HMRC records show 646 businesses trading internationally from Merton over the last six months. It ranks 17 of 32 trading locations in Greater London. 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 7.3% 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
7,161Import declarations▼ 15.0% on the 6 months before
2,525Export declarations
−7.3%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
646Trading 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 646 businesses.
★ Most active in MertonFiled more customs declarations than any other Merton business over the last six months — roughly 24% of the town's total import activity, mostly in meat and edible offal.
Most active business
LIDL UK TRADING LIMITED
1750 import declarations1 export declarationsSW19 *Ch. 02Ch. 03Ch. 04Ch. 07Active 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), 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), chocolate and other preparations containing cocoa, in containers or immediate packings of <= 2 kg (excl. in blocks, slabs or bars and cocoa powder).
▼ Expected to slow by 7.6% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity1750 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity1 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
DIRECT PRODUCE SUPPLIES LIMITED
127 import declarations24 export declarationsSW19 *Ch. 06Ch. 07Ch. 08Ch. 20Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include tomatoes, fresh or chilled, fresh peaches, incl. nectarines, fresh tamarinds, cashew apples, jackfruit, lychees, sapodillo plums, passion fruit, carambola, pitahaya and other edible fruit (excl. nuts, bananas, dates, figs, pineapples, avocados, guavas, mangoes, mangosteens, papaws "papayas", citrus fruit, grap.
▼ Expected to slow by 13.1% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity127 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity24 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
BAYLEY & SAGE LTD
138 import declarationsImports onlySW19 *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), 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), blue-veined cheese and other cheese containing veins produced by "penicillium roqueforti".
▲ Expected to increase by 5.1% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity138 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity0 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
OPTIONS DIRECT LTD
78 import declarations46 export declarationsSW19 *Ch. 39Ch. 49Ch. 61Ch. 62Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include parts and accessories of automatic data-processing machines or for other machines of heading 8471, n.e.s., processing units for automatic data-processing machines, whether or not containing in the same housing one or two of the following types of unit: storage units, input units, output units (excl. those of heading 8471.41 or 8471.49 and excl. peripheral, magnetic or optical readers, machines for transcribing data onto data media in coded form and machines for processing such data, n.e.s..
▲ Expected to increase by 41.4% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity78 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity46 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
D&B SOLUTIONS UK LIMITED
94 import declarations27 export declarationsSW19 *Ch. 15Ch. 29Ch. 39Ch. 42Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include tri- and other polyhydric acyclic alcohols (excl. 2-ethyl-2-"hydroxymethyl" propane-1,3-diol "trimethylolpropane", pentaerythritol, mannitol, d-glucitol "sorbitol" and glycerol), mechanical appliances, whether or not hand-operated, for projecting, dispersing or spraying liquids or powders, n.e.s., units for automatic data-processing machines (excl. processing units, input or output units and storage units).
▼ Expected to slow by 7.1% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity94 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity27 in the last 6 months
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What Merton trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 646 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)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)Tricycles, 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 careBread, 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 theSparkling wine of fresh grapesSugar confectionery not containing cocoa, incl. white chocolate (excl. chewing gum)Chocolate and other preparations containing cocoa, in containers or immediate packings of <= 2 kg (excl. in blocks, slabs or bars and cocoa powder)
Common questions about trade in Merton
How many businesses import or export from Merton?
HMRC customs records show 646 businesses in Merton (CR4, SM4, SW19, SW20) filed declarations over the last six months — 7,161 import declarations and 2,525 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.
What do Merton businesses import most?
The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Merton 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), 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), 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 Merton growing?
Import activity is down 15.0% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 7.3%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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