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 78,939,380
China 51,657,446
France 37,930,652
Germany 30,900,135
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 20,170,487

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 42,456,192 36,483,188 -5,973,004
China 24,077,484 27,579,962 +3,502,478
France 24,377,911 13,552,741 -10,825,170
Germany 16,677,934 14,222,201 -2,455,733
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 13,605,811 6,564,676 -7,041,135
Italy 7,680,974 8,810,070 +1,129,096
Poland 8,046,052 5,625,517 -2,420,535
Canada 5,287,282 3,946,417 -1,340,865
Netherlands 3,549,734 3,445,117 -104,617
South Korea 2,990,583 3,074,742 +84,159

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 103,937,157
China 75,806,087
France 24,828,238
United Kingdom 20,168,245
Poland 13,477,508

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 60,111,064 43,826,093 -16,284,971
China 40,338,003 35,468,084 -4,869,919
France 13,351,599 11,476,639 -1,874,960
United Kingdom 7,671,809 12,496,436 +4,824,627
Poland 7,899,657 5,577,851 -2,321,806
Italy 5,849,475 7,407,818 +1,558,343
Germany 4,677,277 5,387,410 +710,133
Taiwan 4,103,799 4,777,863 +674,064
Canada 4,294,093 3,918,478 -375,615
Malaysia 4,719,495 1,982,462 -2,737,033

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 151
Surrey, East and West Sussex 104
Inner London - West 98
Greater Manchester 81
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 76

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 105 104 -1
Surrey, East and West Sussex 67 78 +11
Inner London - West 71 66 -5
Greater Manchester 60 47 -13
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 55 57 +2
West Midlands 44 49 +5
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 48 45 -3
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 49 42 -7
Outer London - West and North West 44 42 -2
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 39 42 +3

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 240,997,907
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 47,538,706
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 37,016,192
Road transport 1,311,277
Other 564,145

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 129,974,884 111,023,023 -18,951,861
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 24,807,229 22,731,477 -2,075,752
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 20,544,000 16,472,192 -4,071,808
Road transport 719,723 591,554 -128,169
Other 330,292 233,853 -96,439

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 109,121,738
London Stansted Airport 65,036,457
East Midlands Airport 38,094,854
Felixstowe 27,436,942
Dover 14,332,876

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 62,332,527 46,789,211 -15,543,316
London Stansted Airport 33,500,165 31,536,292 -1,963,873
East Midlands Airport 20,545,650 17,549,204 -2,996,446
Felixstowe 15,509,424 11,927,518 -3,581,906
Dover 7,560,269 6,772,607 -787,662
Birmingham Airport 4,944,678 5,358,172 +413,494
Southampton 5,182,528 4,410,955 -771,573
Leeds Bradford Airport 4,469,314 4,446,665 -22,649
Thamesport 3,742,266 3,708,487 -33,779
Eurotunnel 2,684,649 2,633,177 -51,472

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 348
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 160
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 134
Manufacture of electrical equipment 120
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
2025-11 272
2025-10 313
2025-09 302
2025-08 258
2025-07 317

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+ 533
0-1m 239
15m-54m 139
Other 133

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 58,771,836
France 48,845,814
Germany 31,324,429
Netherlands 16,590,533
China 14,152,904

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 31,401,845 27,369,991 -4,031,854
France 29,554,398 19,291,416 -10,262,982
Germany 15,875,592 15,448,837 -426,755
Netherlands 12,596,631 3,993,902 -8,602,729
China 5,657,267 8,495,637 +2,838,370
Ireland 6,161,864 5,604,110 -557,754
Italy 5,494,411 5,198,326 -296,085
Turkey 4,934,408 4,595,884 -338,524
Spain 4,002,394 4,670,827 +668,433
Australia 2,711,833 3,686,181 +974,348

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 186,579
XU 48,131
XI 18,301
India 16,060
United States 11,148

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 121,719 64,860 -56,859
XU 28,083 20,048 -8,035
XI 12,222 6,079 -6,143
India 0 16,060 +16,060
United States 11,148 0 -11,148
Taiwan 11,027 0 -11,027
Mexico 0 10,599 +10,599
Czechia 0 4,508 +4,508
Nicaragua 0 4,481 +4,481
Austria 2,242 1,699 -543

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 217,911,793
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 74,899,124
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 13,421,376
Road transport 530,174
Other 318,387

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 116,296,645 101,615,148 -14,681,497
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 39,099,599 35,799,525 -3,300,074
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 8,235,730 5,185,646 -3,050,084
Road transport 515,576 14,598 -500,978
Other 188,604 129,783 -58,821

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 110,401,450
Dover / Eurotunnel 52,808,933
East Midlands Airport 44,379,241
London Stansted Airport 35,345,037
ZLC 17,687,663

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 56,137,458 54,263,992 -1,873,466
Dover / Eurotunnel 26,862,819 25,946,114 -916,705
East Midlands Airport 28,010,650 16,368,591 -11,642,059
London Stansted Airport 16,794,604 18,550,433 +1,755,829
ZLC 9,887,060 7,800,603 -2,086,457
Manchester Airport 4,736,480 3,823,598 -912,882
Hull 5,638,143 6,363 -5,631,780
Liverpool Docks 3,464,021 2,156,814 -1,307,207
Immingham Docks 1,583,723 3,457,906 +1,874,183
London Gateway Port 1,881,880 1,951,495 +69,615

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)