Import/export HS code 854110: Diodes

Standard diodes, excluding photosensitive or light-emitting diodes (LEDs)

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 £
United States 24,827,370
Germany 21,342,073
China 9,448,276
Netherlands 9,311,883
Belgium 4,269,014

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 12,674,326 12,153,044 -521,282
Germany 11,117,819 10,224,254 -893,565
China 4,947,451 4,500,825 -446,626
Netherlands 4,439,163 4,872,720 +433,557
Belgium 3,193,409 1,075,605 -2,117,804
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 892,876 3,348,947 +2,456,071
Singapore 1,740,660 1,423,615 -317,045
Thailand 779,219 1,741,528 +962,309
Italy 746,154 1,270,830 +524,676
France 817,652 1,169,162 +351,510

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 33,002,840
United States 20,953,561
Malaysia 5,607,334
Philippines 5,023,663
Germany 4,820,199

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 15,992,506 17,010,334 +1,017,828
United States 9,867,938 11,085,623 +1,217,685
Malaysia 3,061,045 2,546,289 -514,756
Philippines 2,476,482 2,547,181 +70,699
Germany 3,165,593 1,654,606 -1,510,987
United Kingdom 2,051,821 1,863,318 -188,503
Thailand 1,465,362 2,146,088 +680,726
Taiwan 1,530,222 1,652,473 +122,251
Japan 994,457 972,253 -22,204
India 663,057 1,089,174 +426,117

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 57
Surrey, East and West Sussex 44
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 32
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 31
Inner London - West 28

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 42 41 -1
Surrey, East and West Sussex 33 34 +1
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 17 26 +9
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 17 22 +5
Inner London - West 16 22 +6
Essex 18 22 +4
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 16 14 -2
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 19 13 -6
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough 14 13 -1
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 6 17 +11

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 75,726,743
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 13,128,336
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 7,176,153
Other 335,106
Road transport 32,878

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 38,432,060 37,294,683 -1,137,377
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 6,390,103 6,738,233 +348,130
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 2,563,685 4,612,468 +2,048,783
Other 193,503 141,603 -51,900
Road transport 2,659 30,219 +27,560

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
East Midlands Airport 38,418,669
London Stansted Airport 14,773,121
London Heathrow Airport 12,250,618
Birmingham Airport 6,749,917
London Gateway Port 6,401,968

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 £
East Midlands Airport 18,464,525 19,954,144 +1,489,619
London Stansted Airport 6,166,570 8,606,551 +2,439,981
London Heathrow Airport 6,677,200 5,573,418 -1,103,782
Birmingham Airport 4,427,930 2,321,987 -2,105,943
London Gateway Port 3,646,391 2,755,577 -890,814
Eurotunnel 824,252 2,730,475 +1,906,223
Felixstowe 588,249 2,178,652 +1,590,403
Thamesport 1,681,814 901,936 -779,878
Manchester Airport 1,718,932 193,476 -1,525,456
Southampton 543,086 734,544 +191,458

Importer companies by SIC division

What this shows: Industry breakdown (SIC divisions) of importing companies.

Top 5 values

SIC Companies
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 124
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 97
Manufacture of electrical equipment 89
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 37
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment 35

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 141
2025-11 126
2025-10 133
2025-09 117
2025-08 112

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+ 221
1m-15m 214
0-1m 55
15m-54m 51
Other 44

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 £
China 55,381,642
United States 20,922,368
Germany 9,839,830
Singapore 7,891,457
Norway 4,301,274

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 £
China 23,953,861 31,427,781 +7,473,920
United States 10,661,449 10,260,919 -400,530
Germany 4,353,777 5,486,053 +1,132,276
Singapore 3,718,390 4,173,067 +454,677
Norway 112,951 4,188,323 +4,075,372
France 1,918,988 2,333,197 +414,209
Denmark 941,477 1,177,432 +235,955
India 958,712 1,157,292 +198,580
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 1,183,986 774,670 -409,316
Japan 886,086 1,069,006 +182,920

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 £
XI 11,662
Italy 1,774
Belgium 282
Romania 90

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 £
XI 9,989 1,673 -8,316
Italy 1,643 131 -1,512
Belgium 282 0 -282
Romania 32 58 +26

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 128,037,165
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 5,886,986
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,767,545
Road transport 64,585
Other 13,808

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 57,048,275 70,988,890 +13,940,615
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 2,790,552 3,096,434 +305,882
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,448,668 318,877 -1,129,791
Road transport 64,585 0 -64,585
Other 11,946 1,862 -10,084

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Glasgow Airport 36,721,361
East Midlands Airport 36,239,766
London Heathrow Airport 20,302,036
ZLC 14,688,259
Manchester Airport 9,772,567

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 £
Glasgow Airport 15,191,757 21,529,604 +6,337,847
East Midlands Airport 15,432,088 20,807,678 +5,375,590
London Heathrow Airport 8,301,858 12,000,178 +3,698,320
ZLC 6,989,441 7,698,818 +709,377
Manchester Airport 6,164,522 3,608,045 -2,556,477
London Stansted Airport 4,710,870 5,029,112 +318,242
Dover / Eurotunnel 2,389,212 2,818,900 +429,688
London Gateway Port 1,161,424 131,070 -1,030,354
Dover 240,131 128,037 -112,094
Edinburgh Airport 99,319 212,411 +113,092

Quick facts

HS code: 854110

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

Description: Standard diodes, excluding photosensitive or light-emitting diodes (LEDs)