HMRC records show 1,439 businesses trading internationally from Southwark over the last six months. It ranks 8 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 7.9% 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
14,553Import declarations▼ 17.9% on the 6 months before
4,662Export declarations
−7.9%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
1,439Trading 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 1,439 businesses.
★ Most active in SouthwarkFiled more customs declarations than any other Southwark business over the last six months — roughly 7% of the town's total import activity, mostly in sugar and confectionery.
Most active business
DECATHLON UK LIMITED
1048 import declarations11 export declarationsSE16 *Ch. 17Ch. 18Ch. 19Ch. 20Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include footwear with outer soles and uppers of rubber or plastics (excl. covering the ankle or with upper straps or thongs assembled to the sole by means of plugs, waterproof footwear of heading 6401, sports footwear, orthopaedic footwear and toy footwear), 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.
▼ Expected to slow by 2.5% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity1048 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity11 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
EDIKTED LTD
276 import declarationsImports onlySE1 *Ch. 20Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 42Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include women's or girls' trousers, bib and brace overalls, breeches and shorts of cotton (excl. knitted or crocheted, panties and swimwear), women's or girls' trousers, bib and brace overalls, breeches and shorts of synthetic fibres (excl. knitted or crocheted, panties and swimwear), t-shirts, singlets and other vests of textile materials, knitted or crocheted (excl. cotton).
▲ Expected to increase by 149.5% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity276 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity0 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
LIV-EX LTD
137 import declarations128 export declarationsSE1 *Ch. 22Active 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), 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 but <= 10 l (excl. sparkling wine), sparkling wine of fresh grapes.
▼ Expected to slow by 15.6% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity137 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity128 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
CHARLES TYRWHITT SHIRTS
166 import declarations88 export declarationsSE1 *Ch. 39Ch. 42Ch. 44Ch. 48Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include jerseys, pullovers, cardigans, waistcoats and similar articles, of wool, knitted or crocheted (excl. wadded waistcoats), men's or boys' shirts of cotton, knitted or crocheted (excl. nightshirts, t-shirts, singlets and other vests), men's or boys' trousers, bib and brace overalls, breeches and shorts, of cotton (excl. knitted or crocheted, underpants and swimwear).
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity166 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity88 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
LEATHAMS LIMITED
206 import declarations6 export declarationsSE1 *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), fresh cheese "unripened or uncured cheese", incl. whey cheese, and curd, sausages and similar products, of meat, meat offal, blood or insects; food preparations based on these products.
▼ Expected to slow by 11.1% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity206 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity6 in the last 6 months
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What Southwark trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 1,439 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 kindsBread, 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 theBeauty 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 careFood preparations, n.e.s.Sparkling wine of fresh grapesTravelling-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
Common questions about trade in Southwark
How many businesses import or export from Southwark?
HMRC customs records show 1,439 businesses in Southwark (SE1, SE15, SE16, SE17) filed declarations over the last six months — 14,553 import declarations and 4,662 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.
What do Southwark businesses import most?
The most common category is electrical machinery and electronics. Across all Southwark 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, 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. You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Southwark growing?
Import activity is down 17.9% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 7.9%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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