752 businesses in Croydon appear in HMRC customs records for the last six months. It ranks 16 of 32 trading locations in Greater London. Most of that activity sits in electrical machinery and electronics, machinery and mechanical appliances, plastics and plastic articles. Looking ahead, our model expects import activity here to ease back by around 3.3% 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
8,222Import declarations▼ 16.3% on the 6 months before
2,810Export declarations
−3.3%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
752Trading 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 752 businesses.
★ Most active in CroydonFiled more customs declarations than any other Croydon business over the last six months — roughly 10% of the town's total import activity, mostly in plants and cut flowers.
Most active business
CHANEL LIMITED
808 import declarations586 export declarationsCR9 *Ch. 06Ch. 12Ch. 14Ch. 18Active 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, perfumes and toilet waters (excl. aftershave lotions, personal deodorants and hair lotions), footwear with outer soles of rubber, plastics or composition leather, with uppers of leather (excl. covering the ankle, incorporating a protective metal toecap, sports footwear, orthopaedic footwear and toy footwear).
▼ Expected to slow by 7.7% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity808 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity586 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
HUAIBEI YIWEI DIANZI YOUXIANGONGSI
214 import declarationsImports onlyCR0 *Ch. 33Ch. 34Ch. 35Ch. 39Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include folding cartons, boxes and cases, of non-corrugated paper or paperboard, cartons, boxes and cases, of corrugated paper or paperboard, ceramic articles, n.e.s. (excl. of porcelain or china).
▼ Expected to slow by 100.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity214 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity0 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
TROPIC SKINCARE LTD
146 import declarations4 export declarationsCR0 *Ch. 13Ch. 15Ch. 21Ch. 22Active 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, 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, fixed vegetable fats and oils and their fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified (excl. soya-bean, groundnut, olive, palm, sunflower-seed, safflower, cotton-seed, coconut, palm kernel, babassu, rape, colza and mustard, linseed,.
▲ Expected to increase by 10.2% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity146 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity4 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
JAPAN FOOD EXPRESS LTD
125 import declarations11 export declarationsCR0 *Ch. 02Ch. 07Ch. 08Ch. 09Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include semi-milled or wholly milled rice, whether or not polished or glazed, 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), vinegar, fermented vinegar and substitutes for vinegar obtained from acetic acid.
▲ Expected to increase by 4.1% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity125 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity11 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
INSPIRATION HEALTHCARE LIMITED
68 import declarations67 export declarationsCR0 *Ch. 28Ch. 30Ch. 39Ch. 40Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include medicaments consisting of mixed or unmixed products for therapeutic or prophylactic purposes, put up in measured doses "incl. those for transdermal administration" or in forms or packings for retail sale (excl. containing antibiotics, hormones or ste, hats and other headgear, knitted or crocheted, or made up from lace, felt or other textile fabric, in the piece (but not in strips), whether or not lined or trimmed; hairnets of any material, whether or not lined or trimmed (excl. headgear for animal, blankets and travelling rugs of synthetic fibres (excl. electric, table covers, bedspreads and articles of bedding and similar furnishing of heading 9404).
▲ Expected to increase by 28.6% 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 activity67 in the last 6 months
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What Croydon trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 752 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.
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 theTravelling-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 contaTricycles, scooters, pedal cars and similar wheeled toys; dolls' carriages; dolls; other toys; reduced-size "scale" recreational models, working or not; puzzles of all kindsBeauty 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 careCheese (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)Food preparations, n.e.s.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)Medicaments consisting of mixed or unmixed products for therapeutic or prophylactic purposes, put up in measured doses "incl. those for transdermal administration" or in forms or packings for retail sale (excl. containing antibiotics, hormones or ste
Common questions about trade in Croydon
How many businesses import or export from Croydon?
HMRC customs records show 752 businesses in Croydon (CR0, CR2, CR5, CR7) filed declarations over the last six months — 8,222 import declarations and 2,810 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.
What do Croydon businesses import most?
The most common category is electrical machinery and electronics. Across all Croydon traders the leading goods are 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, 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, 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, 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. You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Croydon growing?
Import activity is down 16.3% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 3.3%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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