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Bournemouth importers & exporters

Over the last six months, 288 Bournemouth businesses filed customs declarations. It ranks 4 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 6.2% 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

1,600Import declarations▼ 6.8% on the 6 months before

696Export declarations

−6.2%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data

288Trading 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 288 businesses.

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★ Most active in BournemouthFiled more customs declarations than any other Bournemouth business over the last six months — roughly 6% of the town's total import activity, mostly in organic chemicals.

Most active business

BINKS U.K. LIMITED

100 import declarations 90 export declarations BH11 *Ch. 29Ch. 32Ch. 34Ch. 38 Active in 5 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include parts of fire extinguishers, spray guns and similar appliances, steam or sand blasting machines and similar jet projecting machines and machinery and apparatus for projecting, dispersing or spraying liquids or powders, n.e.s., parts of pumps for liquids, n.e.s., spray guns and similar appliances (other than electrical machines, appliances and other devices for spraying molten metals or metal carbides of heading 8515, sand blasting machines and similar jet projecting machines).

▲ Expected to increase by 8.2% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity100 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity90 in the last 6 months

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Among the most active

CEUTA HEALTHCARE LIMITED

53 import declarations 5 export declarations BH2 *Ch. 17Ch. 20Ch. 21Ch. 22 Active in 5 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include sugar confectionery not containing cocoa, incl. white chocolate (excl. chewing gum), food preparations, n.e.s., personal deodorants and antiperspirants.

▼ Expected to slow by 8.3% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity53 in the last 6 months

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

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Among the most active

GET FRESH COSMETICS LTD

37 import declarations 12 export declarations BH11 *Ch. 15Ch. 17Ch. 27Ch. 28 Active in 5 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include beauty or make-up preparations and preparations for the care of the skin (other than medicaments), incl. sunscreen or suntan preparations (excl. medicaments, lip and eye make-up preparations, manicure or pedicure preparations and make-up or skin care, soap and organic surface-active products and preparations, in the form of bars, cakes, moulded pieces or shapes, and paper, wadding, felt and nonwovens, impregnated, coated or covered with soap or detergent, for toilet use, incl. medicated products, candles, tapers and the like.

▲ Expected to increase by 30.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity37 in the last 6 months

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

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Among the most active

UKPOPTOPS LIMITED

42 import declarations Imports only BH3 *Ch. 35Ch. 39Ch. 44Ch. 56 Active in 5 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include parts and accessories of bodies 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 purpos, toughened "tempered" safety glass, of size and shape suitable for incorporation in motor vehicles, aircraft, spacecraft, vessels and other vehicles, plywood consisting solely of sheets of wood <= 6 mm thick, with at least one outer ply of tropical wood (excl. sheets of compressed wood, cellular wood panels, inlaid wood and sheets identifiable as furniture components).

▲ Expected to increase by 70.6% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity42 in the last 6 months

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

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Among the most active

CONNETIKA LIMITED

30 import declarations 11 export declarations BH8 *Ch. 20Ch. 34Ch. 39Ch. 40 Active in 5 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include other bars and rods of stainless steel, cold-formed or cold-finished and further worked, or not further worked than forged, or forged, or hot-formed by other means and further worked, n.e.s., valves for oleohydraulic or pneumatic transmission, 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 43.8% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity30 in the last 6 months

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

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278 more Bournemouth businesses

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What Bournemouth trades

The most frequently declared goods across all 288 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.

Beauty or make-up preparations and preparations for the care of the skin (other than medicaments), incl. sunscreen or suntan preparations (excl. medicaments, lip and eye make-up preparations, manicure or pedicure preparations and make-up or skin careFood preparations, n.e.s.Bread, pastry, cakes, biscuits and other bakers' wares, whether or not containing cocoa; communion wafers, empty cachets of a kind suitable for pharmaceutical use, sealing wafers, rice paper and similar products (excl. crispbread, gingerbread and theArticles of jewellery and parts thereof, of precious metal other than silver, whether or not plated or clad with precious metal (excl. articles > 100 years old)Prepared foods obtained by swelling or roasting cereals or cereal products, e.g. corn flakesJerseys, pullovers, cardigans, waistcoats and similar articles, of cotton, knitted or crocheted (excl. wadded waistcoats)Sugar confectionery not containing cocoa, incl. white chocolate (excl. chewing gum)T-shirts, singlets and other vests of cotton, knitted or crocheted

Common questions about trade in Bournemouth

How many businesses import or export from Bournemouth?

HMRC customs records show 288 businesses in Bournemouth (BH1, BH10, BH11, BH2) filed declarations over the last six months — 1,600 import declarations and 696 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.

What do Bournemouth businesses import most?

The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Bournemouth traders the leading goods are beauty or make-up preparations and preparations for the care of the skin (other than medicaments), incl. sunscreen or suntan preparations (excl. medicaments, lip and eye make-up preparations, manicure or pedicure preparations and make-up or skin care, food preparations, n.e.s., bread, pastry, cakes, biscuits and other bakers' wares, whether or not containing cocoa; communion wafers, empty cachets of a kind suitable for pharmaceutical use, sealing wafers, rice paper and similar products (excl. crispbread, gingerbread and the, articles of jewellery and parts thereof, of precious metal other than silver, whether or not plated or clad with precious metal (excl. articles > 100 years old). You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.

Is trade from Bournemouth growing?

Import activity is down 6.8% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 6.2%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.

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Bournemouth importers & exporters

Top 10 businesses by 6-month activity Free tier

BINKS U.K. LIMITED

CEUTA HEALTHCARE LIMITED

GET FRESH COSMETICS LTD

UKPOPTOPS LIMITED

CONNETIKA LIMITED

278 more Bournemouth businesses

What Bournemouth trades

Common questions about trade in Bournemouth

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