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Epping Forest importers & exporters

Q: How many businesses import or export from Epping Forest?

HMRC customs records show 105 businesses in Epping Forest (CM5, RM4) filed declarations over the last six months — 777 import declarations and 245 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.

Q: What do Epping Forest businesses import most?

The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Epping Forest traders the leading goods are 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), wooden furniture for offices (excl. seats), wooden furniture (excl. for offices, kitchens and bedrooms, and seats), articles of plastics and articles of other materials of heading 3901 to 3914, n.e.s (excl. goods of 9619). You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.

Q: Is trade from Epping Forest growing?

Import activity is down 9.7% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to rise by roughly 0.7%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.

Q: How do I get contact details for Epping Forest importers?

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HMRC records show 105 businesses trading internationally from Epping Forest over the last six months. It ranks 23 of 41 trading locations in Essex. Most of that activity sits in machinery and mechanical appliances, furniture, bedding and lighting, plastics. Looking ahead, our model expects import activity here to pick up by around 0.7% over the next three months.

Refreshed every 24 hours · last run 22 Aug 2026, 20:36HMRC release in view: Jun 26Snapshot: 2026-08-22.1

777Import declarations▼ 9.7% on the 6 months before

245Export declarations

+0.7%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data

105Trading businesses

Top 5 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 105 businesses.

★ Most active in Epping ForestFiled more customs declarations than any other Epping Forest business over the last six months — roughly 18% of the town's total import activity, mostly in live animals.

Most active business

PEREGRINE LIVEFOODS LTD

137 import declarations 10 export declarations CM5 *Ch. 01Ch. 05Ch. 06Ch. 07 Active in 6 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include preparations of a kind used in animal feeding (excl. dog or cat food put up for retail sale), 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), products of animal origin, n.e.s., dead animals, unfit for human consumption (excl. fish, crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates).

▼ Expected to slow by 13.9% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity137 in the last 6 months

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

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Among the most active

FORTUNE PACKAGING LTD

27 import declarations 6 export declarations CM5 *Ch. 39Ch. 44Ch. 48Ch. 76 Active in 6 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include trays, dishes, plates, cups and the like, of paper or paperboard (excl. of bamboo paper or bamboo paperboard), tableware and kitchenware, of plastics, stoppers, lids, caps and other closures, of plastics.

▲ Expected to increase by 25.0% 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 activity6 in the last 6 months

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Among the most active

TROCHILICS LTD

11 import declarations 17 export declarations CM5 *Ch. 68Ch. 82Ch. 84Ch. 85 Active in 6 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include millstones, grindstones, grinding wheels and the like, without frameworks, for sharpening, polishing, trueing or cutting, of agglomerated synthetic or natural diamond (excl. hand sharpening or polishing stones, and grinding wheels etc. specifically f, rock-drilling or earth-boring tools, interchangeable, and parts therefor, with working parts of materials other than sintered metal carbide or cermets, millstones and grindstones, without frameworks, for milling, grinding or pulping.

▲ 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 activity17 in the last 6 months

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Among the most active

SHOWCASE INTERIORS LIMITED

102 import declarations 35 export declarations CM5 *Ch. 39Ch. 41Ch. 44Ch. 49 Active in 6 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include wooden furniture for offices (excl. seats), metal furniture for offices (excl. seats), wooden furniture (excl. for offices, kitchens and bedrooms, and seats).

▲ Expected to increase by 52.2% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity102 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity35 in the last 6 months

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Among the most active

J&K GLOBAL FOOD LTD

49 import declarations 1 export declarations RM4 *Ch. 03Ch. 07Ch. 09Ch. 10 Active in 6 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include pasta, stuffed with meat or other substances, whether or not cooked or otherwise prepared, malt extract; food preparations of flour, groats, meal, starch or malt extract, not containing cocoa or containing < 40% by weight of cocoa calculated on a totally defatted basis, n.e.s. and food preparations of milk, cream, butter milk, sour milk, s, fruit and other edible parts of plants, prepared or preserved, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or spirit (excl. prepared or preserved with vinegar, preserved with sugar but not laid in syrup, jams, fruit jellies, marm.

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

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity49 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity1 in the last 6 months

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What Epping Forest trades

The most frequently declared goods across all 105 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.

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)Wooden furniture for offices (excl. seats)Wooden furniture (excl. for offices, kitchens and bedrooms, and seats)Articles of plastics and articles of other materials of heading 3901 to 3914, n.e.s (excl. goods of 9619)Semi-milled or wholly milled rice, whether or not polished or glazedMillstones, grindstones, grinding wheels and the like, without frameworks, for sharpening, polishing, trueing or cutting, of agglomerated synthetic or natural diamond (excl. hand sharpening or polishing stones, and grinding wheels etc. specifically fPasta, stuffed with meat or other substances, whether or not cooked or otherwise preparedPreparations of a kind used in animal feeding (excl. dog or cat food put up for retail sale)

Common questions about trade in Epping Forest

How many businesses import or export from Epping Forest?

HMRC customs records show 105 businesses in Epping Forest (CM5, RM4) filed declarations over the last six months — 777 import declarations and 245 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.

What do Epping Forest businesses import most?

The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Epping Forest traders the leading goods are 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), wooden furniture for offices (excl. seats), wooden furniture (excl. for offices, kitchens and bedrooms, and seats), articles of plastics and articles of other materials of heading 3901 to 3914, n.e.s (excl. goods of 9619). You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.

Is trade from Epping Forest growing?

Import activity is down 9.7% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to rise by roughly 0.7%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.

How do I get contact details for Epping Forest importers?

Create an account to see all 105 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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Epping Forest importers & exporters

Top 5 businesses by 6-month activity Free tier

PEREGRINE LIVEFOODS LTD

FORTUNE PACKAGING LTD

TROCHILICS LTD

SHOWCASE INTERIORS LIMITED

J&K GLOBAL FOOD LTD

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What Epping Forest trades

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