Over the last six months, 3,385 Camden businesses filed customs declarations. That puts it second in Greater London for trade activity. Most of that activity sits in machinery and mechanical appliances, electrical machinery and electronics, furniture, bedding, lighting and signs. Looking ahead, our model expects import activity here to ease back by around 7.9% 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
32,431Import declarations▼ 18.1% on the 6 months before
12,711Export declarations
−7.9%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
3,385Trading 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 3,385 businesses.
★ Most active in CamdenFiled more customs declarations than any other Camden business over the last six months — roughly 4% of the town's total import activity, mostly in vegetable plaiting materials.
Most active business
ARGOS LIMITED
1428 import declarationsImports onlyEC1N *Ch. 14Ch. 25Ch. 32Ch. 33Active in 5 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, trunks, suitcases, vanity cases, executive-cases, briefcases, school satchels and similar containers, with outer surface of plastics or textile materials, 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 1.3% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity1428 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity0 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
GLAXO OPERATIONS UK LTD
575 import declarations94 export declarationsWC1A *Ch. 01Ch. 05Ch. 17Ch. 21Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include 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, immunological products, put up in measured doses or in forms or packings for retail sale (excl. diagnostic reagents), medicaments containing corticosteroid hormones, their derivatives or structural analogues but not antibiotics, put up in measured doses "incl. those for transdermal administration" or in forms or packings for retail sale.
▼ Expected to slow by 14.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity575 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity94 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
HUGO BOSS UK LTD
642 import declarations8 export declarationsNW1 *Ch. 25Ch. 33Ch. 34Ch. 39Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include 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, men's or boys' trousers, bib and brace overalls, breeches and shorts, of cotton (excl. knitted or crocheted, underpants and swimwear), footwear with outer soles and uppers of rubber or plastics (excl. covering the ankle or with upper straps or thongs assembled to the sole by means of plugs, waterproof footwear of heading 6401, sports footwear, orthopaedic footwear and toy footwear).
▼ Expected to slow by 16.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity642 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity8 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, LONDON
348 import declarations34 export declarationsWC1E *Ch. 01Ch. 05Ch. 21Ch. 22Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include nucleic acids and their salts, whether or not chemically defined; heterocyclic compounds (excl. with oxygen only or with nitrogen hetero-atom[s] only, compounds containing in the structure an unfused thiazole ring or a benzothiazole or phenothiazine, toxins, cultures of micro-organisms and similar products, e.g. plasmodia (excl. yeasts and vaccines), antisera and other blood fractions.
▼ Expected to slow by 16.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity348 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity34 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
JADED LONDON LIMITED
245 import declarations107 export declarationsNW6 *Ch. 39Ch. 42Ch. 48Ch. 52Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include t-shirts, singlets and other vests of textile materials, knitted or crocheted (excl. cotton), jerseys, pullovers, cardigans, waistcoats and similar articles, of cotton, knitted or crocheted (excl. wadded waistcoats), men's or boys' trousers, bib and brace overalls, breeches and shorts, of cotton (excl. knitted or crocheted, underpants and swimwear).
▲ Expected to increase by 3.4% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity245 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity107 in the last 6 months
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What Camden trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 3,385 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.
Articles of jewellery and parts thereof, of precious metal other than silver, whether or not plated or clad with precious metal (excl. articles > 100 years old)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)Beauty or make-up preparations and preparations for the care of the skin (other than medicaments), incl. sunscreen or suntan preparations (excl. medicaments, lip and eye make-up preparations, manicure or pedicure preparations and make-up or skin careJerseys, pullovers, cardigans, waistcoats and similar articles, of cotton, knitted or crocheted (excl. wadded waistcoats)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 contaT-shirts, singlets and other vests of cotton, knitted or crochetedTricycles, scooters, pedal cars and similar wheeled toys; dolls' carriages; dolls; other toys; reduced-size "scale" recreational models, working or not; puzzles of all kindsJerseys, pullovers, cardigans, waistcoats and similar articles, of man-made fibres, knitted or crocheted (excl. wadded waistcoats)
Common questions about trade in Camden
How many businesses import or export from Camden?
HMRC customs records show 3,385 businesses in Camden (EC1N, N1C, NW1, NW3) filed declarations over the last six months — 32,431 import declarations and 12,711 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.
What do Camden businesses import most?
The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Camden traders the leading goods are articles of jewellery and parts thereof, of precious metal other than silver, whether or not plated or clad with precious metal (excl. articles > 100 years old), 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), beauty or make-up preparations and preparations for the care of the skin (other than medicaments), incl. sunscreen or suntan preparations (excl. medicaments, lip and eye make-up preparations, manicure or pedicure preparations and make-up or skin care, jerseys, pullovers, cardigans, waistcoats and similar articles, of cotton, knitted or crocheted (excl. wadded waistcoats). You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Camden growing?
Import activity is down 18.1% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 7.9%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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