Over the last six months, 188 Hastings businesses filed customs declarations. That puts it second in East Sussex for trade activity. Most of that activity sits in electrical machinery and electronics, machinery and mechanical appliances, optical and medical instruments. Looking ahead, our model expects import activity here to pick up by around 6.0% 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
1,523Import declarations▼ 2.2% on the 6 months before
1,005Export declarations
+6.0%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
188Trading 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 188 businesses.
★ Most active in HastingsFiled more customs declarations than any other Hastings business over the last six months — roughly 10% of the town's total import activity, mostly in mineral fuels.
Most active business
KURT J LESKER CO LIMITED
155 import declarations144 export declarationsTN38 *Ch. 27Ch. 28Ch. 32Ch. 34Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include gold, incl. gold plated with platinum, in semi-manufactured forms, for non-monetary purposes, tube or pipe fittings of stainless steel (excl. cast products, flanges, threaded elbows, bends and sleeves and butt weldings fittings), polyethers, in primary forms (excl. polyacetals, bis(polyoxyethylene) methylphosphonate and goods of 3002).
▲ Expected to increase by 4.4% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity155 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity144 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
INSTRUMENT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
39 import declarations65 export declarationsTN38 *Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 48Ch. 49Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include flexible tubing of iron or steel, with or without fittings, tube or pipe fittings of stainless steel (excl. cast products, flanges, threaded elbows, bends and sleeves and butt weldings fittings), flanges of stainless steel (excl. cast products).
▼ Expected to slow by 17.6% 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 activity65 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
PHOTEK LIMITED
47 import declarations35 export declarationsTN38 *Ch. 29Ch. 37Ch. 38Ch. 39Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include parts of thermionic, cold cathode or photo cathode valves and tubes, n.e.s. (excl. parts of cathode ray tubes), television camera tubes; image converters and intensifiers; other photo cathode tubes (excl. cathode ray television picture tubes incl. video monitor cathode ray tubes), electrical insulators of ceramics (excl. insulating fittings).
▲ Expected to increase by 40.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity47 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity35 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
C. & C. MARSHALL LIMITED
87 import declarations51 export declarationsTN38 *Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 49Ch. 68Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include building elements for the manufacture of floors, walls, partition walls, ceilings, roofs, etc., of plastics; gutters and accessories of plastics; railings, fences and similar barriers, of plastics; large shelves, for assembly and permanent installati, structures and parts of structures, of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. bridges and bridge-sections, towers and lattice masts, doors and windows and their frames, thresholds for doors, props and similar equipment for scaffolding, shuttering, propping or, rigid tubes, pipes and hoses, of polymers of vinyl chloride.
▲ Expected to increase by 15.2% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity87 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity51 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
PLASTICA LTD
83 import declarations32 export declarationsTN38 *Ch. 28Ch. 29Ch. 32Ch. 34Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include plates, sheets, film, foil and strip, of non-cellular polymers of ethylene, not reinforced, laminated, supported or similarly combined with other materials, without backing, unworked or merely surface-worked or merely cut into squares or rectangles (, machinery and apparatus for filtering or purifying water, articles of plastics and articles of other materials of heading 3901 to 3914, n.e.s (excl. goods of 9619).
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity83 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity32 in the last 6 months
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183 more Hastings businesses
Every importer and exporter in TN34 / TN35 / TN37 / TN38 with monthly activity, 24-month indicators, forecasts, Companies House records, AI research and validated contact reveals.
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What Hastings trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 188 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)Tube or pipe fittings of stainless steel (excl. cast products, flanges, threaded elbows, bends and sleeves and butt weldings fittings)Flanges of stainless steel (excl. cast products)Instruments, appliances and machines for measuring or checking, not elsewhere specified in chapter 90 (excl. optical)Building elements for the manufacture of floors, walls, partition walls, ceilings, roofs, etc., of plastics; gutters and accessories of plastics; railings, fences and similar barriers, of plastics; large shelves, for assembly and permanent installatiArticles of plastics and articles of other materials of heading 3901 to 3914, n.e.s (excl. goods of 9619)Parts and accessories, for bicycles, n.e.s.Frames and forks, and parts thereof, for cycles, n.e.s. (excl. for motorcycles)
Common questions about trade in Hastings
How many businesses import or export from Hastings?
HMRC customs records show 188 businesses in Hastings (TN34, TN35, TN37, TN38) filed declarations over the last six months — 1,523 import declarations and 1,005 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.
What do Hastings businesses import most?
The most common category is electrical machinery and electronics. Across all Hastings 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), tube or pipe fittings of stainless steel (excl. cast products, flanges, threaded elbows, bends and sleeves and butt weldings fittings), flanges of stainless steel (excl. cast products), instruments, appliances and machines for measuring or checking, not elsewhere specified in chapter 90 (excl. optical). You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Hastings growing?
Import activity is down 2.2% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to rise by roughly 6.0%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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