Over the last six months, 101 Grays businesses filed customs declarations. It ranks 29 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 ease back by around 3.0% 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
454Import declarations▼ 9.4% on the 6 months before
182Export declarations
−3.0%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 dairy, eggs and honey.
Most active business
PARCEL BUTLER LIMITED
0 import declarations59 export declarationsRM16 *Ch. 04Ch. 08Ch. 09Ch. 10Active in 5 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 activity59 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
KIYO BEAUTY LTD
24 import declarationsImports onlyRM17 *Ch. 21Ch. 33Ch. 48Ch. 62Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include preparations for use on the hair (excl. shampoos, preparations for permanent waving or straightening and hair lacquers), 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, mops and leather dusters; prepared knots and tufts for broom or brush making; squeegees of rubber or other flexible materials; brooms and brushes, n.e.s..
▲ Expected to increase by 18.8% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity24 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity0 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
HUNTER AND GATHER FOODS LTD
12 import declarations11 export declarationsRM16 *Ch. 15Ch. 21Ch. 29Ch. 35Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include fixed 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,, coconut oil and its fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified (excl. crude), peptones and their derivatives; other protein substances and their derivatives, n.e.s.; hide powder, whether or not chromed (excl. organic or inorganic compounds of mercury whether or not chemically defined).
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity12 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity11 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
SANAH LTD
0 import declarations19 export declarationsRM16 *Ch. 40Ch. 87Active in 5 of the last 6 months
▲ 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 activity19 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
EFFICIENT COOLING LIMITED
18 import declarationsImports onlyRM16 *Ch. 84Ch. 85Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include parts of refrigerating or freezing equipment and heat pumps, n.e.s., compressors for refrigerating equipment.
▲ Expected to increase by 142.9% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity18 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.
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)Preparations for use on the hair (excl. shampoos, preparations for permanent waving or straightening and hair lacquers)Preparations for sauces and prepared sauces; mixed condiments and seasonings (excl. soya sauce, tomato ketchup and other tomato sauces, mustard, and mustard flour and meal)Food preparations, n.e.s.
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 — 454 import declarations and 182 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 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, fixed 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,. You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Grays growing?
Import activity is down 9.4% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 3.0%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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