Import/export HS code 851771: Antennas and reflectors

Aerials and reflectors used for transmitting or receiving signals

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* 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 37,093,624
United States 32,262,887
China 20,865,274
Germany 13,354,419
France 12,635,933

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 18,244,848 18,848,776 +603,928
United States 13,347,495 18,915,392 +5,567,897
China 11,847,797 9,017,477 -2,830,320
Germany 7,185,019 6,169,400 -1,015,619
France 8,868,146 3,767,787 -5,100,359
Taiwan 1,374,692 1,322,570 -52,122
Sweden 1,604,878 938,175 -666,703
Malaysia 1,998,493 56,010 -1,942,483
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 1,076,431 947,256 -129,175
Ireland 1,381,348 523,896 -857,452

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 53,076,349
United States 30,068,981
France 8,672,509
Taiwan 8,384,075
India 7,656,470

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 24,433,387 28,642,962 +4,209,575
United States 13,335,910 16,733,071 +3,397,161
France 7,706,062 966,447 -6,739,615
Taiwan 4,294,326 4,089,749 -204,577
India 5,542,195 2,114,275 -3,427,920
Germany 4,266,132 1,924,917 -2,341,215
United Kingdom 1,406,546 3,745,959 +2,339,413
Malaysia 2,150,399 1,495,538 -654,861
Sweden 1,709,635 213,902 -1,495,733
South Korea 1,068,218 655,557 -412,661

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 83
Inner London - West 65
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 43
Outer London - West and North West 43
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 40

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 59 59 +0
Inner London - West 43 46 +3
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 34 29 -5
Outer London - West and North West 33 20 -13
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 32 17 -15
Surrey, East and West Sussex 31 28 -3
Inner London - East 18 15 -3
Greater Manchester 16 20 +4
West Midlands 21 18 -3
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 15 14 -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 67,825,566
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 46,728,217
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 25,024,206
Road transport 2,586,154
Other 255,370

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 34,126,393 33,699,173 -427,220
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 25,260,341 21,467,876 -3,792,465
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 13,003,124 12,021,082 -982,042
Road transport 1,612,405 973,749 -638,656
Other 137,299 118,071 -19,228
Rail transport 879 0 -879

Import volume by port

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

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 33,951,440
London Heathrow Airport 24,125,974
London Stansted Airport 18,869,885
Dover / Eurotunnel 11,632,418
East Midlands Airport 11,326,239

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 16,482,801 17,468,639 +985,838
London Heathrow Airport 12,544,098 11,581,876 -962,222
London Stansted Airport 7,355,832 11,514,053 +4,158,221
Dover / Eurotunnel 8,460,792 3,171,626 -5,289,166
East Midlands Airport 6,485,130 4,841,109 -1,644,021
Birmingham Airport 2,342,177 4,495,500 +2,153,323
Dover 2,689,678 2,648,547 -41,131
Southampton 1,294,127 3,189,842 +1,895,715
Eurotunnel 1,926,521 2,246,259 +319,738
Immingham Docks 2,819,263 408,983 -2,410,280

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 144
Telecommunications 114
Computer programming, consultancy and related activities 90
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 78
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 58

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 104
2025-10 130
2025-09 112
2025-08 132
2025-07 133

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+ 313
1m-15m 265
0-1m 76
15m-54m 67
Other 64

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 41,108,051
France 23,819,934
Ireland 11,454,836
Netherlands 10,066,373
Germany 7,451,540

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 23,821,904 17,286,147 -6,535,757
France 3,361,830 20,458,104 +17,096,274
Ireland 7,405,520 4,049,316 -3,356,204
Netherlands 6,124,510 3,941,863 -2,182,647
Germany 4,124,598 3,326,942 -797,656
Denmark 2,693,759 2,673,851 -19,908
Romania 2,453,797 2,277,921 -175,876
Poland 1,319,934 2,698,754 +1,378,820
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 1,230,310 1,745,723 +515,413
Sweden 387,114 2,129,832 +1,742,718

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 £
XU 5,876
Italy 1,888
XI 116
Ireland 81
Lithuania 17

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 £
XU 2,999 2,877 -122
Italy 932 956 +24
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 96,672,421
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 46,317,475
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 4,814,170
Road transport 868,025
Other 7,986

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 53,901,274 42,771,147 -11,130,127
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 15,098,825 31,218,650 +16,119,825
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 3,804,826 1,009,344 -2,795,482
Road transport 862,744 5,281 -857,463
Other 4,128 3,858 -270
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 48,327,089
Dover / Eurotunnel 26,116,404
East Midlands Airport 22,566,608
ZLC 12,685,935
London Stansted Airport 12,571,578

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 28,883,011 19,444,078 -9,438,933
Dover / Eurotunnel 4,340,908 21,775,496 +17,434,588
East Midlands Airport 13,071,008 9,495,600 -3,575,408
ZLC 5,893,236 6,792,699 +899,463
London Stansted Airport 6,438,481 6,133,097 -305,384
Holyhead 5,417,218 2,869,661 -2,547,557
Immingham Docks 3,833,345 3,416,427 -416,918
Dover 2,227,551 1,827,680 -399,871
London Gateway Port 1,238,071 312,227 -925,844
Manchester Airport 482,032 448,255 -33,777

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