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Torquay importers & exporters

Q: How many businesses import or export from Torquay?

HMRC customs records show 82 businesses in Torquay (TQ1, TQ2) filed declarations over the last six months — 598 import declarations and 253 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.

Q: What do Torquay businesses import most?

The most common category is electrical machinery and electronics. Across all Torquay 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), parts and accessories for lasers and other appliances and instruments, n.e.s. in chapter 90, telescopic sights for fitting to arms; periscopes; telescopes designed to form parts of machines, appliances, instruments or apparatus of chapter 90 or section 16, chapters 84 and 85, articles of plastics and articles of other materials of heading 3901 to 3914, n.e.s (excl. goods of 9619). You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.

Q: Is trade from Torquay growing?

Import activity is up 10.5% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to rise by roughly 26.5%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.

Q: How do I get contact details for Torquay importers?

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82 businesses in Torquay appear in HMRC customs records for the last six months. It ranks 12 of 36 trading locations in Devon. Most of that activity sits in electrical machinery and electronics, machinery and mechanical appliances, plastics. Looking ahead, our model expects import activity here to pick up by around 26.5% over the next three months.

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598Import declarations▲ 10.5% on the 6 months before

253Export declarations

+26.5%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data

82Trading businesses

Top 5 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 82 businesses.

★ Most active in TorquayFiled more customs declarations than any other Torquay business over the last six months — roughly 24% of the town's total import activity, mostly in food preparations.

Most active business

GOOCH & HOUSEGO (TORQUAY) LIMITED

141 import declarations 83 export declarations TQ2 *Ch. 21Ch. 27Ch. 28Ch. 32 Active in 6 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include parts and accessories for lasers and other appliances and instruments, n.e.s. in chapter 90, optical fibres, optical fibre bundles and cables (excl. made up of individually sheathed fibres of heading 8544), optical appliances and instruments, n.e.s. in chapter 90.

▲ Expected to increase by 15.7% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity141 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity83 in the last 6 months

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Among the most active

DOBLE VINTAGE WATCHES LIMITE D

34 import declarations 29 export declarations TQ2 *Ch. 42Ch. 71Ch. 90Ch. 91 Active in 6 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include wrist-watches, whether or not incorporating a stop-watch facility, electrically operated, with mechanical display only (excl. of precious metal or of metal clad with precious metal), wrist-watches of precious metal or of metal clad with precious metal, whether or not incorporating a stop-watch facility, electrically operated, with mechanical display only (excl. with backs made of steel), pocket-watches and the like, incl. stop-watches, with hand or automatic winding (excl. of precious metal or of metal clad with precious metal).

▲ Expected to increase by 147.1% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity34 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity29 in the last 6 months

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Among the most active

WESTCOUNTRY FIRE PROTECTION LTD

34 import declarations 1 export declarations TQ2 *Ch. 22Ch. 39Ch. 42Ch. 63 Active in 6 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include semiconductor media, unrecorded, for the recording of sound or of other phenomena (excl. solid-state non-volatile data storage devices, smart cards and goods of chapter 37), fire extinguishers, whether or not charged, vehicles for the transport of <10 persons on snow; golf cars and similar vehicles.

▲ Expected to increase by 92.3% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity34 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity1 in the last 6 months

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Among the most active

TOLCHARDS LTD

106 import declarations Imports only TQ2 *Ch. 22Ch. 83 Active 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, 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 but <= 10 l (excl. sparkling wine).

▲ Expected to increase by 22.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity106 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity0 in the last 6 months

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Among the most active

OPTICS WAREHOUSE LTD

59 import declarations 12 export declarations TQ2 *Ch. 39Ch. 42Ch. 44Ch. 61 Active in 6 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include telescopic sights for fitting to arms; periscopes; telescopes designed to form parts of machines, appliances, instruments or apparatus of chapter 90 or section 16, chapters 84 and 85, parts and accessories for lasers and other appliances and instruments, n.e.s. in chapter 90, monopods, bipods, tripods and similar articles.

▲ Expected to increase by 44.4% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity59 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity12 in the last 6 months

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Every importer and exporter in TQ1 / TQ2 with monthly activity, 24-month indicators, forecasts, Companies House records, AI research and validated contact reveals.

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What Torquay trades

The most frequently declared goods across all 82 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)Parts and accessories for lasers and other appliances and instruments, n.e.s. in chapter 90Telescopic sights for fitting to arms; periscopes; telescopes designed to form parts of machines, appliances, instruments or apparatus of chapter 90 or Section 16, chapters 84 and 85Articles of plastics and articles of other materials of heading 3901 to 3914, n.e.s (excl. goods of 9619)Optical fibres, optical fibre bundles and cables (excl. made up of individually sheathed fibres of heading 8544)Parts and accessories of motorcycles, incl. mopeds, n.e.s.Optical appliances and instruments, n.e.s. in chapter 90Sparkling wine of fresh grapes

Common questions about trade in Torquay

How many businesses import or export from Torquay?

HMRC customs records show 82 businesses in Torquay (TQ1, TQ2) filed declarations over the last six months — 598 import declarations and 253 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.

What do Torquay businesses import most?

The most common category is electrical machinery and electronics. Across all Torquay 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), parts and accessories for lasers and other appliances and instruments, n.e.s. in chapter 90, telescopic sights for fitting to arms; periscopes; telescopes designed to form parts of machines, appliances, instruments or apparatus of chapter 90 or section 16, chapters 84 and 85, articles of plastics and articles of other materials of heading 3901 to 3914, n.e.s (excl. goods of 9619). You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.

Is trade from Torquay growing?

Import activity is up 10.5% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to rise by roughly 26.5%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.

How do I get contact details for Torquay importers?

Create an account to see all 82 businesses, open their Companies House records, run AI research on their website and buying signals, and reveal validated email and LinkedIn contacts.

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Torquay importers & exporters

Top 5 businesses by 6-month activity Free tier

GOOCH & HOUSEGO (TORQUAY) LIMITED

DOBLE VINTAGE WATCHES LIMITE D

WESTCOUNTRY FIRE PROTECTION LTD

TOLCHARDS LTD

OPTICS WAREHOUSE LTD

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What Torquay trades

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