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 40,458,869
Germany 28,764,242
Thailand 19,081,075
United States 17,991,072
Belgium 8,155,278

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 17,745,321 22,713,548 +4,968,227
Germany 12,003,389 16,760,853 +4,757,464
Thailand 7,935,656 11,145,419 +3,209,763
United States 10,429,428 7,561,644 -2,867,784
Belgium 6,418,358 1,736,920 -4,681,438
Japan 3,831,110 3,758,908 -72,202
South Korea 1,870,760 2,610,842 +740,082
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 2,457,307 1,992,080 -465,227
Netherlands 2,853,248 1,584,498 -1,268,750
Italy 2,563,930 1,610,332 -953,598

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 67,673,070
Thailand 21,119,915
United States 19,545,973
Japan 10,423,618
Malaysia 10,169,989

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 32,428,512 35,244,558 +2,816,046
Thailand 8,431,400 12,688,515 +4,257,115
United States 11,910,463 7,635,510 -4,274,953
Japan 4,836,178 5,587,440 +751,262
Malaysia 6,119,574 4,050,415 -2,069,159
Germany 3,232,831 5,891,971 +2,659,140
South Korea 1,746,190 2,342,833 +596,643
United Kingdom 2,235,224 791,977 -1,443,247
Taiwan 1,488,778 1,372,924 -115,854
Sweden 957,769 1,125,752 +167,983

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 83
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 51
Inner London - West 43
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 41
Surrey, East and West Sussex 41

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 56 63 +7
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 33 36 +3
Inner London - West 31 28 -3
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 25 29 +4
Surrey, East and West Sussex 24 32 +8
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough 25 21 -4
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 24 21 -3
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 20 20 +0
Essex 18 21 +3
Greater Manchester 19 15 -4

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 116,681,275
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 26,791,670
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 19,192,553
Other 197,607
Road transport 63,863

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 61,123,266 55,558,009 -5,565,257
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 11,680,502 15,111,168 +3,430,666
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 6,842,496 12,350,057 +5,507,561
Other 148,411 49,196 -99,215
Road transport 33,137 30,726 -2,411

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
East Midlands Airport 38,469,136
London Heathrow Airport 38,054,982
London Stansted Airport 20,576,821
Southampton 10,288,582
Birmingham Airport 9,049,807

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 20,097,337 18,371,799 -1,725,538
London Heathrow Airport 17,461,991 20,592,991 +3,131,000
London Stansted Airport 10,310,694 10,266,127 -44,567
Southampton 5,220,181 5,068,401 -151,780
Birmingham Airport 6,898,281 2,151,526 -4,746,755
Felixstowe 2,885,284 4,862,686 +1,977,402
Edinburgh Airport 4,962,540 2,629,588 -2,332,952
Dover 3,307,134 3,960,449 +653,315
Eurotunnel 1,155,127 6,107,155 +4,952,028
London Gateway Port 1,408,746 3,612,179 +2,203,433

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 177
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 135
Manufacture of electrical equipment 93
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 75
Other professional, scientific and technical activities 50

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 147
2025-10 172
2025-09 153
2025-08 148
2025-07 142

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 360
54m+ 240
0-1m 100
15m-54m 72
Other 58

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 35,599,854
United States 17,408,327
Germany 8,018,656
France 4,878,107
Sweden 4,713,938

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 15,816,251 19,783,603 +3,967,352
United States 9,641,744 7,766,583 -1,875,161
Germany 5,035,749 2,982,907 -2,052,842
France 2,824,291 2,053,816 -770,475
Sweden 1,726,006 2,987,932 +1,261,926
Ireland 2,308,216 1,792,553 -515,663
China 1,281,668 1,652,612 +370,944
Canada 984,008 1,903,554 +919,546
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 2,027,108 741,026 -1,286,082
India 1,284,847 1,294,190 +9,343

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 £
XU 4,977
XI 4,499
China 4,225
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 £
XU 0 4,977 +4,977
XI 4,348 151 -4,197
China 3,294 931 -2,363
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 92,162,123
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 6,653,664
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 4,816,291
Road transport 933,523
Other 13,878

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 44,461,546 47,700,577 +3,239,031
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 3,734,477 2,919,187 -815,290
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 3,532,680 1,283,611 -2,249,069
Road transport 933,523 0 -933,523
Other 7,778 6,100 -1,678

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
ZLC 30,610,224
East Midlands Airport 25,464,716
London Heathrow Airport 24,993,076
London Stansted Airport 5,640,605
Dover / Eurotunnel 5,160,311

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 14,426,877 16,183,347 +1,756,470
East Midlands Airport 13,467,447 11,997,269 -1,470,178
London Heathrow Airport 10,814,316 14,178,760 +3,364,444
London Stansted Airport 2,916,834 2,723,771 -193,063
Dover / Eurotunnel 3,053,541 2,106,770 -946,771
Glasgow Airport 3,191,305 1,947,047 -1,244,258
London Gateway Port 2,922,018 667,346 -2,254,672
Edinburgh Airport 328,507 515,217 +186,710
Dover 278,253 398,045 +119,792
Immingham Docks 338,161 217,303 -120,858

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