110 businesses in Thatcham appear in HMRC customs records for the last six months. It ranks 10 of 15 trading locations in Berkshire. Most of that activity sits in machinery and mechanical appliances, electrical machinery and electronics, optical, photographic and medical instruments. Looking ahead, our model expects import activity here to ease back by around 1.0% over the next three months.
Refreshed every 24 hours · last run 05/10/2026 at 06:14HMRC release in view: Aug 26Snapshot: 2026-10-04.1
1,437Import declarations▼ 14.9% on the 6 months before
677Export declarations
−1.0%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
110Trading businesses
Top 10 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 110 businesses.
★ Most active in ThatchamFiled more customs declarations than any other Thatcham business over the last six months — roughly 20% of the town's total import activity, mostly in vegetable plaiting materials.
Most active business
AVRON TRADING LTD
285 import declarations99 export declarationsRG19 *Ch. 14Ch. 32Ch. 34Ch. 35Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include paint, distemper, varnish or similar brushes, paint pads and rollers (excl. artists' and similar brushes of subheading 9603.30), hand tools, incl. glaziers' diamonds, of base metal, n.e.s., mops and leather dusters; prepared knots and tufts for broom or brush making; squeegees of rubber or other flexible materials; brooms and brushes, n.e.s..
▲ Expected to increase by 15.3% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity285 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity99 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
OSTEOTEC LIMITED
45 import declarations26 export declarationsRG19 *Ch. 30Ch. 38Ch. 39Ch. 48Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include medicaments consisting of mixed or unmixed products for therapeutic or prophylactic purposes, put up in measured doses "incl. those for transdermal administration" or in forms or packings for retail sale (excl. containing antibiotics, hormones or ste, dental cements and other dental fillings; bone reconstruction cements, folding cartons, boxes and cases, of non-corrugated paper or paperboard.
▲ Expected to increase by 14.8% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity45 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity26 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
NORMA UK LIMITED
56 import declarations13 export declarationsRG19 *Ch. 39Ch. 44Ch. 48Ch. 70Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include 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), flat-rolled products of stainless steel, of a width of < 600 mm, not further worked than cold-rolled "cold-reduced", articles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire).
▼ Expected to slow by 8.8% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity56 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity13 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
WAGTECH PROJECTS LIMITED
30 import declarations37 export declarationsRG19 *Ch. 12Ch. 29Ch. 31Ch. 38Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include diagnostic or laboratory reagents on a backing, prepared diagnostic or laboratory reagents whether or not on a backing, whether or not put up in the form of kits (excl. for malaria, for zika and other diseases transmitted by mosquitoes of the genus a, laboratory, hygienic or pharmaceutical glassware, whether or not graduated or calibrated, having a linear coefficient of expansion <= 5 x 10 -6 per kelvin within a temperature range of 0 c to 300 c (excl. glass of fused quartz or other fused silica,, machinery, plant or laboratory equipment, whether or not electrically heated, for the treatment of materials by a process involving a change of temperature such as heating, cooking, roasting, sterilising, pasteurising, steaming, evaporating, vaporisi.
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity30 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity37 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
GROOMERS LIMITED
64 import declarations1 export declarationsRG19 *Ch. 27Ch. 33Ch. 34Ch. 38Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include scissors, tailors' shears and similar shears, and blades therefor, of base metal (excl. hedge shears, two-handed pruning shears and similar two-handed shears, secateurs and similar one-handed pruners and shears and hoof nippers for farriers), saddlery and harness for any animal, incl. traces, leads, knee pads, muzzles, saddle cloths, saddlebags, dog coats and the like, of any material (excl. harnesses for children and adults, riding whips and other goods of heading 6602), women's or girls' blouses, shirts and shirt-blouses of man-made fibres (excl. knitted or crocheted and vests).
▲ Expected to increase by 23.8% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity64 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity1 in the last 6 months
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What Thatcham trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 110 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.
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)Appliances for pipes, boiler shells, tanks, vats or the like (excl. pressure-reducing valves, valves for the control of pneumatic power transmission, check "non-return" valves and safety or relief valves)Fresh or chilled cuts and edible offal of fowls of the species Gallus domesticusArticles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire)Bread, pastry, cakes, biscuits and other bakers' wares, whether or not containing cocoa; communion wafers, empty cachets of a kind suitable for pharmaceutical use, sealing wafers, rice paper and similar products (excl. crispbread, gingerbread and theParts and accessories, 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 transport of goods and special purpose motor vMops and leather dusters; prepared knots and tufts for broom or brush making; squeegees of rubber or other flexible materials; brooms and brushes, n.e.s.Gear boxes and parts thereof, 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 transport of goods and special purpose
Common questions about trade in Thatcham
How many businesses import or export from Thatcham?
HMRC customs records show 110 businesses in Thatcham (RG18, RG19) filed declarations over the last six months — 1,437 import declarations and 677 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.
What do Thatcham businesses import most?
The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Thatcham traders the leading goods are 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), appliances for pipes, boiler shells, tanks, vats or the like (excl. pressure-reducing valves, valves for the control of pneumatic power transmission, check "non-return" valves and safety or relief valves), fresh or chilled cuts and edible offal of fowls of the species gallus domesticus, articles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire). You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Thatcham growing?
Import activity is down 14.9% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 1.0%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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