Import/export HS code 851771: Antennas and reflectors

Aerials and reflectors used for transmitting or receiving signals

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  • 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 £
Netherlands 33,890,998
United States 31,175,569
China 18,233,927
Germany 13,442,060
France 9,681,173

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 £
Netherlands 18,458,005 15,432,993 -3,025,012
United States 15,777,576 15,397,993 -379,583
China 11,404,768 6,829,159 -4,575,609
Germany 7,782,653 5,659,407 -2,123,246
France 7,369,776 2,311,397 -5,058,379
Sweden 1,500,763 1,536,670 +35,907
Taiwan 1,291,564 1,223,508 -68,056
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 1,122,570 703,743 -418,827
Poland 709,607 938,425 +228,818
Ireland 1,184,832 448,602 -736,230

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 51,671,736
United States 26,148,593
Taiwan 7,679,001
Germany 6,208,969
United Kingdom 6,135,336

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 28,371,444 23,300,292 -5,071,152
United States 13,320,589 12,828,004 -492,585
Taiwan 4,521,087 3,157,914 -1,363,173
Germany 3,782,347 2,426,622 -1,355,725
United Kingdom 2,351,268 3,784,068 +1,432,800
France 5,750,692 335,519 -5,415,173
India 4,444,050 1,109,190 -3,334,860
Malaysia 1,780,688 1,169,892 -610,796
Romania 1,270,073 867,396 -402,677
Italy 738,166 1,013,069 +274,903

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 80
Inner London - West 67
Surrey, East and West Sussex 42
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 40
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 35

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 61 51 -10
Inner London - West 50 39 -11
Surrey, East and West Sussex 34 22 -12
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 28 29 +1
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 24 20 -4
Inner London - East 19 13 -6
Greater Manchester 16 22 +6
Outer London - West and North West 21 15 -6
West Midlands 20 14 -6
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 15 15 +0

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 65,378,218
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 43,297,817
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 21,556,053
Road transport 2,295,626
Other 180,185

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 34,000,443 31,377,775 -2,622,668
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 25,963,344 17,334,473 -8,628,871
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 11,930,473 9,625,580 -2,304,893
Road transport 1,236,156 1,059,470 -176,686
Other 136,225 43,960 -92,265
Rail transport 879 0 -879

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 30,127,088
London Heathrow Airport 22,642,504
London Stansted Airport 19,797,029
East Midlands Airport 9,946,185
Dover / Eurotunnel 8,923,210

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 18,118,852 12,008,236 -6,110,616
London Heathrow Airport 10,094,235 12,548,269 +2,454,034
London Stansted Airport 9,293,701 10,503,328 +1,209,627
East Midlands Airport 5,418,724 4,527,461 -891,263
Dover / Eurotunnel 7,639,028 1,284,182 -6,354,846
Birmingham Airport 4,409,168 2,542,584 -1,866,584
Dover 2,833,957 3,036,037 +202,080
Eurotunnel 2,410,315 2,725,274 +314,959
Southampton 1,028,667 2,421,606 +1,392,939
Manchester Airport 2,527,097 557,579 -1,969,518

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
132
Telecommunications
100
Computer programming, consultancy and related activities
91
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products
78
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities
53

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 127
2026-04 130
2026-03 117
2026-02 122
2026-01 120

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+ 323
1m-15m 237
0-1m 72
15m-54m 65
Other 65

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 £
United States 34,993,745
France 24,403,173
Ireland 10,951,695
Netherlands 7,181,000
Germany 7,117,494

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 £
United States 22,843,446 12,150,299 -10,693,147
France 3,880,275 20,522,898 +16,642,623
Ireland 5,710,411 5,241,284 -469,127
Netherlands 3,380,343 3,800,657 +420,314
Germany 4,037,599 3,079,895 -957,704
Denmark 2,812,148 2,647,575 -164,573
Poland 2,040,719 3,151,033 +1,110,314
Romania 2,425,061 2,144,571 -280,490
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 1,705,081 1,139,743 -565,338
Sweden 1,820,496 776,870 -1,043,626

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 £
Italy 1,756
XI 83
Ireland 72
Lithuania 17
China 8

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 £
Italy 1,040 716 -324
XI 0 83 +83
Ireland 54 18 -36
Lithuania 0 17 +17
China 0 8 +8

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 85,759,238
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 45,917,823
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 3,527,467
Road transport 21,608
Other 7,726

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 49,840,414 35,918,824 -13,921,590
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 14,818,648 31,099,175 +16,280,527
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 2,101,643 1,425,824 -675,819
Road transport 5,843 15,765 +9,922
Other 3,963 3,763 -200
Rail transport 0 6,388 +6,388

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 37,941,428
Dover / Eurotunnel 25,559,361
East Midlands Airport 19,699,653
ZLC 13,434,783
London Stansted Airport 13,173,784

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 24,169,423 13,772,005 -10,397,418
Dover / Eurotunnel 4,201,848 21,357,513 +17,155,665
East Midlands Airport 11,527,034 8,172,619 -3,354,415
ZLC 7,181,188 6,253,595 -927,593
London Stansted Airport 6,434,872 6,738,912 +304,040
Holyhead 3,348,057 4,671,224 +1,323,167
Immingham Docks 3,891,671 2,273,873 -1,617,798
Dover 2,003,715 2,154,802 +151,087
London Gateway Port 954,762 552,700 -402,062
Manchester Airport 552,660 325,594 -227,066

Quick facts

HS code: 851771

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

Description: Aerials and reflectors used for transmitting or receiving signals