Import/export HS code 853321: Resistors with power handling capacity up to 20W

Fixed resistors designed to handle electrical power of 20 watts or less

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 £
Malaysia 31,314,365
Germany 24,978,375
United States 14,286,067
Netherlands 10,368,483
Japan 9,791,307

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 £
Malaysia 31,288,551 25,814 -31,262,737
Germany 12,797,137 12,181,238 -615,899
United States 6,464,050 7,822,017 +1,357,967
Netherlands 4,497,547 5,870,936 +1,373,389
Japan 4,458,892 5,332,415 +873,523
Czechia 2,502,265 1,905,511 -596,754
India 2,044,405 1,837,019 -207,386
Belgium 1,386,577 2,350,895 +964,318
Israel 1,891,201 1,806,012 -85,189
Taiwan 1,287,864 1,781,328 +493,464

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 £
Taiwan 37,739,333
Japan 15,938,331
China 13,242,631
United States 13,223,921
Germany 7,758,363

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 £
Taiwan 33,024,630 4,714,703 -28,309,927
Japan 7,980,973 7,957,358 -23,615
China 6,898,422 6,344,209 -554,213
United States 6,295,973 6,927,948 +631,975
Germany 3,130,993 4,627,370 +1,496,377
Israel 3,535,757 3,290,373 -245,384
India 2,534,055 2,373,954 -160,101
Mexico 2,153,842 2,165,637 +11,795
Thailand 1,287,344 1,769,447 +482,103
France 1,028,647 1,101,055 +72,408

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 53
Surrey, East and West Sussex 33
Inner London - West 27
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 23
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 20

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 40 41 +1
Surrey, East and West Sussex 20 26 +6
Inner London - West 17 19 +2
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 14 15 +1
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 13 14 +1
Essex 17 18 +1
Greater Manchester 16 13 -3
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 14 12 -2
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 12 11 -1
West Midlands 15 8 -7

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 59,009,500
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 51,229,468
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 12,617,830
Other 316,316
Road transport 203,244

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 26,969,132 32,040,368 +5,071,236
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 41,509,754 9,719,714 -31,790,040
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 5,670,845 6,946,985 +1,276,140
Other 185,007 131,309 -53,698
Road transport 87,810 115,434 +27,624

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 32,720,038
East Midlands Airport 28,128,846
London Heathrow Airport 11,441,675
London Stansted Airport 8,395,671
Southampton 8,065,867

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 £
Felixstowe 31,907,055 812,983 -31,094,072
East Midlands Airport 12,524,404 15,604,442 +3,080,038
London Heathrow Airport 5,039,165 6,402,510 +1,363,345
London Stansted Airport 4,125,706 4,269,965 +144,259
Southampton 4,637,340 3,428,527 -1,208,813
Birmingham Airport 3,847,298 3,410,995 -436,303
London Gateway Port 2,671,404 3,778,328 +1,106,924
Eurotunnel 2,675,951 3,515,080 +839,129
Thamesport 1,851,056 1,245,156 -605,900
Leeds Bradford Airport 1,028,292 1,825,597 +797,305

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 108
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 100
Manufacture of electrical equipment 65
Other manufacturing 24
Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles 24

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-04 109
2026-03 126
2026-02 106
2026-01 105
2025-12 110

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
54m+ 214
1m-15m 162
Other 40
15m-54m 36
0-1m 31

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 £
Germany 10,198,179
China 4,829,953
Singapore 4,706,800
United States 4,436,894
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 2,851,343

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 £
Germany 4,931,101 5,267,078 +335,977
China 1,965,926 2,864,027 +898,101
Singapore 2,786,338 1,920,462 -865,876
United States 2,439,511 1,997,383 -442,128
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 1,762,034 1,089,309 -672,725
Netherlands 942,972 1,431,423 +488,451
France 530,976 1,111,793 +580,817
India 201,452 1,241,215 +1,039,763
Lithuania 633,712 543,249 -90,463
Ireland 689,316 459,147 -230,169

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 £
Germany 7,047
China 1,689
United States 486
Slovenia 371
Italy 86

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 £
Germany 7,047 0 -7,047
China 645 1,044 +399
United States 40 446 +406
Slovenia 295 76 -219
Italy 50 36 -14
Bulgaria 0 62 +62
Luxembourg 0 35 +35
XI 35 0 -35
Czechia 12 11 -1
Spain 13 10 -3

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 37,121,586
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 6,581,244
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 465,484
Other 10,635
Road transport 8,104

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 18,017,858 19,103,728 +1,085,870
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 2,974,645 3,606,599 +631,954
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 262,463 203,021 -59,442
Other 8,618 2,017 -6,601
Road transport 8,104 0 -8,104

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
East Midlands Airport 15,753,407
London Heathrow Airport 8,852,421
ZLC 6,385,863
London Stansted Airport 5,314,157
Eurotunnel 2,994,461

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 8,051,650 7,701,757 -349,893
London Heathrow Airport 4,650,648 4,201,773 -448,875
ZLC 2,970,186 3,415,677 +445,491
London Stansted Airport 1,775,957 3,538,200 +1,762,243
Eurotunnel 1,349,463 1,644,998 +295,535
Dover / Eurotunnel 814,296 1,225,051 +410,755
Dover 375,251 351,163 -24,088
Manchester Airport 504,571 121,088 -383,483
Holyhead 222,894 107,186 -115,708
Liverpool Docks 148,574 73,040 -75,534

Quick facts

HS code: 853321

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

Description: Fixed resistors designed to handle electrical power of 20 watts or less