1,101 businesses in Hillingdon appear in HMRC customs records for the last six months. It ranks 4 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 8.6% 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
17,972Import declarations▼ 14.6% on the 6 months before
7,153Export declarations
−8.6%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
1,101Trading 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 1,101 businesses.
★ Most active in HillingdonFiled more customs declarations than any other Hillingdon business over the last six months — roughly 10% of the town's total import activity, mostly in coffee, tea and spices.
Most active business
BRITISH AIRWAYS PLC
1825 import declarations1031 export declarationsUB7 *Ch. 09Ch. 15Ch. 17Ch. 18Active in 5 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, appliances for pipes, boiler shells, tanks, vats or the like (excl. pressure-reducing valves, valves for the control of pneumatic power transmission, check "non-return" valves and safety or relief valves).
▼ Expected to slow by 5.7% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity1825 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity1031 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
MARTIN-BAKER AIRCRAFT COMPANY LTD
129 import declarations454 export declarationsUB9 *Ch. 17Ch. 21Ch. 22Ch. 28Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include 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), oxygen, parts of seats, not of wood, n.e.s..
▼ Expected to slow by 8.8% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity129 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity454 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
AMERICAN AIRLINES INC
430 import declarations126 export declarationsUB7 *Ch. 09Ch. 17Ch. 21Ch. 25Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include machinery, plant and equipment for making hot drinks or for cooking or heating food (excl. domestic appliances), tableware and kitchenware, of porcelain or china (excl. ornamental articles, pots, jars, carboys and similar receptacles for the conveyance or packing of goods, and coffee grinders and spice mills with receptacles made of ceramics and working parts o, blankets and travelling rugs of synthetic fibres (excl. electric, table covers, bedspreads and articles of bedding and similar furnishing of heading 9404).
▼ Expected to slow by 12.5% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity430 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity126 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
BYD (UK) CO LTD
394 import declarations107 export declarationsUB8 *Ch. 21Ch. 27Ch. 34Ch. 35Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include brakes and servo-brakes and their parts, for tractors, motor vehicles for the transport of ten or more persons, motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of persons, motor vehicles for the transport of goods and speci, road wheels and parts and accessories thereof, for tractors, motor vehicles for the transport of ten or more persons, motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of persons, motor vehicles for the transport of goods and, machinery and apparatus for filtering or purifying gases (excl. isotope separators and intake air filters for internal combustion engines, and catalytic converters and particulate filters for purifying or filtering exhaust gases from internal combust.
▲ Expected to increase by 7.3% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity394 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity107 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
CANON EUROPA NV
356 import declarations136 export declarationsUB11 *Ch. 29Ch. 32Ch. 34Ch. 37Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include paper and paperboard used for writing, printing or other graphic purposes, not containing fibres obtained by a mechanical or chemi-mechanical process or of which <= 10% by weight of the total fibre content consists of such fibres, coated on one or bo, uncoated paper and paperboard, of a kind used for writing, printing or other graphic purposes, and non-perforated punchcards and punch-tape paper, in square or rectangular sheets with one side <= 435 mm and the other side <= 297 mm in the unfolded st, parts and accessories of printers, copying machines and facsimile machines, n.e.s. (excl. of printing machinery used for printing by means of plates, cylinders and other printing components of heading 8442).
▼ Expected to slow by 11.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity356 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity136 in the last 6 months
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What Hillingdon trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 1,101 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.
Appliances for pipes, boiler shells, tanks, vats or the like (excl. pressure-reducing valves, valves for the control of pneumatic power transmission, check "non-return" valves and safety or relief valves)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 theWine 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)Articles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire)Food preparations, n.e.s.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 steTravelling-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 contaWaters, incl. mineral and aerated, with added sugar, sweetener or flavour, for direct consumption as a beverage
Common questions about trade in Hillingdon
How many businesses import or export from Hillingdon?
HMRC customs records show 1,101 businesses in Hillingdon (HA4, HA6, TW6, UB10) filed declarations over the last six months — 17,972 import declarations and 7,153 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.
What do Hillingdon businesses import most?
The most common category is electrical machinery and electronics. Across all Hillingdon traders the leading goods are appliances for pipes, boiler shells, tanks, vats or the like (excl. pressure-reducing valves, valves for the control of pneumatic power transmission, check "non-return" valves and safety or relief valves), 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, 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), articles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire). You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Hillingdon growing?
Import activity is down 14.6% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 8.6%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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