38 businesses in Thornbury appear in HMRC customs records for the last six months. It ranks 15 of 25 trading locations in Gloucestershire. Most of that activity sits in machinery and mechanical appliances, optical, photographic and medical instruments, electrical machinery and electronics. Looking ahead, our model expects import activity here to ease back by around 4.5% 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
539Import declarations▼ 12.2% on the 6 months before
273Export declarations
−4.5%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
38Trading 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 38 businesses.
★ Most active in ThornburyFiled more customs declarations than any other Thornbury business over the last six months — roughly 44% of the town's total import activity, mostly in inorganic chemicals.
Most active business
ESSILOR LIMITED
236 import declarations50 export declarationsBS35 *Ch. 28Ch. 29Ch. 32Ch. 34Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include interchangeable tools for milling, millstones, grindstones, grinding wheels and the like, without frameworks, for sharpening, polishing, trueing or cutting, of agglomerated synthetic or natural diamond (excl. hand sharpening or polishing stones, and grinding wheels etc. specifically f, parts and accessories for machine tools for working stone, ceramics, concrete, asbestos-cement or like mineral materials or for cold-working glass, 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 activity236 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity50 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
AVE (1977) LTD
8 import declarations10 export declarationsBS35 *Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 44Ch. 70Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include vacuum pumps, parts of: air or vacuum pumps, air or other gas compressors, fans and ventilating or recycling hoods incorporating a fan, and gas-tight biological safety cabinets, n.e.s., carboys, bottles, flasks, jars, pots, phials and other containers, of glass, of a kind used for the commercial conveyance or packing of goods, and preserving jars, of glass (excl. ampoules, glass inners for containers, with vacuum insulation, perfume.
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity8 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity10 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
RESTORATIVE TECHNIQUES LTD
9 import declarations7 export declarationsBS35 *Ch. 34Ch. 38Ch. 40Ch. 73Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include parts of fire extinguishers, spray guns and similar appliances, steam or sand blasting machines and similar jet projecting machines and machinery and apparatus for projecting, dispersing or spraying liquids or powders, n.e.s., organic composite solvents and thinners, n.e.s.; prepared paint or varnish removers (excl. nail varnish remover), surface-active preparations, washing preparations, incl. auxiliary washing preparations and cleaning preparations (excl. those put up for retail sale, organic surface-active agents, soap and organic surface-active preparations in the form of bars, ca.
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity9 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity7 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
VACUUM PUMP SERVICES LTD
4 import declarations10 export declarationsBS35 *Ch. 39Ch. 73Ch. 84Ch. 85Active in 4 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include vacuum pumps, ball bearings, parts of: air or vacuum pumps, air or other gas compressors, fans and ventilating or recycling hoods incorporating a fan, and gas-tight biological safety cabinets, 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 activity4 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity10 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
CARBON ACTIVATED LTD
7 import declarations6 export declarationsBS35 *Ch. 25Ch. 28Ch. 38Ch. 39Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include activated carbon (excl. medicaments or deodorant products for fridges, vehicles etc., put up for retail sale), aluminium oxide (excl. artificial corundum), arsenic sulfides, alunite, pozzuolana, earth colours and other mineral substances, 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 activity7 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity6 in the last 6 months
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What Thornbury trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 38 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.
Spices (excl. pepper of the genus Piper, fruit of the genus Capsicum or of the genus Pimenta, vanilla, cinnamon, cinnamontree flowers, clove "wholefruit", clove stems, nutmeg, mace, cardamoms, seeds of anise, badian, fennel, coriander, cumin and caraFruits of the genus Capsicum or of the genus Pimenta, crushed or groundPlants, parts of plants, incl. seeds and fruits, used primarily in perfumery, in pharmacy or for insecticidal, fungicidal or similar purposes, fresh, chilled, frozen or dried, whether or not cut, crushed or powdered (excl. ginseng roots, coca leaf, pDried vegetables and mixtures of vegetables, whole, cut, sliced, broken or in powder, but not further prepared (excl. onions, mushrooms and truffles, not mixed)Salts, incl. table salt and denatured salt, and pure sodium chloride, whether or not in aqueous solution or containing added anti-caking or free-flowing agents; sea waterPepper of the genus Piper, neither crushed nor groundCrushed or ground cinnamon and cinnamon-tree flowersData-processing machines, automatic, presented in the form of systems "comprising at least a central processing unit, one input unit and one output unit" (excl. portable weighing <= 10 kg and excl. peripheral units)
Common questions about trade in Thornbury
How many businesses import or export from Thornbury?
HMRC customs records show 38 businesses in Thornbury (BS35) filed declarations over the last six months — 539 import declarations and 273 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.
What do Thornbury businesses import most?
The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Thornbury traders the leading goods are spices (excl. pepper of the genus piper, fruit of the genus capsicum or of the genus pimenta, vanilla, cinnamon, cinnamontree flowers, clove "wholefruit", clove stems, nutmeg, mace, cardamoms, seeds of anise, badian, fennel, coriander, cumin and cara, fruits of the genus capsicum or of the genus pimenta, crushed or ground, plants, parts of plants, incl. seeds and fruits, used primarily in perfumery, in pharmacy or for insecticidal, fungicidal or similar purposes, fresh, chilled, frozen or dried, whether or not cut, crushed or powdered (excl. ginseng roots, coca leaf, p, dried vegetables and mixtures of vegetables, whole, cut, sliced, broken or in powder, but not further prepared (excl. onions, mushrooms and truffles, not mixed). You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Thornbury growing?
Import activity is down 12.2% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 4.5%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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