Over the last six months, 90 Witham businesses filed customs declarations. It ranks 14 of 41 trading locations in Essex. Most of that activity sits in machinery and mechanical appliances, electrical machinery and electronics, plastics and plastic articles. Looking ahead, our model expects import activity here to ease back by around 11.0% 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
1,311Import declarations▼ 13.9% on the 6 months before
484Export declarations
−11.0%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
90Trading 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 90 businesses.
★ Most active in WithamFiled more customs declarations than any other Witham business over the last six months — roughly 21% of the town's total import activity, mostly in beverages, spirits and vinegar.
Most active business
DD PRODUCTS & SERVICES LIMITED
273 import declarations32 export declarationsCM8 *Ch. 22Ch. 25Ch. 27Ch. 28Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include wadding, gauze, bandages and the like, e.g. dressings, adhesive plasters, poultices, impregnated or covered with pharmaceutical substances or put up for retail sale for medical, surgical, dental or veterinary purposes (excl. adhesive dressings and ot, chemical products and preparations of the chemical or allied industries, incl. those consisting of mixtures of natural products, n.e.s., made-up articles of textile materials, incl. dress patterns, n.e.s..
▲ Expected to increase by 2.6% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity273 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity32 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
ADP SPECIAL PRODUCTS LIMITED
68 import declarations3 export declarationsCM8 *Ch. 39Ch. 41Ch. 52Ch. 54Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include nonwovens, whether or not impregnated, coated, covered or laminated, n.e.s., of man-made filaments, weighing > 150 g, 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, carpets and other floor coverings, of nylon or other polyamides, tufted "needle punched", whether or not made up (excl. turf).
▲ Expected to increase by 83.9% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity68 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity3 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
E D P EUROPE LTD
18 import declarations40 export declarationsCM8 *Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 44Ch. 72Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include articles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire), brushes constituting parts of machines, appliances or vehicles, doors, windows and their frames and thresholds for door, of aluminium (excl. door furniture).
▼ Expected to slow by 10.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity18 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity40 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
LIMEHOUSE PAPERBOARD MILLS LTD
31 import declarations20 export declarationsCM8 *Ch. 33Ch. 48Ch. 72Ch. 76Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include 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., folding cartons, boxes and cases, of non-corrugated paper or paperboard, paper and paperboard used for writing, printing or other graphic purposes, of which > 10% by weight of the total fibre content consists of fibres obtained by a mechanical or chemi-mechanical process, coated on one or both sides with kaolin or other i.
▼ Expected to slow by 25.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity31 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity20 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
L S A PROJECTS LIMITED
47 import declarationsImports onlyCM8 *Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 44Ch. 56Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include metallised wood and other densified wood in blocks, plates, strips or profile shapes, bars, rods and profiles, of non-alloy aluminium, n.e.s., 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 17.4% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity47 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity0 in the last 6 months
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What Witham trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 90 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.
Wine of fresh grapes, incl. fortified wines, and grape must whose fermentation has been arrested by the addition of alcohol, in containers of <= 2 l (excl. sparkling wine)Dried grapesRum and other spirits obtained by distilling fermented sugar-cane productsEthyl alcohol of an alcoholic strength of < 80% vol, not denatured; spirits and other spirituous beverages (excl. compound alcoholic preparations of a kind used for the manufacture of beverages, spirits obtained by distilling grape wine or grape marcMade-up articles of textile materials, incl. dress patterns, n.e.s.Wadding, gauze, bandages and the like, e.g. dressings, adhesive plasters, poultices, impregnated or covered with pharmaceutical substances or put up for retail sale for medical, surgical, dental or veterinary purposes (excl. adhesive dressings and otArticles of jewellery and parts thereof, of silver, whether or not plated or clad with other precious metal (excl. articles > 100 years old)Propan-1-ol "propyl alcohol" and propan-2-ol "isopropyl alcohol"
Common questions about trade in Witham
How many businesses import or export from Witham?
HMRC customs records show 90 businesses in Witham (CM8) filed declarations over the last six months — 1,311 import declarations and 484 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.
What do Witham businesses import most?
The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Witham traders the leading goods are wine of fresh grapes, incl. fortified wines, and grape must whose fermentation has been arrested by the addition of alcohol, in containers of <= 2 l (excl. sparkling wine), dried grapes, rum and other spirits obtained by distilling fermented sugar-cane products, ethyl alcohol of an alcoholic strength of < 80% vol, not denatured; spirits and other spirituous beverages (excl. compound alcoholic preparations of a kind used for the manufacture of beverages, spirits obtained by distilling grape wine or grape marc. You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Witham growing?
Import activity is down 13.9% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 11.0%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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