITED — Aug 25: 70 export declarations (historic)PROTO LABS LIMITED — Sep 25: 74 export declarations (historic)PROTO LABS LIMITED — Oct 25: 74 export declarations (historic)PROTO LABS LIMITED — Nov 25: 76 export declarations (historic)PROTO LABS LIMITED — Dec 25: 61 export declarations (historic)PROTO LABS LIMITED — Jan 26: 79 export declarations (historic)PROTO LABS LIMITED — Feb 26: 80 export declarations (historic)PROTO LABS LIMITED — Mar 26: 89 export declarations (current 6-month window)PROTO LABS LIMITED — Apr 26: 81 export declarations (current 6-month window)PROTO LABS LIMITED — May 26: 86 export declarations (current 6-month window)PROTO LABS LIMITED — Jun 26: 83 export declarations (current 6-month window)PROTO LABS LIMITED — Jul 26: 81 export declarations (current 6-month window)PROTO LABS LIMITED — Aug 26: 0 export declarations (current 6-month window)PROTO LABS LIMITED — Sep 26: 69 export declarations (modelled forecast)PROTO LABS LIMITED — Oct 26: 69 export declarations (modelled forecast)PROTO LABS LIMITED — Nov 26: 71 export declarations (modelled forecast)
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Among the most active

STRYKER UK LTD

Newbury, Berkshire 410 import declarations 117 export declarations RG14 *Ch. 29Ch. 30Ch. 33Ch. 34 Active in 5 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include sterile surgical catgut, similar sterile suture materials, incl. sterile absorbable surgical or dental yarns, and sterile tissue adhesives for surgical wound closure; sterile laminaria and sterile laminaria tents; sterile absorbable surgical or denta, dental cements and other dental fillings; bone reconstruction cements.

▼ Expected to slow by 7.4% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity410 in the last 6 months
STRYKER UK LTD — Sep 24: 72 import declarations (historic)STRYKER UK LTD — Oct 24: 79 import declarations (historic)STRYKER UK LTD — Nov 24: 80 import declarations (historic)STRYKER UK LTD — Dec 24: 79 import declarations (historic)STRYKER UK LTD — Jan 25: 77 import declarations (historic)STRYKER UK LTD — Feb 25: 85 import declarations (historic)STRYKER UK LTD — Mar 25: 79 import declarations (historic)STRYKER UK LTD — Apr 25: 85 import declarations (historic)STRYKER UK LTD — May 25: 80 import declarations (historic)STRYKER UK LTD — Jun 25: 80 import declarations (historic)STRYKER UK LTD — Jul 25: 82 import declarations (historic)STRYKER UK LTD — Aug 25: 86 import declarations (historic)STRYKER UK LTD — Sep 25: 84 import declarations (historic)STRYKER UK LTD — Oct 25: 89 import declarations (historic)STRYKER UK LTD — Nov 25: 83 import declarations (historic)STRYKER UK LTD — Dec 25: 81 import declarations (historic)STRYKER UK LTD — Jan 26: 74 import declarations (historic)STRYKER UK LTD — Feb 26: 71 import declarations (historic)STRYKER UK LTD — Mar 26: 75 import declarations (current 6-month window)STRYKER UK LTD — Apr 26: 82 import declarations (current 6-month window)STRYKER UK LTD — May 26: 77 import declarations (current 6-month window)STRYKER UK LTD — Jun 26: 87 import declarations (current 6-month window)STRYKER UK LTD — Jul 26: 89 import declarations (current 6-month window)STRYKER UK LTD — Aug 26: 0 import declarations (current 6-month window)STRYKER UK LTD — Sep 26: 78 import declarations (modelled forecast)STRYKER UK LTD — Oct 26: 82 import declarations (modelled forecast)STRYKER UK LTD — Nov 26: 77 import declarations (modelled forecast)
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity117 in the last 6 months
STRYKER UK LTD — Sep 24: 18 export declarations (historic)STRYKER UK LTD — Oct 24: 31 export declarations (historic)STRYKER UK LTD — Nov 24: 28 export declarations (historic)STRYKER UK LTD — Dec 24: 22 export declarations (historic)STRYKER UK LTD — Jan 25: 23 export declarations (historic)STRYKER UK LTD — Feb 25: 27 export declarations (historic)STRYKER UK LTD — Mar 25: 24 export declarations (historic)STRYKER UK LTD — Apr 25: 20 export declarations (historic)STRYKER UK LTD — May 25: 25 export declarations (historic)STRYKER UK LTD — Jun 25: 25 export declarations (historic)STRYKER UK LTD — Jul 25: 24 export declarations (historic)STRYKER UK LTD — Aug 25: 22 export declarations (historic)STRYKER UK LTD — Sep 25: 23 export declarations (historic)STRYKER UK LTD — Oct 25: 24 export declarations (historic)STRYKER UK LTD — Nov 25: 22 export declarations (historic)STRYKER UK LTD — Dec 25: 28 export declarations (historic)STRYKER UK LTD — Jan 26: 28 export declarations (historic)STRYKER UK LTD — Feb 26: 29 export declarations (historic)STRYKER UK LTD — Mar 26: 23 export declarations (current 6-month window)STRYKER UK LTD — Apr 26: 21 export declarations (current 6-month window)STRYKER UK LTD — May 26: 27 export declarations (current 6-month window)STRYKER UK LTD — Jun 26: 18 export declarations (current 6-month window)STRYKER UK LTD — Jul 26: 28 export declarations (current 6-month window)STRYKER UK LTD — Aug 26: 0 export declarations (current 6-month window)STRYKER UK LTD — Sep 26: 22 export declarations (modelled forecast)STRYKER UK LTD — Oct 26: 23 export declarations (modelled forecast)STRYKER UK LTD — Nov 26: 21 export declarations (modelled forecast)
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About commodity code 90189084

What goods does commodity code 90189084 cover?

Optical, photographic and medical instruments. It sits in HMRC chapter 90, optical, photographic and medical instruments. Every UK customs declaration carries a code like this one to classify the goods being moved.

How many UK businesses import under 90189084?

2,612 businesses filed customs declarations against code 90189084 in the last six months, spread across 90 counties and 673 towns, totalling 38,953 import declarations.

Which parts of the UK trade the most under 90189084?

The busiest counties are Greater London (413 businesses), Aberdeen City (166 businesses), Greater Manchester (96 businesses). Open any county to see the towns and the businesses behind it.