🇬🇧 United Kingdom importer · official customs records

EDINBURGH INSTRUMENTS LTD

2 Bain Square, Kirkton Campus, Livingston, EH54 7DQ🇬🇧 United Kingdom
On record January 2016 to August 2026🔒 Compliance check
Instruments and apparatusSpectrometersPlastics
Product lines
1,543
Jan ’16 to Aug ’26
Products
12
HS subheadings on record
Rank · instruments and apparatus
One of 6,049
of 6,049 importers in 2025
Months active
128
of 128 on record
Latest activity
Aug ’26
most recent month on record

Import activity

January 2016 to August 2026
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What EDINBURGH INSTRUMENTS LTD imports

share of declarations
Instruments and apparatus, using optical radiations (UV, visible, IR), (other than spectrometers, spectrophotometers and spectrographs) (HS 90275000): 25.7%Instruments and apparatus, using opticalradiations (UV, visible, IR), (other thanspectrometers, spectrophotometers and26% HS 90275000Instruments and apparatus, gas or smoke analysis apparatus, for physical or chemical analysis (HS 90271010): 17.1%Instruments and apparatus,gas or smoke analysisapparatus, for physical or17% HS 90271010Spectrometers, spectrophotometers and spectrographs, using optical radiations (UV, visible, IR) (HS 90273000): 15.8%Spectrometers,spectrophotometers andspectrographs, using16% HS 90273000Plastics, other articles in chapter 39 (HS 39269097): 8.6%Plastics, other articlesin chapter 398.6% HS 39269097Optical elements, lenses in heading no. 9001, prisms, mirrors and other optical elements, unmounted, of any material (excluding elements of glass not optically worked) (HS 90019000): 7.9%Optical elements, lensesin heading no. 9001,prisms, mirrors and other7.9% HS 90019000Electrical apparatus, photosensitive semiconductor devices, light emitting diodes (LED) (HS 85414100): 7.2%Electrical apparatus,photosensitivesemiconductor devices,7.2% HS 85414100Microtomes and parts and accessories thereof (HS 90279000): 6.6%Microtomes and partsand accessoriesthereof6.6% HS 90279000Lasers, other than laser diodes (HS 90132000): 3.3%Lasers, otherthan laser diodes3.3%Instruments and apparatus, for physical or chemical analysis, for measuring or checking viscosity, porosity, expansion, surface tension or quantities of heat, sound or light, exposure meters (HS 90278990): 3.3%Instruments andapparatus, forphysical or3.3%Electronic integrated circuits, amplifiers (HS 85423310): 2.0%Electronicintegratedcircuits,2.0%Semiconductor devices (e.g. diodes, transistors, semiconductor based transducers), including photovoltaic cells assembled or not in modules or panels, light-emitting diodes (LED) assembled with other LEDs or not, mounted piezo-electric crystals (HS 85414090): 1.3%Semiconduct…1.3%Balances, of a sensitivity of 5cg or better, with or without weights (HS 90160010): 1.3%
HS codeProductShareRanked
90275000Instruments and apparatus, using optical radiations (UV, visible, IR), (other than spectrometers, spectrophotometers and spectrographs)23.6%#1 · 8 yrs
90271010Instruments and apparatus, gas or smoke analysis apparatus, for physical or chemical analysis15.8%#1 · 8 yrs
90273000Spectrometers, spectrophotometers and spectrographs, using optical radiations (UV, visible, IR)14.5%#2 · 7 yrs
39269097Plastics, other articles in chapter 397.9%#1 · 4 yrs
90019000Optical elements, lenses in heading no. 9001, prisms, mirrors and other optical elements, unmounted, of any material (excluding elements of glass not optically worked)7.3%#1 · 5 yrs
85414100Electrical apparatus, photosensitive semiconductor devices, light emitting diodes (LED)6.7%#3 · 5 yrs
90279000Microtomes and parts and accessories thereof6.1%#2 · 3 yrs
90132000Lasers, other than laser diodes3.0%#1 · 2026
90278990Instruments and apparatus, for physical or chemical analysis, for measuring or checking viscosity, porosity, expansion, surface tension or quantities of heat, sound or light, exposure meters3.0%#3 · 2 yrs
85423310Electronic integrated circuits, amplifiers1.8%#3 · 2026

Trade lanes

9 counterparty markets → United Kingdom imports of instruments and apparatus
UNITED STATESGERMANYCHINAJAPANSWITZERLANDSINGAPORECZECHIAUNITED KINGDOM
🇺🇸 United States 28%🇩🇪 Germany 15%🇨🇳 China 8%

Market-wide sourcing of instruments and apparatus into United Kingdom; the directory does not publish origins per importer.

Largest importers of instruments and apparatus

ranked by activity on record
#CompanyActiveMonths activeProducts
1ABB LIMITED11 yr12820
2AMETEK (GB) LIMITED11 yr12819
3TSI INSTRUMENTS LTD11 yr12819
4COLE-PARMER INSTRUMENT COMPANY11 yr12818
5HORIBA UK LIMITED11 yr12817
6PROCESS INSTRUMENTS (U.K.) LIMITED11 yr12817
7THERMO ELECTRON MANUFACTURING LIMITED11 yr12817
8EDINBURGH INSTRUMENTS LTD11 yr12816
9ELCOMETER LIMITED11 yr12816
10LIFE TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED11 yr12816

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Common questions

What does EDINBURGH INSTRUMENTS LTD import?

UK customs trader records (HMRC) and Companies House list instruments and apparatus, spectrometers and plastics as EDINBURGH INSTRUMENTS LTD's principal imports (ranked by HS subheading, 12 products on record).

Who else imports instruments and apparatus in United Kingdom?

ABB LIMITED, AMETEK (GB) LIMITED and TSI INSTRUMENTS LTD rank among the largest importers of instruments and apparatus (HS 9027) in United Kingdom, out of 6,049 importers on record in 2025.

Where does this data come from?

Directly from UK customs trader records (HMRC) and Companies House. Exsigo ingests the official records; nothing here is scraped from directories or estimated.