Town trade profile · CO12

Harwich importers & exporters

HMRC records show 28 businesses trading internationally from Harwich over the last six months. It ranks 24 of 41 trading locations in Essex. Most of that activity sits in machinery and mechanical appliances, electrical machinery and electronics, iron and steel articles. Looking ahead, our model expects import activity here to ease back by around 7.8% 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

619Import declarations▼ 27.4% on the 6 months before

383Export declarations

−7.8%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data

28Trading 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 28 businesses.

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★ Most active in HarwichFiled more customs declarations than any other Harwich business over the last six months — roughly 48% of the town's total import activity, mostly in meat and edible offal.

Most active business

FLYING TRADE LTD

299 import declarations 114 export declarations CO12 *Ch. 02Ch. 03Ch. 04Ch. 07 Active in 6 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include semi-milled or wholly milled rice, whether or not polished or glazed, bread, pastry, cakes, biscuits and other bakers' wares, whether or not containing cocoa; communion wafers, empty cachets of a kind suitable for pharmaceutical use, sealing wafers, rice paper and similar products (excl. crispbread, gingerbread and the, 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 4.2% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity299 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity114 in the last 6 months

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Among the most active

DSV SOLUTIONS LTD

9 import declarations 12 export declarations CO12 *Ch. 39Ch. 42Ch. 48Ch. 49 Active in 6 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include machines for the reception, conversion and transmission or regeneration of voice, images or other data, incl. switching and routing apparatus (excl. telephone sets, telephones for cellular networks or for other wireless networks), hat-racks, hat-pegs, brackets and similar fixtures of base metal, 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.

▼ Expected to slow by 40.0% 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 activity12 in the last 6 months

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Among the most active

HALTERMANN CARLESS UK LTD

72 import declarations 53 export declarations CO12 *Ch. 15Ch. 22Ch. 26Ch. 27 Active in 6 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include light oils and preparations, of petroleum or bituminous minerals which >= 90% by volume "incl. losses" distil at 210 c "astm d 86 method" (excl. containing biodiesel), medium oils and preparations, of petroleum or bituminous minerals, not containing biodiesel, n.e.s., oils and other products of the distillation of high temperature coal tars; similar products in which the weight of the aromatic constituents exceeds that of the non-aromatic constituents (excl. chemically-defined compounds, benzol "benzene", toluol ".

▼ Expected to slow by 15.8% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity72 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity53 in the last 6 months

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Among the most active

SATO UK LTD

59 import declarations 32 export declarations CO12 *Ch. 32Ch. 35Ch. 39Ch. 48 Active in 6 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include parts and accessories of printers, copying machines and facsimile machines, n.e.s. (excl. of printing machinery used for printing by means of plates, cylinders and other printing components of heading 8442), paper or paperboard labels of all kinds, printed, typewriter or similar ribbons, inked or otherwise prepared for giving impressions, whether or not on spools or in cartridges.

▼ Expected to slow by 11.9% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity59 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity32 in the last 6 months

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Among the most active

DSV ROAD HOLDING LTD

22 import declarations 53 export declarations CO12 *Ch. 05Ch. 21Ch. 29Ch. 30 Active in 6 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include articles of plastics and articles of other materials of heading 3901 to 3914, n.e.s (excl. goods of 9619), parts of aeroplanes, helicopters or unmanned aircraft, n.e.s. (excl. those for gliders), machines for the reception, conversion and transmission or regeneration of voice, images or other data, incl. switching and routing apparatus (excl. telephone sets, telephones for cellular networks or for other wireless networks).

▲ Expected to increase by 80.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity22 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity53 in the last 6 months

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What Harwich trades

The most frequently declared goods across all 28 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.

Light oils and preparations, of petroleum or bituminous minerals which >= 90% by volume "incl. losses" distil at 210 C "ASTM D 86 method" (excl. containing biodiesel)Semi-milled or wholly milled rice, whether or not polished or glazedMedium oils and preparations, of petroleum or bituminous minerals, not containing biodiesel, n.e.s.Articles of plastics and articles of other materials of heading 3901 to 3914, n.e.s (excl. goods of 9619)Bread, pastry, cakes, biscuits and other bakers' wares, whether or not containing cocoa; communion wafers, empty cachets of a kind suitable for pharmaceutical use, sealing wafers, rice paper and similar products (excl. crispbread, gingerbread and theFruit 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, marmPasta, cooked or otherwise prepared (excl. stuffed)Husked or brown rice

Common questions about trade in Harwich

How many businesses import or export from Harwich?

HMRC customs records show 28 businesses in Harwich (CO12) filed declarations over the last six months — 619 import declarations and 383 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.

What do Harwich businesses import most?

The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Harwich traders the leading goods are light oils and preparations, of petroleum or bituminous minerals which >= 90% by volume "incl. losses" distil at 210 c "astm d 86 method" (excl. containing biodiesel), semi-milled or wholly milled rice, whether or not polished or glazed, medium oils and preparations, of petroleum or bituminous minerals, not containing biodiesel, n.e.s., 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 Harwich growing?

Import activity is down 27.4% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 7.8%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.

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Harwich importers & exporters

Top 10 businesses by 6-month activity Free tier

FLYING TRADE LTD

DSV SOLUTIONS LTD

HALTERMANN CARLESS UK LTD

SATO UK LTD

DSV ROAD HOLDING LTD

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