Town trade profile · DT9

Sherborne importers & exporters

HMRC records show 58 businesses trading internationally from Sherborne over the last six months. It ranks 13 of 20 trading locations in Dorset. Most of that activity sits in machinery and mechanical appliances, electrical machinery and electronics, optical, photographic and medical instruments. Looking ahead, our model expects import activity here to pick up by around 0.0% over the next three months.

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352Import declarations▲ 11.0% on the 6 months before

142Export declarations

+0.0%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data

58Trading 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 58 businesses.

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★ Most active in SherborneFiled more customs declarations than any other Sherborne business over the last six months — roughly 26% of the town's total import activity, mostly in organic chemicals.

Most active business

VALMIERA GLASS UK LIMITED

93 import declarations 26 export declarations DT9 *Ch. 29Ch. 32Ch. 35Ch. 38 Active in 6 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include articles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire), mechanically bonded fabrics of glass fibres (excl. closed fabrics of rovings, and woven fabrics), closed woven fabrics, plain weave, of glass fibre yarns, coated or laminated.

▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity93 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity26 in the last 6 months

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MECHBOARDS LTD

9 import declarations 3 export declarations DT9 *Ch. 63Ch. 76Ch. 84Ch. 85 Active in 6 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include input or output units for automatic data-processing machines, whether or not containing storage units in the same housing, switches for a voltage <= 1.000 v (excl. relays and automatic circuit breakers), parts and accessories of automatic data-processing machines or for other machines of heading 8471, n.e.s..

▼ Expected to slow by 33.3% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity9 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity3 in the last 6 months

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HUNT'S FOOD GROUP LTD

65 import declarations 5 export declarations DT9 *Ch. 04Ch. 08Ch. 10Ch. 11 Active in 6 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include 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, rolled or flaked grains of cereals (excl. oats).

▼ Expected to slow by 11.5% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity65 in the last 6 months

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

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TITAN ENTERPRISES LTD

3 import declarations 21 export declarations DT9 *Ch. 84Ch. 85Ch. 90 Active in 6 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking the flow or level of liquids (excl. meters and regulators), instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking pressure of liquids or gases (excl. regulators), instruments or apparatus for measuring or checking variables of liquids or gases, n.e.s..

▲ Expected to increase by 100.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity3 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity21 in the last 6 months

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ABLEBOX LIMITED

23 import declarations Imports only DT9 *Ch. 40Ch. 48Ch. 82Ch. 84 Active in 6 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include testliner "recycled liner board", uncoated, in rolls of a width > 36 cm or in square or rectangular sheets with one side > 36 cm and the other side > 15 cm in the unfolded state, weighing <= 150 g/m, paper and paperboard used for writing, printing or other graphic purposes, not containing fibres obtained by a mechanical or chemi-mechanical process or of which <= 10% by weight of the total fibre content consists of such fibres, coated on one or bo, testliner "recycled liner board", uncoated, in rolls of a width > 36 cm or in square or rectangular sheets with one side > 36 cm and the other side > 15 cm in the unfolded state, weighing > 150 g/m.

▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity23 in the last 6 months

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

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What Sherborne trades

The most frequently declared goods across all 58 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.

Instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking the flow or level of liquids (excl. meters and regulators)Food preparations, n.e.s.Articles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire)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 careMechanically bonded fabrics of glass fibres (excl. closed fabrics of rovings, and woven fabrics)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 theTextile lubricant preparations and preparations of a kind used for the oil or grease treatment of leather, furskins or other material containing petroleum oil or bituminous mineral oil (excl. preparations containing, as basic constituents, >= 70% petClosed woven fabrics, plain weave, of glass fibre yarns, coated or laminated

Common questions about trade in Sherborne

How many businesses import or export from Sherborne?

HMRC customs records show 58 businesses in Sherborne (DT9) filed declarations over the last six months — 352 import declarations and 142 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.

What do Sherborne businesses import most?

The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Sherborne traders the leading goods are instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking the flow or level of liquids (excl. meters and regulators), food preparations, n.e.s., articles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire), 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. You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.

Is trade from Sherborne growing?

Import activity is up 11.0% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to rise by roughly 0.0%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.

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Sherborne importers & exporters

Top 10 businesses by 6-month activity Free tier

VALMIERA GLASS UK LIMITED

MECHBOARDS LTD

HUNT'S FOOD GROUP LTD

TITAN ENTERPRISES LTD

ABLEBOX LIMITED

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What Sherborne trades

Common questions about trade in Sherborne

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