Import/export HS code 854141: Light-emitting diodes (LEDs)

LEDs, whether used individually or combined with other 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 £
China 39,923,508
Germany 29,462,739
Thailand 20,999,008
United States 18,181,923
Japan 7,872,161

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 18,882,592 21,040,916 +2,158,324
Germany 12,413,049 17,049,690 +4,636,641
Thailand 8,701,219 12,297,789 +3,596,570
United States 10,860,753 7,321,170 -3,539,583
Japan 3,739,250 4,132,911 +393,661
Belgium 6,213,420 1,554,365 -4,659,055
South Korea 1,913,175 2,849,349 +936,174
Netherlands 2,770,455 1,958,875 -811,580
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 2,507,029 2,024,149 -482,880
Italy 2,964,662 1,205,889 -1,758,773

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 67,381,523
Thailand 22,996,580
United States 19,486,271
Japan 10,811,807
Malaysia 10,224,279

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 33,255,698 34,125,825 +870,127
Thailand 10,347,307 12,649,273 +2,301,966
United States 12,658,359 6,827,912 -5,830,447
Japan 4,773,185 6,038,622 +1,265,437
Malaysia 6,148,903 4,075,376 -2,073,527
Germany 3,499,806 5,951,065 +2,451,259
South Korea 1,777,987 2,576,855 +798,868
United Kingdom 2,276,710 796,554 -1,480,156
Taiwan 1,442,088 1,445,576 +3,488
Sweden 990,608 1,119,792 +129,184

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 86
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 51
Inner London - West 43
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 42
Surrey, East and West Sussex 42

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 59 65 +6
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 33 38 +5
Inner London - West 32 28 -4
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 25 31 +6
Surrey, East and West Sussex 26 32 +6
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 21 21 +0
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough 24 19 -5
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 21 22 +1
Essex 20 19 -1
Greater Manchester 18 18 +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 117,565,020
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 26,885,507
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 20,072,619
Road transport 992,964
Other 196,393

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 62,089,146 55,475,874 -6,613,272
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 13,481,002 13,404,505 -76,497
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 8,131,671 11,940,948 +3,809,277
Road transport 38,465 954,499 +916,034
Other 147,038 49,355 -97,683

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
East Midlands Airport 38,959,974
London Heathrow Airport 38,112,493
London Stansted Airport 21,165,521
Southampton 10,204,021
Birmingham Airport 8,720,106

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 20,185,006 18,774,968 -1,410,038
London Heathrow Airport 17,681,244 20,431,249 +2,750,005
London Stansted Airport 10,587,906 10,577,615 -10,291
Southampton 5,188,586 5,015,435 -173,151
Birmingham Airport 6,753,156 1,966,950 -4,786,206
Felixstowe 4,824,642 2,958,791 -1,865,851
Eurotunnel 2,571,793 5,075,920 +2,504,127
Edinburgh Airport 5,457,673 2,166,890 -3,290,783
Dover 3,145,648 4,176,917 +1,031,269
London Gateway Port 1,307,380 3,970,548 +2,663,168

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 180
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 136
Manufacture of electrical equipment 94
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 72
Other manufacturing 49

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 147
2025-11 147
2025-10 172
2025-09 153
2025-08 148

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 355
54m+ 239
0-1m 106
15m-54m 73
Other 53

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 £
Thailand 38,007,867
United States 17,637,508
Germany 8,153,454
Sweden 4,992,245
France 4,742,973

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 £
Thailand 15,950,015 22,057,852 +6,107,837
United States 9,562,618 8,074,890 -1,487,728
Germany 4,891,312 3,262,142 -1,629,170
Sweden 1,875,644 3,116,601 +1,240,957
France 2,983,902 1,759,071 -1,224,831
Ireland 2,121,452 1,839,217 -282,235
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 2,070,323 1,047,792 -1,022,531
China 1,248,854 1,789,024 +540,170
Canada 974,725 1,821,145 +846,420
India 1,297,814 1,271,387 -26,427

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 4,499
China 4,171
Switzerland 136
Italy 41

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 4,348 151 -4,197
China 3,269 902 -2,367
Switzerland 136 0 -136
Italy 0 41 +41

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 95,618,940
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 6,530,256
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 5,107,584
Road transport 865,494
Other 13,824

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 44,505,619 51,113,321 +6,607,702
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 3,874,807 2,655,449 -1,219,358
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 3,812,667 1,294,917 -2,517,750
Road transport 865,494 0 -865,494
Other 9,154 4,670 -4,484

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
ZLC 32,169,948
London Heathrow Airport 26,398,348
East Midlands Airport 25,464,072
London Stansted Airport 6,029,566
Glasgow Airport 5,188,140

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 £
ZLC 14,326,091 17,843,857 +3,517,766
London Heathrow Airport 11,527,014 14,871,334 +3,344,320
East Midlands Airport 12,812,393 12,651,679 -160,714
London Stansted Airport 2,869,862 3,159,704 +289,842
Glasgow Airport 3,296,054 1,892,086 -1,403,968
Dover / Eurotunnel 3,146,177 1,851,990 -1,294,187
London Gateway Port 3,249,269 690,475 -2,558,794
Edinburgh Airport 286,726 538,609 +251,883
Dover 284,838 426,353 +141,515
Immingham Docks 340,108 197,910 -142,198

Quick facts

HS code: 854141

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

Description: LEDs, whether used individually or combined with other LEDs