HMRC records show 30 businesses trading internationally from Forest Row over the last six months. It ranks 14 of 22 trading locations in East Sussex. Most of that activity sits in machinery and mechanical appliances, electrical machinery and electronics, optical and medical instruments. Looking ahead, our model expects import activity here to pick up by around 5.7% 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
267Import declarations▼ 1.1% on the 6 months before
147Export declarations
+5.7%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
30Trading 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 30 businesses.
★ Most active in Forest RowFiled more customs declarations than any other Forest Row business over the last six months — roughly 31% of the town's total import activity, mostly in dyes and pigments.
Most active business
AIR ENGINEERING GROUP LTD
84 import declarations29 export declarationsRH18 *Ch. 32Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 73Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include valves for oleohydraulic or pneumatic transmission, copper alloy tube or pipe fittings "e.g., couplings, elbows, sleeves", fittings, e.g. joints, elbows, flanges, of plastics, for tubes, pipes and hoses.
▲ Expected to increase by 31.4% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity84 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity29 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
PATHDYNAMICS LTD
17 import declarations17 export declarationsRH18 *Ch. 84Ch. 85Ch. 88Ch. 90Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include static converters, dc motors and dc generators of an output > 750 w but <= 75 kw (excl. photovoltaic generators), television cameras, digital cameras and video camera recorders (excl. high-speed, radiation-hardened or radiation-tolerant, and night vision goods).
▲ Expected to increase by 50.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity17 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity17 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
ALMIT LTD
15 import declarations17 export declarationsRH18 *Ch. 38Ch. 83Ch. 84Ch. 85Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include pickling preparations for metal surfaces; soldering, brazing or welding pastes and powders consisting of metal and other materials, wire, rods, tubes, plates, electrodes and the like, of base metal or of metal carbides, coated or cored with flux material, for soldering, brazing, welding or deposition of metal or metal carbides, n.e.s., and wire and rods of agglomerated base metal, coated rods and cored wire, of base metal, for soldering, brazing or welding by flame (excl. wire and rods cored with solder which, excl. the flux material, contains >= 2% by weight of precious metal).
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity15 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity17 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
QUADRACHEM LABORATORIES LTD
39 import declarations17 export declarationsRH18 *Ch. 25Ch. 33Ch. 38Ch. 39Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include diagnostic or laboratory reagents on a backing, prepared diagnostic or laboratory reagents whether or not on a backing, whether or not put up in the form of kits (excl. for malaria, for zika and other diseases transmitted by mosquitoes of the genus a, instruments and apparatus for physical or chemical analysis, or for measuring or checking viscosity, porosity, expansion, surface tension or the like, or for measuring or checking quantities of heat, sound or light, n.e.s., instruments and apparatus for physical or chemical analysis, using uv, visible or ir optical radiations (excl. spectrometers, spectrophotometers, spectrographs, and gas or smoke analysis apparatus).
▼ Expected to slow by 12.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity39 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity17 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
PION INC. (UK) LTD
29 import declarations23 export declarationsRH18 *Ch. 35Ch. 38Ch. 48Ch. 84Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include microtomes; parts and accessories of instruments and apparatus for physical or chemical analysis, instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking viscosity, porosity, expansion, surface tension or the like, instruments and apparatus for measuring, certified reference materials, instruments and apparatus for physical or chemical analysis, using uv, visible or ir optical radiations (excl. spectrometers, spectrophotometers, spectrographs, and gas or smoke analysis apparatus).
▲ Expected to increase by 64.7% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity29 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity23 in the last 6 months
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What Forest Row trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 30 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.
Microtomes; parts and accessories of instruments and apparatus for physical or chemical analysis, instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking viscosity, porosity, expansion, surface tension or the like, instruments and apparatus for measuringTricycles, scooters, pedal cars and similar wheeled toys; dolls' carriages; dolls; other toys; reduced-size "scale" recreational models, working or not; puzzles of all kindsCertified reference materialsInstruments and apparatus for physical or chemical analysis, or for measuring or checking viscosity, porosity, expansion, surface tension or the like, or for measuring or checking quantities of heat, sound or light, n.e.s.Salts, incl. table salt and denatured salt, and pure sodium chloride, whether or not in aqueous solution or containing added anti-caking or free-flowing agents; sea waterPickling preparations for metal surfaces; soldering, brazing or welding pastes and powders consisting of metal and other materialsInstruments and apparatus for physical or chemical analysis, using UV, visible or IR optical radiations (excl. spectrometers, spectrophotometers, spectrographs, and gas or smoke analysis apparatus)Diagnostic or laboratory reagents on a backing, prepared diagnostic or laboratory reagents whether or not on a backing, whether or not put up in the form of kits (excl. for malaria, for Zika and other diseases transmitted by mosquitoes of the genus A
Common questions about trade in Forest Row
How many businesses import or export from Forest Row?
HMRC customs records show 30 businesses in Forest Row (RH18) filed declarations over the last six months — 267 import declarations and 147 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.
What do Forest Row businesses import most?
The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Forest Row traders the leading goods are microtomes; parts and accessories of instruments and apparatus for physical or chemical analysis, instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking viscosity, porosity, expansion, surface tension or the like, instruments and apparatus for measuring, tricycles, scooters, pedal cars and similar wheeled toys; dolls' carriages; dolls; other toys; reduced-size "scale" recreational models, working or not; puzzles of all kinds, certified reference materials, instruments and apparatus for physical or chemical analysis, or for measuring or checking viscosity, porosity, expansion, surface tension or the like, or for measuring or checking quantities of heat, sound or light, n.e.s.. You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Forest Row growing?
Import activity is down 1.1% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to rise by roughly 5.7%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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