Import/export HS code 851150: Various generators for engines

Additional types of generators used with engines, such as alternators or dynamos

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 73,301,023
Belgium 40,998,269
Poland 28,529,614
Germany 27,631,322
Turkey 18,739,889

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 43,685,754 29,615,269 -14,070,485
Belgium 19,214,730 21,783,539 +2,568,809
Poland 14,189,827 14,339,787 +149,960
Germany 14,064,015 13,567,307 -496,708
Turkey 9,214,159 9,525,730 +311,571
France 12,575,368 5,445,180 -7,130,188
United States 7,771,057 8,053,114 +282,057
Netherlands 6,497,250 6,294,653 -202,597
Slovenia 4,075,588 5,616,096 +1,540,508
Japan 2,862,982 2,797,970 -65,012

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 93,114,224
France 50,686,045
Turkey 19,253,632
Poland 16,723,646
United States 16,571,454

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 53,382,501 39,731,723 -13,650,778
France 25,868,573 24,817,472 -1,051,101
Turkey 9,526,886 9,726,746 +199,860
Poland 8,563,653 8,159,993 -403,660
United States 7,236,976 9,334,478 +2,097,502
Hungary 7,470,909 7,367,270 -103,639
Japan 8,382,150 5,626,060 -2,756,090
Slovenia 4,092,411 5,720,136 +1,627,725
Spain 3,576,832 3,104,084 -472,748
Mexico 2,470,885 1,956,990 -513,895

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 36
West Midlands 28
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 25
Surrey, East and West Sussex 20
Essex 19

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 23 25 +2
West Midlands 18 23 +5
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 22 17 -5
Surrey, East and West Sussex 13 14 +1
Essex 13 17 +4
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 15 12 -3
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 13 15 +2
West Yorkshire 15 8 -7
Inner London - West 10 11 +1
Shropshire and Staffordshire 9 12 +3

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) 107,780,433
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 87,003,978
Air transport 40,236,169
Other 33,178,036
Road transport 696,555

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) 50,890,531 56,889,902 +5,999,371
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 45,772,034 41,231,944 -4,540,090
Air transport 20,337,690 19,898,479 -439,211
Other 25,066,052 8,111,984 -16,954,068
Road transport 5,345 691,210 +685,865
Rail transport 89,569 59,809 -29,760

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 46,477,401
000 33,178,036
Harwich 25,951,352
Dover 25,949,204
499 24,821,688

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 27,071,415 19,405,986 -7,665,429
000 25,066,052 8,111,984 -16,954,068
Harwich 13,640,078 12,311,274 -1,328,804
Dover 12,006,894 13,942,310 +1,935,416
499 8,289 24,813,399 +24,805,110
Southampton 17,297,302 6,085,560 -11,211,742
Oxford Airport 8,663,632 8,919,418 +255,786
Dover / Eurotunnel 10,953,360 2,923,152 -8,030,208
London Gateway Port 2,743,883 6,434,192 +3,690,309
London Heathrow Airport 4,170,794 4,510,542 +339,748

Importer companies by SIC division

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

Top 5 values

SIC Companies
Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles 108
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 55
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment 33
Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers 27
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 24

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-04 100
2026-03 95
2026-02 117
2026-01 98
2025-12 103

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+ 155
1m-15m 114
15m-54m 40
Other 34
0-1m 28

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 19,621,128
Sweden 12,590,418
Poland 12,395,327
United States 12,081,313
Germany 11,259,250

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 10,179,780 9,441,348 -738,432
Sweden 5,982,277 6,608,141 +625,864
Poland 4,811,764 7,583,563 +2,771,799
United States 5,393,821 6,687,492 +1,293,671
Germany 4,849,881 6,409,369 +1,559,488
Belgium 4,204,490 4,794,621 +590,131
France 2,804,061 2,788,763 -15,298
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 2,473,309 1,292,017 -1,181,292
Turkey 1,208,501 1,145,261 -63,240
Ireland 759,027 1,161,933 +402,906

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 34,547
Poland 30,888
XI 20,313
Spain 5,993
Thailand 5,713

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 19,958 14,589 -5,369
Poland 15,279 15,609 +330
XI 17,273 3,040 -14,233
Spain 1,841 4,152 +2,311
Thailand 2,448 3,265 +817
France 1,074 1,480 +406
Germany 1,264 1,120 -144
Belgium 0 2,111 +2,111
South Korea 2,006 0 -2,006
Ireland 1,000 751 -249

Export volume by transport

What this shows: Export value by transport mode used to ship goods from the UK.

Top 5 values

Transport £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 56,116,752
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 36,784,223
Air transport 16,863,911
Other 116,062

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 £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 25,500,447 30,616,305 +5,115,858
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 18,621,991 18,162,232 -459,759
Air transport 7,462,941 9,400,970 +1,938,029
Other 65,235 50,827 -14,408

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 49,809,388
Immingham Docks 21,677,278
London Heathrow Airport 9,770,012
Southampton 7,303,535
London Gateway Port 5,652,659

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 22,427,537 27,381,851 +4,954,314
Immingham Docks 10,529,245 11,148,033 +618,788
London Heathrow Airport 3,796,724 5,973,288 +2,176,564
Southampton 4,300,348 3,003,187 -1,297,161
London Gateway Port 2,795,847 2,856,812 +60,965
East Midlands Airport 1,829,493 1,480,810 -348,683
London Stansted Airport 1,068,664 983,082 -85,582
Felixstowe 1,028,750 998,946 -29,804
Liverpool Docks 704,828 876,181 +171,353
London 859,267 721,387 -137,880

Quick facts

HS code: 851150

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

Description: Additional types of generators used with engines, such as alternators or dynamos