Town trade profile · HU16

Cottingham importers & exporters

HMRC records show 28 businesses trading internationally from Cottingham over the last six months. It ranks 11 of 17 trading locations in East Riding of Yorkshire. Most of that activity sits in machinery and mechanical appliances, furniture, bedding and lighting, iron and steel articles. Looking ahead, our model expects import activity here to pick up by around 14.6% over the next three months.

Refreshed every 24 hours · last run 22 Aug 2026, 20:36HMRC release in view: Jun 26Snapshot: 2026-08-22.1

336Import declarations▲ 16.7% on the 6 months before

95Export declarations

+14.6%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data

28Trading businesses

Top 5 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 28 businesses.

★ Most active in CottinghamFiled more customs declarations than any other Cottingham business over the last six months — roughly 62% of the town's total import activity, mostly in HS chapter 35.

Most active business

SWIFT GROUP LTD

209 import declarations 40 export declarations HU16 *Ch. 35Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 44 Active in 6 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include parts of trailers and semi-trailers and other vehicles not mechanically propelled, n.e.s., trailers and semi-trailers of the caravan type, for housing or camping, articles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire).

▲ Expected to increase by 7.8% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity209 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity40 in the last 6 months

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GRAPHIC POWER LIMITED

7 import declarations 11 export declarations HU16 *Ch. 39Ch. 42Ch. 49Ch. 61 Active in 6 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include statuettes and other ornaments, of base metal, not plated with precious metal (excl. works of art, collectors' pieces and antiques), original sculptures and statuary, in any material (excl. over 100 years old), paintings, e.g. oil paintings, watercolours and pastels, and drawings executed entirely by hand (excl. over 100 years old, and technical drawings and the like of heading 4906, and hand-painted or hand-decorated manufactured articles).

▲ 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 activity11 in the last 6 months

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Among the most active

GREEK TASTES 4 ALL LTD

13 import declarations Imports only HU16 *Ch. 04Ch. 07Ch. 09Ch. 15 Active in 4 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include extra virgin olive oil "eu cat. 1" obtained from the fruit of the olive tree solely by mechanical or other physical means under conditions that do not lead to deterioration of the oil, untreated, natural honey, 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.

▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% 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

CATCHCAM TECHNOLOGIES LTD

8 import declarations 17 export declarations HU16 *Ch. 39Ch. 42Ch. 73Ch. 76 Active in 5 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include instruments and appliances used in geodesy, topography, hydrography, oceanography, hydrology, meteorology or geophysics (excl. compasses, rangefinders, theodolites, tachymeters "tacheometers", levels and photogrammetrical surveying instruments and ap, monopods, bipods, tripods and similar articles, electric luminaires and lighting fittings, 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 activity8 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity17 in the last 6 months

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Among the most active

J M J WOODWORKING MACHINERY LTD

18 import declarations 4 export declarations HU16 *Ch. 40Ch. 82Ch. 84Ch. 85 Active in 5 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include parts and accessories for machine tools for working wood, cork, bone, hard rubber, hard plastics or similar hard materials, n.e.s., sawing machines for working wood, cork, bone, hard rubber, hard plastics or similar hard materials (excl. machines for working in the hand), 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.

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

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity18 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity4 in the last 6 months

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What Cottingham trades

The most frequently declared goods across all 28 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.

Parts of trailers and semi-trailers and other vehicles not mechanically propelled, n.e.s.Articles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire)Trailers and semi-trailers of the caravan type, for housing or campingPallets, box pallets and other load boards, of wood; pallet collars of wood (excl. containers specially designed and equipped for one or more modes of transport)Metal furniture (excl. for offices, seats and medical, surgical, dental or veterinary furniture)Articles of plastics and articles of other materials of heading 3901 to 3914, n.e.s (excl. goods of 9619)Furniture of plastics (excl. medical, dental, surgical or veterinary, and seats)Hollow profiles of aluminium alloys, n.e.s.

Common questions about trade in Cottingham

How many businesses import or export from Cottingham?

HMRC customs records show 28 businesses in Cottingham (HU16) filed declarations over the last six months — 336 import declarations and 95 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.

What do Cottingham businesses import most?

The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Cottingham traders the leading goods are parts of trailers and semi-trailers and other vehicles not mechanically propelled, n.e.s., articles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire), trailers and semi-trailers of the caravan type, for housing or camping, pallets, box pallets and other load boards, of wood; pallet collars of wood (excl. containers specially designed and equipped for one or more modes of transport). You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.

Is trade from Cottingham growing?

Import activity is up 16.7% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to rise by roughly 14.6%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.

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Cottingham importers & exporters

Top 5 businesses by 6-month activity Free tier

SWIFT GROUP LTD

GRAPHIC POWER LIMITED

GREEK TASTES 4 ALL LTD

CATCHCAM TECHNOLOGIES LTD

J M J WOODWORKING MACHINERY LTD

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What Cottingham trades

Common questions about trade in Cottingham

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