Import/export HS code 853190: Parts for signaling devices

Components and parts used for electric sound or visual signaling devices

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 47,316,797
United States 46,836,270
Netherlands 18,193,623
Germany 9,415,693
Malaysia 7,299,011

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 26,660,480 20,656,317 -6,004,163
United States 8,130,169 38,706,101 +30,575,932
Netherlands 9,738,772 8,454,851 -1,283,921
Germany 5,593,625 3,822,068 -1,771,557
Malaysia 4,366,870 2,932,141 -1,434,729
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 4,789,520 1,848,064 -2,941,456
Israel 3,206,749 3,032,672 -174,077
Poland 3,994,374 2,060,593 -1,933,781
Italy 3,089,031 2,839,183 -249,848
Romania 2,784,697 2,446,300 -338,397

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 59,877,379
United States 49,975,811
Malaysia 7,803,824
Romania 7,613,880
Israel 6,139,715

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 34,688,078 25,189,301 -9,498,777
United States 9,951,502 40,024,309 +30,072,807
Malaysia 4,506,377 3,297,447 -1,208,930
Romania 3,949,461 3,664,419 -285,042
Israel 3,121,385 3,018,330 -103,055
Germany 3,265,667 2,666,312 -599,355
Netherlands 3,298,746 2,553,848 -744,898
Italy 2,649,513 2,220,656 -428,857
Poland 2,916,602 1,440,197 -1,476,405
Czechia 2,088,998 1,645,200 -443,798

Importers across UK regions

What this shows: Number of importing companies by UK ITL2 region.

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 94
Surrey, East and West Sussex 83
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 76
Greater Manchester 57
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 53

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
Inner London - West 62 58 -4
Surrey, East and West Sussex 61 58 -3
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 57 49 -8
Greater Manchester 47 34 -13
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 40 38 -2
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 33 34 +1
West Midlands 35 24 -11
Outer London - West and North West 33 27 -6
Essex 27 25 -2
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 22 19 -3

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 95,044,432
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 55,468,062
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 31,594,784
Road transport 3,786,389
Other 589,084

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 36,262,824 58,781,608 +22,518,784
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 32,599,113 22,868,949 -9,730,164
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 17,013,449 14,581,335 -2,432,114
Road transport 2,275,551 1,510,838 -764,713
Other 382,481 206,603 -175,878
Rail transport 98,203 0 -98,203

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Stansted Airport 42,413,800
Southampton 22,676,385
London Heathrow Airport 20,199,518
East Midlands Airport 17,991,188
Felixstowe 17,178,411

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 Stansted Airport 6,371,274 36,042,526 +29,671,252
Southampton 15,837,358 6,839,027 -8,998,331
London Heathrow Airport 12,241,527 7,957,991 -4,283,536
East Midlands Airport 9,766,440 8,224,748 -1,541,692
Felixstowe 9,213,958 7,964,453 -1,249,505
Dover 5,781,525 5,264,335 -517,190
Thamesport 6,006,333 3,442,751 -2,563,582
Birmingham Airport 4,404,528 4,018,177 -386,351
Eurotunnel 3,648,126 3,389,390 -258,736
London Gateway Port 1,252,105 4,162,648 +2,910,543

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 223
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 106
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 93
Manufacture of electrical equipment 86
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 67

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 176
2025-11 201
2025-10 165
2025-09 190
2025-08 178

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 451
54m+ 382
0-1m 114
15m-54m 103
Other 93

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 £
Netherlands 17,145,326
Germany 15,638,983
United States 10,974,705
Saudi Arabia 10,888,362
Ireland 10,307,623

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 £
Netherlands 10,166,117 6,979,209 -3,186,908
Germany 6,614,990 9,023,993 +2,409,003
United States 6,009,571 4,965,134 -1,044,437
Saudi Arabia 6,188,715 4,699,647 -1,489,068
Ireland 6,014,113 4,293,510 -1,720,603
Spain 2,178,232 6,190,700 +4,012,468
China 4,951,095 3,139,459 -1,811,636
United Arab Emirates 2,967,497 3,225,006 +257,509
France 3,402,701 2,509,686 -893,015
Egypt 2,657,067 747,728 -1,909,339

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 £
Italy 119,719
Czechia 63,298
XI 49,159
France 14,209
Germany 10,429

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 £
Italy 119,719 0 -119,719
Czechia 63,298 0 -63,298
XI 39,986 9,173 -30,813
France 9,252 4,957 -4,295
Germany 10,429 0 -10,429
Nicaragua 0 9,178 +9,178
Ireland 2,863 2,535 -328
China 158 2 -156
Taiwan 39 0 -39

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 68,707,200
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 48,136,376
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 15,264,643
Other 406,123
Road transport 178,934

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 37,732,324 30,974,876 -6,757,448
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 25,066,151 23,070,225 -1,995,926
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 8,587,975 6,676,668 -1,911,307
Other 326,233 79,890 -246,343
Road transport 178,934 0 -178,934

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 29,028,885
London Heathrow Airport 25,291,615
East Midlands Airport 12,213,040
London Stansted Airport 11,192,148
Felixstowe 9,778,282

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 £
Dover / Eurotunnel 14,742,305 14,286,580 -455,725
London Heathrow Airport 14,935,020 10,356,595 -4,578,425
East Midlands Airport 7,044,030 5,169,010 -1,875,020
London Stansted Airport 3,637,217 7,554,931 +3,917,714
Felixstowe 5,020,723 4,757,559 -263,164
Warton Aerodrome 4,742,689 3,259,529 -1,483,160
London Gateway Port 4,120,732 3,699,951 -420,781
ZLC 4,756,682 2,703,570 -2,053,112
Holyhead 3,375,380 2,879,371 -496,009
Manchester Airport 2,219,973 1,563,382 -656,591

Quick facts

HS code: 853190

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

Description: Components and parts used for electric sound or visual signaling devices