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 38,025,081
Germany 31,760,953
Thailand 20,828,046
United States 16,223,980
Japan 8,121,543

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 21,834,620 16,190,461 -5,644,159
Germany 15,535,333 16,225,620 +690,287
Thailand 11,563,290 9,264,756 -2,298,534
United States 9,081,814 7,142,166 -1,939,648
Japan 3,815,330 4,306,213 +490,883
Belgium 3,662,210 1,477,132 -2,185,078
South Korea 2,018,672 3,049,270 +1,030,598
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 1,973,365 2,482,019 +508,654
Netherlands 1,794,256 2,340,514 +546,258
Italy 2,756,544 1,281,308 -1,475,236

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 64,270,799
Thailand 22,533,032
United States 17,310,359
Japan 11,565,543
Germany 10,291,251

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 34,683,842 29,586,957 -5,096,885
Thailand 13,146,312 9,386,720 -3,759,592
United States 10,957,424 6,352,935 -4,604,489
Japan 5,279,217 6,286,326 +1,007,109
Germany 4,898,714 5,392,537 +493,823
Malaysia 5,475,175 4,018,398 -1,456,777
South Korea 1,848,564 2,664,944 +816,380
United Kingdom 1,941,766 1,857,658 -84,108
Taiwan 1,497,194 1,613,721 +116,527
Sweden 1,036,128 1,488,967 +452,839

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 86
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 52
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 43
Inner London - West 42
Surrey, East and West Sussex 41

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 60 60 +0
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 33 40 +7
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 31 29 -2
Inner London - West 31 28 -3
Surrey, East and West Sussex 28 31 +3
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 19 22 +3
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 19 23 +4
Greater Manchester 17 21 +4
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough 23 15 -8
Outer London - West and North West 17 16 -1

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 112,984,055
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 25,954,403
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 21,053,482
Road transport 992,397
Other 94,128

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 62,671,135 50,312,920 -12,358,215
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 14,644,343 11,310,060 -3,334,283
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 9,769,582 11,283,900 +1,514,318
Road transport 42,887 949,510 +906,623
Other 53,361 40,767 -12,594

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
East Midlands Airport 40,096,985
London Heathrow Airport 35,781,479
London Stansted Airport 20,988,055
London Gateway Port 8,919,936
Eurotunnel 8,852,085

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 19,920,680 20,176,305 +255,625
London Heathrow Airport 21,496,653 14,284,826 -7,211,827
London Stansted Airport 10,796,237 10,191,818 -604,419
London Gateway Port 1,817,681 7,102,255 +5,284,574
Eurotunnel 4,384,659 4,467,426 +82,767
Felixstowe 5,779,974 1,714,096 -4,065,878
Dover 2,729,075 4,566,543 +1,837,468
Edinburgh Airport 4,269,588 2,296,842 -1,972,746
Birmingham Airport 4,617,983 1,878,092 -2,739,891
Southampton 5,144,406 1,023,323 -4,121,083

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
179
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products
142
Manufacture of electrical equipment
106
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
65
Other professional, scientific and technical activities
42

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 342
54m+ 240
0-1m 95
15m-54m 81
Other 48

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 47,352,324
United States 17,020,182
Germany 9,194,035
Sweden 6,067,699
China 3,805,055

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 18,248,446 29,103,878 +10,855,432
United States 9,082,161 7,938,021 -1,144,140
Germany 4,188,232 5,005,803 +817,571
Sweden 2,927,571 3,140,128 +212,557
China 1,690,326 2,114,729 +424,403
France 2,642,224 1,109,051 -1,533,173
Ireland 2,334,815 1,368,422 -966,393
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 1,970,959 1,108,541 -862,418
Taiwan 419,573 2,417,966 +1,998,393
Canada 1,392,513 1,387,345 -5,168

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 3,073 673 -2,400
XI 118 168 +50
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 109,783,295
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 6,168,876
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 3,178,593
Road transport 33,267
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 49,873,268 59,910,027 +10,036,759
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 3,314,431 2,854,445 -459,986
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 2,204,966 973,627 -1,231,339
Road transport 33,267 0 -33,267
Other 8,304 882 -7,422

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 33,224,508
ZLC 32,324,099
East Midlands Airport 26,381,003
London Stansted Airport 11,274,025
Glasgow Airport 5,154,811

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 £
London Heathrow Airport 14,921,649 18,302,859 +3,381,210
ZLC 14,882,698 17,441,401 +2,558,703
East Midlands Airport 12,143,539 14,237,464 +2,093,925
London Stansted Airport 3,113,160 8,160,865 +5,047,705
Glasgow Airport 4,220,432 934,379 -3,286,053
Dover / Eurotunnel 2,574,485 1,813,039 -761,446
London Gateway Port 1,425,280 546,631 -878,649
Edinburgh Airport 367,525 658,016 +290,491
Dover 325,625 591,007 +265,382
Immingham Docks 379,616 195,224 -184,392

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