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 38,860,843
Germany 28,190,795
Thailand 20,971,046
United States 17,586,695
Japan 7,600,945

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 19,632,423 19,228,420 -404,003
Germany 12,815,736 15,375,059 +2,559,323
Thailand 10,511,536 10,459,510 -52,026
United States 10,650,388 6,936,307 -3,714,081
Japan 3,804,978 3,795,967 -9,011
Belgium 5,510,998 1,523,994 -3,987,004
South Korea 1,872,907 2,731,030 +858,123
Netherlands 2,599,410 1,871,767 -727,643
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 2,475,955 1,926,353 -549,602
Italy 3,280,592 830,233 -2,450,359

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 64,905,974
Thailand 22,894,190
United States 18,999,308
Japan 10,400,069
Malaysia 9,708,820

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 33,604,548 31,301,426 -2,303,122
Thailand 12,106,039 10,788,151 -1,317,888
United States 12,820,250 6,179,058 -6,641,192
Japan 4,769,027 5,631,042 +862,015
Malaysia 6,031,028 3,677,792 -2,353,236
Germany 3,613,240 5,396,241 +1,783,001
South Korea 1,707,246 2,477,148 +769,902
United Kingdom 2,269,056 727,300 -1,541,756
Taiwan 1,431,417 1,365,446 -65,971
Sweden 996,289 1,018,543 +22,254

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 49
Inner London - West 44
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 43
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 64 +4
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 32 37 +5
Inner London - West 32 28 -4
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 27 32 +5
Surrey, East and West Sussex 25 32 +7
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 21 21 +0
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough 25 16 -9
Essex 21 19 -2
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 21 20 -1
Greater Manchester 16 18 +2

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 113,590,523
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 26,233,577
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 19,290,759
Road transport 992,964
Other 189,784

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 63,307,037 50,283,486 -13,023,551
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 14,327,981 11,905,596 -2,422,385
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 8,204,774 11,085,985 +2,881,211
Road transport 40,537 952,427 +911,890
Other 153,015 36,769 -116,246

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 37,399,248
East Midlands Airport 37,258,826
London Stansted Airport 20,406,818
Southampton 10,004,025
Birmingham Airport 8,028,625

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 £
London Heathrow Airport 18,985,144 18,414,104 -571,040
East Midlands Airport 20,329,678 16,929,148 -3,400,530
London Stansted Airport 10,844,920 9,561,898 -1,283,022
Southampton 5,168,903 4,835,122 -333,781
Birmingham Airport 6,190,166 1,838,459 -4,351,707
Felixstowe 5,692,327 1,916,868 -3,775,459
Eurotunnel 2,882,327 4,710,587 +1,828,260
Edinburgh Airport 5,449,282 2,136,051 -3,313,231
Dover 2,986,961 3,993,898 +1,006,937
London Gateway Port 1,317,613 3,851,276 +2,533,663

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 175
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 136
Manufacture of electrical equipment 93
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 69
Other professional, scientific and technical activities 48

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 147
2025-11 147
2025-10 172
2025-09 153
2025-08 148

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 347
54m+ 232
0-1m 102
15m-54m 73
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 36,822,384
United States 17,005,323
Germany 7,975,826
Sweden 4,880,340
France 4,367,814

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 15,613,569 21,208,815 +5,595,246
United States 9,572,580 7,432,743 -2,139,837
Germany 4,791,652 3,184,174 -1,607,478
Sweden 2,021,808 2,858,532 +836,724
France 2,739,222 1,628,592 -1,110,630
Ireland 2,178,643 1,631,975 -546,668
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 2,062,872 1,002,346 -1,060,526
China 1,402,171 1,608,700 +206,529
Canada 965,301 1,751,116 +785,815
India 1,216,008 1,241,624 +25,616

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 4,476
China 3,987
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 £
XI 4,325 151 -4,174
China 3,129 858 -2,271
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 92,633,462
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 6,373,097
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 5,044,671
Road transport 686,771
Other 13,617

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 44,528,078 48,105,384 +3,577,306
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 3,897,188 2,475,909 -1,421,279
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 3,810,981 1,233,690 -2,577,291
Road transport 686,771 0 -686,771
Other 11,529 2,088 -9,441

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
ZLC 31,335,505
London Heathrow Airport 26,087,480
East Midlands Airport 23,739,074
London Stansted Airport 5,792,751
Glasgow Airport 5,152,380

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 14,519,044 16,816,461 +2,297,417
London Heathrow Airport 11,840,817 14,246,663 +2,405,846
East Midlands Airport 11,795,790 11,943,284 +147,494
London Stansted Airport 2,813,207 2,979,544 +166,337
Glasgow Airport 3,692,143 1,460,237 -2,231,906
Dover / Eurotunnel 3,153,076 1,729,769 -1,423,307
London Gateway Port 3,226,328 666,043 -2,560,285
Edinburgh Airport 311,335 509,134 +197,799
Dover 291,909 396,618 +104,709
Immingham Docks 340,528 187,990 -152,538

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