Import/export HS code 853321: Resistors with power handling capacity up to 20W

Fixed resistors designed to handle electrical power of 20 watts or less

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  • It helps you understand the market size for your product in the UK.
  • 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 £
Malaysia 31,371,588
Germany 24,470,467
United States 13,473,825
Japan 9,690,705
Netherlands 8,817,699

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 £
Malaysia 76,861 31,294,727 +31,217,866
Germany 12,894,488 11,575,979 -1,318,509
United States 6,982,111 6,491,714 -490,397
Japan 4,845,065 4,845,640 +575
Netherlands 5,732,659 3,085,040 -2,647,619
Czechia 2,339,372 2,018,628 -320,744
Israel 2,040,143 1,955,252 -84,891
India 1,870,246 1,882,141 +11,895
Belgium 1,692,646 1,831,684 +139,038
Taiwan 990,910 1,614,696 +623,786

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 £
Taiwan 36,751,825
Japan 16,011,480
United States 12,801,141
China 12,600,656
Israel 7,205,949

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 £
Taiwan 3,509,263 33,242,562 +29,733,299
Japan 8,637,720 7,373,760 -1,263,960
United States 6,203,308 6,597,833 +394,525
China 5,916,570 6,684,086 +767,516
Israel 3,985,160 3,220,789 -764,371
Germany 3,063,217 2,999,509 -63,708
India 2,346,342 2,377,952 +31,610
Mexico 2,465,513 1,667,041 -798,472
Thailand 1,353,268 1,597,339 +244,071
France 1,492,638 923,006 -569,632

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 56
Surrey, East and West Sussex 32
Inner London - West 26
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 22
Greater Manchester 20

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 43 39 -4
Surrey, East and West Sussex 25 19 -6
Inner London - West 11 24 +13
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 16 16 +0
Greater Manchester 14 14 +0
Essex 16 17 +1
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 14 11 -3
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 12 11 -1
West Midlands 14 8 -6
Northumberland, Durham and Tyne & Wear 11 11 +0

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 54,553,884
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 51,929,151
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 12,442,480
Other 302,267
Road transport 188,296

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 28,278,460 26,275,424 -2,003,036
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 11,131,785 40,797,366 +29,665,581
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 6,563,169 5,879,311 -683,858
Other 142,948 159,319 +16,371
Road transport 111,743 76,553 -35,190

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 32,658,563
East Midlands Airport 24,976,300
London Heathrow Airport 9,950,560
Southampton 8,624,951
London Stansted Airport 8,338,732

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 £
Felixstowe 578,143 32,080,420 +31,502,277
East Midlands Airport 12,826,063 12,150,237 -675,826
London Heathrow Airport 4,290,616 5,659,944 +1,369,328
Southampton 5,109,511 3,515,440 -1,594,071
London Stansted Airport 4,959,279 3,379,453 -1,579,826
Birmingham Airport 4,263,603 3,127,998 -1,135,605
London Gateway Port 2,590,880 3,385,391 +794,511
Eurotunnel 2,980,380 2,934,341 -46,039
Thamesport 2,512,024 1,378,176 -1,133,848
Leeds Bradford Airport 1,128,233 1,472,152 +343,919

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 100
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 92
Manufacture of electrical equipment 62
Other manufacturing 23
Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles 23

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 104
2025-11 104
2025-10 111
2025-09 114
2025-08 95

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+ 206
1m-15m 157
Other 38
15m-54m 32
0-1m 23

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 £
Germany 10,428,912
United States 4,787,819
Singapore 4,631,378
China 4,232,293
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 2,838,042

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 £
Germany 4,863,947 5,564,965 +701,018
United States 3,247,624 1,540,195 -1,707,429
Singapore 2,961,685 1,669,693 -1,291,992
China 1,634,135 2,598,158 +964,023
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 1,712,488 1,125,554 -586,934
Netherlands 1,178,696 1,125,985 -52,711
France 519,126 808,045 +288,919
Lithuania 533,939 519,517 -14,422
Romania 932,229 110,298 -821,931
India 309,958 663,592 +353,634

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 £
Germany 7,047
China 1,399
Slovenia 345
India 185
United States 171

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 £
Germany 0 7,047 +7,047
China 662 737 +75
Slovenia 295 50 -245
India 185 0 -185
United States 40 131 +91
Italy 50 36 -14
Luxembourg 14 35 +21
XI 35 0 -35
Spain 13 10 -3
Czechia 0 12 +12

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 36,112,513
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 5,960,988
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,140,273
Road transport 362,465
Other 9,844

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 19,749,310 16,363,203 -3,386,107
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 2,223,498 3,737,490 +1,513,992
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 884,842 255,431 -629,411
Road transport 362,465 0 -362,465
Other 1,775 8,069 +6,294

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
East Midlands Airport 16,276,901
London Heathrow Airport 8,247,035
ZLC 6,403,408
London Stansted Airport 4,736,822
Eurotunnel 2,595,225

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 £
East Midlands Airport 9,621,511 6,655,390 -2,966,121
London Heathrow Airport 3,973,173 4,273,862 +300,689
ZLC 3,998,129 2,405,279 -1,592,850
London Stansted Airport 2,105,430 2,631,392 +525,962
Eurotunnel 690,255 1,904,970 +1,214,715
Dover / Eurotunnel 820,677 1,077,029 +256,352
Dover 431,457 302,724 -128,733
London Gateway Port 638,044 16,102 -621,942
Manchester Airport 324,422 322,651 -1,771
Holyhead 88,703 223,711 +135,008

Quick facts

HS code: 853321

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

Description: Fixed resistors designed to handle electrical power of 20 watts or less