HMRC records show 109 businesses trading internationally from Loughton over the last six months. It ranks 11 of 41 trading locations in Essex. Most of that activity sits in electrical machinery and electronics, machinery and mechanical appliances, optical, photographic and medical instruments. Looking ahead, our model expects import activity here to ease back by around 3.3% 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
1,628Import declarations▼ 14.1% on the 6 months before
684Export declarations
−3.3%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
109Trading 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 109 businesses.
★ Most active in LoughtonFiled more customs declarations than any other Loughton business over the last six months — roughly 23% of the town's total import activity, mostly in meat and edible offal.
Most active business
VILLAGE QUALITY PRODUCTS LTD
372 import declarations3 export declarationsIG10 *Ch. 02Ch. 04Ch. 05Ch. 07Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include cheese (excl. fresh cheese, incl. whey cheese, curd, processed cheese, blue-veined cheese and other cheese containing veins produced by "penicillium roqueforti", and grated or powdered cheese), yogurt, whether or not flavoured or containing added sugar or other sweetening matter, fruit, nuts, cocoa, chocolate, spices, coffee, plants, cereals or bakers' wares, 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.
▲ Expected to increase by 7.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity372 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity3 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
S J M ALLOYS & METALS LTD
49 import declarations46 export declarationsIG10 *Ch. 26Ch. 28Ch. 72Ch. 73Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include waste and scrap, of nickel (excl. ingots or other similar unwrought shapes, of remelted nickel waste and scrap, ashes and residues containing nickel and waste and scrap of primary cells, primary batteries and electric accumulators), molybdenum waste and scrap (excl. ash and residues containing molybdenum), cobalt waste and scrap (excl. ash and residues containing cobalt).
▲ Expected to increase by 34.6% 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 activity46 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
BILLI CLOTHING LIMITED
82 import declarationsImports onlyIG10 *Ch. 61Ch. 62Ch. 63Ch. 65Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include women's or girls' trousers, bib and brace overalls, breeches and shorts of cotton (excl. knitted or crocheted, panties and swimwear), t-shirts, singlets and other vests of cotton, knitted or crocheted, women's or girls' skirts and divided skirts of textile materials, knitted or crocheted (excl. of wool, fine animal hair, cotton or synthetic fibres, and petticoats).
▲ Expected to increase by 51.9% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity82 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity0 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
MNH WHOLESALE FOOD LIMITED
78 import declarations1 export declarationsIG10 *Ch. 02Ch. 04Ch. 07Ch. 08Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include cheese (excl. fresh cheese, incl. whey cheese, curd, processed cheese, blue-veined cheese and other cheese containing veins produced by "penicillium roqueforti", and grated or powdered cheese), 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, buttermilk, curdled milk and cream, kephir and other fermented or acidified milk and cream, whether or not concentrated or flavoured or containing added sugar or other sweetening matter, fruits, nuts or cocoa (excl. yogurt).
▼ Expected to slow by 38.1% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity78 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity1 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
PEARLCON BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED
2 import declarations70 export declarationsIG10 *Ch. 27Ch. 28Ch. 32Ch. 34Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include lubricant preparations, incl. cutting-oil preparations, bolt or nut release preparations, anti-rust or anti-corrosion preparations and mould-release preparations, based on lubricants and containing petroleum oil or bituminous mineral oil (excl. prepa, products suitable for use as glues or adhesives put up for retail sale as glues or adhesives, with a net weight of <= 1 kg, valves for oleohydraulic or pneumatic transmission.
▲ Expected to increase by 100.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity2 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity70 in the last 6 months
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What Loughton trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 109 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.
Cheese (excl. fresh cheese, incl. whey cheese, curd, processed cheese, blue-veined cheese and other cheese containing veins produced by "Penicillium roqueforti", and grated or powdered cheese)Yogurt, whether or not flavoured or containing added sugar or other sweetening matter, fruit, nuts, cocoa, chocolate, spices, coffee, plants, cereals or bakers' waresBeauty 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 careBread, 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 theButtermilk, curdled milk and cream, kephir and other fermented or acidified milk and cream, whether or not concentrated or flavoured or containing added sugar or other sweetening matter, fruits, nuts or cocoa (excl. yogurt)Jerseys, pullovers, cardigans, waistcoats and similar articles, of man-made fibres, knitted or crocheted (excl. wadded waistcoats)Perfumes and toilet waters (excl. aftershave lotions, personal deodorants and hair lotions)Sausages and similar products, of meat, meat offal, blood or insects; food preparations based on these products
Common questions about trade in Loughton
How many businesses import or export from Loughton?
HMRC customs records show 109 businesses in Loughton (IG10) filed declarations over the last six months — 1,628 import declarations and 684 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.
What do Loughton businesses import most?
The most common category is electrical machinery and electronics. Across all Loughton traders the leading goods are cheese (excl. fresh cheese, incl. whey cheese, curd, processed cheese, blue-veined cheese and other cheese containing veins produced by "penicillium roqueforti", and grated or powdered cheese), yogurt, whether or not flavoured or containing added sugar or other sweetening matter, fruit, nuts, cocoa, chocolate, spices, coffee, plants, cereals or bakers' wares, 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, 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. You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Loughton growing?
Import activity is down 14.1% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 3.3%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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