Import/export HS code 854141: Light-emitting diodes (LEDs)

LEDs, whether used individually or combined with other 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 £
China 39,201,991
Germany 32,762,397
Thailand 22,780,291
United States 16,531,895
Japan 8,537,515

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 21,739,728 17,462,263 -4,277,465
Germany 15,115,255 17,647,142 +2,531,887
Thailand 13,471,565 9,308,726 -4,162,839
United States 8,464,223 8,067,672 -396,551
Japan 3,872,809 4,664,706 +791,897
Belgium 3,989,069 1,532,633 -2,456,436
South Korea 1,960,068 3,228,288 +1,268,220
Netherlands 2,306,487 2,544,663 +238,176
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 2,141,276 2,692,512 +551,236
Italy 2,972,247 1,363,400 -1,608,847

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 66,974,103
Thailand 24,534,637
United States 17,789,119
Japan 12,066,117
Germany 10,494,125

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 35,072,442 31,901,661 -3,170,781
Thailand 15,061,281 9,473,356 -5,587,925
United States 10,481,975 7,307,144 -3,174,831
Japan 5,337,167 6,728,950 +1,391,783
Germany 4,594,809 5,899,316 +1,304,507
Malaysia 5,808,161 4,367,416 -1,440,745
South Korea 1,778,993 2,859,402 +1,080,409
United Kingdom 2,083,148 1,923,425 -159,723
Taiwan 1,443,938 1,744,501 +300,563
Sweden 1,094,076 1,533,523 +439,447

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 87
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 54
Inner London - West 45
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 44
Surrey, East and West Sussex 40

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 59 63 +4
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 35 40 +5
Inner London - West 31 30 -1
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 31 30 -1
Surrey, East and West Sussex 27 30 +3
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 18 24 +6
Greater Manchester 18 21 +3
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 19 23 +4
Outer London - West and North West 17 17 +0
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough 21 17 -4

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 119,406,718
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 26,662,962
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 21,802,596
Road transport 992,397
Other 203,944

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 64,974,751 54,431,967 -10,542,784
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 14,808,796 11,854,166 -2,954,630
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 9,580,929 12,221,667 +2,640,738
Road transport 42,887 949,510 +906,623
Other 157,828 46,116 -111,712

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
East Midlands Airport 42,198,106
London Heathrow Airport 38,827,502
London Stansted Airport 21,657,284
Eurotunnel 9,121,724
London Gateway Port 9,038,816

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 20,382,408 21,815,698 +1,433,290
London Heathrow Airport 23,571,129 15,256,373 -8,314,756
London Stansted Airport 10,168,868 11,488,416 +1,319,548
Eurotunnel 4,160,896 4,960,828 +799,932
London Gateway Port 1,606,564 7,432,252 +5,825,688
Felixstowe 6,047,412 1,782,409 -4,265,003
Dover 2,883,836 4,740,396 +1,856,560
Birmingham Airport 4,934,228 2,013,289 -2,920,939
Edinburgh Airport 4,280,589 2,317,565 -1,963,024
Southampton 5,178,900 1,093,547 -4,085,353

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
184
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products
142
Manufacture of electrical equipment
107
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
70
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities
44

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 145
2026-04 155
2026-03 143
2026-02 125
2026-01 147

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 352
54m+ 241
0-1m 100
15m-54m 83
Other 52

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 £
Thailand 48,714,318
United States 18,033,721
Germany 9,516,279
Sweden 6,201,598
France 3,985,864

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 £
Thailand 16,790,240 31,924,078 +15,133,838
United States 9,199,292 8,834,429 -364,863
Germany 4,305,521 5,210,758 +905,237
Sweden 2,565,548 3,636,050 +1,070,502
France 2,665,014 1,320,850 -1,344,164
China 1,641,703 2,256,674 +614,971
Ireland 2,303,166 1,500,847 -802,319
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 2,036,317 1,164,780 -871,537
Canada 1,464,987 1,419,625 -45,362
Taiwan 359,817 2,480,498 +2,120,681

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 3,746
XI 286
Switzerland 136
Italy 41

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 2,919 827 -2,092
XI 11 275 +264
Switzerland 136 0 -136
Italy 0 41 +41

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 113,331,801
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 6,597,435
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 3,260,214
Road transport 48,448
Other 9,186

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 47,626,400 65,705,401 +18,079,001
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 3,556,832 3,040,603 -516,229
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 2,264,308 995,906 -1,268,402
Road transport 48,448 0 -48,448
Other 8,043 1,143 -6,900

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
ZLC 34,204,717
London Heathrow Airport 33,761,778
East Midlands Airport 27,177,557
London Stansted Airport 11,424,801
Glasgow Airport 5,288,210

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 £
ZLC 14,722,056 19,482,661 +4,760,605
London Heathrow Airport 13,779,953 19,981,825 +6,201,872
East Midlands Airport 11,373,610 15,803,947 +4,430,337
London Stansted Airport 3,018,197 8,406,604 +5,388,407
Glasgow Airport 4,150,680 1,137,530 -3,013,150
Dover / Eurotunnel 2,804,523 1,957,110 -847,413
London Gateway Port 1,465,092 557,321 -907,771
Edinburgh Airport 364,010 711,391 +347,381
Dover 305,713 617,438 +311,725
Immingham Docks 369,413 205,427 -163,986

Quick facts

HS code: 854141

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

Description: LEDs, whether used individually or combined with other LEDs