Import/export HS code 853952: LED lamps

Energy-efficient LED lamps used in homes, offices, and outdoor lighting

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* 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 153,086,668
Germany 14,936,592
Netherlands 9,927,590
Poland 9,677,298
France 7,363,424

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 81,325,678 71,760,990 -9,564,688
Germany 9,055,961 5,880,631 -3,175,330
Netherlands 5,447,264 4,480,326 -966,938
Poland 4,432,191 5,245,107 +812,916
France 3,863,786 3,499,638 -364,148
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 3,287,768 2,049,839 -1,237,929
United States 3,583,450 1,548,651 -2,034,799
Italy 1,016,481 557,314 -459,167
Ireland 867,230 601,953 -265,277
Hungary 1,331,301 73,070 -1,258,231

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 190,924,425
United States 8,506,738
Germany 5,532,811
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 1,677,156
Hungary 1,404,216

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 103,195,261 87,729,164 -15,466,097
United States 5,629,173 2,877,565 -2,751,608
Germany 2,586,852 2,945,959 +359,107
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 817,709 859,447 +41,738
Hungary 1,336,834 67,382 -1,269,452
Taiwan 732,221 633,179 -99,042
Italy 544,790 424,906 -119,884
France 600,213 310,876 -289,337
Poland 384,415 488,475 +104,060
United Kingdom 515,538 347,385 -168,153

Importers across UK regions

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

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 80
Surrey, East and West Sussex 59
West Midlands 58
Greater Manchester 54
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 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 50 46 -4
Surrey, East and West Sussex 40 36 -4
West Midlands 46 36 -10
Greater Manchester 39 29 -10
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 35 40 +5
Outer London - West and North West 31 33 +2
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 38 34 -4
Inner London - East 30 27 -3
West Yorkshire 31 29 -2
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 36 21 -15

Import volume by transport

What this shows: Import value by transport mode used to bring goods into the UK.

Top 5 values

Transport £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 118,374,025
Air transport 51,368,159
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 45,833,911
Other 3,301,322
Road transport 97,259

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 £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 66,399,028 51,974,997 -14,424,031
Air transport 25,453,346 25,914,813 +461,467
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 24,422,419 21,411,492 -3,010,927
Other 2,835,512 465,810 -2,369,702
Road transport 54,196 43,063 -11,133

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 65,772,454
Southampton 26,661,635
London Gateway Port 20,811,680
Dover 18,559,642
London Heathrow Airport 15,221,862

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 41,733,993 24,038,461 -17,695,532
Southampton 16,940,770 9,720,865 -7,219,905
London Gateway Port 5,728,942 15,082,738 +9,353,796
Dover 10,963,104 7,596,538 -3,366,566
London Heathrow Airport 8,467,461 6,754,401 -1,713,060
499 2,378,394 6,350,774 +3,972,380
Eurotunnel 4,168,711 4,353,900 +185,189
London Stansted Airport 3,333,931 4,243,399 +909,468
Birmingham Airport 4,203,515 2,990,210 -1,213,305
East Midlands Airport 4,197,097 2,940,572 -1,256,525

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
341
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
225
Manufacture of electrical equipment
92
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities
53
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products
43

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 164
2026-04 166
2026-03 169
2026-02 188
2026-01 164

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 424
54m+ 277
0-1m 200
15m-54m 101
Other 73

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 9,171,467
United States 7,426,877
France 7,031,163
Italy 5,364,878
Ireland 5,073,247

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 5,052,754 4,118,713 -934,041
United States 3,491,158 3,935,719 +444,561
France 2,452,919 4,578,244 +2,125,325
Italy 3,307,008 2,057,870 -1,249,138
Ireland 2,849,398 2,223,849 -625,549
Germany 2,353,944 2,138,144 -215,800
Spain 1,357,794 1,502,811 +145,017
Japan 1,488,395 661,322 -827,073
Poland 1,274,596 850,125 -424,471
United Arab Emirates 1,027,618 1,094,073 +66,455

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 600,675
XI 379,444
Germany 41,500
Hungary 12,242
Italy 9,277

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 373,185 227,490 -145,695
XI 374,030 5,414 -368,616
Germany 17,301 24,199 +6,898
Hungary 373 11,869 +11,496
Italy 5,513 3,764 -1,749
Indonesia 1,908 926 -982
Ireland 1,455 44 -1,411
Poland 0 960 +960
Belgium 0 774 +774
France 122 0 -122

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 31,388,155
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 25,721,176
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 7,668,834
Other 1,060,080
Road transport 9,152

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 15,048,798 16,339,357 +1,290,559
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 13,835,031 11,886,145 -1,948,886
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 4,793,011 2,875,823 -1,917,188
Other 777,121 282,959 -494,162
Road transport 9,152 0 -9,152

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 18,064,585
London Heathrow Airport 10,168,729
East Midlands Airport 8,825,164
ZLC 5,636,696
London Stansted Airport 5,074,952

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 9,923,664 8,140,921 -1,782,743
London Heathrow Airport 4,718,051 5,450,678 +732,627
East Midlands Airport 4,516,000 4,309,164 -206,836
ZLC 1,666,035 3,970,661 +2,304,626
London Stansted Airport 2,991,400 2,083,552 -907,848
Southampton 2,220,125 1,179,059 -1,041,066
Immingham Docks 1,114,024 948,299 -165,725
London Gateway Port 1,242,086 768,939 -473,147
Felixstowe 770,562 734,438 -36,124
Dover 765,566 724,596 -40,970

Quick facts

HS code: 853952

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

Description: Energy-efficient LED lamps used in homes, offices, and outdoor lighting