Over the last six months, 51 Rother businesses filed customs declarations. It ranks 8 of 22 trading locations in East Sussex. Most of that activity sits in machinery and mechanical appliances, plastics and plastic articles, iron and steel articles. Looking ahead, our model expects import activity here to ease back by around 6.5% 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
525Import declarations▼ 7.1% on the 6 months before
292Export declarations
−6.5%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
51Trading 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 51 businesses.
★ Most active in RotherFiled more customs declarations than any other Rother business over the last six months — roughly 23% of the town's total import activity, mostly in plastics and plastic articles.
Most active business
GRAYS OF CAMBRIDGE (INTERNATIO NAL)LTD
123 import declarations86 export declarationsTN32 *Ch. 39Ch. 42Ch. 44Ch. 48Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include articles and equipment for sport and outdoor games n.e.s; swimming and paddling pools, men's or boys' shirts of man-made fibres, knitted or crocheted (excl. nightshirts, t-shirts, singlets and other vests), travelling-bags, insulated food or beverage bags, toilet bags, rucksacks, shopping-bags, map-cases, tool bags, sports bags, jewellery boxes, cutlery cases, binocular cases, camera cases, musical instrument cases, gun cases, holsters and similar conta.
▼ Expected to slow by 3.4% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity123 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity86 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
HI VAC - DEVICES LTD
0 import declarations17 export declarationsTN32 *Ch. 74Ch. 75Ch. 84Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include sets or assortments of gaskets and similar joints, dissimilar in composition, put up in pouches, envelopes or similar packings, wire of non-alloy nickel (excl. electrically insulated products).
▼ Expected to slow by 100.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity0 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity17 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
THE BORDEAUX CELLAR LIMITED
14 import declarationsImports onlyTN32 *Ch. 22Ch. 39Active in 4 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.
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity14 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity0 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
HAWAIIAN SHIRT SHOP LIMITED
13 import declarationsImports onlyTN19 *Ch. 61Ch. 62Active in 4 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include men's or boys' shirts of cotton (excl. knitted or crocheted, nightshirts, singlets and other vests), men's or boys' shirts of man-made fibres (excl. knitted or crocheted, nightshirts, singlets and other vests), men's or boys' shirts of textile materials (excl. of cotton or man-made fibres, knitted or crocheted, nightshirts, singlets and other vests).
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity13 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity0 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
RAVEN'S HAVEN LTD
12 import declarationsImports onlyTN32 *Ch. 06Ch. 12Ch. 69Ch. 70Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include live plants, incl. their roots, and mushroom spawn (excl. bulbs, tubers, tuberous roots, corms, crowns and rhizomes, incl. chicory plants and roots, unrooted cuttings and slips, fruit and nut trees, rhododendrons, azaleas and roses), bulbs, tubers, tuberous roots, corms, crowns and rhizomes, dormant (excl. those used for human consumption and chicory plants and roots), glassware of a kind used for toilet, office, indoor decoration or similar purposes (excl. glassware of lead crystal or of a kind used for table or kitchen purposes, articles of heading 7018, mirrors, leaded lights and the like, lighting fittings and.
▲ Expected to increase by 150.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity12 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity0 in the last 6 months
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What Rother trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 51 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 kindsArticles and equipment for sport and outdoor games n.e.s; swimming and paddling poolsAppliances 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)Men's or boys' shirts of man-made fibres, knitted or crocheted (excl. nightshirts, T-shirts, singlets and other vests)Travelling-bags, insulated food or beverage bags, toilet bags, rucksacks, shopping-bags, map-cases, tool bags, sports bags, jewellery boxes, cutlery cases, binocular cases, camera cases, musical instrument cases, gun cases, holsters and similar contaT-shirts, singlets and other vests of textile materials, knitted or crocheted (excl. cotton)Articles of wood, n.e.s.Inflatable balls
Common questions about trade in Rother
How many businesses import or export from Rother?
HMRC customs records show 51 businesses in Rother (TN19, TN32) filed declarations over the last six months — 525 import declarations and 292 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.
What do Rother businesses import most?
The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Rother 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, articles and equipment for sport and outdoor games n.e.s; swimming and paddling pools, 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), men's or boys' shirts of man-made fibres, knitted or crocheted (excl. nightshirts, t-shirts, singlets and other vests). You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Rother growing?
Import activity is down 7.1% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 6.5%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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