HMRC records show 100 businesses trading internationally from Hedge End over the last six months. It ranks 20 of 46 trading locations in Hampshire. 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 pick up by around 4.2% over the next three months.
Refreshed every 24 hours · last run 25/08/2026 at 11:41HMRC release in view: Jun 26Snapshot: 2026-08-25.1
1,249Import declarations▼ 3.3% on the 6 months before
927Export declarations
+4.2%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
100Trading 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 100 businesses.
★ Most active in Hedge EndFiled more customs declarations than any other Hedge End business over the last six months — roughly 15% of the town's total import activity, mostly in inorganic chemicals.
Most active business
SPI LASERS UK LIMITED
193 import declarations97 export declarationsSO30 *Ch. 28Ch. 32Ch. 35Ch. 39Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include optical fibres, optical fibre bundles and cables (excl. made up of individually sheathed fibres of heading 8544), parts and accessories for lasers and other appliances and instruments, n.e.s. in chapter 90, lasers (excl. laser diodes).
▲ Expected to increase by 13.8% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity193 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity97 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
BISON INDUSTRIAL LIMITED
46 import declarations5 export declarationsSO30 *Ch. 39Ch. 68Ch. 72Ch. 73Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include 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), articles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire), tubes, pipes and hollow profiles, welded, of non-circular cross-section, of iron or steel (excl. tubes and pipes having internal and external circular cross-sections and an external diameter of > 406,4 mm, line pipe of a kind used for oil or gas pipe.
▼ Expected to slow by 11.8% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity46 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity5 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
NAIAD DYNAMICS UK LIMITED
99 import declarations148 export declarationsSO30 *Ch. 27Ch. 34Ch. 39Ch. 40Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include gaskets, washers and other seals, of vulcanised rubber (excl. hard rubber and those of cellular rubber), parts of machinery of chapter 84, not intended for a specific purpose, n.e.s., hydraulic power engines and motors, linear acting "cylinders".
▲ Expected to increase by 9.3% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity99 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity148 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
GLEN DIMPLEX UK LIMITED
123 import declarations82 export declarationsSO30 *Ch. 32Ch. 34Ch. 39Ch. 40Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include electric space-heating and soil-heating apparatus (excl. storage heating radiators), boards, cabinets and similar combinations of apparatus for electric control or the distribution of electricity, for a voltage <= 1.000 v, electric heating resistors (excl. those of agglomerated coal and graphite).
▼ Expected to slow by 13.4% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity123 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity82 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
BB MARINE & COVERGUARD LIMIT ED
66 import declarations117 export declarationsSO30 *Ch. 28Ch. 34Ch. 38Ch. 39Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include textile fabrics impregnated, coated, covered or laminated with plastics other than poly"vinyl chloride" or polyurethane (excl. tyre cord fabric of high-tenacity yarn of nylon or other polyamides, polyesters or viscose rayon; wallcoverings of textile, sewing thread of synthetic filaments, whether or not put up for retail sale, articles of plastics and articles of other materials of heading 3901 to 3914, n.e.s (excl. goods of 9619).
▼ Expected to slow by 42.6% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity66 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity117 in the last 6 months
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What Hedge End trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 100 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.
Articles of aluminium, n.e.s.Articles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire)Articles of plastics and articles of other materials of heading 3901 to 3914, n.e.s (excl. goods of 9619)Boards, cabinets and similar combinations of apparatus for electric control or the distribution of electricity, for a voltage <= 1.000 VElectric space-heating and soil-heating apparatus (excl. storage heating radiators)Parts of machines and mechanical appliances, n.e.s.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)Textile fabrics impregnated, coated, covered or laminated with plastics other than poly"vinyl chloride" or polyurethane (excl. tyre cord fabric of high-tenacity yarn of nylon or other polyamides, polyesters or viscose rayon; wallcoverings of textile
Common questions about trade in Hedge End
How many businesses import or export from Hedge End?
HMRC customs records show 100 businesses in Hedge End (SO30) filed declarations over the last six months — 1,249 import declarations and 927 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.
What do Hedge End businesses import most?
The most common category is electrical machinery and electronics. Across all Hedge End traders the leading goods are articles of aluminium, n.e.s., articles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire), articles of plastics and articles of other materials of heading 3901 to 3914, n.e.s (excl. goods of 9619), boards, cabinets and similar combinations of apparatus for electric control or the distribution of electricity, for a voltage <= 1.000 v. You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Hedge End growing?
Import activity is down 3.3% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to rise by roughly 4.2%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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