Over the last six months, 543 Reading businesses filed customs declarations. That puts it third in Berkshire for trade activity. Most of that activity sits in machinery and mechanical appliances, electrical machinery and electronics, plastics. Looking ahead, our model expects import activity here to ease back by around 3.1% over the next three months.
Refreshed every 24 hours · last run 22 Aug 2026, 20:26HMRC release in view: Jun 26Snapshot: 2026-08-22.1
10,388Import declarations▼ 2.5% on the 6 months before
4,123Export declarations
−3.1%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
543Trading 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 543 businesses.
★ Most active in ReadingFiled more customs declarations than any other Reading business over the last six months — roughly 17% of the town's total import activity, mostly in plants and cut flowers.
Most active business
PRIMARK STORES LTD
1756 import declarations536 export declarationsRG1 *Ch. 06Ch. 09Ch. 15Ch. 17Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include footwear with outer soles and uppers of rubber or plastics (excl. covering the ankle or with upper straps or thongs assembled to the sole by means of plugs, waterproof footwear of heading 6401, sports footwear, orthopaedic footwear and toy footwear), tricycles, scooters, pedal cars and similar wheeled toys; dolls' carriages; dolls; other toys; reduced-size "scale" recreational models, working or not; puzzles of all kinds, travelling-bags, insulated food or beverage bags, toilet bags, rucksacks, shopping-bags, map-cases, tool bags, sports bags, jewellery boxes, cutlery cases, binocular cases, camera cases, musical instrument cases, gun cases, holsters and similar conta.
▼ Expected to slow by 5.5% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity1756 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity536 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
HP INC UK LIMITED
425 import declarations102 export declarationsRG6 *Ch. 27Ch. 29Ch. 32Ch. 34Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include static converters, storage units for automatic data-processing machines, travelling-bags, insulated food or beverage bags, toilet bags, rucksacks, shopping-bags, map-cases, tool bags, sports bags, jewellery boxes, cutlery cases, binocular cases, camera cases, musical instrument cases, gun cases, holsters and similar conta.
▼ Expected to slow by 7.9% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity425 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity102 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
WEBER-STEPHEN PRODUCTS (UK) LIMITED
240 import declarations107 export declarationsRG2 *Ch. 27Ch. 29Ch. 34Ch. 36Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include appliances for baking, frying, grilling and cooking and plate warmers, for domestic use, of iron or steel, for gas fuel or for both gas and other fuels (excl. large cooking appliances), appliances for baking, frying, grilling and cooking and plate warmers, for domestic use, of iron or steel, for solid fuel or other non-electric source of energy (excl. liquid or gaseous fuel, and large cooking appliances), parts of domestic appliances non-electrically heated of heading 7321, n.e.s..
▲ Expected to increase by 24.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity240 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity107 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
PORSCHE CARS GREAT BRITAIN LTD
1068 import declarations120 export declarationsRG31 *Ch. 27Ch. 31Ch. 32Ch. 33Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include air pumps, air or other gas compressors and ventilating or recycling hoods incorporating a fan, whether or not fitted with filters, having a maximum horizontal side > 120 cm (excl. vacuum pumps, hand- or foot-operated air pumps, compressors for refri, threaded screws and bolts, of iron or steel, whether or not with their nuts and washers (excl. coach screws and other wood screws, screw hooks and screw rings, self-tapping screws, lag screws, stoppers, plugs and the like, threaded), suspension systems and parts thereof, incl. shock-absorbers, for tractors, motor vehicles for the transport of ten or more persons, motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of persons, motor vehicles for the transpor.
▼ Expected to slow by 0.4% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity1068 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity120 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
EXPRO NORTH SEA LIMITED
138 import declarations536 export declarationsRG1 *Ch. 04Ch. 17Ch. 25Ch. 27Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include instruments or apparatus for measuring or checking variables of liquids or gases, n.e.s., instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking pressure of liquids or gases (excl. regulators), gaskets, washers and other seals, of vulcanised rubber (excl. hard rubber and those of cellular rubber).
▼ Expected to slow by 11.9% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity138 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity536 in the last 6 months
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538 more Reading businesses
Every importer and exporter in RG1 / RG2 / RG30 / RG31 with monthly activity, 24-month indicators, forecasts, Companies House records, AI research and validated contact reveals.
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What Reading trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 543 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.
Machines for the reception, conversion and transmission or regeneration of voice, images or other data, incl. switching and routing apparatus (excl. telephone sets, telephones for cellular networks or for other wireless networks)Static convertersArticles of plastics and articles of other materials of heading 3901 to 3914, n.e.s (excl. goods of 9619)Data-processing machines, automatic, portable, weighing <= 10 kg, consisting of at least a central processing unit, a keyboard and a display (excl. peripheral units)Travelling-bags, insulated food or beverage bags, toilet bags, rucksacks, shopping-bags, map-cases, tool bags, sports bags, jewellery boxes, cutlery cases, binocular cases, camera cases, musical instrument cases, gun cases, holsters and similar contaArticles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire)Instruments, appliances and machines for measuring or checking, not elsewhere specified in chapter 90 (excl. optical)Parts and accessories of automatic data-processing machines or for other machines of heading 8471, n.e.s.
Common questions about trade in Reading
How many businesses import or export from Reading?
HMRC customs records show 543 businesses in Reading (RG1, RG2, RG30, RG31) filed declarations over the last six months — 10,388 import declarations and 4,123 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.
What do Reading businesses import most?
The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Reading traders the leading goods are machines for the reception, conversion and transmission or regeneration of voice, images or other data, incl. switching and routing apparatus (excl. telephone sets, telephones for cellular networks or for other wireless networks), static converters, articles of plastics and articles of other materials of heading 3901 to 3914, n.e.s (excl. goods of 9619), data-processing machines, automatic, portable, weighing <= 10 kg, consisting of at least a central processing unit, a keyboard and a display (excl. peripheral units). You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Reading growing?
Import activity is down 2.5% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 3.1%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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