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

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  • 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 25,086,222
United States 14,148,031
Netherlands 10,137,906
Japan 9,945,880

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 37,969 -31,250,582
Germany 12,796,209 12,290,013 -506,196
United States 6,454,372 7,693,659 +1,239,287
Netherlands 4,274,421 5,863,485 +1,589,064
Japan 4,242,951 5,702,929 +1,459,978
Czechia 2,518,895 1,813,576 -705,319
India 2,000,560 1,968,870 -31,690
Belgium 1,446,489 2,421,208 +974,719
Israel 1,952,883 1,868,219 -84,664
Taiwan 1,269,131 1,914,665 +645,534

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 37,884,709
Japan 15,991,590
China 13,459,281
United States 13,030,113
Germany 7,919,446

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 32,956,586 4,928,123 -28,028,463
Japan 7,653,789 8,337,801 +684,012
China 6,944,900 6,514,381 -430,519
United States 6,510,744 6,519,369 +8,625
Germany 3,135,795 4,783,651 +1,647,856
Israel 3,429,013 3,438,520 +9,507
India 2,511,803 2,474,055 -37,748
Mexico 2,008,416 2,262,920 +254,504
Thailand 1,241,741 1,819,793 +578,052
France 1,020,606 1,063,832 +43,226

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 52
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 39 42 +3
Surrey, East and West Sussex 22 25 +3
Inner London - West 16 20 +4
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 16 14 -2
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 13 15 +2
Essex 17 18 +1
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 14 13 -1
Greater Manchester 15 13 -2
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 13 10 -3
West Midlands 15 9 -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 59,543,412
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 51,165,014
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 12,743,467
Other 312,953
Road transport 190,405

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 27,332,484 32,210,928 +4,878,444
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 41,206,761 9,958,253 -31,248,508
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 5,606,911 7,136,556 +1,529,645
Other 188,437 124,516 -63,921
Road transport 79,334 111,071 +31,737

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 32,802,960
East Midlands Airport 28,324,370
London Heathrow Airport 11,715,195
London Stansted Airport 8,297,526
Southampton 7,789,378

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 31,926,532 876,428 -31,050,104
East Midlands Airport 12,548,930 15,775,440 +3,226,510
London Heathrow Airport 5,150,617 6,564,578 +1,413,961
London Stansted Airport 3,950,017 4,347,509 +397,492
Southampton 4,260,841 3,528,537 -732,304
Birmingham Airport 3,921,022 3,553,831 -367,191
London Gateway Port 2,770,702 3,898,737 +1,128,035
Eurotunnel 2,775,708 3,587,542 +811,834
Thamesport 1,801,195 1,259,691 -541,504
Leeds Bradford Airport 1,077,970 1,789,217 +711,247

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
110
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products
106
Manufacture of electrical equipment
67
Other manufacturing
24
Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles
23

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+ 220
1m-15m 164
15m-54m 37
Other 36
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 10,429,419
China 5,189,884
Singapore 5,014,637
United States 4,317,397
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 2,823,229

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 5,263,891 5,165,528 -98,363
China 2,135,106 3,054,778 +919,672
Singapore 2,708,668 2,305,969 -402,699
United States 2,110,072 2,207,325 +97,253
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 1,662,984 1,160,245 -502,739
Netherlands 971,914 1,408,604 +436,690
France 534,054 1,184,040 +649,986
India 149,929 1,235,662 +1,085,733
Lithuania 668,553 482,632 -185,921
Ireland 712,688 432,364 -280,324

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 1,751
United States 486
Slovenia 371
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 814 937 +123
United States 126 360 +234
Slovenia 295 76 -219
Bulgaria 0 143 +143
Italy 0 72 +72
Luxembourg 16 19 +3
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 37,430,553
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 6,792,732
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 457,543
Other 10,807
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 17,329,608 20,100,945 +2,771,337
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 3,366,503 3,426,229 +59,726
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 274,453 183,090 -91,363
Other 8,839 1,968 -6,871
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 16,005,609
London Heathrow Airport 8,772,605
ZLC 6,299,846
London Stansted Airport 5,521,109
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 7,670,260 8,335,349 +665,089
London Heathrow Airport 4,328,641 4,443,964 +115,323
ZLC 2,824,316 3,475,530 +651,214
London Stansted Airport 1,921,324 3,599,785 +1,678,461
Eurotunnel 1,657,057 1,461,502 -195,555
Dover / Eurotunnel 858,158 1,255,837 +397,679
Dover 366,714 349,925 -16,789
Manchester Airport 515,314 105,971 -409,343
Holyhead 252,275 76,229 -176,046
Liverpool Docks 164,313 55,091 -109,222

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