Over the last six months, 43 Ferndown businesses filed customs declarations. It ranks 16 of 20 trading locations in Dorset. Most of that activity sits in electrical machinery and electronics, machinery and mechanical appliances, optical, photographic and medical instruments. Looking ahead, our model expects import activity here to ease back by around 9.3% 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
250Import declarations▼ 20.1% on the 6 months before
64Export declarations
−9.3%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
43Trading 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 43 businesses.
★ Most active in FerndownFiled more customs declarations than any other Ferndown business over the last six months — roughly 21% of the town's total import activity, mostly in dyes, pigments, paints and inks.
Most active business
A2V TRADE LIMITED
53 import declarationsImports onlyBH22 *Ch. 32Ch. 34Ch. 35Ch. 39Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include registers, account books, notebooks, order books, receipt books, letter pads, memorandum pads, diaries and similar articles, of paper or paperboard, 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, trays, dishes, plates, cups and the like, of paper or paperboard (excl. of bamboo paper or bamboo paperboard).
▼ Expected to slow by 10.7% 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 activity0 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
PPFV LTD
19 import declarations2 export declarationsBH22 *Ch. 35Ch. 38Ch. 39Ch. 40Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include check "non-return" valves for pipes, boiler shells, tanks, vats or the like, 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), products suitable for use as glues or adhesives put up for retail sale as glues or adhesives, with a net weight of <= 1 kg.
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% 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 activity2 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
PLANTS FOR TRADE LTD
17 import declarationsImports onlyBH22 *Ch. 06Ch. 39Active in 5 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), edible fruit or nut trees, shrubs and bushes, whether or not grafted.
▲ Expected to increase by 37.5% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity17 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity0 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
ROALAN LIMITED
4 import declarations4 export declarationsBH22 *Ch. 84Ch. 85Active in 4 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include parts and accessories of automatic data-processing machines or for other machines of heading 8471, n.e.s., parts and accessories equally suitable for use with machines of two or more of the headings 8470 to 8472, 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 activity4 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity4 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
SFE GLOBAL LTD
7 import declarationsImports onlyBH22 *Ch. 40Ch. 84Ch. 87Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include rotary positive displacement pumps for liquids, power-driven (excl. those of subheading 8413.11 and 8413.19 and fuel, lubricating or cooling medium pumps for internal combustion piston engine), jacks and hoists, hydraulic (excl. built-in jacking systems used in garages), hand-operated or foot-operated air pumps.
▲ 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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What Ferndown trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 43 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.
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)Registers, account books, notebooks, order books, receipt books, letter pads, memorandum pads, diaries and similar articles, of paper or paperboardTricycles, scooters, pedal cars and similar wheeled toys; dolls' carriages; dolls; other toys; reduced-size "scale" recreational models, working or not; puzzles of all kindsFestival, carnival or other entertainment articles, incl. conjuring tricks and novelty jokes, n.e.s.Ice skates and roller skates, incl. skating boots with skates or rollers attachedStructures and parts of structures, of aluminium, n.e.s., and plates, rods, profiles, tubes and the like, prepared for use in structures, of aluminium, n.e.s. (excl. prefabricated buildings of heading 9406, doors and windows and their frames and threAdhesives based on polymers of headings 3901 to 3913 or on rubber (excl. put up for retail sale with a net weight of <= 1 kg)Structures and parts of structures, of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. bridges and bridge-sections, towers and lattice masts, doors and windows and their frames, thresholds for doors, props and similar equipment for scaffolding, shuttering, propping or
Common questions about trade in Ferndown
How many businesses import or export from Ferndown?
HMRC customs records show 43 businesses in Ferndown (BH22) filed declarations over the last six months — 250 import declarations and 64 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.
What do Ferndown businesses import most?
The most common category is electrical machinery and electronics. Across all Ferndown traders the leading goods are 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), registers, account books, notebooks, order books, receipt books, letter pads, memorandum pads, diaries and similar articles, of paper or paperboard, 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, festival, carnival or other entertainment articles, incl. conjuring tricks and novelty jokes, n.e.s.. You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Ferndown growing?
Import activity is down 20.1% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 9.3%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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