Over the last six months, 14 Lower Stondon businesses filed customs declarations. It ranks 11 of 11 trading locations in Bedfordshire. Most of that activity sits in plastics, optical and medical instruments, machinery and mechanical appliances. Looking ahead, our model expects import activity here to pick up by around 9.6% over the next three months.
Refreshed every 24 hours · last run 22 Aug 2026, 20:36HMRC release in view: Jun 26Snapshot: 2026-08-22.1
115Import declarations▲ 22.3% on the 6 months before
44Export declarations
+9.6%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
14Trading businesses
Top 5 businesses by 6-month activity Free tier
Ranked by declaration volume and months active. Hover any bar in the 24-month indicators for that month's figures. Log in for keyword search and HMRC category filters across all 14 businesses.
★ Most active in Lower StondonFiled more customs declarations than any other Lower Stondon business over the last six months — roughly 47% of the town's total import activity, mostly in plastics.
Most active business
MENTOR DISTRIBUTION LIMITED
54 import declarations17 export declarationsSG16 *Ch. 39Ch. 73Ch. 76Ch. 83Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include monitors capable of directly connecting to and designed for use with an automatic data processing machine of heading 8471 (excl. crt, with tv receiver), parts and accessories of automatic data-processing machines or for other machines of heading 8471, n.e.s., articles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire).
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity54 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity17 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
ARTHUR ACOUSTICS LTD
9 import declarationsImports onlySG16 *Ch. 32Ch. 39Ch. 70Active in 4 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include glass wool and articles of glass wool, non-refractory surfacing preparations for facades, inside walls, floors, ceilings and the like, monofilament of which any cross-sectional dimension > 1 mm, rods, sticks and profile shapes, of polymers of ethylene, whether or not surface-worked but not further worked.
▼ Expected to slow by 100.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity9 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity0 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
TOY VENTURES LIMITED
9 import declarationsImports onlySG16 *Ch. 34Ch. 39Ch. 42Ch. 48Active in 3 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include candles, tapers and the like, children's picture, drawing or colouring books, festival, carnival or other entertainment articles, incl. conjuring tricks and novelty jokes, n.e.s..
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity9 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity0 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
SCHLEGEL UK (2006) LTD
29 import declarations12 export declarationsSG16 *Ch. 29Ch. 32Ch. 38Ch. 39Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include plates, sheets, film, foil and strip, of non-cellular polymers of ethylene, not reinforced, laminated, supported or similarly combined with other materials, without backing, unworked or merely surface-worked or merely cut into squares or rectangles (, building elements for the manufacture of floors, walls, partition walls, ceilings, roofs, etc., of plastics; gutters and accessories of plastics; railings, fences and similar barriers, of plastics; large shelves, for assembly and permanent installati, narrow woven pile fabrics, incl. terry towelling and similar terry fabrics, and chenille fabrics, with a width of <= 30 cm (excl. labels, badges and similar articles).
▲ Expected to increase by 88.9% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity29 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity12 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
DIMANCO LTD
2 import declarations10 export declarationsSG16 *Ch. 30Ch. 38Ch. 39Ch. 84Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include prepared culture media for the development or maintenance of micro-organisms "incl. viruses and the like" or of plant, human or animal cells, apparatus and equipment for automatically developing photographic or cinematographic film or paper in rolls or for automatically exposing developed film to rolls of photographic paper, parts of machinery of chapter 84, not intended for a specific purpose, n.e.s..
▼ Expected to slow by 100.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity2 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity10 in the last 6 months
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What Lower Stondon trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 14 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.
Monitors capable of directly connecting to and designed for use with an automatic data processing machine of heading 8471 (excl. CRT, with TV receiver)Plates, sheets, film, foil and strip, of non-cellular polymers of ethylene, not reinforced, laminated, supported or similarly combined with other materials, without backing, unworked or merely surface-worked or merely cut into squares or rectangles (Parts and accessories of automatic data-processing machines or for other machines of heading 8471, n.e.s.Building elements for the manufacture of floors, walls, partition walls, ceilings, roofs, etc., of plastics; gutters and accessories of plastics; railings, fences and similar barriers, of plastics; large shelves, for assembly and permanent installatiPrepared culture media for the development or maintenance of micro-organisms "incl. viruses and the like" or of plant, human or animal cellsArticles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire)Processing units for automatic data-processing machines, whether or not containing in the same housing one or two of the following types of unit: storage units, input units, output units (excl. those of heading 8471.41 or 8471.49 and excl. peripheralMetal furniture (excl. for offices, seats and medical, surgical, dental or veterinary furniture)
Common questions about trade in Lower Stondon
How many businesses import or export from Lower Stondon?
HMRC customs records show 14 businesses in Lower Stondon (SG16) filed declarations over the last six months — 115 import declarations and 44 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.
What do Lower Stondon businesses import most?
The most common category is plastics. Across all Lower Stondon traders the leading goods are monitors capable of directly connecting to and designed for use with an automatic data processing machine of heading 8471 (excl. crt, with tv receiver), plates, sheets, film, foil and strip, of non-cellular polymers of ethylene, not reinforced, laminated, supported or similarly combined with other materials, without backing, unworked or merely surface-worked or merely cut into squares or rectangles (, parts and accessories of automatic data-processing machines or for other machines of heading 8471, n.e.s., building elements for the manufacture of floors, walls, partition walls, ceilings, roofs, etc., of plastics; gutters and accessories of plastics; railings, fences and similar barriers, of plastics; large shelves, for assembly and permanent installati. You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Lower Stondon growing?
Import activity is up 22.3% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to rise by roughly 9.6%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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