Over the last six months, 46 Stanford-Le-Hope businesses filed customs declarations. It ranks 27 of 41 trading locations in Essex. Most of that activity sits in machinery and mechanical appliances, electrical machinery and electronics, furniture, bedding, lighting and signs. Looking ahead, our model expects import activity here to ease back by around 8.2% 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
599Import declarations▼ 17.6% on the 6 months before
125Export declarations
−8.2%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
46Trading 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 46 businesses.
★ Most active in Stanford-Le-HopeFiled more customs declarations than any other Stanford-Le-Hope business over the last six months — roughly 40% of the town's total import activity, mostly in dairy, eggs and honey.
Most active business
RANSON NV UK LIMITED
240 import declarations1 export declarationsSS17 *Ch. 04Ch. 07Ch. 08Ch. 09Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include 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, chocolate and other food preparations containing cocoa, in blocks, slabs or bars weighing > 2 kg or in liquid, paste, powder, granular or other bulk form, in containers or immediate packings of a content > 2 kg (excl. cocoa powder), sugar confectionery not containing cocoa, incl. white chocolate (excl. chewing gum).
▼ Expected to slow by 8.2% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity240 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity1 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
ALTRAG LIMITED
0 import declarations23 export declarationsSS17 *Ch. 30Ch. 33Ch. 34Ch. 35Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include yarn used to clean between the teeth "dental floss", in individual retail packages, 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, preparations for use on the hair (excl. shampoos, preparations for permanent waving or straightening and hair lacquers).
▲ 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 activity23 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
PAVE WORLD LTD
21 import declarationsImports onlySS17 *Ch. 25Ch. 38Ch. 48Ch. 49Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include sandstone, whether or not roughly trimmed or merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a square or rectangular shape (excl. already with the characteristics of setts, curbstones and flagstones), ceramic flags and paving, hearth or wall tiles, of a water absorption coefficient by weight <= 0,5 % (excl. refractory, mosaic cubes and finishing ceramics), granite and articles thereof, simply cut or sawn, with a flat or even surface (excl. with a completely or partly planed, sand-dressed, coarsely or finely ground or polished surface, tiles, cubes and similar articles of subheading 6802 10 00, setts, c.
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity21 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity0 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
STANFORD COACH WORKS & MOBILITY SERVICES LTD
20 import declarationsImports onlySS17 *Ch. 35Ch. 39Ch. 59Ch. 84Active in 4 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include parts and accessories, for tractors, motor vehicles for the transport of ten or more persons, motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of persons, motor vehicles for the transport of goods and special purpose motor v, lifts and skip hoists, glues, prepared, and other prepared adhesives, n.e.s..
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity20 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity0 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
BLUPRINT UK LTD
11 import declarations6 export declarationsSS17 *Ch. 38Ch. 40Ch. 48Ch. 61Active in 5 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), parts and accessories of printing machinery used for printing by means of plates, cylinders and other printing components of heading 8442, transmission belts or belting, of vulcanised rubber (excl. endless transmission belts of trapezoidal cross-section "v-belts", v-ribbed, of an outside circumference > 60 cm but <= 240 cm and endless synchronous belts of an outside circumference > 60 c.
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity11 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity6 in the last 6 months
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What Stanford-Le-Hope trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 46 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)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 theMedium oils and preparations, of petroleum or bituminous minerals, not containing biodiesel, n.e.s.Chocolate and other food preparations containing cocoa, in blocks, slabs or bars weighing > 2 kg or in liquid, paste, powder, granular or other bulk form, in containers or immediate packings of a content > 2 kg (excl. cocoa powder)Sugar confectionery not containing cocoa, incl. white chocolate (excl. chewing gum)Chocolate and other preparations containing cocoa, in containers or immediate packings of <= 2 kg (excl. in blocks, slabs or bars and cocoa powder)Frozen fruit and nuts, uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water, whether or not sweetened (excl. strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, mulberries, loganberries, black, white or red currants and gooseberries)Frozen raspberries, blackberries, mulberries, loganberries, black-, white- or red currants and gooseberries, uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water, whether or not sweetened
Common questions about trade in Stanford-Le-Hope
How many businesses import or export from Stanford-Le-Hope?
HMRC customs records show 46 businesses in Stanford-Le-Hope (SS17) filed declarations over the last six months — 599 import declarations and 125 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.
What do Stanford-Le-Hope businesses import most?
The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Stanford-Le-Hope 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), 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, medium oils and preparations, of petroleum or bituminous minerals, not containing biodiesel, n.e.s., chocolate and other food preparations containing cocoa, in blocks, slabs or bars weighing > 2 kg or in liquid, paste, powder, granular or other bulk form, in containers or immediate packings of a content > 2 kg (excl. cocoa powder). You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Stanford-Le-Hope growing?
Import activity is down 17.6% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 8.2%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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