Import/export HS code 8524: Flat panel display modules

Display modules, including those with touch-sensitive screens, for devices like TVs or monitors

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* 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 78,298,936
Netherlands 59,648,235
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 53,640,138
China 53,294,098
Japan 32,141,267

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 39,611,864 38,687,072 -924,792
Netherlands 33,727,978 25,920,257 -7,807,721
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 24,490,349 29,149,789 +4,659,440
China 25,712,179 27,581,919 +1,869,740
Japan 216,460 31,924,807 +31,708,347
United States 3,651,073 3,931,766 +280,693
Taiwan 3,079,557 4,165,415 +1,085,858
Belgium 3,954,389 2,134,637 -1,819,752
Slovakia 2,680,589 1,119,998 -1,560,591
Poland 795,793 2,720,523 +1,924,730

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 £
China 130,846,001
Germany 65,689,319
Viet Nam 43,551,359
Japan 32,921,058
Taiwan 12,145,603

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 £
China 62,960,341 67,885,660 +4,925,319
Germany 33,163,216 32,526,103 -637,113
Viet Nam 23,483,680 20,067,679 -3,416,001
Japan 864,539 32,056,519 +31,191,980
Taiwan 4,969,225 7,176,378 +2,207,153
South Korea 5,547,582 3,539,725 -2,007,857
United States 2,951,297 3,046,498 +95,201
Slovakia 2,862,450 644,313 -2,218,137
XS 1,247,880 1,962,788 +714,908
United Kingdom 1,496,647 1,081,930 -414,717

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 81
Inner London - West 65
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 56
Surrey, East and West Sussex 46
Greater Manchester 42

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 53 56 +3
Inner London - West 31 47 +16
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 34 38 +4
Surrey, East and West Sussex 31 33 +2
Greater Manchester 29 23 -6
Outer London - West and North West 28 24 -4
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 24 21 -3
West Midlands 27 19 -8
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 20 19 -1
West Yorkshire 14 19 +5

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 228,353,894
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 59,767,599
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 34,097,983
Road transport 647,052
Other 53,634

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 113,763,974 114,589,920 +825,946
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 13,280,033 46,487,566 +33,207,533
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 18,417,750 15,680,233 -2,737,517
Road transport 186,466 460,586 +274,120
Other 33,290 20,344 -12,946

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 90,122,138
East Midlands Airport 56,232,852
Oxford Airport 53,278,996
Southampton 33,887,430
Felixstowe 16,480,094

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 Heathrow Airport 44,763,693 45,358,445 +594,752
East Midlands Airport 28,171,942 28,060,910 -111,032
Oxford Airport 25,045,814 28,233,182 +3,187,368
Southampton 622,123 33,265,307 +32,643,184
Felixstowe 8,690,267 7,789,827 -900,440
Dover 8,898,002 6,423,956 -2,474,046
Birmingham Airport 5,297,197 7,183,082 +1,885,885
Eurotunnel 3,350,632 3,062,552 -288,080
Luton Airport 5,121,374 835,811 -4,285,563
London Stansted Airport 2,720,633 3,158,280 +437,647

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 194
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 118
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 93
Manufacture of electrical equipment 63
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 60

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 144
2025-10 166
2025-09 148
2025-08 140
2025-07 156

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+ 308
1m-15m 305
0-1m 114
15m-54m 85
Other 74

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 £
Estonia 27,343,728
Sweden 20,793,194
United States 8,089,924
Germany 7,155,457
Spain 2,970,335

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 £
Estonia 12,647,174 14,696,554 +2,049,380
Sweden 10,466,262 10,326,932 -139,330
United States 2,096,060 5,993,864 +3,897,804
Germany 2,990,667 4,164,790 +1,174,123
Spain 561,702 2,408,633 +1,846,931
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 1,206,242 1,440,416 +234,174
Ireland 1,316,946 1,311,383 -5,563
Netherlands 1,383,390 1,018,967 -364,423
China 1,164,171 1,012,506 -151,665
France 575,939 1,418,940 +843,001

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 £
China 1,432
Sweden 462
Ireland 369
XI 242

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 £
China 1,432 0 -1,432
Sweden 229 233 +4
Ireland 369 0 -369
XI 242 0 -242

Export volume by transport

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

Top 5 values

Transport £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 53,100,079
Air transport 28,941,948
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 8,705,526
Road transport 148,849
Other 2,505

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 £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 22,442,986 30,657,093 +8,214,107
Air transport 12,442,544 16,499,404 +4,056,860
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 6,398,970 2,306,556 -4,092,414
Road transport 148,849 0 -148,849
Other 2,272 233 -2,039

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Immingham Docks 22,903,797
Dover 21,607,801
London Heathrow Airport 11,125,914
East Midlands Airport 10,439,445
Dover / Eurotunnel 9,877,781

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 £
Immingham Docks 12,846,888 10,056,909 -2,789,979
Dover 6,484,344 15,123,457 +8,639,113
London Heathrow Airport 3,987,530 7,138,384 +3,150,854
East Midlands Airport 4,412,026 6,027,419 +1,615,393
Dover / Eurotunnel 5,790,282 4,087,499 -1,702,783
ZLC 2,087,481 1,570,830 -516,651
London Stansted Airport 1,110,720 1,326,325 +215,605
Southampton 629,434 1,806,030 +1,176,596
Holyhead 1,007,313 971,015 -36,298
Manchester Airport 656,778 359,359 -297,419

Related HS codes

What this shows: Sibling or child HS codes in the same classification branch.

Quick facts

HS code: 8524

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

Description: Display modules, including those with touch-sensitive screens, for devices like TVs or monitors