Over the last six months, 153 Cotswold businesses filed customs declarations. It ranks 10 of 25 trading locations in Gloucestershire. Most of that activity sits in machinery and mechanical appliances, electrical machinery and electronics, optical and medical instruments. Looking ahead, our model expects import activity here to pick up by around 2.4% 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
1,387Import declarations▲ 8.8% on the 6 months before
513Export declarations
+2.4%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
153Trading 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 153 businesses.
★ Most active in CotswoldFiled more customs declarations than any other Cotswold business over the last six months — roughly 8% of the town's total import activity, mostly in vegetables.
Most active business
MASSTOCK ARABLE (UK) LIMITED
109 import declarations21 export declarationsGL54 *Ch. 07Ch. 10Ch. 12Ch. 13Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include woven fabrics of strip or the like, of synthetic filament, incl. monofilament of >= 67 decitex and with a cross sectional dimension of <= 1 mm, plates, sheets, film, foil and strip, of non-cellular polymers of ethylene, not reinforced, laminated, supported or similarly combined with other materials, without backing, unworked or merely surface-worked or merely cut into squares or rectangles (, plates, sheets, film, foil and strip, of non-cellular plastics, n.e.s., not reinforced, laminated, supported or similarly combined with other materials, without backing, unworked or merely surface-worked or merely cut into squares or rectangles (excl.
▼ Expected to slow by 2.0% 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 activity21 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
KINSHOFER (UK) LIMITED
79 import declarations19 export declarationsGL54 *Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 48Ch. 72Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include articles of vulcanised rubber (excl. hard rubber), n.e.s., parts of machinery of heading 8426, 8429 and 8430, n.e.s., hydraulic power engines and motors, linear acting "cylinders".
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity79 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity19 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
HOLLINGSWORTH & VOSE CO LTD
65 import declarations15 export declarationsGL54 *Ch. 38Ch. 39Ch. 44Ch. 47Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include pallets, box pallets and other load boards, of wood; pallet collars of wood (excl. containers specially designed and equipped for one or more modes of transport), glass fibres and articles thereof, n.e.s., mechanically bonded fabrics of glass fibres (excl. closed fabrics of rovings, and woven fabrics).
▲ Expected to increase by 21.2% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity65 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity15 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
MASSIVE RECORDS COMPANY LIMITED
101 import declarations1 export declarationsGL54 *Ch. 32Ch. 33Ch. 34Ch. 39Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include tricycles, scooters, pedal cars and similar wheeled toys; dolls' carriages; dolls; other toys; reduced-size "scale" recreational models, working or not; puzzles of all kinds, 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, electric conductors for a voltage <= 1.000 v, insulated, fitted with connectors, n.e.s..
▲ Expected to increase by 48.9% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity101 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity1 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
ASTOR-BANNERMAN (MEDICAL) LTD
92 import declarations7 export declarationsGL54 *Ch. 39Ch. 44Ch. 56Ch. 73Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include operating tables, examination tables, and other medical, dental, surgical or veterinary furniture (excl. dentists' or similar chairs, special tables for x-ray examination, and stretchers and litters, incl. trolley-stretchers), household articles and toilet articles, of plastics (excl. tableware, kitchenware, baths, shower-baths, washbasins, bidets, lavatory pans, seats and covers, flushing cisterns and similar sanitary ware), baths, shower-baths, sinks and washbasins, of plastics.
▲ Expected to increase by 15.4% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity92 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity7 in the last 6 months
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What Cotswold trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 153 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)Tricycles, scooters, pedal cars and similar wheeled toys; dolls' carriages; dolls; other toys; reduced-size "scale" recreational models, working or not; puzzles of all kindsInstruments and appliances used in medical, surgical or veterinary sciences, n.e.s.Articles of plastics and articles of other materials of heading 3901 to 3914, n.e.s (excl. goods of 9619)Threaded screws and bolts, of iron or steel, whether or not with their nuts and washers (excl. coach screws and other wood screws, screw hooks and screw rings, self-tapping screws, lag screws, stoppers, plugs and the like, threaded)Electric conductors for a voltage <= 1.000 V, insulated, fitted with connectors, n.e.s.Antiques, over 100 but at most 250 years oldArticles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire)
Common questions about trade in Cotswold
How many businesses import or export from Cotswold?
HMRC customs records show 153 businesses in Cotswold (GL54) filed declarations over the last six months — 1,387 import declarations and 513 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.
What do Cotswold businesses import most?
The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Cotswold 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), tricycles, scooters, pedal cars and similar wheeled toys; dolls' carriages; dolls; other toys; reduced-size "scale" recreational models, working or not; puzzles of all kinds, instruments and appliances used in medical, surgical or veterinary sciences, n.e.s., articles of plastics and articles of other materials of heading 3901 to 3914, n.e.s (excl. goods of 9619). You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Cotswold growing?
Import activity is up 8.8% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to rise by roughly 2.4%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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