Import/export HS code 851771: Antennas and reflectors

Aerials and reflectors used for transmitting or receiving signals

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 £
Netherlands 33,365,993
United States 28,491,392
China 19,650,601
Germany 11,818,516
France 11,057,357

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 18,741,405 14,624,588 -4,116,817
United States 13,904,026 14,587,366 +683,340
China 13,070,593 6,580,008 -6,490,585
Germany 7,289,885 4,528,631 -2,761,254
France 9,167,479 1,889,878 -7,277,601
Sweden 1,728,846 844,252 -884,594
Taiwan 1,227,022 1,109,484 -117,538
Ireland 1,410,124 479,439 -930,685
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 852,501 888,429 +35,928
Poland 634,782 927,776 +292,994

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 50,187,347
United States 24,703,963
France 7,793,775
Taiwan 7,284,818
India 7,247,945

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 27,369,920 22,817,427 -4,552,493
United States 12,213,072 12,490,891 +277,819
France 7,615,293 178,482 -7,436,811
Taiwan 4,334,830 2,949,988 -1,384,842
India 6,408,120 839,825 -5,568,295
Germany 3,785,448 1,304,084 -2,481,364
United Kingdom 1,755,346 3,250,264 +1,494,918
Malaysia 2,087,303 1,024,077 -1,063,226
South Korea 1,165,133 613,107 -552,026
Romania 1,344,177 349,222 -994,955

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 77
Inner London - West 60
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 38
Surrey, East and West Sussex 37
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 34

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 50 -10
Inner London - West 45 37 -8
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 32 26 -6
Surrey, East and West Sussex 32 20 -12
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 26 19 -7
Outer London - West and North West 27 14 -13
Inner London - East 19 14 -5
West Midlands 22 16 -6
Greater Manchester 16 18 +2
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 17 14 -3

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 59,431,134
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 43,908,420
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 22,433,779
Road transport 2,219,257
Other 235,112

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 32,461,120 26,970,014 -5,491,106
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 28,528,107 15,380,313 -13,147,794
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 13,055,008 9,378,771 -3,676,237
Road transport 1,435,729 783,528 -652,201
Other 181,147 53,965 -127,182
Rail transport 879 0 -879

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 32,429,995
London Heathrow Airport 20,432,238
London Stansted Airport 17,480,750
Dover / Eurotunnel 10,375,554
East Midlands Airport 9,248,086

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 19,462,381 12,967,614 -6,494,767
London Heathrow Airport 11,082,918 9,349,320 -1,733,598
London Stansted Airport 8,967,417 8,513,333 -454,084
Dover / Eurotunnel 9,402,777 972,777 -8,430,000
East Midlands Airport 5,459,062 3,789,024 -1,670,038
Birmingham Airport 2,100,348 4,347,507 +2,247,159
Dover 2,947,304 2,181,244 -766,060
Southampton 1,532,915 2,764,006 +1,231,091
Eurotunnel 2,285,201 1,815,711 -469,490
Manchester Airport 2,573,871 419,717 -2,154,154

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 131
Telecommunications 103
Computer programming, consultancy and related activities 86
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 77
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 55

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 120
2025-11 104
2025-10 130
2025-09 112
2025-08 132

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+ 303
1m-15m 240
0-1m 64
15m-54m 63
Other 59

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 40,048,155
France 22,960,334
Ireland 9,348,952
Netherlands 8,115,815
Germany 6,593,829

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 29,520,072 10,528,083 -18,991,989
France 3,568,041 19,392,293 +15,824,252
Ireland 6,508,733 2,840,219 -3,668,514
Netherlands 4,883,782 3,232,033 -1,651,749
Germany 4,492,917 2,100,912 -2,392,005
Denmark 2,833,315 2,263,873 -569,442
Romania 2,590,080 1,867,312 -722,768
Poland 1,604,846 2,301,011 +696,165
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 1,397,492 1,324,366 -73,126
Sweden 1,798,170 677,116 -1,121,054

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 1,696
XI 116
Ireland 81
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 1,044 652 -392
XI 116 0 -116
Ireland 81 0 -81
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 87,983,354
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 43,317,501
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 4,422,324
Road transport 37,668
Other 8,126

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 58,457,766 29,525,588 -28,932,178
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 15,625,180 27,692,321 +12,067,141
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 3,538,467 883,857 -2,654,610
Road transport 23,680 13,988 -9,692
Other 4,891 3,235 -1,656
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 44,407,635
Dover / Eurotunnel 25,408,219
East Midlands Airport 18,742,886
ZLC 12,018,607
London Stansted Airport 11,838,403

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 32,874,675 11,532,960 -21,341,715
Dover / Eurotunnel 4,209,182 21,199,037 +16,989,855
East Midlands Airport 11,963,786 6,779,100 -5,184,686
ZLC 6,635,619 5,382,988 -1,252,631
London Stansted Airport 6,545,951 5,292,452 -1,253,499
Immingham Docks 5,299,218 1,778,687 -3,520,531
Holyhead 3,952,892 2,397,991 -1,554,901
Dover 2,114,295 1,581,360 -532,935
London Gateway Port 1,290,946 181,609 -1,109,337
Manchester Airport 465,908 159,407 -306,501

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