Import/export HS code 853952: LED lamps

Energy-efficient LED lamps used in homes, offices, and outdoor lighting

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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 £
China 150,885,125
Germany 16,526,490
Poland 9,511,768
Netherlands 9,439,160
France 6,838,921

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 £
China 80,258,821 70,626,304 -9,632,517
Germany 10,014,081 6,512,409 -3,501,672
Poland 4,731,121 4,780,647 +49,526
Netherlands 4,263,170 5,175,990 +912,820
France 2,908,572 3,930,349 +1,021,777
United States 2,561,260 2,720,695 +159,435
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 2,490,123 2,384,883 -105,240
Hungary 2,207,847 162,236 -2,045,611
Taiwan 1,253,848 705,697 -548,151
Italy 1,245,782 554,213 -691,569

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 189,543,820
United States 8,521,877
Germany 5,413,333
Hungary 2,369,928
Taiwan 2,045,588

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 100,988,880 88,554,940 -12,433,940
United States 3,858,923 4,662,954 +804,031
Germany 3,028,845 2,384,488 -644,357
Hungary 2,213,918 156,010 -2,057,908
Taiwan 1,290,932 754,656 -536,276
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 760,862 573,772 -187,090
France 410,538 693,144 +282,606
Italy 626,859 451,133 -175,726
United Kingdom 375,298 562,311 +187,013
Poland 507,835 413,280 -94,555

Importers across UK regions

What this shows: Number of importing companies by UK ITL2 region.

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 76
West Midlands 63
Greater Manchester 56
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 53
Outer London - West and North West 53

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
Inner London - West 44 45 +1
West Midlands 42 41 -1
Greater Manchester 38 32 -6
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 39 39 +0
Outer London - West and North West 35 34 -1
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 34 36 +2
Surrey, East and West Sussex 33 35 +2
Inner London - East 30 30 +0
West Yorkshire 33 33 +0
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 25 28 +3

Import volume by transport

What this shows: Import value by transport mode used to bring goods into the UK.

Top 5 values

Transport £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 123,755,093
Air transport 46,657,725
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 44,264,780
Other 4,007,122
Road transport 87,638

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 £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 69,764,206 53,990,887 -15,773,319
Air transport 22,370,575 24,287,150 +1,916,575
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 22,155,114 22,109,666 -45,448
Other 2,392,744 1,614,378 -778,366
Road transport 74,686 12,952 -61,734

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 75,887,440
Southampton 28,295,881
Dover 18,017,840
London Heathrow Airport 15,569,008
London Gateway Port 13,913,749

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 46,531,899 29,355,541 -17,176,358
Southampton 17,371,699 10,924,182 -6,447,517
Dover 8,412,430 9,605,410 +1,192,980
London Heathrow Airport 7,250,460 8,318,548 +1,068,088
London Gateway Port 2,589,454 11,324,295 +8,734,841
Eurotunnel 5,083,466 3,494,599 -1,588,867
Birmingham Airport 3,903,602 3,105,267 -798,335
East Midlands Airport 3,724,352 3,127,364 -596,988
London Stansted Airport 3,077,580 3,608,711 +531,131
499 1,596,513 4,165,244 +2,568,731

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 350
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 214
Manufacture of electrical equipment 90
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 51
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 44

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 164
2025-10 188
2025-09 179
2025-08 175
2025-07 186

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 434
54m+ 282
0-1m 188
15m-54m 110
Other 73

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 £
Netherlands 8,987,259
United States 6,352,347
France 5,644,424
Italy 5,435,906
Ireland 5,004,053

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 £
Netherlands 4,040,518 4,946,741 +906,223
United States 2,420,555 3,931,792 +1,511,237
France 2,443,367 3,201,057 +757,690
Italy 2,626,473 2,809,433 +182,960
Ireland 2,476,298 2,527,755 +51,457
Germany 2,130,416 2,321,200 +190,784
United Arab Emirates 1,703,613 1,067,623 -635,990
Spain 1,121,485 1,428,555 +307,070
Poland 1,674,732 811,369 -863,363
Japan 836,282 1,120,337 +284,055

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 613,215
XI 379,961
Germany 40,215
XU 11,018
Italy 9,523

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 323,539 289,676 -33,863
XI 134,694 245,267 +110,573
Germany 19,824 20,391 +567
XU 1,945 9,073 +7,128
Italy 3,983 5,540 +1,557
Hungary 367 5,155 +4,788
Indonesia 2,029 1,144 -885
Ireland 2,338 85 -2,253
Sweden 203 0 -203
France 122 0 -122

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 27,558,719
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 24,716,711
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 8,504,948
Other 1,065,586
Road transport 258,301

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 11,537,613 16,021,106 +4,483,493
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 11,736,003 12,980,708 +1,244,705
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 4,814,882 3,690,066 -1,124,816
Other 489,054 576,532 +87,478
Road transport 251,534 6,767 -244,767

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 17,627,627
East Midlands Airport 8,435,990
London Heathrow Airport 8,239,085
London Stansted Airport 5,324,562
ZLC 4,163,155

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 £
Dover / Eurotunnel 8,677,730 8,949,897 +272,167
East Midlands Airport 3,835,226 4,600,764 +765,538
London Heathrow Airport 2,907,837 5,331,248 +2,423,411
London Stansted Airport 2,858,964 2,465,598 -393,366
ZLC 1,305,232 2,857,923 +1,552,691
Southampton 2,086,966 1,382,110 -704,856
London Gateway Port 1,172,741 1,100,917 -71,824
Immingham Docks 850,236 1,091,023 +240,787
Dover 460,101 949,102 +489,001
Felixstowe 407,454 999,635 +592,181

Quick facts

HS code: 853952

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

Description: Energy-efficient LED lamps used in homes, offices, and outdoor lighting