Over the last six months, 456 Kingston upon Hull businesses filed customs declarations. That makes it the busiest trading location in East Riding of Yorkshire. Most of that activity sits in machinery and mechanical appliances, electrical machinery and electronics, plastics and plastic articles. Looking ahead, our model expects import activity here to ease back by around 5.6% 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
5,996Import declarations▼ 13.2% on the 6 months before
2,547Export declarations
−5.6%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
456Trading 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 456 businesses.
★ Most active in Kingston upon HullFiled more customs declarations than any other Kingston upon Hull business over the last six months — roughly 20% of the town's total import activity, mostly in coffee, tea and spices.
Most active business
SIEMENS GAMESA RENEWABLE ENERGY LIMITED
1173 import declarations401 export declarationsHU9 *Ch. 09Ch. 27Ch. 28Ch. 29Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include threaded screws and bolts, of iron or steel, whether or not with their nuts and washers (excl. coach screws and other wood screws, screw hooks and screw rings, self-tapping screws, lag screws, stoppers, plugs and the like, threaded), medium oils and preparations, of petroleum or bituminous minerals, not containing biodiesel, n.e.s., reciprocating positive displacement pumps for liquids, power-driven (excl. those of subheading 8413.11 and 8413,19, fuel, lubricating or cooling medium pumps for internal combustion piston engine and concrete pumps).
▼ Expected to slow by 1.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity1173 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity401 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
DONALDSON FILTER COMPONENTS
128 import declarations71 export declarationsHU7 *Ch. 28Ch. 32Ch. 35Ch. 39Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include textile products and articles, for technical purposes, specified in note 7 to chapter 59, n.e.s., 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, nonwovens, whether or not impregnated, coated, covered or laminated, n.e.s., of man-made filaments, weighing > 70 g/m but <= 150 g/m.
▼ Expected to slow by 17.3% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity128 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity71 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
BOLLHOFF LIMITED
111 import declarations43 export declarationsHU8 *Ch. 32Ch. 35Ch. 38Ch. 39Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include nuts of iron or steel, tools for working in the hand, pneumatic, rotary type, incl. combined rotary-percussion, articles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire).
▼ Expected to slow by 5.5% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity111 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity43 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
THOMAS MAWER LIMITED
142 import declarations11 export declarationsHU1 *Ch. 04Ch. 05Ch. 07Ch. 10Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include preparations of a kind used in animal feeding (excl. dog or cat food put up for retail sale), residues of starch manufacture and similar residues, linseed, whether or not broken.
▲ Expected to increase by 3.7% 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 activity11 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
VUBA CHEMICAL INNOVATIONS LI MITED
49 import declarations96 export declarationsHU1 *Ch. 15Ch. 25Ch. 27Ch. 29Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include marble granules, chippings and powder, whether or not heat-treated, silica sands and quartz sands, whether or not coloured, pebbles, gravel, broken or crushed stone, for concrete aggregates, for road metalling or for railway or other ballast, shingle and flint, whether or not heat-treated.
▼ Expected to slow by 15.8% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity49 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity96 in the last 6 months
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What Kingston upon Hull trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 456 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.
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)Articles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire)Wadding, gauze, bandages and the like, e.g. dressings, adhesive plasters, poultices, impregnated or covered with pharmaceutical substances or put up for retail sale for medical, surgical, dental or veterinary purposes (excl. adhesive dressings and otBread, 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 theThreaded screws and bolts, of iron or steel, whether or not with their nuts and washers (excl. coach screws and other wood screws, screw hooks and screw rings, self-tapping screws, lag screws, stoppers, plugs and the like, threaded)Travelling-bags, insulated food or beverage bags, toilet bags, rucksacks, shopping-bags, map-cases, tool bags, sports bags, jewellery boxes, cutlery cases, binocular cases, camera cases, musical instrument cases, gun cases, holsters and similar contaParts of machines and mechanical appliances, n.e.s.Gears and gearing for machinery (excl. toothed wheels, chain sprockets and other transmission elements presented separately); ball or roller screws; gear boxes and other speed changers, incl. torque converters
Common questions about trade in Kingston upon Hull
How many businesses import or export from Kingston upon Hull?
HMRC customs records show 456 businesses in Kingston upon Hull (HU1, HU2, HU3, HU4) filed declarations over the last six months — 5,996 import declarations and 2,547 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.
What do Kingston upon Hull businesses import most?
The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Kingston upon Hull traders the leading goods are 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), articles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire), wadding, gauze, bandages and the like, e.g. dressings, adhesive plasters, poultices, impregnated or covered with pharmaceutical substances or put up for retail sale for medical, surgical, dental or veterinary purposes (excl. adhesive dressings and ot, 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. You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Kingston upon Hull growing?
Import activity is down 13.2% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 5.6%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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