HMRC records show 104 businesses trading internationally from Chandler's Ford over the last six months. It ranks 6 of 46 trading locations in Hampshire. Most of that activity sits in machinery and mechanical appliances, electrical machinery and electronics, plastics and plastic articles. Looking ahead, our model expects import activity here to ease back by around 6.9% 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
3,598Import declarations▼ 16.8% on the 6 months before
2,223Export declarations
−6.9%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
104Trading 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 104 businesses.
★ Most active in Chandler's FordFiled more customs declarations than any other Chandler's Ford business over the last six months — roughly 55% of the town's total import activity, mostly in plants and cut flowers.
Most active business
B AND Q LIMITED
1978 import declarations250 export declarationsSO53 *Ch. 06Ch. 07Ch. 09Ch. 12Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include live plants, incl. their roots, and mushroom spawn (excl. bulbs, tubers, tuberous roots, corms, crowns and rhizomes, incl. chicory plants and roots, unrooted cuttings and slips, fruit and nut trees, rhododendrons, azaleas and roses), electromechanical tools for working in the hand, with self-contained electric motor (excl. saws and drills), 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 5.6% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity1978 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity250 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
OK INTERNATIONAL LTD
101 import declarations105 export declarationsSO53 *Ch. 20Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 48Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include brushes constituting parts of machines, appliances or vehicles, parts of fire extinguishers, spray guns and similar appliances, steam or sand blasting machines and similar jet projecting machines and machinery and apparatus for projecting, dispersing or spraying liquids or powders, n.e.s., articles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire).
▼ Expected to slow by 6.8% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity101 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity105 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
R&M (FIXINGS & SUPPORTS) LTD.
8 import declarations125 export declarationsSO53 *Ch. 22Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 48Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include angles, shapes and sections, of iron or non-alloy steel, from flat-rolled products simply cold-formed or cold-finished (excl. profiled sheet), parts of lamps and lighting fittings, illuminated signs and nameplates and the like, of glass, n.e.s., glass fibres and articles thereof, n.e.s..
▼ Expected to slow by 100.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity8 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity125 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
EXFO EUROPE LIMITED
91 import declarations39 export declarationsSO53 *Ch. 38Ch. 39Ch. 42Ch. 59Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include trunks, suitcases, vanity cases, executive-cases, briefcases, school satchels and similar containers, with outer surface of plastics or textile materials, made-up articles of textile materials, incl. dress patterns, 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.
▼ Expected to slow by 14.8% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity91 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity39 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
DEEP SEA RIG (UK) LTD
90 import declarations24 export declarationsSO53 *Ch. 27Ch. 28Ch. 29Ch. 34Active in 4 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include parts of machines and mechanical appliances, n.e.s., 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), camping goods of textile materials (excl. tents, awnings and sunblinds, sails, pneumatic mattresses, rucksacks, knapsacks and similar receptacles, filled sleeping bags, mattresses and cushions).
▼ Expected to slow by 100.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity90 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity24 in the last 6 months
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What Chandler's Ford trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 104 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.
Electromechanical tools for working in the hand, with self-contained electric motor (excl. saws and drills)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)Articles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire)Live plants, incl. their roots, and mushroom spawn (excl. bulbs, tubers, tuberous roots, corms, crowns and rhizomes, incl. chicory plants and roots, unrooted cuttings and slips, fruit and nut trees, rhododendrons, azaleas and roses)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)Tools for drilling, interchangeable (excl. rock-drilling or earth-boring tools and tools for tapping)Medium density fibreboard "MDF" of wood, of a thickness > 9 mmParticle board of wood, whether or not agglomerated with resins or other organic binding substances (excl. oriented strand board and waferboard, fibreboard and cellular wood panels)
Common questions about trade in Chandler's Ford
How many businesses import or export from Chandler's Ford?
HMRC customs records show 104 businesses in Chandler's Ford (SO53) filed declarations over the last six months — 3,598 import declarations and 2,223 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.
What do Chandler's Ford businesses import most?
The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Chandler's Ford traders the leading goods are electromechanical tools for working in the hand, with self-contained electric motor (excl. saws and drills), 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), articles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire), live plants, incl. their roots, and mushroom spawn (excl. bulbs, tubers, tuberous roots, corms, crowns and rhizomes, incl. chicory plants and roots, unrooted cuttings and slips, fruit and nut trees, rhododendrons, azaleas and roses). You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Chandler's Ford growing?
Import activity is down 16.8% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 6.9%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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