HMRC records show 51 businesses trading internationally from Tilbury over the last six months. It ranks 32 of 41 trading locations in Essex. Most of that activity sits in machinery and mechanical appliances, plastics and plastic articles, electrical machinery and electronics. Looking ahead, our model expects import activity here to ease back by around 13.7% 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
401Import declarations▼ 7.8% on the 6 months before
182Export declarations
−13.7%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
51Trading 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 51 businesses.
★ Most active in TilburyFiled more customs declarations than any other Tilbury business over the last six months — roughly 27% of the town's total import activity, mostly in plastics and plastic articles.
Most active business
FALCON TIMBER LIMITED
109 import declarations13 export declarationsRM18 *Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 44Ch. 68Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include plywood consisting solely of sheets of wood <= 6 mm thick, with at least one outer ply of non-coniferous wood of the species alder, ash, beech, birch, cherry, chestnut, elm, eucalyptus, hickory, horse chestnut, lime, maple, oak, plane tree, poplar, a, fir "abies spp." and spruce "picea spp." sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or not planed, sanded or end-jointed, of a thickness of > 6 mm (excl. of s-p-f spruce&pine&fir), pine "pinus spp." sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or not planed, sanded or end-jointed, of a thickness of > 6 mm (excl. of s-p-f spruce&pine&fir).
▼ Expected to slow by 19.7% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity109 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity13 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
MHB HAIR CONSULTANCY LTD
14 import declarations12 export declarationsRM18 *Ch. 33Ch. 34Ch. 39Ch. 48Active 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), depilatories and other perfumery, toilet or cosmetic preparations, n.e.s., shampoos.
▼ Expected to slow by 25.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity14 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity12 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
CLB REFRIGERATION LTD
23 import declarationsImports onlyRM18 *Ch. 84Ch. 85Ch. 90Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include compressors for refrigerating equipment, parts of refrigerating or freezing equipment and heat pumps, n.e.s., parts of air conditioning machines, comprising a motor-driven fan and elements for changing the temperature and humidity, n.e.s..
▲ Expected to increase by 28.6% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity23 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity0 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
UNISERVE LIMITED
1 import declarations21 export declarationsRM18 *Ch. 39Ch. 42Ch. 52Ch. 61Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include trunks, suitcases, vanity cases, executive-cases, briefcases, school satchels and similar containers, with outer surface of plastics or textile materials, 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), 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.
▼ Expected to slow by 100.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity1 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity21 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
TILBURY SCAFFOLDING SALES LIMITED
21 import declarationsImports onlyRM18 *Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 44Ch. 48Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include equipment for scaffolding, shuttering, propping or pit-propping (excl. composite sheetpiling products and formwork panels for poured-in-place concrete, which have the characteristics of moulds), fir "abies spp." and spruce "picea spp." sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or not planed, sanded or end-jointed, of a thickness of > 6 mm (excl. of s-p-f spruce&pine&fir), structures and parts of structures, of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. bridges and bridge-sections, towers and lattice masts, doors and windows and their frames, thresholds for doors, props and similar equipment for scaffolding, shuttering, propping or.
▲ Expected to increase by 42.9% 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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What Tilbury trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 51 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.
Plywood consisting solely of sheets of wood <= 6 mm thick, with at least one outer ply of non-coniferous wood of the species alder, ash, beech, birch, cherry, chestnut, elm, eucalyptus, hickory, horse chestnut, lime, maple, oak, plane tree, poplar, aFir "Abies spp." and spruce "Picea spp." sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or not planed, sanded or end-jointed, of a thickness of > 6 mm (excl. of S-P-F spruce&pine&fir)Pine "Pinus spp." sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or not planed, sanded or end-jointed, of a thickness of > 6 mm (excl. of S-P-F spruce&pine&fir)Particle board of wood, whether or not agglomerated with resins or other organic binding substances (excl. oriented strand board and waferboard, fibreboard and cellular wood panels)Paper and paperboard, uncoated, in rolls of a width > 36 cm or in square or rectangular sheets with one side > 36 cm and the other side > 15 cm in the unfolded state, weighing >= 225 g/m , n.e.s.Preparations for use on the hair (excl. shampoos, preparations for permanent waving or straightening and hair lacquers)Doors and their frames and thresholds, of tropical woodDoors and their frames and thresholds, of wood (excl. of tropical wood)
Common questions about trade in Tilbury
How many businesses import or export from Tilbury?
HMRC customs records show 51 businesses in Tilbury (RM18) filed declarations over the last six months — 401 import declarations and 182 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.
What do Tilbury businesses import most?
The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Tilbury traders the leading goods are plywood consisting solely of sheets of wood <= 6 mm thick, with at least one outer ply of non-coniferous wood of the species alder, ash, beech, birch, cherry, chestnut, elm, eucalyptus, hickory, horse chestnut, lime, maple, oak, plane tree, poplar, a, fir "abies spp." and spruce "picea spp." sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or not planed, sanded or end-jointed, of a thickness of > 6 mm (excl. of s-p-f spruce&pine&fir), pine "pinus spp." sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or not planed, sanded or end-jointed, of a thickness of > 6 mm (excl. of s-p-f spruce&pine&fir), particle board of wood, whether or not agglomerated with resins or other organic binding substances (excl. oriented strand board and waferboard, fibreboard and cellular wood panels). You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Tilbury growing?
Import activity is down 7.8% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 13.7%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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