Over the last six months, 101 Grays businesses filed customs declarations. It ranks 31 of 41 trading locations 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 pick up by around 7.4% 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
502Import declarations▼ 5.5% on the 6 months before
195Export declarations
+7.4%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
101Trading 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 101 businesses.
★ Most active in GraysFiled more customs declarations than any other Grays business over the last six months — roughly 0% of the town's total import activity, mostly in fruit and nuts.
Most active business
PARCEL BUTLER LIMITED
0 import declarations65 export declarationsRM16 *Ch. 08Ch. 09Ch. 10Ch. 11Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include 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, eye make-up preparations, women's or girls' blouses, shirts and shirt-blouses of cotton, knitted or crocheted (excl. t-shirts and vests).
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity0 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity65 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
SANAH LTD
0 import declarations22 export declarationsRM16 *Ch. 40Ch. 87Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include motor vehicles for the transport of goods, with only compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine "diesel or semi-diesel", of a gross vehicle weight <= 5 t (excl. dumpers for off-highway use of subheading 8704.10 and special purpose motor v, motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of <10 persons, incl. station wagons and racing cars, with only spark-ignition internal combustion reciprocating piston engine of a cylinder capacity > 1.500 cm but <= 3.000, gaskets, washers and other seals, of vulcanised rubber (excl. hard rubber and those of cellular rubber).
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity0 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity22 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
R T RATE LTD
49 import declarationsImports onlyRM17 *Ch. 87Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of <10 persons, incl. station wagons and racing cars, with only spark-ignition internal combustion reciprocating piston engine of a cylinder capacity <= 1.000 cm (excl. vehic, motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of <10 persons, incl. station wagons and racing cars, with both spark-ignition internal combustion reciprocating piston engine and electric motor as motors for propulsion, cap, motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of <10 persons, incl. station wagons and racing cars, with both spark-ignition internal combustion reciprocating piston engine and electric motor as motors for propulsion (exc.
▼ Expected to slow by 13.6% 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 activity0 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
BRITON LUGGAGE DEPOT LTD
41 import declarations1 export declarationsRM16 *Ch. 32Ch. 39Ch. 42Ch. 44Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include vehicles pushed or drawn by hand and other vehicles not mechanically propelled (excl. trailers and semi-trailers), trunks, suitcases, vanity cases, executive-cases, briefcases, school satchels and similar containers (excl. with outer surface of leather, composition leather, patent leather, plastics or textile materials), trunks, suitcases, vanity cases, executive-cases, briefcases, school satchels and similar containers, with outer surface of plastics or textile materials.
▲ Expected to increase by 30.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity41 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity1 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
TREVOR SPURGEON TIR LTD
39 import declarationsImports onlyRM17 *Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 48Ch. 56Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include base metal mountings, fittings and similar articles suitable for motor vehicles (excl. hinges and castors), tarpaulins, awnings and sunblinds of synthetic fibres (excl. flat covers of light fabrics made up as tarpaulins), fittings for furniture, coachwork and the like, of plastics (excl. building components for permanent mounting on parts of buildings).
▲ Expected to increase by 27.8% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity39 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity0 in the last 6 months
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What Grays trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 101 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.
Wooden furniture (excl. for offices, kitchens and bedrooms, and seats)Tricycles, scooters, pedal cars and similar wheeled toys; dolls' carriages; dolls; other toys; reduced-size "scale" recreational models, working or not; puzzles of all kindsBeauty or make-up preparations and preparations for the care of the skin (other than medicaments), incl. sunscreen or suntan preparations (excl. medicaments, lip and eye make-up preparations, manicure or pedicure preparations and make-up or skin careWaters, incl. mineral and aerated, with added sugar, sweetener or flavour, for direct consumption as a beverageFixed vegetable fats and oils and their fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified (excl. soya-bean, groundnut, olive, palm, sunflower-seed, safflower, cotton-seed, coconut, palm kernel, babassu, rape, colza and mustard, linseed,Articles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire)Motor vehicles for the transport of goods, with only compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine "diesel or semi-diesel", of a gross vehicle weight <= 5 t (excl. dumpers for off-highway use of subheading 8704.10 and special purpose motor vMotor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of <10 persons, incl. station wagons and racing cars, with only spark-ignition internal combustion reciprocating piston engine of a cylinder capacity > 1.500 cm but <= 3.000
Common questions about trade in Grays
How many businesses import or export from Grays?
HMRC customs records show 101 businesses in Grays (RM16, RM17) filed declarations over the last six months — 502 import declarations and 195 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.
What do Grays businesses import most?
The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Grays traders the leading goods are wooden furniture (excl. for offices, kitchens and bedrooms, and seats), 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, beauty or make-up preparations and preparations for the care of the skin (other than medicaments), incl. sunscreen or suntan preparations (excl. medicaments, lip and eye make-up preparations, manicure or pedicure preparations and make-up or skin care, waters, incl. mineral and aerated, with added sugar, sweetener or flavour, for direct consumption as a beverage. You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Grays growing?
Import activity is down 5.5% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to rise by roughly 7.4%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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