Over the last six months, 68 Hessle businesses filed customs declarations. That puts it third in East Riding of Yorkshire for trade activity. Most of that activity sits in machinery and mechanical appliances, electrical machinery and electronics, plastics. Looking ahead, our model expects import activity here to pick up by around 5.5% 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
2,001Import declarations▼ 3.6% on the 6 months before
653Export declarations
+5.5%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
68Trading 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 68 businesses.
★ Most active in HessleFiled more customs declarations than any other Hessle business over the last six months — roughly 20% of the town's total import activity, mostly in HS chapter 13.
Most active business
SCIENTIFIC LABORATORY SUPPLIES LT D
393 import declarations331 export declarationsHU13 *Ch. 13Ch. 16Ch. 21Ch. 22Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include carboys, bottles, flasks and similar articles for the conveyance or packaging of goods, of plastics, articles of plastics and articles of other materials of heading 3901 to 3914, n.e.s (excl. goods of 9619), certified reference materials.
▲ Expected to increase by 5.6% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity393 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity331 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
CRANSWICK PLC
158 import declarations11 export declarationsHU13 *Ch. 02Ch. 04Ch. 05Ch. 08Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include parts of machinery for the industrial preparation or manufacture of food or drink, n.e.s., articles of plastics and articles of other materials of heading 3901 to 3914, n.e.s (excl. goods of 9619), articles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire).
▲ Expected to increase by 19.8% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity158 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity11 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
KATSOURIS BROTHERS LIMITED
142 import declarations6 export declarationsHU13 *Ch. 02Ch. 04Ch. 07Ch. 08Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include vegetables and mixtures of vegetables, prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar, non-frozen (excl. preserved by sugar, homogenised vegetables of subheading 2005.10, and tomatoes, mushrooms, truffles, potatoes, peas "pisum sativum", beans "vign, vegetables, fruit, nuts and other edible parts of plants, prepared or preserved by vinegar or acetic acid (excl. cucumbers and gherkins), cheese (excl. fresh cheese, incl. whey cheese, curd, processed cheese, blue-veined cheese and other cheese containing veins produced by "penicillium roqueforti", and grated or powdered cheese).
▼ Expected to slow by 9.1% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity142 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity6 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
CRANSWICK COUNTRY FOODS PLC
325 import declarations84 export declarationsHU13 *Ch. 02Ch. 04Ch. 05Ch. 07Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include frozen meat of swine (excl. carcases and half-carcases, and hams, shoulders and cuts thereof, with bone in), fresh or chilled meat of swine (excl. carcases and half-carcases, and hams, shoulders and cuts thereof, with bone in), cheese (excl. fresh cheese, incl. whey cheese, curd, processed cheese, blue-veined cheese and other cheese containing veins produced by "penicillium roqueforti", and grated or powdered cheese).
▲ Expected to increase by 7.1% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity325 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity84 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
THE FRESH OLIVE COMPANY LIMITED
272 import declarations34 export declarationsHU13 *Ch. 04Ch. 07Ch. 08Ch. 09Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include vinegar, fermented vinegar and substitutes for vinegar obtained from acetic acid, vegetables and mixtures of vegetables, prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar, non-frozen (excl. preserved by sugar, homogenised vegetables of subheading 2005.10, and tomatoes, mushrooms, truffles, potatoes, peas "pisum sativum", beans "vign, vegetables and mixtures of vegetables provisionally preserved, e.g. by sulphur dioxide gas, in brine, in sulphur water or in other preservative solutions, but unsuitable in that state for immediate consumption (excl. olives, cucumbers, gherkins, mush.
▲ Expected to increase by 3.7% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity272 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity34 in the last 6 months
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What Hessle trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 68 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.
Cheese (excl. fresh cheese, incl. whey cheese, curd, processed cheese, blue-veined cheese and other cheese containing veins produced by "Penicillium roqueforti", and grated or powdered cheese)Vegetables and mixtures of vegetables, prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar, non-frozen (excl. preserved by sugar, homogenised vegetables of subheading 2005.10, and tomatoes, mushrooms, truffles, potatoes, peas "Pisum sativum", beans "VignFrozen meat of swine (excl. carcases and half-carcases, and hams, shoulders and cuts thereof, with bone in)Olives, prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid (excl. frozen)Vegetables, fruit, nuts and other edible parts of plants, prepared or preserved by vinegar or acetic acid (excl. cucumbers and gherkins)Fresh or chilled meat of swine (excl. carcases and half-carcases, and hams, shoulders and cuts thereof, with bone in)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 plastics and articles of other materials of heading 3901 to 3914, n.e.s (excl. goods of 9619)
Common questions about trade in Hessle
How many businesses import or export from Hessle?
HMRC customs records show 68 businesses in Hessle (HU13) filed declarations over the last six months — 2,001 import declarations and 653 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.
What do Hessle businesses import most?
The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Hessle traders the leading goods are cheese (excl. fresh cheese, incl. whey cheese, curd, processed cheese, blue-veined cheese and other cheese containing veins produced by "penicillium roqueforti", and grated or powdered cheese), vegetables and mixtures of vegetables, prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar, non-frozen (excl. preserved by sugar, homogenised vegetables of subheading 2005.10, and tomatoes, mushrooms, truffles, potatoes, peas "pisum sativum", beans "vign, frozen meat of swine (excl. carcases and half-carcases, and hams, shoulders and cuts thereof, with bone in), olives, prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid (excl. frozen). You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Hessle growing?
Import activity is down 3.6% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to rise by roughly 5.5%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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