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, lighting and signs, plastics and plastic articles. Looking ahead, our model expects import activity here to ease back by around 11.6% 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
688Import declarations▼ 12.9% on the 6 months before
201Export declarations
−11.6%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
105Trading 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 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
121 import declarations6 export declarationsCM5 *Ch. 01Ch. 05Ch. 06Ch. 07Active in 5 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 24.6% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity121 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity6 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
THE SNUS LIFE LIMITED
16 import declarations8 export declarationsRM4 *Ch. 08Ch. 20Ch. 24Ch. 29Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include nicotine containing products intended for the intake of nicotine into the human body, for oral application (excl. for inhalation), vegetal alkaloids, natural or reproduced by synthesis, and their salts, ethers, esters and other derivatives (excl. alkaloids of opium, alkaloids of cinchons, theophylline, aminophylline "theophylline-ethylenediamine" alkaloids of rye ergot and their, nicotine containing products intended for the intake of nicotine into the human body (excl. for oral or transdermal application).
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity16 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity8 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
TROCHILICS LTD
9 import declarations15 export declarationsCM5 *Ch. 68Ch. 82Ch. 84Ch. 85Active in 5 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, millstones and grindstones, without frameworks, for milling, grinding or pulping, hand sharpening or polishing stones.
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity9 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity15 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
FORTUNE PACKAGING LTD
16 import declarations5 export declarationsCM5 *Ch. 39Ch. 44Ch. 48Ch. 84Active in 5 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 wood (excl. of bamboo or tropical wood, and interior fittings, ornaments, coopers' products, tableware and kitchenware components of wood, brushes, brooms and hand sieves), articles of wood, n.e.s..
▲ Expected to increase by 10.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity16 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity5 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
DEVELLI TRADING LTD
20 import declarationsImports onlyCM5 *Ch. 25Ch. 68Ch. 69Ch. 73Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include marble, travertine and alabaster, in any form (excl. tiles, cubes and similar articles of subheading 6802.10, imitation jewellery, clocks, lamps and lighting fittings and parts thereof, buttons, original sculptures and statuary, setts, curbstones and, marble, travertine and alabaster articles thereof, simply cut or sawn, with a flat or even surface (excl. with a completely or partly planed, sand-dressed, coarsely or finely ground or polished surface, tiles, cubes and similar articles of subheading, ceramic flags and paving, hearth or wall tiles, of a water absorption coefficient by weight <= 0,5 % (excl. refractory, mosaic cubes and finishing ceramics).
▲ Expected to increase by 150.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity20 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity0 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)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)Nicotine containing products intended for the intake of nicotine into the human body, for oral application (excl. for inhalation)Fresh or chilled vegetables n.e.s.Ceramic flags and paving, hearth or wall tiles, of a water absorption coefficient by weight <= 0,5 % (excl. refractory, mosaic cubes and finishing ceramics)
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 — 688 import declarations and 201 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), semi-milled or wholly milled rice, whether or not polished or glazed, 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, pasta, stuffed with meat or other substances, whether or not cooked or otherwise prepared. You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Epping Forest growing?
Import activity is down 12.9% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 11.6%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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