Over the last six months, 151 Mid Devon businesses filed customs declarations. It ranks 5 of 36 trading locations in Devon. Most of that activity sits in machinery and mechanical appliances, electrical machinery and electronics, plastics and plastic articles. Looking ahead, our model expects import activity here to ease back by around 11.1% 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
1,434Import declarations▼ 5.2% on the 6 months before
461Export declarations
−11.1%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
151Trading 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 151 businesses.
★ Most active in Mid DevonFiled more customs declarations than any other Mid Devon business over the last six months — roughly 14% of the town's total import activity, mostly in glues, enzymes and albumins.
Most active business
K D P TOOLS LTD
198 import declarations7 export declarationsEX15 *Ch. 35Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 42Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include hand tools, incl. glaziers' diamonds, of base metal, n.e.s., tools for drilling, interchangeable (excl. rock-drilling or earth-boring tools and tools for tapping), interchangeable tools for hand tools, whether or not power-operated, or for machine tools, n.e.s..
▼ Expected to slow by 21.6% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity198 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity7 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
MEDICARE COLGATE LIMITED
24 import declarations41 export declarationsEX15 *Ch. 38Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 49Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include hygienic or pharmaceutical articles, incl. teats, of vulcanised rubber (excl. hard rubber), with or without fittings of hard rubber, n.e.s. (excl. sheath contraceptives and articles of apparel and clothing accessories, incl. gloves, for all purposes), articles of glass, n.e.s., 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 slow by 27.3% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity24 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity41 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
R J BATEMAN ENGINEERING LTD
39 import declarations18 export declarationsEX18 *Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 52Ch. 70Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include agricultural or horticultural sprayers (excl. portable), radiators 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 m, steering wheels, steering columns and steering 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.
▼ Expected to slow by 14.3% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity39 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity18 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
GOONVEAN FIBRES LIMITED
21 import declarations32 export declarationsEX15 *Ch. 14Ch. 30Ch. 38Ch. 39Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include staple fibres of polyesters, not carded, combed or otherwise processed for spinning, acrylic or modacrylic staple fibres, not carded, combed or otherwise processed for spinning, textile flock and dust and mill neps.
▼ Expected to slow by 33.3% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity21 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity32 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
GREEN RESOURCE ENGINEERING LTD
29 import declarations21 export declarationsEX15 *Ch. 29Ch. 38Ch. 39Ch. 40Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include compressors for refrigerating equipment, heat-exchange units (excl. those used with boilers), 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).
▲ Expected to increase by 18.2% 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 activity21 in the last 6 months
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Every importer and exporter in EX15 / EX17 / EX18 with monthly activity, 24-month indicators, forecasts, Companies House records, AI research and validated contact reveals.
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What Mid Devon trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 151 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.
Tricycles, scooters, pedal cars and similar wheeled toys; dolls' carriages; dolls; other toys; reduced-size "scale" recreational models, working or not; puzzles of all kindsLive plants, incl. their roots, and mushroom spawn (excl. bulbs, tubers, tuberous roots, corms, crowns and rhizomes, incl. chicory plants and roots, unrooted cuttings and slips, fruit and nut trees, rhododendrons, azaleas and roses)Hats and other headgear, knitted or crocheted, or made up from lace, felt or other textile fabric, in the piece (but not in strips), whether or not lined or trimmed; hairnets of any material, whether or not lined or trimmed (excl. headgear for animalSugar confectionery not containing cocoa, incl. white chocolate (excl. chewing gum)Articles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire)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 contaJerseys, pullovers, cardigans, waistcoats and similar articles, of man-made fibres, knitted or crocheted (excl. wadded waistcoats)Jerseys, pullovers, cardigans, waistcoats and similar articles, of cotton, knitted or crocheted (excl. wadded waistcoats)
Common questions about trade in Mid Devon
How many businesses import or export from Mid Devon?
HMRC customs records show 151 businesses in Mid Devon (EX15, EX17, EX18) filed declarations over the last six months — 1,434 import declarations and 461 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.
What do Mid Devon businesses import most?
The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Mid Devon traders the leading goods are 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, live plants, incl. their roots, and mushroom spawn (excl. bulbs, tubers, tuberous roots, corms, crowns and rhizomes, incl. chicory plants and roots, unrooted cuttings and slips, fruit and nut trees, rhododendrons, azaleas and roses), hats and other headgear, knitted or crocheted, or made up from lace, felt or other textile fabric, in the piece (but not in strips), whether or not lined or trimmed; hairnets of any material, whether or not lined or trimmed (excl. headgear for animal, sugar confectionery not containing cocoa, incl. white chocolate (excl. chewing gum). You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Mid Devon growing?
Import activity is down 5.2% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 11.1%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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