Over the last six months, 1,068 Hounslow businesses filed customs declarations. It ranks 10 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 2.8% 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
13,538Import declarations▼ 4.6% on the 6 months before
5,784Export declarations
−2.8%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
1,068Trading 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 1,068 businesses.
★ Most active in HounslowFiled more customs declarations than any other Hounslow business over the last six months — roughly 8% of the town's total import activity, mostly in meat.
Most active business
HARRODS LTD
1051 import declarations160 export declarationsTW7 *Ch. 02Ch. 04Ch. 08Ch. 09Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include men's or boys' trousers, bib and brace overalls, breeches and shorts, of cotton (excl. knitted or crocheted, underpants and swimwear), jerseys, pullovers, cardigans, waistcoats and similar articles, of wool, knitted or crocheted (excl. wadded waistcoats), jerseys, pullovers, cardigans, waistcoats and similar articles, of cotton, knitted or crocheted (excl. wadded waistcoats).
▼ Expected to slow by 1.6% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity1051 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity160 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
CREATIVE VIDEO PRODUCTIONS LTD
293 import declarations235 export declarationsTW8 *Ch. 32Ch. 34Ch. 39Ch. 40Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include monopods, bipods, tripods and similar articles, electric luminaires and lighting fittings, n.e.s., 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 increase by 8.8% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity293 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity235 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
CISCO INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
289 import declarations135 export declarationsTW14 *Ch. 37Ch. 38Ch. 39Ch. 44Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include static converters, storage units for automatic data-processing machines, parts and accessories of automatic data-processing machines or for other machines of heading 8471, 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 activity289 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity135 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
SANDERSON DESIGN GROUP PLC
354 import declarations400 export declarationsW4 *Ch. 04Ch. 29Ch. 32Ch. 34Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include woven fabrics of flax, containing >= 85% flax by weight, unbleached or bleached, woven fabrics of cotton, containing predominantly, but < 85% cotton by weight, mixed principally or solely with man-made fibres and weighing > 200 g/m , made of yarn of different colours (excl. those in three-thread or four-thread twill, incl. cross, embroidery of materials other than cotton or man-made fibres, on a textile fabric base, in the piece, in strips or in motifs (excl. embroidery without visible ground).
▲ Expected to increase by 3.8% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity354 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity400 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
SHOP TJC LIMITED
538 import declarations37 export declarationsTW13 *Ch. 09Ch. 15Ch. 17Ch. 18Active in 6 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, articles of jewellery and parts thereof, of base metal clad with precious metal (excl. articles > 100 years old), mechano-therapy appliances; massage apparatus; psychological aptitude-testing apparatus.
▲ Expected to increase by 11.6% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity538 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity37 in the last 6 months
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1,063 more Hounslow businesses
Every importer and exporter in TW13 / TW14 / TW3 / TW4 with monthly activity, 24-month indicators, forecasts, Companies House records, AI research and validated contact reveals.
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What Hounslow trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 1,068 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)Tricycles, scooters, pedal cars and similar wheeled toys; dolls' carriages; dolls; other toys; reduced-size "scale" recreational models, working or not; puzzles of all kindsArticles of plastics and articles of other materials of heading 3901 to 3914, n.e.s (excl. goods of 9619)Printed books, brochures and similar printed matter (excl. those in single sheets; dictionaries, encyclopaedias, periodicals and publications which are essentially devoted to advertising)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 contaMachines for the reception, conversion and transmission or regeneration of voice, images or other data, incl. switching and routing apparatus (excl. telephone sets, telephones for cellular networks or for other wireless networks)Wooden furniture (excl. for offices, kitchens and bedrooms, and seats)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
Common questions about trade in Hounslow
How many businesses import or export from Hounslow?
HMRC customs records show 1,068 businesses in Hounslow (TW13, TW14, TW3, TW4) filed declarations over the last six months — 13,538 import declarations and 5,784 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.
What do Hounslow businesses import most?
The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Hounslow 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), 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, articles of plastics and articles of other materials of heading 3901 to 3914, n.e.s (excl. goods of 9619), printed books, brochures and similar printed matter (excl. those in single sheets; dictionaries, encyclopaedias, periodicals and publications which are essentially devoted to advertising). You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Hounslow growing?
Import activity is down 4.6% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 2.8%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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