Town trade profile · RH18

Forest Row importers & exporters

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 electrical machinery and electronics, machinery and mechanical appliances, optical, photographic and medical instruments. Looking ahead, our model expects import activity here to ease back by around 6.6% 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

229Import declarations▼ 13.6% on the 6 months before

129Export declarations

−6.6%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 28% of the town's total import activity, mostly in dyes, pigments, paints and inks.

Most active business

AIR ENGINEERING GROUP LTD

64 import declarations 23 export declarations RH18 *Ch. 32Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 73 Active in 5 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include valves for oleohydraulic or pneumatic transmission, pressure-reducing valves, copper alloy tube or pipe fittings "e.g., couplings, elbows, sleeves".

▲ Expected to increase by 9.1% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity64 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity23 in the last 6 months

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Among the most active

CONSCIOUS CRAFT LTD

23 import declarations Imports only RH18 *Ch. 49Ch. 62Ch. 82Ch. 90 Active in 5 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include 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, newspapers, journals and periodicals, whether or not illustrated or containing advertising material (excl. those appearing at least four times a week), percussion musical instruments, e.g. drums, xylophones, cymbals, castanets, maracas.

▲ Expected to increase by 18.8% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity23 in the last 6 months

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

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Among the most active

MOLLY M LTD

2 import declarations 13 export declarations RH18 *Ch. 44Ch. 48Ch. 52Ch. 53 Active in 5 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include woven fabrics of flax, containing >= 85% flax by weight, dyed, made of yarn of different colours, or printed, woven fabrics of flax, containing predominantly, but < 85% flax by weight, unbleached or bleached, plain woven fabrics of cotton, containing >= 85% cotton by weight and weighing > 200 g/m , dyed.

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

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity2 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity13 in the last 6 months

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Among the most active

JEROEN MARKIES ANTIQUES LIMITED

2 import declarations 6 export declarations RH18 *Ch. 49Ch. 53Ch. 70Ch. 90 Active in 5 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include original sculptures and statuary, in any material (excl. over 100 years old), antiques, over 100 but at most 250 years old, wooden furniture (excl. for offices, kitchens and bedrooms, and seats).

▼ Expected to slow by 100.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity2 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity6 in the last 6 months

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Among the most active

COOLTECH PRODUCTS LTD

8 import declarations Imports only RH18 *Ch. 84Ch. 85 Active in 4 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include machinery, plant or laboratory equipment, whether or not electrically heated, for the treatment of materials by a process involving a change of temperature such as heating, cooking, roasting, sterilising, pasteurising, steaming, evaporating, vaporisi, heat-exchange units (excl. those used with boilers), fans (excl. table, floor, wall, window, ceiling or roof fans, with a self-contained electric motor of an output <= 125 w).

▲ 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 activity0 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.

Tricycles, scooters, pedal cars and similar wheeled toys; dolls' carriages; dolls; other toys; reduced-size "scale" recreational models, working or not; puzzles of all kindsSalts, 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 waterCertified reference materialsFood preparations, n.e.s.Wine of fresh grapes, incl. fortified wines, and grape must whose fermentation has been arrested by the addition of alcohol, in containers of <= 2 l (excl. sparkling wine)Valves for oleohydraulic or pneumatic transmissionDiagnostic 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 AFir "Abies spp." and spruce "Picea spp." sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or not planed, sanded or end-jointed, of a thickness of > 6 mm (excl. of S-P-F spruce&pine&fir)

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 — 229 import declarations and 129 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 electrical machinery and electronics. Across all Forest Row traders the leading goods are 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, 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 water, certified reference materials, food preparations, 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 13.6% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 6.6%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.

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Forest Row importers & exporters

Top 10 businesses by 6-month activity Free tier

AIR ENGINEERING GROUP LTD

CONSCIOUS CRAFT LTD

MOLLY M LTD

JEROEN MARKIES ANTIQUES LIMITED

COOLTECH PRODUCTS LTD

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What Forest Row trades

Common questions about trade in Forest Row

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