Over the last six months, 34 Ilfracombe businesses filed customs declarations. It ranks 15 of 36 trading locations in Devon. Most of that activity sits in electrical machinery and electronics, machinery and mechanical appliances, furniture, bedding, lighting and signs. Looking ahead, our model expects import activity here to ease back by around 11.6% 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
342Import declarations▼ 5.8% on the 6 months before
185Export declarations
−11.6%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
34Trading 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 34 businesses.
★ Most active in IlfracombeFiled more customs declarations than any other Ilfracombe business over the last six months — roughly 44% of the town's total import activity, mostly in miscellaneous chemical products.
Most active business
TDK-LAMBDA UK LTD
149 import declarations79 export declarationsEX34 *Ch. 38Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 44Active 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), fans (excl. table, floor, wall, window, ceiling or roof fans, with a self-contained electric motor of an output <= 125 w), cases, boxes, crates, drums and similar packings, of wood; cable-drums of wood.
▼ Expected to slow by 4.1% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity149 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity79 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
PHILIP DENNIS FOODSERVICE LIMITED
13 import declarationsImports onlyEX34 *Ch. 04Ch. 16Ch. 19Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include 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 the, prepared or preserved fish, whole or in pieces (excl. minced, merely smoked, and salmon, herrings, sardines, sardinella, brisling or sprats, tunas, skipjack, bonito "sarda spp.", mackerel, anchovies, eels and shark fins), buttermilk, curdled milk and cream, kephir and other fermented or acidified milk and cream, whether or not concentrated or flavoured or containing added sugar or other sweetening matter, fruits, nuts or cocoa (excl. yogurt).
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity13 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity0 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
ICON SPORTS INDUSTRIES LTD
10 import declarations3 export declarationsEX34 *Ch. 42Ch. 61Ch. 62Ch. 89Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include t-shirts, singlets and other vests of textile materials, knitted or crocheted (excl. cotton), water-skis, surfboards and other water-sport equipment (other than sailboards), men's or boys' jackets and blazers of synthetic fibres, knitted or crocheted (excl. wind-jackets and similar articles).
▲ Expected to increase by 33.3% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity10 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity3 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
T W INTERNATIONAL LTD
11 import declarations1 export declarationsEX34 *Ch. 39Ch. 82Ch. 85Ch. 90Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include pliers, incl. cutting pliers, pincers and tweezers for non-medical use and similar hand tools, of base metal, hand-operated screwdrivers.
▼ Expected to slow by 22.2% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity11 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity1 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
HAWORTH CASTINGS LTD
0 import declarations12 export declarationsEX34 *Ch. 73Ch. 83Ch. 84Ch. 90Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include parts of slide fasteners, pen nibs and nib points.
▼ Expected to slow by 100.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity0 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity12 in the last 6 months
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What Ilfracombe trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 34 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.
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 of seats, not of wood, n.e.s.Machines and apparatus specified in Note 11 C to chapter 84Threaded 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)Parts of padlocks, locks, clasps and frames with clasps, incorporating locks, of base metal, n.e.s.Parts of valves and similar articles for pipes, boiler shells, tanks, vats or the like, n.e.s.Water-skis, surfboards and other water-sport equipment (other than sailboards)Paintings, e.g. oil paintings, watercolours and pastels, and drawings executed entirely by hand (excl. over 100 years old, and technical drawings and the like of heading 4906, and hand-painted or hand-decorated manufactured articles)
Common questions about trade in Ilfracombe
How many businesses import or export from Ilfracombe?
HMRC customs records show 34 businesses in Ilfracombe (EX34) filed declarations over the last six months — 342 import declarations and 185 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.
What do Ilfracombe businesses import most?
The most common category is electrical machinery and electronics. Across all Ilfracombe traders the leading goods are 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 the, parts of seats, not of wood, n.e.s., machines and apparatus specified in note 11 c to chapter 84, 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). You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Ilfracombe growing?
Import activity is down 5.8% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 11.6%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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