Over the last six months, 40 Wadhurst businesses filed customs declarations. It ranks 16 of 22 trading locations in East Sussex. Most of that activity sits in machinery and mechanical appliances, electrical machinery and electronics, furniture, bedding, lighting and signs. Looking ahead, our model expects import activity here to pick up by around 5.2% 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
213Import declarations▼ 19.0% on the 6 months before
74Export declarations
+5.2%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
40Trading 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 40 businesses.
★ Most active in WadhurstFiled more customs declarations than any other Wadhurst business over the last six months — roughly 10% of the town's total import activity, mostly in animal and vegetable fats and oils.
Most active business
NIKWAX LIMITED
21 import declarations15 export declarationsTN5 *Ch. 15Ch. 29Ch. 33Ch. 34Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include surface-active preparations, washing preparations, incl. auxiliary washing preparations and cleaning preparations (excl. those put up for retail sale, organic surface-active agents, soap and organic surface-active preparations in the form of bars, ca, textile lubricant preparations and preparations of a kind used for the oil or grease treatment of leather, furskins or other material not containing petroleum oil or bituminous mineral oil, polishes, creams and similar preparations, for footwear or leather, whether or not in the form of paper, wadding, felt, nonwovens, cellular plastics or cellular rubber, impregnated, coated or covered with such preparations (excl. artificial and prepa.
▼ Expected to slow by 18.2% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity21 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity15 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
ESM MORRIS MINORS LIMITED
5 import declarations9 export declarationsTN5 *Ch. 40Ch. 70Ch. 73Ch. 84Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include brakes and servo-brakes and their parts, for tractors, motor vehicles for the transport of ten or more persons, motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of persons, motor vehicles for the transport of goods and speci, parts and accessories, for tractors, motor vehicles for the transport of ten or more persons, motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of persons, motor vehicles for the transport of goods and special purpose motor v, bodies for tractors, motor vehicles for the transport of ten or more persons, motor vehicles for the transport of goods and special purpose motor vehicles of heading 8705.
▼ Expected to slow by 14.3% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity5 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity9 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
CAPITAL GARDEN PRODUCTS LIMITED
4 import declarations7 export declarationsTN5 *Ch. 32Ch. 39Ch. 67Ch. 70Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include artificial flowers, foliage and fruit and parts thereof, and articles made of artificial flowers, foliage or fruit, by binding, glueing, fitting into one another or similar methods (excl. of plastics), glass fibres and articles thereof, n.e.s., artificial flowers, foliage and fruit and parts thereof, and articles made of artificial flowers, foliage or fruit, by binding, glueing, fitting into one another or similar methods, of plastics.
▼ Expected to slow by 100.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity4 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity7 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
NAL VON MINDEN LTD
11 import declarationsImports onlyTN5 *Ch. 38Ch. 40Ch. 84Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include diagnostic 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 a, certified reference materials, diagnostic 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, for malaria (excl.those of heading 3006).
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity11 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity0 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
ULTIMA COMPUTERS LTD
4 import declarations7 export declarationsTN5 *Ch. 39Ch. 84Ch. 85Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include data-processing machines, automatic, portable, weighing <= 10 kg, consisting of at least a central processing unit, a keyboard and a display (excl. peripheral units), data-processing machines, automatic, comprising in the same housing at least a central processing unit, and one input unit and one output unit, whether or not combined (excl. portable weighing <= 10 kg and excl. those presented in the form of systems.
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity4 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity7 in the last 6 months
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What Wadhurst trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 40 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.
Food preparations, n.e.s.Overcoats, car coats, capes, cloaks, anoraks, incl. ski jackets, windcheaters, wind-jackets and similar articles of man-made fibres, for men or boys, knitted or crocheted (excl. suits, ensembles, jackets, blazers, bib and brace overalls and trousers)Pebbles, gravel, broken or crushed stone, for concrete aggregates, for road metalling or for railway or other ballast, shingle and flint, whether or not heat-treatedDiagnostic 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 ASurface-active preparations, washing preparations, incl. auxiliary washing preparations and cleaning preparations (excl. those put up for retail sale, organic surface-active agents, soap and organic surface-active preparations in the form of bars, caCertified reference materialsTextile lubricant preparations and preparations of a kind used for the oil or grease treatment of leather, furskins or other material not containing petroleum oil or bituminous mineral oilPolishes, creams and similar preparations, for footwear or leather, whether or not in the form of paper, wadding, felt, nonwovens, cellular plastics or cellular rubber, impregnated, coated or covered with such preparations (excl. artificial and prepa
Common questions about trade in Wadhurst
How many businesses import or export from Wadhurst?
HMRC customs records show 40 businesses in Wadhurst (TN5) filed declarations over the last six months — 213 import declarations and 74 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.
What do Wadhurst businesses import most?
The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Wadhurst traders the leading goods are food preparations, n.e.s., overcoats, car coats, capes, cloaks, anoraks, incl. ski jackets, windcheaters, wind-jackets and similar articles of man-made fibres, for men or boys, knitted or crocheted (excl. suits, ensembles, jackets, blazers, bib and brace overalls and trousers), pebbles, gravel, broken or crushed stone, for concrete aggregates, for road metalling or for railway or other ballast, shingle and flint, whether or not heat-treated, diagnostic 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 a. You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Wadhurst growing?
Import activity is down 19.0% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to rise by roughly 5.2%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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