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Blandford Forum importers & exporters

Q: How many businesses import or export from Blandford Forum?

HMRC customs records show 90 businesses in Blandford Forum (DT11) filed declarations over the last six months — 741 import declarations and 284 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.

Q: What do Blandford Forum businesses import most?

The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Blandford Forum traders the leading goods are chocolate and other preparations containing cocoa, in containers or immediate packings of <= 2 kg (excl. in blocks, slabs or bars and cocoa powder), sugar confectionery not containing cocoa, incl. white chocolate (excl. chewing gum), sweet biscuits, machinery and apparatus for filtering or purifying gases (excl. isotope separators and intake air filters for internal combustion engines, and catalytic converters and particulate filters for purifying or filtering exhaust gases from internal combust. You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.

Q: Is trade from Blandford Forum growing?

Import activity is down 13.7% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 9.8%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.

Q: How do I get contact details for Blandford Forum importers?

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Over the last six months, 90 Blandford Forum businesses filed customs declarations. It ranks 9 of 20 trading locations in Dorset. 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 9.8% over the next three months.

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741Import declarations▼ 13.7% on the 6 months before

284Export declarations

−9.8%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data

90Trading 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 90 businesses.

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★ Most active in Blandford ForumFiled more customs declarations than any other Blandford Forum business over the last six months — roughly 33% of the town's total import activity, mostly in dyes, pigments, paints and inks.

Most active business

DOMETIC UK LTD

248 import declarations 34 export declarations DT11 *Ch. 32Ch. 34Ch. 39Ch. 40 Active in 5 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include machinery and apparatus for filtering or purifying gases (excl. isotope separators and intake air filters for internal combustion engines, and catalytic converters and particulate filters for purifying or filtering exhaust gases from internal combust, household refrigerators, compression-type, centrifugal pumps, 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).

▼ Expected to slow by 12.3% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity248 in the last 6 months

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

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Among the most active

HOSPITAL METALCRAFT LTD

36 import declarations 11 export declarations DT11 *Ch. 39Ch. 55Ch. 73Ch. 76 Active in 5 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include operating tables, examination tables, and other medical, dental, surgical or veterinary furniture (excl. dentists' or similar chairs, special tables for x-ray examination, and stretchers and litters, incl. trolley-stretchers), base metal mountings, fittings and similar articles suitable for furniture (excl. locks with keys, hinges and castors), carriages for disabled persons, not mechanically propelled.

▲ Expected to increase by 5.6% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity36 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity11 in the last 6 months

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Among the most active

WESSEX POWER TECHNOLOGY LIMITED

31 import declarations 9 export declarations DT11 *Ch. 84Ch. 85Ch. 90 Active in 5 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include magnetic or optical readers, machines for transcribing data onto data media in coded form and machines for processing such data, n.e.s..

▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% 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 activity9 in the last 6 months

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Among the most active

TOTAL LABORATORY SERVICES LTD

19 import declarations 5 export declarations DT11 *Ch. 29Ch. 84Ch. 85Ch. 90 Active in 5 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include mixing, kneading, crushing, grinding, screening, sifting, homogenising, emulsifying or stirring machines, n.e.s. (excl. industrial robots), cortisone, hydrocortisone, prednisone "dehydrocortisone" and prednisolone "dehydrohydrocortisone", gears and gearing for machinery (excl. toothed wheels, chain sprockets and other transmission elements presented separately); ball or roller screws; gear boxes and other speed changers, incl. torque converters.

▼ Expected to slow by 27.3% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity19 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity5 in the last 6 months

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Among the most active

CONQUEST RACING LTD

21 import declarations 3 export declarations DT11 *Ch. 68Ch. 70Ch. 73Ch. 84 Active in 5 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include parts and accessories of motorcycles, incl. mopeds, n.e.s., articles of carbon fibres, for non-electrical purposes (excl. fabrics), parts and accessories, for bicycles, n.e.s..

▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% 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 activity3 in the last 6 months

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What Blandford Forum trades

The most frequently declared goods across all 90 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.

Chocolate and other preparations containing cocoa, in containers or immediate packings of <= 2 kg (excl. in blocks, slabs or bars and cocoa powder)Sugar confectionery not containing cocoa, incl. white chocolate (excl. chewing gum)Sweet biscuitsMachinery and apparatus for filtering or purifying gases (excl. isotope separators and intake air filters for internal combustion engines, and catalytic converters and particulate filters for purifying or filtering exhaust gases from internal combustParts and accessories of motorcycles, incl. mopeds, n.e.s.Cheese (excl. fresh cheese, incl. whey cheese, curd, processed cheese, blue-veined cheese and other cheese containing veins produced by "Penicillium roqueforti", and grated or powdered cheese)Household refrigerators, compression-typeChocolate and other preparations containing cocoa, in blocks, slabs or bars of <= 2 kg (excl. filled)

Common questions about trade in Blandford Forum

How many businesses import or export from Blandford Forum?

HMRC customs records show 90 businesses in Blandford Forum (DT11) filed declarations over the last six months — 741 import declarations and 284 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.

What do Blandford Forum businesses import most?

The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Blandford Forum traders the leading goods are chocolate and other preparations containing cocoa, in containers or immediate packings of <= 2 kg (excl. in blocks, slabs or bars and cocoa powder), sugar confectionery not containing cocoa, incl. white chocolate (excl. chewing gum), sweet biscuits, machinery and apparatus for filtering or purifying gases (excl. isotope separators and intake air filters for internal combustion engines, and catalytic converters and particulate filters for purifying or filtering exhaust gases from internal combust. You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.

Is trade from Blandford Forum growing?

Import activity is down 13.7% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 9.8%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.

How do I get contact details for Blandford Forum importers?

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Blandford Forum importers & exporters

Top 10 businesses by 6-month activity Free tier

DOMETIC UK LTD

HOSPITAL METALCRAFT LTD

WESSEX POWER TECHNOLOGY LIMITED

TOTAL LABORATORY SERVICES LTD

CONQUEST RACING LTD

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What Blandford Forum trades

Common questions about trade in Blandford Forum

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