Over the last six months, 22 Ottery St Mary businesses filed customs declarations. It ranks 24 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 pick up by around 1.6% over the next three months.
Refreshed every 24 hours · last run 25/08/2026 at 11:41HMRC release in view: Jun 26Snapshot: 2026-08-25.1
220Import declarations▼ 2.2% on the 6 months before
50Export declarations
+1.6%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
22Trading 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 22 businesses.
★ Most active in Ottery St MaryFiled more customs declarations than any other Ottery St Mary business over the last six months — roughly 26% of the town's total import activity, mostly in beverages, spirits and vinegar.
Most active business
CHRISTOPHER PIPER WINES LTD
58 import declarationsImports onlyEX11 *Ch. 22Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include wine of fresh grapes, incl. fortified wines, and grape must whose fermentation has been arrested by the addition of alcohol, in containers of <= 2 l (excl. sparkling wine), sparkling wine of fresh grapes.
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity58 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity0 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
SMART BUILD SUPPLIES LTD
7 import declarationsImports onlyEX11 *Ch. 44Ch. 68Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include fir "abies spp." and spruce "picea spp." sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or not planed, sanded or end-jointed, of a thickness of > 6 mm (excl. of s-p-f spruce&pine&fir), tiles, flagstones, bricks and similar articles, of cement, concrete or artificial stone (excl. building blocks and bricks), articles of asphalt or of similar materials, e.g. petroleum bitumen or coal tar pitch (excl. in rolls).
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity7 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity0 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
OTTER NURSERIES LIMITED
40 import declarationsImports onlyEX11 *Ch. 06Ch. 39Ch. 44Ch. 46Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include 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), bulbs, tubers, tuberous roots, corms, crowns and rhizomes, dormant (excl. those used for human consumption and chicory plants and roots), metal furniture (excl. for offices, seats and medical, surgical, dental or veterinary furniture).
▼ Expected to slow by 10.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity40 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity0 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
HALSE SOUTH WEST LTD
31 import declarations6 export declarationsEX11 *Ch. 73Ch. 84Ch. 85Ch. 87Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include machinery for preparing animal feedingstuffs in agricultural holdings and similar undertakings (excl. machinery for the feedingstuff industry, forage harvesters and autoclaves for cooking fodder), parts of agricultural, horticultural, forestry or bee-keeping machinery, n.e.s., ac generators "alternators", of an output <= 75 kva (excl. photovoltaic generators).
▲ Expected to increase by 46.2% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity31 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity6 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
XL HORTICULTURE LTD
18 import declarations16 export declarationsEX11 *Ch. 22Ch. 39Ch. 54Ch. 56Active 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 (, articles of plastics and articles of other materials of heading 3901 to 3914, n.e.s (excl. goods of 9619), twine, cordage, ropes and cables of polyethylene or polypropylene, whether or not plaited or braided and whether or not impregnated, coated, covered or sheathed with rubber or plastics (excl. binder or baler twine).
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity18 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity16 in the last 6 months
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What Ottery St Mary trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 22 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.
Wine of fresh grapes, incl. fortified wines, and grape must whose fermentation has been arrested by the addition of alcohol, in containers of <= 2 l (excl. sparkling wine)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)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 (Sparkling wine of fresh grapesBulbs, tubers, tuberous roots, corms, crowns and rhizomes, dormant (excl. those used for human consumption and chicory plants and roots)Ceramic flags and paving, hearth or wall tiles, of a water absorption coefficient by weight <= 0,5 % (excl. refractory, mosaic cubes and finishing ceramics)Worn clothing and clothing accessories, blankets and travelling rugs, household linen and articles for interior furnishing, of all types of textile materials, incl. all types of footwear and headgear, showing signs of appreciable wear and presented iMachinery for preparing animal feedingstuffs in agricultural holdings and similar undertakings (excl. machinery for the feedingstuff industry, forage harvesters and autoclaves for cooking fodder)
Common questions about trade in Ottery St Mary
How many businesses import or export from Ottery St Mary?
HMRC customs records show 22 businesses in Ottery St Mary (EX11) filed declarations over the last six months — 220 import declarations and 50 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.
What do Ottery St Mary businesses import most?
The most common category is electrical machinery and electronics. Across all Ottery St Mary traders the leading goods are wine of fresh grapes, incl. fortified wines, and grape must whose fermentation has been arrested by the addition of alcohol, in containers of <= 2 l (excl. sparkling wine), 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), 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 (, sparkling wine of fresh grapes. You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Ottery St Mary growing?
Import activity is down 2.2% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to rise by roughly 1.6%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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