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Lewes importers & exporters

Q: How many businesses import or export from Lewes?

HMRC customs records show 171 businesses in Lewes (BN7, BN8) filed declarations over the last six months — 1,169 import declarations and 680 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.

Q: What do Lewes businesses import most?

The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Lewes traders the leading goods are 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), food preparations, n.e.s., perfumes and toilet waters (excl. aftershave lotions, personal deodorants and hair lotions), chocolate and other preparations containing cocoa, in containers or immediate packings of <= 2 kg (excl. in blocks, slabs or bars and cocoa powder). You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.

Q: Is trade from Lewes growing?

Import activity is down 13.0% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 5.5%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.

Q: How do I get contact details for Lewes importers?

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HMRC records show 171 businesses trading internationally from Lewes over the last six months. It ranks 4 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 ease back by around 5.5% over the next three months.

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1,169Import declarations▼ 13.0% on the 6 months before

680Export declarations

−5.5%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data

171Trading 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 171 businesses.

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★ Most active in LewesFiled more customs declarations than any other Lewes business over the last six months — roughly 15% of the town's total import activity, mostly in vegetables.

Most active business

HENLEY BRIDGE INGREDIENTS LTD

171 import declarations Imports only BN8 *Ch. 07Ch. 08Ch. 09Ch. 11 Active in 5 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include sugar confectionery not containing cocoa, incl. white chocolate (excl. chewing gum), 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, chocolate and other preparations containing cocoa, in containers or immediate packings of <= 2 kg (excl. in blocks, slabs or bars and cocoa powder).

▼ Expected to slow by 3.9% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity171 in the last 6 months

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

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Among the most active

AMBER HOUSE LTD

42 import declarations 10 export declarations BN8 *Ch. 30Ch. 33Ch. 34Ch. 39 Active in 5 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include beauty or make-up preparations and preparations for the care of the skin (other than medicaments), incl. sunscreen or suntan preparations (excl. medicaments, lip and eye make-up preparations, manicure or pedicure preparations and make-up or skin care, lip make-up preparations, yarn used to clean between the teeth "dental floss", in individual retail packages.

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

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity42 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity10 in the last 6 months

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Among the most active

EUROITALIA S R L

41 import declarations 11 export declarations BN8 *Ch. 33Ch. 34Ch. 39Ch. 42 Active in 5 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include perfumes and toilet waters (excl. aftershave lotions, personal deodorants and hair lotions), paper, paperboard, cellulose wadding and webs of cellulose fibres, in strips or rolls of a width <= 36 cm, in rectangular or square sheets, of which no side > 36 cm in the unfolded state, or cut to shape other than rectangular or square, and articles, folding cartons, boxes and cases, of non-corrugated paper or paperboard.

▲ Expected to increase by 27.3% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity41 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity11 in the last 6 months

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Among the most active

APPELLATIONS LTD

27 import declarations 23 export declarations BN7 *Ch. 22 Active in 5 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include 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), sparkling wine of fresh grapes, 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 but <= 10 l (excl. sparkling wine).

▲ Expected to increase by 40.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity27 in the last 6 months

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

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Among the most active

ONCOLOGY IMAGING SYSTEMS LIMITED

24 import declarations 18 export declarations BN8 *Ch. 62Ch. 63Ch. 84Ch. 85 Active in 5 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include operating tables, examination tables, and other medical, dental, surgical or veterinary furniture (excl. dentists' or similar chairs, special tables for x-ray examination, and stretchers and litters, incl. trolley-stretchers), brassieres of all types of textile materials, whether or not elasticated, incl. knitted or crocheted, data-processing machines, automatic, portable, weighing <= 10 kg, consisting of at least a central processing unit, a keyboard and a display (excl. peripheral units).

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

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity24 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity18 in the last 6 months

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What Lewes trades

The most frequently declared goods across all 171 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.

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)Food preparations, n.e.s.Perfumes and toilet waters (excl. aftershave lotions, personal deodorants and hair lotions)Chocolate and other preparations containing cocoa, in containers or immediate packings of <= 2 kg (excl. in blocks, slabs or bars and cocoa powder)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 theSugar confectionery not containing cocoa, incl. white chocolate (excl. chewing gum)Printed books, brochures and similar printed matter (excl. those in single sheets; dictionaries, encyclopaedias, periodicals and publications which are essentially devoted to advertising)Beauty or make-up preparations and preparations for the care of the skin (other than medicaments), incl. sunscreen or suntan preparations (excl. medicaments, lip and eye make-up preparations, manicure or pedicure preparations and make-up or skin care

Common questions about trade in Lewes

How many businesses import or export from Lewes?

HMRC customs records show 171 businesses in Lewes (BN7, BN8) filed declarations over the last six months — 1,169 import declarations and 680 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.

What do Lewes businesses import most?

The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Lewes traders the leading goods are 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), food preparations, n.e.s., perfumes and toilet waters (excl. aftershave lotions, personal deodorants and hair lotions), chocolate and other preparations containing cocoa, in containers or immediate packings of <= 2 kg (excl. in blocks, slabs or bars and cocoa powder). You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.

Is trade from Lewes growing?

Import activity is down 13.0% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 5.5%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.

How do I get contact details for Lewes importers?

Create an account to see all 171 businesses, open their Companies House records, run AI research on their website and buying signals, and reveal validated email and LinkedIn contacts.

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Lewes importers & exporters

Top 10 businesses by 6-month activity Free tier

HENLEY BRIDGE INGREDIENTS LTD

AMBER HOUSE LTD

EUROITALIA S R L

APPELLATIONS LTD

ONCOLOGY IMAGING SYSTEMS LIMITED

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