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 34,452,122
United States 31,148,880
China 18,537,148
Germany 13,437,837
France 10,506,437

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 18,035,497 16,416,625 -1,618,872
United States 15,940,421 15,208,459 -731,962
China 10,931,550 7,605,598 -3,325,952
Germany 7,461,575 5,976,262 -1,485,313
France 8,147,206 2,359,231 -5,787,975
Sweden 1,607,741 1,480,938 -126,803
Taiwan 1,253,780 1,159,040 -94,740
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 1,118,550 664,948 -453,602
Ireland 1,331,532 405,184 -926,348
Poland 676,034 982,453 +306,419

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 51,136,800
United States 26,096,272
Taiwan 7,648,469
France 6,885,444
India 6,469,264

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 26,226,356 24,910,444 -1,315,912
United States 13,242,018 12,854,254 -387,764
Taiwan 4,437,298 3,211,171 -1,226,127
France 6,554,199 331,245 -6,222,954
India 5,360,150 1,109,114 -4,251,036
United Kingdom 2,609,000 3,798,473 +1,189,473
Germany 3,809,089 2,345,597 -1,463,492
Malaysia 1,837,738 1,145,420 -692,318
Romania 1,265,567 822,480 -443,087
Italy 805,704 975,697 +169,993

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 82
Inner London - West 64
Surrey, East and West Sussex 43
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 40
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 36

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 53 -7
Inner London - West 47 37 -10
Surrey, East and West Sussex 32 26 -6
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 29 28 -1
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 24 21 -3
Outer London - West and North West 27 17 -10
Greater Manchester 17 20 +3
West Midlands 19 16 -3
Inner London - East 18 13 -5
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 14 15 +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 65,062,571
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 44,615,106
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 21,542,025
Road transport 2,326,793
Other 199,393

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 34,377,181 30,685,390 -3,691,791
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 26,176,838 18,438,268 -7,738,570
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 11,155,727 10,386,298 -769,429
Road transport 1,222,265 1,104,528 -117,737
Other 156,700 42,693 -114,007
Rail transport 879 0 -879

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 30,913,361
London Heathrow Airport 22,237,561
London Stansted Airport 19,982,474
East Midlands Airport 10,098,402
Dover / Eurotunnel 9,689,280

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 17,196,192 13,717,169 -3,479,023
London Heathrow Airport 10,134,843 12,102,718 +1,967,875
London Stansted Airport 9,654,077 10,328,397 +674,320
East Midlands Airport 5,392,860 4,705,542 -687,318
Dover / Eurotunnel 8,351,838 1,337,442 -7,014,396
Birmingham Airport 4,419,816 2,358,275 -2,061,541
Dover 2,827,338 2,979,642 +152,304
Eurotunnel 2,448,826 2,703,825 +254,999
Southampton 866,651 2,747,691 +1,881,040
Manchester Airport 2,490,147 499,055 -1,991,092

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 134
Telecommunications 101
Computer programming, consultancy and related activities 89
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 77
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 56

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-04 130
2026-03 117
2026-02 122
2026-01 120
2025-12 113

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+ 329
1m-15m 239
0-1m 72
15m-54m 65
Other 60

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 36,511,132
France 24,496,766
Ireland 9,944,974
Netherlands 8,187,075
Germany 7,025,718

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 24,075,166 12,435,966 -11,639,200
France 3,821,167 20,675,599 +16,854,432
Ireland 5,822,815 4,122,159 -1,700,656
Netherlands 4,627,056 3,560,019 -1,067,037
Germany 4,147,460 2,878,258 -1,269,202
Denmark 2,664,004 2,966,213 +302,209
Poland 1,927,814 3,081,108 +1,153,294
Romania 2,690,623 2,036,887 -653,736
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 1,732,495 1,141,075 -591,420
Sweden 1,798,602 731,520 -1,067,082

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 1,790
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 1,074 716 -358
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 87,650,434
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 45,196,395
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 4,619,102
Road transport 21,608
Other 9,152

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 51,754,116 35,896,318 -15,857,798
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 15,013,136 30,183,259 +15,170,123
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 3,190,113 1,428,989 -1,761,124
Road transport 5,843 15,765 +9,922
Other 5,353 3,799 -1,554
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 39,498,258
Dover / Eurotunnel 25,767,121
East Midlands Airport 20,055,585
ZLC 13,527,575
London Stansted Airport 13,120,598

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 25,493,871 14,004,387 -11,489,484
Dover / Eurotunnel 4,329,613 21,437,508 +17,107,895
East Midlands Airport 11,779,004 8,276,581 -3,502,423
ZLC 7,363,024 6,164,551 -1,198,473
London Stansted Airport 6,626,090 6,494,508 -131,582
Immingham Docks 5,132,806 2,256,038 -2,876,768
Holyhead 3,384,719 3,593,044 +208,325
Dover 1,994,698 2,202,514 +207,816
London Gateway Port 883,579 589,501 -294,078
Manchester Airport 527,602 324,455 -203,147

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