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 31,326,520
Germany 24,051,107
United States 13,457,947
Netherlands 9,726,276
Japan 9,586,586

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 31,300,125 26,395 -31,273,730
Germany 12,527,608 11,523,499 -1,004,109
United States 6,284,500 7,173,447 +888,947
Netherlands 4,136,862 5,589,414 +1,452,552
Japan 4,182,115 5,404,471 +1,222,356
Czechia 2,563,891 1,567,645 -996,246
India 1,991,964 1,780,356 -211,608
Belgium 1,530,432 2,189,697 +659,265
Israel 1,870,890 1,785,550 -85,340
Taiwan 1,221,109 1,771,011 +549,902

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 37,475,158
Japan 15,283,080
China 13,063,865
United States 12,558,326
Germany 7,602,391

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 32,834,994 4,640,164 -28,194,830
Japan 7,416,932 7,866,148 +449,216
China 6,932,930 6,130,935 -801,995
United States 6,555,432 6,002,894 -552,538
Germany 3,005,415 4,596,976 +1,591,561
Israel 3,330,912 3,188,402 -142,510
India 2,519,298 2,231,981 -287,317
Mexico 1,889,859 2,106,161 +216,302
Thailand 1,317,645 1,672,394 +354,749
France 947,333 1,030,330 +82,997

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 50
Surrey, East and West Sussex 32
Inner London - West 27
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 22
Essex 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 40 +0
Surrey, East and West Sussex 21 24 +3
Inner London - West 16 20 +4
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 15 13 -2
Essex 17 18 +1
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 13 15 +2
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 13 13 +0
Greater Manchester 14 13 -1
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 14 9 -5
Northumberland, Durham and Tyne & Wear 11 9 -2

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 56,728,491
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 50,467,026
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 12,346,941
Other 299,349
Road transport 184,407

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 26,337,603 30,390,888 +4,053,285
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 41,183,956 9,283,070 -31,900,886
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 5,809,802 6,537,139 +727,337
Other 180,932 118,417 -62,515
Road transport 78,874 105,533 +26,659

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 32,759,076
East Midlands Airport 27,084,061
London Heathrow Airport 11,306,917
London Stansted Airport 7,778,398
Southampton 7,450,956

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 32,012,741 746,335 -31,266,406
East Midlands Airport 12,120,578 14,963,483 +2,842,905
London Heathrow Airport 5,140,047 6,166,870 +1,026,823
London Stansted Airport 3,725,380 4,053,018 +327,638
Southampton 4,048,920 3,402,036 -646,884
Birmingham Airport 3,656,556 3,403,422 -253,134
London Gateway Port 2,908,743 3,622,058 +713,315
Eurotunnel 2,850,986 3,347,407 +496,421
Thamesport 1,772,423 1,122,504 -649,919
Leeds Bradford Airport 1,087,253 1,628,857 +541,604

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
104
Manufacture of electrical equipment
64
Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles
23
Other manufacturing
22

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 107
2026-04 109
2026-03 126
2026-02 106
2026-01 105

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+ 209
1m-15m 159
15m-54m 37
Other 33
0-1m 29

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 10,097,485
China 5,091,230
Singapore 4,525,834
United States 4,133,185
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 2,693,498

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 5,221,704 4,875,781 -345,923
China 2,141,275 2,949,955 +808,680
Singapore 2,285,055 2,240,779 -44,276
United States 2,055,740 2,077,445 +21,705
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 1,623,337 1,070,161 -553,176
Netherlands 965,952 1,319,389 +353,437
France 591,316 1,107,390 +516,074
India 162,035 1,215,068 +1,053,033
Lithuania 673,222 454,192 -219,030
Ireland 691,142 426,256 -264,886

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 7,090
China 1,674
United States 486
Slovenia 170
Bulgaria 143

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 43 -7,004
China 771 903 +132
United States 126 360 +234
Slovenia 94 76 -18
Bulgaria 0 143 +143
Italy 36 36 +0
Luxembourg 16 19 +3
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 35,780,292
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 6,561,881
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 439,724
Other 10,493
Road transport 3,013

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 16,634,113 19,146,179 +2,512,066
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 3,272,697 3,289,184 +16,487
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 269,175 170,549 -98,626
Other 8,595 1,898 -6,697
Road transport 3,013 0 -3,013

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
East Midlands Airport 15,377,661
London Heathrow Airport 8,549,954
ZLC 5,636,466
London Stansted Airport 5,410,289
Eurotunnel 3,118,559

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 7,508,388 7,869,273 +360,885
London Heathrow Airport 4,334,856 4,215,098 -119,758
ZLC 2,324,169 3,312,297 +988,128
London Stansted Airport 1,871,027 3,539,262 +1,668,235
Eurotunnel 1,692,252 1,426,307 -265,945
Dover / Eurotunnel 863,638 1,193,445 +329,807
Manchester Airport 524,978 69,903 -455,075
Dover 256,871 318,267 +61,396
Holyhead 253,836 72,300 -181,536
Liverpool Docks 166,180 43,744 -122,436

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