Town trade profile · BH19

Swanage importers & exporters

25 businesses in Swanage appear in HMRC customs records for the last six months. It ranks 19 of 20 trading locations in Dorset. Most of that activity sits in machinery and mechanical appliances, optical, photographic and medical instruments, tools, cutlery and implements. Looking ahead, our model expects import activity here to ease back by around 8.1% 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

69Import declarations▲ 7.8% on the 6 months before

16Export declarations

−8.1%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data

25Trading 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 25 businesses.

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★ Most active in SwanageFiled more customs declarations than any other Swanage business over the last six months — roughly 19% of the town's total import activity, mostly in milling products, malt and starches.

Most active business

SWOON GELATO LTD

13 import declarations Imports only BH19 *Ch. 11Ch. 20Ch. 21Ch. 29 Active in 4 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include cartons, boxes and cases, of corrugated paper or paperboard, food preparations, n.e.s., sugars, chemically pure (excl. sucrose, lactose, maltose, glucose and fructose); sugar ethers, sugar acetals and sugar esters, and their salts (excl. natural or reproduced by synthesis, provitamins, vitamins, hormones, glycosides, vegetable alkaloids.

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

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity13 in the last 6 months

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

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Among the most active

SURFARI LIMITED

4 import declarations Imports only BH19 *Ch. 61Ch. 62Ch. 64 Active in 3 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include women's or girls' dresses of synthetic fibres, knitted or crocheted (excl. petticoats), women's or girls' swimwear of synthetic fibres, knitted or crocheted, women's or girls' swimwear (excl. knitted or crocheted).

▼ Expected to slow by 100.0% 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 activity0 in the last 6 months

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LOVELL STONE GROUP LIMITED

4 import declarations Imports only BH19 *Ch. 25Ch. 40Ch. 68Ch. 73 Active in 2 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include parts and accessories for machine tools for working stone, ceramics, concrete, asbestos-cement or like mineral materials or for cold-working glass, n.e.s., slate, whether or not roughly trimmed or merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a square or rectangular shape; slate powder and slate refuse, interchangeable tools for hand tools, whether or not power-operated, or for machine tools, n.e.s..

▼ Expected to slow by 20.0% 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 activity0 in the last 6 months

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Among the most active

SOUTHERN STONE & TOOLS LTD

3 import declarations Imports only BH19 *Ch. 25Ch. 33Ch. 39Ch. 42 Active in 3 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include files, rasps and similar hand tools of base metal, ecaussine and other calcareous monumental or building stone of an apparent specific gravity of >= 2,5, and alabaster, whether or not roughly trimmed or merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a square or rectangular shape (excl. i, marble, travertine and alabaster, in any form (excl. tiles, cubes and similar articles of subheading 6802.10, imitation jewellery, clocks, lamps and lighting fittings and parts thereof, buttons, original sculptures and statuary, setts, curbstones and.

▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% 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 activity0 in the last 6 months

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Among the most active

ALDEAS LIMITED

3 import declarations Imports only BH19 *Ch. 84Ch. 90 Active in 3 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 slow 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 activity0 in the last 6 months

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What Swanage trades

The most frequently declared goods across all 25 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.

Water-skis, surfboards and other water-sport equipment (other than sailboards)Articles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire)Articles and equipment for sport and outdoor games n.e.s; swimming and paddling poolsParts and accessories for machine tools for working stone, ceramics, concrete, asbestos-cement or like mineral materials or for cold-working glass, n.e.s.Articles of jewellery and parts thereof, of silver, whether or not plated or clad with other precious metal (excl. articles > 100 years old)Paints and varnishes, incl. enamels, lacquers and distempers (excl. those based on synthetic polymers or chemically modified natural polymers that are dispersed or dissolved in a medium); prepared water pigments of a kind used for finishing leatherArticles and equipment for general physical exercise, gymnastics or athleticsFiles, rasps and similar hand tools of base metal

Common questions about trade in Swanage

How many businesses import or export from Swanage?

HMRC customs records show 25 businesses in Swanage (BH19) filed declarations over the last six months — 69 import declarations and 16 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.

What do Swanage businesses import most?

The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Swanage traders the leading goods are water-skis, surfboards and other water-sport equipment (other than sailboards), articles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire), articles and equipment for sport and outdoor games n.e.s; swimming and paddling pools, parts and accessories for machine tools for working stone, ceramics, concrete, asbestos-cement or like mineral materials or for cold-working glass, n.e.s.. You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.

Is trade from Swanage growing?

Import activity is up 7.8% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 8.1%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.

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Nearby in Dorset

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Swanage importers & exporters

Top 10 businesses by 6-month activity Free tier

SWOON GELATO LTD

SURFARI LIMITED

LOVELL STONE GROUP LIMITED

SOUTHERN STONE & TOOLS LTD

ALDEAS LIMITED

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What Swanage trades

Common questions about trade in Swanage

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