Import/export HS code 854110: Diodes

Standard diodes, excluding photosensitive or light-emitting diodes (LEDs)

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 £
United States 23,869,175
Germany 20,042,434
China 9,210,814
Netherlands 8,763,954
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 4,185,722

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 £
United States 12,722,392 11,146,783 -1,575,609
Germany 10,528,140 9,514,294 -1,013,846
China 5,048,017 4,162,797 -885,220
Netherlands 4,206,740 4,557,214 +350,474
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 932,801 3,252,921 +2,320,120
Belgium 3,014,349 1,012,175 -2,002,174
Singapore 1,759,260 1,316,741 -442,519
Thailand 836,941 1,673,721 +836,780
Italy 743,721 1,263,273 +519,552
France 778,130 1,091,472 +313,342

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 31,471,195
United States 20,090,022
Malaysia 4,921,738
Philippines 4,852,212
Germany 4,597,222

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 15,541,364 15,929,831 +388,467
United States 9,934,816 10,155,206 +220,390
Malaysia 2,456,422 2,465,316 +8,894
Philippines 2,543,506 2,308,706 -234,800
Germany 3,014,886 1,582,336 -1,432,550
United Kingdom 2,028,302 1,686,436 -341,866
Thailand 1,490,380 2,084,058 +593,678
Taiwan 1,568,412 1,530,531 -37,881
Japan 864,767 914,015 +49,248
India 607,368 1,051,116 +443,748

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 55
Surrey, East and West Sussex 44
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 30
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 30
Inner London - West 26

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 41 +2
Surrey, East and West Sussex 36 33 -3
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 16 24 +8
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 17 21 +4
Inner London - West 15 21 +6
Essex 19 21 +2
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 15 14 -1
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 18 13 -5
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough 13 13 +0
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 9 15 +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 71,880,046
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 12,651,199
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 6,816,933
Other 329,839
Road transport 30,219

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 37,254,961 34,625,085 -2,629,876
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 6,347,658 6,303,541 -44,117
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 2,453,571 4,363,362 +1,909,791
Other 196,438 133,401 -63,037
Road transport 0 30,219 +30,219

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
East Midlands Airport 36,096,705
London Stansted Airport 14,417,705
London Heathrow Airport 11,590,561
Birmingham Airport 6,314,489
London Gateway Port 6,151,053

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 £
East Midlands Airport 17,303,899 18,792,806 +1,488,907
London Stansted Airport 6,249,488 8,168,217 +1,918,729
London Heathrow Airport 6,744,601 4,845,960 -1,898,641
Birmingham Airport 4,239,961 2,074,528 -2,165,433
London Gateway Port 3,616,796 2,534,257 -1,082,539
Eurotunnel 824,231 2,555,562 +1,731,331
Felixstowe 672,604 2,060,468 +1,387,864
Thamesport 1,543,601 868,980 -674,621
Manchester Airport 1,754,092 134,708 -1,619,384
Southampton 588,886 670,195 +81,309

Importer companies by SIC division

What this shows: Industry breakdown (SIC divisions) of importing companies.

Top 5 values

SIC Companies
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 118
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 95
Manufacture of electrical equipment 86
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 35
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment 32

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 141
2025-11 126
2025-10 133
2025-09 117
2025-08 112

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+ 216
1m-15m 206
0-1m 54
15m-54m 48
Other 43

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 £
China 53,670,459
United States 20,334,138
Germany 9,314,724
Singapore 7,890,488
Norway 4,289,852

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 £
China 24,949,794 28,720,665 +3,770,871
United States 10,817,360 9,516,778 -1,300,582
Germany 4,138,527 5,176,197 +1,037,670
Singapore 4,673,125 3,217,363 -1,455,762
Norway 114,510 4,175,342 +4,060,832
France 1,836,959 2,286,126 +449,167
Denmark 992,175 1,115,934 +123,759
India 890,483 1,145,539 +255,056
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 1,237,873 698,650 -539,223
Japan 922,094 975,484 +53,390

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 £
XI 10,949
Italy 1,116
Belgium 282
Romania 90

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 £
XI 9,887 1,062 -8,825
Italy 1,047 69 -978
Belgium 282 0 -282
Romania 32 58 +26

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 123,894,480
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 5,692,804
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 618,804
Other 12,437
Road transport 1,773

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 58,740,434 65,154,046 +6,413,612
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 2,874,916 2,817,888 -57,028
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 328,061 290,743 -37,318
Other 11,248 1,189 -10,059
Road transport 1,773 0 -1,773

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Glasgow Airport 35,738,205
East Midlands Airport 34,864,671
London Heathrow Airport 19,603,932
ZLC 14,130,412
Manchester Airport 9,484,007

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 £
Glasgow Airport 15,866,356 19,871,849 +4,005,493
East Midlands Airport 15,666,159 19,198,512 +3,532,353
London Heathrow Airport 8,471,920 11,132,012 +2,660,092
ZLC 7,010,896 7,119,516 +108,620
Manchester Airport 6,712,397 2,771,610 -3,940,787
London Stansted Airport 4,691,156 4,746,091 +54,935
Dover / Eurotunnel 2,431,791 2,584,724 +152,933
London Gateway Port 265,105 111,722 -153,383
Dover 237,546 128,037 -109,509
Edinburgh Airport 99,319 212,411 +113,092

Quick facts

HS code: 854110

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

Description: Standard diodes, excluding photosensitive or light-emitting diodes (LEDs)