Import/export HS code 853120: Indicator panels with LCD or LED

Panels that display information using liquid crystal displays (LCD) or light-emitting diodes (LED)

Why this is important if you are looking for potential customers in the UK:

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  • 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 84,388,209
China 57,056,268
France 31,154,899
Germany 27,683,394
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 18,273,057

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 44,818,584 39,569,625 -5,248,959
China 26,123,399 30,932,869 +4,809,470
France 22,845,633 8,309,266 -14,536,367
Germany 14,252,066 13,431,328 -820,738
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 9,413,296 8,859,761 -553,535
Italy 8,377,419 7,353,265 -1,024,154
Poland 9,742,777 2,884,056 -6,858,721
Canada 4,412,555 4,522,378 +109,823
Netherlands 4,086,930 3,639,860 -447,070
South Korea 4,246,984 1,524,604 -2,722,380

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 £
United States 101,420,365
China 78,686,207
France 23,164,105
United Kingdom 22,400,645
Italy 12,995,526

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 £
United States 57,756,347 43,664,018 -14,092,329
China 37,998,228 40,687,979 +2,689,751
France 13,311,511 9,852,594 -3,458,917
United Kingdom 11,557,161 10,843,484 -713,677
Italy 7,087,248 5,908,278 -1,178,970
Poland 9,216,914 3,005,884 -6,211,030
Germany 5,603,586 4,589,670 -1,013,916
Taiwan 4,886,661 4,800,385 -86,276
Canada 3,986,660 4,695,585 +708,925
Malaysia 4,209,470 2,406,001 -1,803,469

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 146
Inner London - West 109
Surrey, East and West Sussex 101
Greater Manchester 83
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 75

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 107 92 -15
Inner London - West 65 84 +19
Surrey, East and West Sussex 65 76 +11
Greater Manchester 60 55 -5
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 50 63 +13
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 42 54 +12
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 44 53 +9
Outer London - West and North West 37 47 +10
West Midlands 42 44 +2
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 44 38 -6

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 236,384,018
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 51,887,630
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 32,479,433
Road transport 1,211,047
Other 432,191

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 130,732,366 105,651,652 -25,080,714
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 24,417,412 27,470,218 +3,052,806
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 19,753,954 12,725,479 -7,028,475
Road transport 691,212 519,835 -171,377
Other 265,548 166,643 -98,905

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 102,113,461
London Stansted Airport 68,054,762
East Midlands Airport 36,172,000
Felixstowe 26,811,417
Dover 14,043,309

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 £
London Heathrow Airport 58,355,454 43,758,007 -14,597,447
London Stansted Airport 36,155,366 31,899,396 -4,255,970
East Midlands Airport 19,626,126 16,545,874 -3,080,252
Felixstowe 13,650,923 13,160,494 -490,429
Dover 8,007,677 6,035,632 -1,972,045
Birmingham Airport 4,513,244 6,318,475 +1,805,231
Southampton 4,079,662 5,823,174 +1,743,512
Leeds Bradford Airport 6,794,781 894,864 -5,899,917
Thamesport 4,097,818 3,386,805 -711,013
Manchester Airport 2,838,487 3,343,914 +505,427

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
362
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
175
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products
158
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c.
110
Manufacture of electrical equipment
109

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 260
2026-04 286
2026-03 278
2026-02 283
2026-01 236

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 672
54m+ 514
0-1m 243
15m-54m 156
Other 135

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 £
United States 62,533,627
France 41,849,382
Germany 32,055,495
China 18,338,630
Netherlands 12,251,788

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 £
United States 31,523,032 31,010,595 -512,437
France 31,176,712 10,672,670 -20,504,042
Germany 16,517,057 15,538,438 -978,619
China 6,453,862 11,884,768 +5,430,906
Netherlands 8,834,106 3,417,682 -5,416,424
Italy 5,843,907 5,377,124 -466,783
Ireland 6,158,619 4,742,349 -1,416,270
Spain 4,409,142 4,745,525 +336,383
Turkey 5,002,851 3,805,865 -1,196,986
Australia 3,375,951 4,664,052 +1,288,101

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 155,190
Germany 30,296
India 16,060
XI 14,401
United States 11,148

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 80,242 74,948 -5,294
Germany 535 29,761 +29,226
India 16,060 0 -16,060
XI 4,916 9,485 +4,569
United States 11,148 0 -11,148
Mexico 10,599 0 -10,599
Czechia 2,239 4,675 +2,436
Nicaragua 0 4,481 +4,481
Austria 3,449 742 -2,707
Italy 194 0 -194

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 218,305,866
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 76,750,162
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 10,749,122
Other 312,524
Road transport 21,611

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 122,007,121 96,298,745 -25,708,376
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 43,436,743 33,313,419 -10,123,324
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 5,275,514 5,473,608 +198,094
Other 145,423 167,101 +21,678
Road transport 9,060 12,551 +3,491

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 114,598,101
Dover / Eurotunnel 53,889,391
East Midlands Airport 41,481,147
London Stansted Airport 35,358,993
ZLC 15,708,091

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 £
London Heathrow Airport 64,713,029 49,885,072 -14,827,957
Dover / Eurotunnel 28,881,859 25,007,532 -3,874,327
East Midlands Airport 24,394,459 17,086,688 -7,307,771
London Stansted Airport 18,279,920 17,079,073 -1,200,847
ZLC 8,707,269 7,000,822 -1,706,447
Manchester Airport 5,037,080 3,602,998 -1,434,082
Immingham Docks 3,259,506 2,642,049 -617,457
Liverpool Docks 2,880,052 2,655,609 -224,443
London Gateway Port 3,018,929 1,561,826 -1,457,103
Holyhead 1,656,115 1,675,356 +19,241

Related HS codes

What this shows: Sibling or child HS codes in the same classification branch.

Quick facts

HS code: 853120

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

Description: Panels that display information using liquid crystal displays (LCD) or light-emitting diodes (LED)