36 businesses in Hockley and Hawkwell appear in HMRC customs records for the last six months. It ranks 37 of 41 trading locations in Essex. Most of that activity sits in electrical machinery and electronics, machinery and mechanical appliances, optical and medical instruments. Looking ahead, our model expects import activity here to pick up by around 2.1% 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
287Import declarations▲ 0.0% on the 6 months before
61Export declarations
+2.1%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
36Trading 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 36 businesses.
★ Most active in Hockley and HawkwellFiled more customs declarations than any other Hockley and Hawkwell business over the last six months — roughly 29% of the town's total import activity, mostly in plastics.
Most active business
DIGIFLEX LIMITED
83 import declarations12 export declarationsSS5 *Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 42Ch. 44Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include travelling-bags, insulated food or beverage bags, toilet bags, rucksacks, shopping-bags, map-cases, tool bags, sports bags, jewellery boxes, cutlery cases, binocular cases, camera cases, musical instrument cases, gun cases, holsters and similar conta, acrylic polymers, in primary forms (excl. poly"methyl methacrylate"), festival, carnival or other entertainment articles, incl. conjuring tricks and novelty jokes, n.e.s..
▼ Expected to slow by 7.8% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity83 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity12 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
HEICO FASTENERS UK LTD
26 import declarationsImports onlySS5 *Ch. 48Ch. 54Ch. 58Ch. 63Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include spring washers and other lock washers, of iron or steel, nails, tacks, drawing pins, corrugated nails, staples and similar articles of iron or steel, whether or not with heads of other material (excl. such articles with heads of copper and staples in strips), base metal mountings, fittings and similar articles suitable for furniture (excl. locks with keys, hinges and castors).
▼ Expected to slow by 20.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity26 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity0 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
HOCKLEY MARKET GARDEN CENTRE LTD
22 import declarationsImports onlySS5 *Ch. 06Ch. 73Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include 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), bulbs, tubers, tuberous roots, corms, crowns and rhizomes, in growth or in flower; chicory plants and roots (excl. those used for human consumption and chicory roots of the variety cichorium intybus sativum), rhododendrons and azaleas, grafted or not.
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% 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 activity0 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
SWISS TIME SERVICES LTD
25 import declarations16 export declarationsSS5 *Ch. 59Ch. 68Ch. 82Ch. 83Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include wrist-watches, whether or not incorporating a stop-watch facility, with automatic winding (excl. of precious metal or of metal clad with precious metal), wrist-watches of precious metal or of metal clad with precious metal, whether or not incorporating a stop-watch facility, with automatic winding (excl. with backs made of steel), wrist-watches, whether or not incorporating a stop-watch facility, electrically operated, with mechanical display only (excl. of precious metal or of metal clad with precious metal).
▲ Expected to increase by 16.7% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity25 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity16 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
BENJAMIN CONOR HEDDON
28 import declarationsImports onlySS5 *Ch. 29Ch. 32Ch. 33Ch. 34Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include polishes, creams and similar preparations, for footwear or leather, whether or not in the form of paper, wadding, felt, nonwovens, cellular plastics or cellular rubber, impregnated, coated or covered with such preparations (excl. artificial and prepa, paints and varnishes, incl. enamels, lacquers and distempers (excl. those based on synthetic polymers or chemically modified natural polymers that are dispersed or dissolved in a medium); prepared water pigments of a kind used for finishing leather, paints and varnishes, incl. enamels and lacquers, based on acrylic or vinyl polymers, dispersed or dissolved in an aqueous medium.
▲ Expected to increase by 100.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity28 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity0 in the last 6 months
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What Hockley and Hawkwell trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 36 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)Non-alcoholic beverages (excl. water, fruit or vegetable juices, milk and beer)Wrist-watches, whether or not incorporating a stop-watch facility, with automatic winding (excl. of precious metal or of metal clad with precious metal)Non-alcoholic beer <= 0.5% vol alcSpring washers and other lock washers, of iron or steelWrist-watches of precious metal or of metal clad with precious metal, whether or not incorporating a stop-watch facility, with automatic winding (excl. with backs made of steel)Nails, tacks, drawing pins, corrugated nails, staples and similar articles of iron or steel, whether or not with heads of other material (excl. such articles with heads of copper and staples in strips)Wrist-watches, whether or not incorporating a stop-watch facility, electrically operated, with mechanical display only (excl. of precious metal or of metal clad with precious metal)
Common questions about trade in Hockley and Hawkwell
How many businesses import or export from Hockley and Hawkwell?
HMRC customs records show 36 businesses in Hockley and Hawkwell (SS5) filed declarations over the last six months — 287 import declarations and 61 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.
What do Hockley and Hawkwell businesses import most?
The most common category is electrical machinery and electronics. Across all Hockley and Hawkwell 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), non-alcoholic beverages (excl. water, fruit or vegetable juices, milk and beer), wrist-watches, whether or not incorporating a stop-watch facility, with automatic winding (excl. of precious metal or of metal clad with precious metal), non-alcoholic beer <= 0.5% vol alc. You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Hockley and Hawkwell growing?
Import activity is up 0.0% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to rise by roughly 2.1%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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