Import/export HS code 854110: Diodes

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

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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 £
United States 25,119,994
Germany 21,131,243
Netherlands 9,472,873
China 9,400,557
Belgium 4,452,005

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 12,734,055 12,385,939 -348,116
Germany 11,284,024 9,847,219 -1,436,805
Netherlands 4,878,897 4,593,976 -284,921
China 5,045,792 4,354,765 -691,027
Belgium 3,281,123 1,170,882 -2,110,241
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 862,795 3,220,812 +2,358,017
Singapore 1,737,617 1,377,318 -360,299
Thailand 742,492 1,763,288 +1,020,796
Italy 748,365 1,207,715 +459,350
France 831,790 1,064,248 +232,458

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 33,318,411
United States 20,887,826
Malaysia 5,401,529
Philippines 5,218,575
Germany 4,873,275

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 16,884,466 16,433,945 -450,521
United States 9,668,039 11,219,787 +1,551,748
Malaysia 3,075,750 2,325,779 -749,971
Philippines 2,439,382 2,779,193 +339,811
Germany 3,198,431 1,674,844 -1,523,587
United Kingdom 2,062,476 1,897,972 -164,504
Thailand 1,507,424 2,183,661 +676,237
Taiwan 1,507,352 1,701,477 +194,125
Japan 1,089,582 825,638 -263,944
India 677,233 1,048,190 +370,957

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 44
Inner London - West 30
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 29
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 29

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 41 40 -1
Surrey, East and West Sussex 33 36 +3
Inner London - West 19 22 +3
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 16 24 +8
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 18 22 +4
Essex 18 21 +3
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 15 16 +1
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 19 12 -7
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough 14 13 -1
Shropshire and Staffordshire 15 7 -8

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 76,056,114
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 13,198,163
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 7,008,195
Other 317,610
Road transport 30,522

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 39,335,166 36,720,948 -2,614,218
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 6,498,183 6,699,980 +201,797
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 2,647,880 4,360,315 +1,712,435
Other 184,804 132,806 -51,998
Road transport 2,659 27,863 +25,204

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
East Midlands Airport 38,878,137
London Stansted Airport 14,804,325
London Heathrow Airport 11,953,830
Birmingham Airport 6,835,549
London Gateway Port 6,496,360

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 19,402,860 19,475,277 +72,417
London Stansted Airport 6,286,673 8,517,652 +2,230,979
London Heathrow Airport 6,496,422 5,457,408 -1,039,014
Birmingham Airport 4,542,465 2,293,084 -2,249,381
London Gateway Port 3,748,816 2,747,544 -1,001,272
Eurotunnel 741,158 2,605,952 +1,864,794
Thamesport 1,727,615 967,969 -759,646
Felixstowe 594,309 2,023,765 +1,429,456
Manchester Airport 1,756,234 182,850 -1,573,384
Southampton 490,623 798,187 +307,564

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 119
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 97
Manufacture of electrical equipment 90
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 36
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment 34

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 126
2025-10 133
2025-09 117
2025-08 112
2025-07 120

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 218
54m+ 218
0-1m 50
15m-54m 47
Other 46

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 54,105,500
United States 20,743,746
Germany 9,841,939
Singapore 7,884,585
Norway 4,303,856

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 23,230,637 30,874,863 +7,644,226
United States 10,937,154 9,806,592 -1,130,562
Germany 4,787,961 5,053,978 +266,017
Singapore 3,573,251 4,311,334 +738,083
Norway 70,439 4,233,417 +4,162,978
France 1,909,257 2,272,318 +363,061
Canada 1,915,699 293,821 -1,621,878
Denmark 821,736 1,299,237 +477,501
India 944,017 1,146,265 +202,248
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 1,185,896 782,551 -403,345

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 11,865
Italy 2,888
Hungary 638
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 7,395 4,470 -2,925
Italy 2,620 268 -2,352
Hungary 638 0 -638
Belgium 0 282 +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 126,426,763
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 5,883,190
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,770,200
Road transport 84,207
Other 15,763

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 57,263,806 69,162,957 +11,899,151
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 2,836,897 3,046,293 +209,396
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,444,591 325,609 -1,118,982
Road transport 84,207 0 -84,207
Other 10,685 5,078 -5,607

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
East Midlands Airport 36,131,227
Glasgow Airport 35,092,073
London Heathrow Airport 20,634,035
ZLC 14,155,095
Manchester Airport 10,302,152

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 16,094,231 20,036,996 +3,942,765
Glasgow Airport 14,227,674 20,864,399 +6,636,725
London Heathrow Airport 8,743,460 11,890,575 +3,147,115
ZLC 6,971,144 7,183,951 +212,807
Manchester Airport 6,143,701 4,158,451 -1,985,250
London Stansted Airport 4,670,283 4,765,169 +94,886
Dover / Eurotunnel 2,381,799 2,776,495 +394,696
London Gateway Port 1,138,255 147,495 -990,760
Edinburgh Airport 272,487 171,871 -100,616
Dover 315,131 107,501 -207,630

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)