HMRC records show 378 businesses trading internationally from Basildon over the last six months. That makes it the busiest trading location in Essex. 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 9.5% 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
7,291Import declarations▼ 14.0% on the 6 months before
3,577Export declarations
−9.5%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
378Trading 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 378 businesses.
★ Most active in BasildonFiled more customs declarations than any other Basildon business over the last six months — roughly 16% of the town's total import activity, mostly in mineral fuels and oils.
Most active business
FORD MOTOR COMPANY LIMITED
1136 import declarations816 export declarationsSS15 *Ch. 27Ch. 30Ch. 31Ch. 32Active in 5 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), 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), nuts of iron or steel.
▼ Expected to slow by 2.1% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity1136 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity816 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
KORDA DEVELOPMENTS LTD
123 import declarations138 export declarationsSS14 *Ch. 23Ch. 28Ch. 30Ch. 33Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include 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, fish-hooks, whether or not snelled, hats and other headgear, knitted or crocheted, or made up from lace, felt or other textile fabric, in the piece (but not in strips), whether or not lined or trimmed; hairnets of any material, whether or not lined or trimmed (excl. headgear for animal.
▼ Expected to slow by 9.4% 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 activity138 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
ROWAN INTERNATIONAL LTD
92 import declarations151 export declarationsSS14 *Ch. 09Ch. 11Ch. 15Ch. 16Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include sugar confectionery not containing cocoa, incl. white chocolate (excl. chewing gum), chocolate and other preparations containing cocoa, in containers or immediate packings of <= 2 kg (excl. in blocks, slabs or bars and cocoa powder), sweet biscuits.
▲ Expected to increase by 13.7% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity92 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity151 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
NOVAR ED&S LTD
130 import declarations99 export declarationsSS14 *Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 63Ch. 73Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include gaskets, washers and other seals, of vulcanised rubber (excl. hard rubber and those of cellular rubber), articles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire), articles of aluminium, n.e.s..
▲ Expected to increase by 3.8% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity130 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity99 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
NUTLAND UK LIMITED
217 import declarations2 export declarationsSS14 *Ch. 07Ch. 08Ch. 10Ch. 11Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include dried peaches, pears, papaws "papayas", tamarinds and other edible fruits (excl. nuts, bananas, dates, figs, pineapples, avocados, guavas, mangoes, mangosteens, citrus fruit, grapes apricots, prunes and apples, unmixed), oil seeds and oleaginous fruits, whether or not broken (excl. edible nuts, olives, soya beans, groundnuts, copra, linseed, rape or colza seeds, sunflower seeds, palm nuts and kernels, cotton, castor oil, sesamum, mustard, safflower, melon and poppy s, dried grapes.
▼ Expected to slow by 4.2% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity217 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity2 in the last 6 months
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Every importer and exporter in SS13 / SS14 / SS15 / SS16 with monthly activity, 24-month indicators, forecasts, Companies House records, AI research and validated contact reveals.
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What Basildon trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 378 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 kindsAppliances 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)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 iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire)Air pumps, air or other gas compressors and ventilating or recycling hoods incorporating a fan, whether or not fitted with filters, having a maximum horizontal side > 120 cm (excl. vacuum pumps, hand- or foot-operated air pumps, compressors for refriNuts of iron or steelGear boxes and parts thereof, 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 purposeArticles of vulcanised rubber (excl. hard rubber), n.e.s.
Common questions about trade in Basildon
How many businesses import or export from Basildon?
HMRC customs records show 378 businesses in Basildon (SS13, SS14, SS15, SS16) filed declarations over the last six months — 7,291 import declarations and 3,577 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.
What do Basildon businesses import most?
The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Basildon 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, 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), 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 iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire). You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Basildon growing?
Import activity is down 14.0% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 9.5%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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