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

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

  • 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 31,427,285
Germany 24,626,947
United States 13,701,524
Netherlands 9,331,636
Japan 9,148,372

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 135,106 31,292,179 +31,157,073
Germany 13,181,569 11,445,378 -1,736,191
United States 7,183,511 6,518,013 -665,498
Netherlands 6,237,906 3,093,730 -3,144,176
Japan 4,797,114 4,351,258 -445,856
Czechia 2,233,137 2,093,672 -139,465
Israel 2,028,382 1,964,921 -63,461
Belgium 1,907,785 1,760,701 -147,084
India 1,750,308 1,877,716 +127,408
Taiwan 1,079,358 1,553,591 +474,233

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 36,963,087
Japan 15,544,318
United States 12,924,358
China 12,687,548
Israel 7,592,241

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 3,851,364 33,111,723 +29,260,359
Japan 8,723,213 6,821,105 -1,902,108
United States 6,232,495 6,691,863 +459,368
China 5,911,576 6,775,972 +864,396
Israel 4,382,129 3,210,112 -1,172,017
Germany 3,239,362 2,881,975 -357,387
India 2,203,893 2,372,500 +168,607
Mexico 2,431,986 1,744,812 -687,174
Thailand 1,298,661 1,517,062 +218,401
France 1,458,920 953,418 -505,502

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 55
Surrey, East and West Sussex 34
Inner London - West 26
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 22
Essex 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 44 39 -5
Surrey, East and West Sussex 27 19 -8
Inner London - West 11 23 +12
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 16 16 +0
Essex 16 17 +1
Greater Manchester 14 13 -1
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 12 11 -1
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 10 11 +1
West Midlands 13 8 -5
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 12 9 -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 55,028,735
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 51,682,495
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 12,347,819
Other 305,489
Road transport 184,751

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 29,080,152 25,948,583 -3,131,569
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 11,111,628 40,570,867 +29,459,239
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 6,623,407 5,724,412 -898,995
Other 139,774 165,715 +25,941
Road transport 111,743 73,008 -38,735

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 32,632,320
East Midlands Airport 25,704,354
London Heathrow Airport 9,385,805
Southampton 8,438,419
London Stansted Airport 8,354,026

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 557,581 32,074,739 +31,517,158
East Midlands Airport 13,740,939 11,963,415 -1,777,524
London Heathrow Airport 4,079,649 5,306,156 +1,226,507
Southampton 5,080,210 3,358,209 -1,722,001
London Stansted Airport 4,903,496 3,450,530 -1,452,966
Birmingham Airport 4,372,544 3,305,703 -1,066,841
London Gateway Port 2,695,629 3,155,888 +460,259
Eurotunnel 2,959,851 2,823,603 -136,248
Thamesport 2,587,359 1,402,896 -1,184,463
Dover 1,814,261 792,391 -1,021,870

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 99
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 91
Manufacture of electrical equipment 61
Other manufacturing 23
Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles 22

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 104
2025-10 111
2025-09 114
2025-08 95
2025-07 99

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+ 215
1m-15m 154
Other 38
15m-54m 29
0-1m 24

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 10,232,186
United States 4,878,281
Singapore 4,681,434
China 4,123,353
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 2,761,836

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 4,626,957 5,605,229 +978,272
United States 3,322,543 1,555,738 -1,766,805
Singapore 3,144,749 1,536,685 -1,608,064
China 1,599,096 2,524,257 +925,161
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 1,674,632 1,087,204 -587,428
Netherlands 1,213,757 1,111,377 -102,380
France 508,221 818,928 +310,707
Taiwan 1,170,442 44,969 -1,125,473
Lithuania 558,050 533,042 -25,008
Romania 934,320 128,119 -806,201

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 7,098
China 1,421
XU 492
Slovenia 345
India 185

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 51 7,047 +6,996
China 602 819 +217
XU 481 11 -470
Slovenia 295 50 -245
India 185 0 -185
United States 40 131 +91
Italy 50 36 -14
Luxembourg 14 35 +21
Belgium 41 0 -41
XI 35 0 -35

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 36,669,712
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 5,267,477
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,132,176
Road transport 530,578
Other 9,958

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 20,363,109 16,306,603 -4,056,506
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 1,783,186 3,484,291 +1,701,105
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 901,753 230,423 -671,330
Road transport 529,700 878 -528,822
Other 1,794 8,164 +6,370

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
East Midlands Airport 17,020,874
London Heathrow Airport 8,321,680
ZLC 6,409,579
London Stansted Airport 4,677,593
Eurotunnel 1,989,254

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 10,391,120 6,629,754 -3,761,366
London Heathrow Airport 4,168,463 4,153,217 -15,246
ZLC 4,038,298 2,371,281 -1,667,017
London Stansted Airport 2,079,996 2,597,597 +517,601
Eurotunnel 317,837 1,671,417 +1,353,580
Dover / Eurotunnel 783,713 1,034,482 +250,769
Dover 440,252 299,753 -140,499
London Gateway Port 632,157 21,100 -611,057
Manchester Airport 131,992 497,822 +365,830
Holyhead 65,419 240,853 +175,434

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