Over the last six months, 1,443 Kensington and Chelsea businesses filed customs declarations. It ranks 6 of 32 trading locations in Greater London. Most of that activity sits in furniture, bedding, lighting and signs, works of art, collectors' pieces and antiques, woven clothing and accessories. Looking ahead, our model expects import activity here to ease back by around 12.5% 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
13,647Import declarations▼ 18.6% on the 6 months before
5,942Export declarations
−12.5%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
1,443Trading 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 1,443 businesses.
★ Most active in Kensington and ChelseaFiled more customs declarations than any other Kensington and Chelsea business over the last six months — roughly 2% of the town's total import activity, mostly in vegetable plaiting materials.
Most active business
FXWL LIMITED
252 import declarations319 export declarationsW11 *Ch. 14Ch. 21Ch. 22Ch. 34Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include tableware, kitchenware, other household articles and toilet articles, of ceramics other than porcelain or china (excl. baths, bidets, sinks and similar sanitary fixtures, statuettes and other ornamental articles, pots, jars, carboys and similar recep, articles of leather or composition leather (excl. saddlery and harness bags; cases and similar containers; apparel and clothing accessories; whips, riding-crops and similar of heading 6602; furniture; lighting appliances; toys; games; sports articles, drinking glasses (excl. glasses of glass ceramics or of lead crystal and stemware).
▼ Expected to slow by 15.9% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity252 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity319 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
ANDREW MARTIN INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
155 import declarations153 export declarationsSW3 *Ch. 05Ch. 39Ch. 42Ch. 44Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include woven fabrics of flax, containing predominantly, but < 85% flax by weight, dyed, made of yarn of different colours, or printed, woven fabrics of yarn containing >= 85% artificial filament by weight, incl. monofilament of >= 67 decitex and a maximum diameter of <= 1 mm, dyed (excl. those of high-tenacity viscose yarn), woven fabrics containing predominantly, but < 85% artificial staple fibres by weight, mixed principally or solely with cotton, made of yarn of different colours.
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity155 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity153 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
MAJE STORES LTD
197 import declarations96 export declarationsSW3 *Ch. 25Ch. 33Ch. 38Ch. 39Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include women's or girls' dresses of synthetic fibres, knitted or crocheted (excl. petticoats), women's or girls' trousers, bib and brace overalls, breeches and shorts of cotton (excl. knitted or crocheted, panties and swimwear), jerseys, pullovers, cardigans, waistcoats and similar articles, of man-made fibres, knitted or crocheted (excl. wadded waistcoats).
▼ Expected to slow by 5.5% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity197 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity96 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
LUXOTTICA NORTH EUROPE LIMITED
185 import declarations57 export declarationsW8 *Ch. 21Ch. 30Ch. 33Ch. 34Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include 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, safety headgear, whether or not lined or trimmed, depilatories and other perfumery, toilet or cosmetic preparations, n.e.s..
▲ Expected to increase by 4.8% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity185 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity57 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
PREZZEMOLO & VITALE UK LTD
218 import declarations1 export declarationsSW3 *Ch. 02Ch. 04Ch. 07Ch. 08Active in 5 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, fresh cheese "unripened or uncured cheese", incl. whey cheese, and curd.
▲ Expected to increase by 9.8% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity218 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity1 in the last 6 months
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What Kensington and Chelsea trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 1,443 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)Paintings, e.g. oil paintings, watercolours and pastels, and drawings executed entirely by hand (excl. over 100 years old, and technical drawings and the like of heading 4906, and hand-painted or hand-decorated manufactured articles)Antiques, over 100 but at most 250 years oldBeauty 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 careWoven fabrics of flax, containing >= 85% flax by weight, dyed, made of yarn of different colours, or printedTravelling-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 contaJerseys, pullovers, cardigans, waistcoats and similar articles, of wool, knitted or crocheted (excl. wadded waistcoats)
Common questions about trade in Kensington and Chelsea
How many businesses import or export from Kensington and Chelsea?
HMRC customs records show 1,443 businesses in Kensington and Chelsea (SW10, SW3, SW5, SW7) filed declarations over the last six months — 13,647 import declarations and 5,942 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.
What do Kensington and Chelsea businesses import most?
The most common category is furniture, bedding, lighting and signs. Across all Kensington and Chelsea 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), paintings, e.g. oil paintings, watercolours and pastels, and drawings executed entirely by hand (excl. over 100 years old, and technical drawings and the like of heading 4906, and hand-painted or hand-decorated manufactured articles), antiques, over 100 but at most 250 years old. You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Kensington and Chelsea growing?
Import activity is down 18.6% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 12.5%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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