HMRC records show 316 businesses trading internationally from Plymouth over the last six months. That makes it the busiest trading location 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 8.8% 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
4,359Import declarations▼ 11.3% on the 6 months before
1,677Export declarations
−8.8%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
316Trading 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 316 businesses.
★ Most active in PlymouthFiled more customs declarations than any other Plymouth business over the last six months — roughly 29% of the town's total import activity, mostly in other animal products.
Most active business
C.D.S.(SUPERSTORES INTERNATIONAL) LIMITE D
1280 import declarations100 export declarationsPL6 *Ch. 05Ch. 06Ch. 09Ch. 17Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include 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), carpets and other textile floor coverings, whether or not made up (excl. knotted, woven or tufted "needle punched", and of felt).
▼ Expected to slow by 5.9% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity1280 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity100 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
CARRIER SOLUTIONS UK LTD
101 import declarations82 export declarationsPL6 *Ch. 27Ch. 34Ch. 39Ch. 40Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include parts of refrigerating or freezing equipment and heat pumps, n.e.s., compressors for refrigerating equipment, air conditioning machines designed to be fixed to a window, wall, ceiling or floor, self-contained or "split-system".
▼ Expected to slow by 17.1% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity101 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity82 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
GROENEVELD-BEKA UK LIMITED
92 import declarations56 export declarationsPL6 *Ch. 27Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 44Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include reciprocating positive displacement pumps for liquids, power-driven (excl. those of subheading 8413.11 and 8413,19, fuel, lubricating or cooling medium pumps for internal combustion piston engine and concrete pumps), medium oils and preparations, of petroleum or bituminous minerals, not containing biodiesel, n.e.s., parts of pumps for liquids, n.e.s..
▲ Expected to increase by 15.9% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity92 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity56 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
KAWASAKI PRECISION MACHINERY (UK) LIMITED
49 import declarations78 export declarationsPL5 *Ch. 34Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 49Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include reciprocating positive displacement pumps for liquids, power-driven (excl. those of subheading 8413.11 and 8413,19, fuel, lubricating or cooling medium pumps for internal combustion piston engine and concrete pumps), hydraulic power engines and motors (excl. hydraulic turbines and water wheels of heading 8410, steam turbines and hydraulic power engines and motors, linear acting), parts of non-electrical engines and motors, n.e.s..
▼ Expected to slow by 23.8% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity49 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity78 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC CONTROLS UK LIMITED
73 import declarations53 export declarationsPL6 *Ch. 34Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 70Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include 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), articles of vulcanised rubber (excl. hard rubber), n.e.s., copper alloy tube or pipe fittings "e.g., couplings, elbows, sleeves".
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity73 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity53 in the last 6 months
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What Plymouth trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 316 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 kindsArticles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire)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)Tables for casino games, automatic bowling alley equipment, and other funfair, table or parlour games, incl. pintables (excl. operated by any means of payment, billiards, video game consoles and machines, and playing cards)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 contaT-shirts, singlets and other vests of textile materials, knitted or crocheted (excl. cotton)Parts of machines and mechanical appliances, n.e.s.Playing cards
Common questions about trade in Plymouth
How many businesses import or export from Plymouth?
HMRC customs records show 316 businesses in Plymouth (PL1, PL2, PL3, PL4) filed declarations over the last six months — 4,359 import declarations and 1,677 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.
What do Plymouth businesses import most?
The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Plymouth 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, articles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire), 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), tables for casino games, automatic bowling alley equipment, and other funfair, table or parlour games, incl. pintables (excl. operated by any means of payment, billiards, video game consoles and machines, and playing cards). You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Plymouth growing?
Import activity is down 11.3% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 8.8%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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