Import/export HS code 853120: Indicator panels with LCD or LED

Panels that display information using liquid crystal displays (LCD) or light-emitting diodes (LED)

Why this is important if you are looking for potential customers in the UK:

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  • 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 £
United States 80,350,223
China 51,458,557
France 36,422,363
Germany 29,063,086
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 20,168,264

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 £
United States 43,277,568 37,072,655 -6,204,913
China 24,454,893 27,003,664 +2,548,771
France 24,214,406 12,207,957 -12,006,449
Germany 14,874,686 14,188,400 -686,286
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 13,664,823 6,503,441 -7,161,382
Italy 7,341,157 8,516,211 +1,175,054
Poland 9,213,907 4,370,430 -4,843,477
Canada 5,429,185 3,869,550 -1,559,635
Netherlands 3,949,732 3,060,737 -888,995
South Korea 3,449,427 3,057,207 -392,220

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 103,472,301
China 75,692,156
France 25,212,054
United Kingdom 21,047,348
Poland 13,335,883

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 60,307,438 43,164,863 -17,142,575
China 40,840,392 34,851,764 -5,988,628
France 13,673,132 11,538,922 -2,134,210
United Kingdom 8,769,965 12,277,383 +3,507,418
Poland 8,976,511 4,359,372 -4,617,139
Italy 5,574,335 7,275,062 +1,700,727
Germany 4,674,282 5,225,466 +551,184
Taiwan 4,459,558 4,609,344 +149,786
Canada 4,418,563 3,850,060 -568,503
Malaysia 4,664,018 1,472,980 -3,191,038

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 150
Surrey, East and West Sussex 102
Inner London - West 101
Greater Manchester 83
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 75

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 104 102 -2
Surrey, East and West Sussex 66 77 +11
Inner London - West 74 65 -9
Greater Manchester 63 47 -16
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 52 57 +5
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 46 47 +1
West Midlands 47 45 -2
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 52 43 -9
Outer London - West and North West 40 43 +3
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 41 42 +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 240,995,068
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 47,659,460
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 34,667,322
Road transport 1,266,916
Other 536,229

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 133,878,655 107,116,413 -26,762,242
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 25,481,259 22,178,201 -3,303,058
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 18,432,358 16,234,964 -2,197,394
Road transport 731,797 535,119 -196,678
Other 406,896 129,333 -277,563

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 107,991,355
London Stansted Airport 67,056,581
East Midlands Airport 36,906,436
Felixstowe 25,236,500
Dover 13,963,387

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 63,746,531 44,244,824 -19,501,707
London Stansted Airport 35,637,696 31,418,885 -4,218,811
East Midlands Airport 19,819,205 17,087,231 -2,731,974
Felixstowe 14,250,863 10,985,637 -3,265,226
Dover 7,264,135 6,699,252 -564,883
Birmingham Airport 4,503,331 5,566,210 +1,062,879
Southampton 5,163,050 4,487,265 -675,785
Leeds Bradford Airport 5,622,373 3,198,641 -2,423,732
Thamesport 3,799,201 3,755,926 -43,275
Manchester Airport 2,360,345 3,170,007 +809,662

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 344
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 156
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 151
Manufacture of electrical equipment 119
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 107

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 236
2025-11 272
2025-10 313
2025-09 301
2025-08 258

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 656
54m+ 522
0-1m 242
15m-54m 146
Other 134

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 58,303,994
France 48,249,368
Germany 32,628,861
Netherlands 15,528,153
China 14,466,557

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 31,809,534 26,494,460 -5,315,074
France 30,801,067 17,448,301 -13,352,766
Germany 16,232,024 16,396,837 +164,813
Netherlands 11,742,802 3,785,351 -7,957,451
China 5,686,562 8,779,995 +3,093,433
Ireland 6,165,980 5,682,231 -483,749
Italy 5,534,938 5,134,956 -399,982
Turkey 4,913,674 4,714,438 -199,236
Spain 3,819,466 5,042,638 +1,223,172
Australia 2,853,422 4,100,429 +1,247,007

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 197,014
XI 17,483
India 16,060
United States 11,148
Mexico 10,599

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 121,759 75,255 -46,504
XI 11,404 6,079 -5,325
India 16,060 0 -16,060
United States 11,148 0 -11,148
Mexico 0 10,599 +10,599
Czechia 0 4,508 +4,508
Nicaragua 0 4,481 +4,481
Austria 2,242 1,699 -543
Romania 1,594 0 -1,594
Germany 402 1,135 +733

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 218,560,877
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 76,449,214
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 11,753,701
Road transport 426,379
Other 316,965

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 120,210,149 98,350,728 -21,859,421
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 40,389,899 36,059,315 -4,330,584
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 6,886,077 4,867,624 -2,018,453
Road transport 413,828 12,551 -401,277
Other 192,861 124,104 -68,757

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 111,748,186
Dover / Eurotunnel 53,776,579
East Midlands Airport 43,250,787
London Stansted Airport 35,220,050
ZLC 17,350,595

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 59,783,266 51,964,920 -7,818,346
Dover / Eurotunnel 27,188,650 26,587,929 -600,721
East Midlands Airport 27,515,093 15,735,694 -11,779,399
London Stansted Airport 17,254,388 17,965,662 +711,274
ZLC 9,790,941 7,559,654 -2,231,287
Manchester Airport 5,056,543 4,022,266 -1,034,277
Liverpool Docks 3,600,939 1,834,160 -1,766,779
Immingham Docks 1,826,852 3,286,051 +1,459,199
Hull 4,480,143 6,363 -4,473,780
London Gateway Port 2,189,587 2,001,042 -188,545

Related HS codes

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

Quick facts

HS code: 853120

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

Description: Panels that display information using liquid crystal displays (LCD) or light-emitting diodes (LED)