Over the last six months, 117 Uckfield businesses filed customs declarations. That puts it third in East Sussex for trade activity. Most of that activity sits in machinery and mechanical appliances, electrical machinery and electronics, plastics and plastic articles. Looking ahead, our model expects import activity here to ease back by around 2.4% over the next three months.
Refreshed every 24 hours · last run 25/08/2026 at 11:41HMRC release in view: Jun 26Snapshot: 2026-08-25.1
1,456Import declarations▲ 0.6% on the 6 months before
950Export declarations
−2.4%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
117Trading 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 117 businesses.
★ Most active in UckfieldFiled more customs declarations than any other Uckfield business over the last six months — roughly 19% of the town's total import activity, mostly in salt, stone, plaster and cement.
Most active business
T R FASTENINGS LTD
275 import declarations180 export declarationsTN22 *Ch. 25Ch. 32Ch. 34Ch. 35Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include threaded screws and bolts, of iron or steel, whether or not with their nuts and washers (excl. coach screws and other wood screws, screw hooks and screw rings, self-tapping screws, lag screws, stoppers, plugs and the like, threaded), nuts of iron or steel, self-tapping screws, of iron or steel (excl. wood screws).
▼ Expected to slow by 5.3% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity275 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity180 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
SCIENTIFICA LTD
33 import declarations26 export declarationsTN22 *Ch. 39Ch. 48Ch. 82Ch. 84Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include parts and accessories for compound optical microscopes, n.e.s., optical microscopes (excl. for photomicrography, cinephotomicrography or microprojection, stereoscopic microscopes, binocular microscopes for ophthalmology and instruments, appliances and machines of heading 9031), roller bearings, incl. combined ball-roller bearings (excl. ball bearings, tapered roller bearings, incl. cone and tapered roller assemblies, spherical roller bearings, needle and cylindrical roller bearings).
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity33 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity26 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
J2 SOURCING LIMITED
51 import declarations114 export declarationsTN22 *Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 42Ch. 44Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include threaded screws and bolts, of iron or steel, whether or not with their nuts and washers (excl. coach screws and other wood screws, screw hooks and screw rings, self-tapping screws, lag screws, stoppers, plugs and the like, threaded), articles of titanium, n.e.s., parts of aeroplanes, helicopters or unmanned aircraft, n.e.s. (excl. those for gliders).
▼ Expected to slow by 36.4% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity51 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity114 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
ALLECTRA LIMITED
58 import declarations82 export declarationsTN22 *Ch. 38Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 69Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include plugs and sockets for a voltage <= 1.000 v (excl. lamp holders), electrical apparatus for switching electrical circuits, or for making connections to or in electrical circuits, for a voltage <= 1.000 v (excl. fuses, automatic circuit breakers and other apparatus for protecting electrical circuits, relays and other, flanges of stainless steel (excl. cast products).
▲ Expected to increase by 42.9% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity58 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity82 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
KENNEDY HYGIENE PRODUCTS LTD
68 import declarations67 export declarationsTN22 *Ch. 32Ch. 33Ch. 34Ch. 38Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include household articles and toilet articles, of plastics (excl. tableware, kitchenware, baths, shower-baths, washbasins, bidets, lavatory pans, seats and covers, flushing cisterns and similar sanitary ware), preparations for perfuming or deodorising rooms, incl. odoriferous preparations used during religious rites (excl. agarbatti and other odoriferous preparations which operate by burning), articles for the conveyance or packaging of goods, of plastics (excl. boxes, cases, crates and similar articles; sacks and bags, incl. cones; carboys, bottles, flasks and similar articles; spools, spindles, bobbins and similar supports; stoppers, lid.
▲ Expected to increase by 9.3% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity68 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity67 in the last 6 months
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What Uckfield trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 117 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.
Threaded screws and bolts, of iron or steel, whether or not with their nuts and washers (excl. coach screws and other wood screws, screw hooks and screw rings, self-tapping screws, lag screws, stoppers, plugs and the like, threaded)Nuts of iron or steelArticles of plastics and articles of other materials of heading 3901 to 3914, n.e.s (excl. goods of 9619)Instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking the flow or level of liquids (excl. meters and regulators)Articles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire)Food preparations, n.e.s.Self-tapping screws, of iron or steel (excl. wood screws)Instruments and appliances used in geodesy, topography, hydrography, oceanography, hydrology, meteorology or geophysics (excl. compasses, rangefinders, theodolites, tachymeters "tacheometers", levels and photogrammetrical surveying instruments and ap
Common questions about trade in Uckfield
How many businesses import or export from Uckfield?
HMRC customs records show 117 businesses in Uckfield (TN22) filed declarations over the last six months — 1,456 import declarations and 950 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.
What do Uckfield businesses import most?
The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Uckfield traders the leading goods are threaded screws and bolts, of iron or steel, whether or not with their nuts and washers (excl. coach screws and other wood screws, screw hooks and screw rings, self-tapping screws, lag screws, stoppers, plugs and the like, threaded), nuts of iron or steel, articles of plastics and articles of other materials of heading 3901 to 3914, n.e.s (excl. goods of 9619), instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking the flow or level of liquids (excl. meters and regulators). You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Uckfield growing?
Import activity is up 0.6% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 2.4%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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