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 73,267,328
Belgium 39,003,812
Poland 26,764,401
Germany 26,566,361
France 19,289,657

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 43,447,146 29,820,182 -13,626,964
Belgium 19,436,824 19,566,988 +130,164
Poland 14,198,830 12,565,571 -1,633,259
Germany 13,372,694 13,193,667 -179,027
France 13,318,186 5,971,471 -7,346,715
Turkey 6,987,794 8,646,314 +1,658,520
United States 7,658,553 7,435,637 -222,916
Netherlands 6,247,374 5,837,415 -409,959
Slovenia 4,115,479 4,760,493 +645,014
Japan 2,950,953 2,631,564 -319,389

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 90,599,095
France 48,629,218
Poland 16,929,743
Turkey 16,205,651
Japan 15,707,661

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 52,261,520 38,337,575 -13,923,945
France 26,688,470 21,940,748 -4,747,722
Poland 9,032,344 7,897,399 -1,134,945
Turkey 7,220,392 8,985,259 +1,764,867
Japan 9,785,549 5,922,112 -3,863,437
United States 7,167,710 8,140,196 +972,486
Hungary 6,963,630 7,460,784 +497,154
Slovenia 4,121,086 4,850,969 +729,883
Spain 3,867,486 2,912,284 -955,202
Mexico 2,483,327 1,944,161 -539,166

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 29
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 25
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 19
Surrey, East and West Sussex 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 22 26 +4
West Midlands 19 25 +6
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 17 20 +3
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 12 16 +4
Surrey, East and West Sussex 14 12 -2
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 16 12 -4
Essex 13 14 +1
West Yorkshire 14 9 -5
Inner London - West 9 13 +4
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 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) 98,160,203
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 84,751,423
Other 39,866,059
Air transport 37,291,625
Road transport 314,043

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) 51,043,538 47,116,665 -3,926,873
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 46,224,613 38,526,810 -7,697,803
Other 25,055,760 14,810,299 -10,245,461
Air transport 19,093,248 18,198,377 -894,871
Road transport 99,304 214,739 +115,435
Rail transport 84,078 31,026 -53,052

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 46,180,242
000 39,866,059
Southampton 26,605,170
Harwich 25,866,612
Dover 23,686,707

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 25,932,724 20,247,518 -5,685,206
000 25,055,760 14,810,299 -10,245,461
Southampton 19,238,222 7,366,948 -11,871,274
Harwich 13,610,202 12,256,410 -1,353,792
Dover 11,126,150 12,560,557 +1,434,407
Dover / Eurotunnel 12,241,447 3,653,916 -8,587,531
Oxford Airport 7,545,117 7,989,278 +444,161
499 100,504 13,838,665 +13,738,161
London Heathrow Airport 4,221,385 3,973,225 -248,160
Eurotunnel 3,829,485 3,479,276 -350,209

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 102
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 58
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment 30
Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers 27
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 22

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 97
2025-11 112
2025-10 133
2025-09 103
2025-08 98

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+ 156
1m-15m 106
15m-54m 38
Other 31
0-1m 27

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 19,763,539
Poland 12,652,053
Sweden 12,004,006
United States 11,348,830
Germany 10,084,461

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 11,010,868 8,752,671 -2,258,197
Poland 5,442,827 7,209,226 +1,766,399
Sweden 6,108,830 5,895,176 -213,654
United States 5,859,890 5,488,940 -370,950
Germany 4,613,305 5,471,156 +857,851
Belgium 3,804,127 4,482,325 +678,198
France 2,439,607 2,906,763 +467,156
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 2,681,401 1,683,923 -997,478
Turkey 1,251,824 1,052,171 -199,653
Switzerland 1,000,713 869,053 -131,660

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 31,362
Poland 27,893
XI 22,650
Spain 4,523
Thailand 4,229

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 18,432 12,930 -5,502
Poland 14,530 13,363 -1,167
XI 19,852 2,798 -17,054
Spain 1,579 2,944 +1,365
Thailand 2,846 1,383 -1,463
South Korea 4,175 0 -4,175
Germany 1,768 476 -1,292
Ireland 1,272 962 -310
Belgium 0 2,111 +2,111
France 1,074 966 -108

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) 54,109,823
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 36,947,947
Air transport 15,182,541
Other 111,549
Road transport 17,045

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) 25,632,189 28,477,634 +2,845,445
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 19,595,789 17,352,158 -2,243,631
Air transport 7,575,940 7,606,601 +30,661
Other 70,219 41,330 -28,889
Road transport 17,045 0 -17,045

Export volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 47,623,897
Immingham Docks 20,470,740
London Heathrow Airport 8,457,297
Southampton 7,766,028
London Gateway Port 5,551,024

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 22,243,157 25,380,740 +3,137,583
Immingham Docks 10,439,010 10,031,730 -407,280
London Heathrow Airport 3,779,376 4,677,921 +898,545
Southampton 3,968,163 3,797,865 -170,298
London Gateway Port 2,943,883 2,607,141 -336,742
East Midlands Airport 2,032,347 1,377,382 -654,965
Felixstowe 1,679,059 749,469 -929,590
London Stansted Airport 1,059,888 799,356 -260,532
Liverpool Docks 438,814 991,559 +552,745
London 595,292 792,051 +196,759

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