HMRC records show 461 businesses trading internationally from Barking and Dagenham over the last six months. It ranks 23 of 32 trading locations in Greater London. Most of that activity sits in machinery and mechanical appliances, electrical machinery and electronics, plastics. Looking ahead, our model expects import activity here to ease back by around 0.2% 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
7,081Import declarations▼ 4.9% on the 6 months before
1,075Export declarations
−0.2%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
461Trading 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 461 businesses.
★ Most active in Barking and DagenhamFiled more customs declarations than any other Barking and Dagenham business over the last six months — roughly 12% of the town's total import activity, mostly in meat.
Most active business
GIMA (UK) LIMITED
880 import declarations12 export declarationsIG11 *Ch. 02Ch. 03Ch. 04Ch. 05Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include cheese (excl. fresh cheese, incl. whey cheese, curd, processed cheese, blue-veined cheese and other cheese containing veins produced by "penicillium roqueforti", and grated or powdered cheese), 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, sweet biscuits.
▼ Expected to slow by 3.1% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity880 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity12 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
HOO HING HOLDINGS LTD
337 import declarationsImports onlyRM8 *Ch. 02Ch. 03Ch. 07Ch. 08Active in 6 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, fruit and other edible parts of plants, prepared or preserved, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or spirit (excl. prepared or preserved with vinegar, preserved with sugar but not laid in syrup, jams, fruit jellies, marm, food preparations, n.e.s..
▲ Expected to increase by 11.8% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity337 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity0 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
LONDON CITY BOND LIMITED
211 import declarations16 export declarationsIG11 *Ch. 22Ch. 44Ch. 69Ch. 70Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include 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), sparkling wine of fresh grapes, whiskies.
▲ Expected to increase by 44.5% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity211 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity16 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
MONOLITH UK LTD
649 import declarationsImports onlyRM9 *Ch. 02Ch. 03Ch. 04Ch. 07Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include 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), prepared or preserved meat and offal of swine, incl. mixtures (excl. hams, shoulders and cuts thereof, sausages and similar products, finely homogenised preparations put up for retail sale as infant food or for dietetic purpose, in containers of a ne, 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.
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity649 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity0 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
ACM MEAT FACTORY LTD
340 import declarationsImports onlyIG11 *Ch. 02Ch. 04Ch. 07Ch. 09Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include fresh or chilled meat of swine (excl. carcases and half-carcases, and hams, shoulders and cuts thereof, with bone in), preparations for sauces and prepared sauces; mixed condiments and seasonings (excl. soya sauce, tomato ketchup and other tomato sauces, mustard, and mustard flour and meal), fresh or chilled hams, shoulders and cuts thereof of swine, with bone in.
▲ Expected to increase by 152.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity340 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity0 in the last 6 months
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456 more Barking and Dagenham businesses
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What Barking and Dagenham trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 461 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)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 theSugar confectionery not containing cocoa, incl. white chocolate (excl. chewing gum)Sweet biscuitsPrepared or preserved meat and offal of swine, incl. mixtures (excl. hams, shoulders and cuts thereof, sausages and similar products, finely homogenised preparations put up for retail sale as infant food or for dietetic purpose, in containers of a neWaters, incl. mineral and aerated, with added sugar, sweetener or flavour, for direct consumption as a beverageCheese (excl. fresh cheese, incl. whey cheese, curd, processed cheese, blue-veined cheese and other cheese containing veins produced by "Penicillium roqueforti", and grated or powdered cheese)Vegetables and mixtures of vegetables, prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar, non-frozen (excl. preserved by sugar, homogenised vegetables of subheading 2005.10, and tomatoes, mushrooms, truffles, potatoes, peas "Pisum sativum", beans "Vign
Common questions about trade in Barking and Dagenham
How many businesses import or export from Barking and Dagenham?
HMRC customs records show 461 businesses in Barking and Dagenham (IG11, RM10, RM8, RM9) filed declarations over the last six months — 7,081 import declarations and 1,075 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.
What do Barking and Dagenham businesses import most?
The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Barking and Dagenham 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), 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, sugar confectionery not containing cocoa, incl. white chocolate (excl. chewing gum), sweet biscuits. You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Barking and Dagenham growing?
Import activity is down 4.9% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 0.2%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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