Town trade profile · RH18

Forest Row importers & exporters

Q: 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.

Q: 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.

Q: 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.

Q: How do I get contact details for Forest Row importers?

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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, photographic and medical instruments. Looking ahead, our model expects import activity here to pick up by around 5.7% over the next three months.

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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 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 30 businesses.

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★ 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, pigments, paints and inks.

Most active business

AIR ENGINEERING GROUP LTD

84 import declarations 29 export declarations RH18 *Ch. 32Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 73 Active 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

TEK IMPORTS LIMITED

9 import declarations Imports only RH18 *Ch. 42Ch. 83Ch. 85Ch. 94 Active in 3 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include signal generators, electrical, trunks, suitcases, vanity cases, executive-cases, briefcases, school satchels and similar containers (excl. with outer surface of leather, composition leather, patent leather, plastics or textile materials), multiple loudspeakers, mounted in the same enclosure.

▲ Expected to increase by 150.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity9 in the last 6 months

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

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Among the most active

QUADRACHEM LABORATORIES LTD

39 import declarations 17 export declarations RH18 *Ch. 25Ch. 33Ch. 38Ch. 39 Active 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 declarations 23 export declarations RH18 *Ch. 35Ch. 38Ch. 48Ch. 84 Active 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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Among the most active

PATHDYNAMICS LTD

17 import declarations 17 export declarations RH18 *Ch. 84Ch. 85Ch. 88Ch. 90 Active 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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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.

How do I get contact details for Forest Row importers?

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Forest Row importers & exporters

Top 10 businesses by 6-month activity Free tier

AIR ENGINEERING GROUP LTD

TEK IMPORTS LIMITED

QUADRACHEM LABORATORIES LTD

PION INC. (UK) LTD

PATHDYNAMICS LTD

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What Forest Row trades

Common questions about trade in Forest Row

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