39 businesses in Lee-On-The-Solent appear in HMRC customs records for the last six months. It ranks 26 of 46 trading locations in Hampshire. Most of that activity sits in machinery and mechanical appliances, electrical machinery and electronics, iron and steel articles. Looking ahead, our model expects import activity here to ease back by around 14.9% 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
560Import declarations▼ 23.3% on the 6 months before
300Export declarations
−14.9%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
39Trading 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 39 businesses.
★ Most active in Lee-On-The-SolentFiled more customs declarations than any other Lee-On-The-Solent business over the last six months — roughly 50% of the town's total import activity, mostly in vegetable plaiting materials.
Most active business
ESTEE LAUDER COSMETICS LTD
278 import declarations166 export declarationsPO14 *Ch. 14Ch. 21Ch. 25Ch. 29Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include 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, perfumes and toilet waters (excl. aftershave lotions, personal deodorants and hair lotions), narrow woven fabrics of man-made fibres, with a width of <= 30 cm, n.e.s..
▼ Expected to slow by 9.2% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity278 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity166 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
THE MEMBRANE KEYBOARD COMPANY LIMITED
11 import declarations16 export declarationsPO14 *Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 84Ch. 85Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include articles of vulcanised rubber (excl. hard rubber), n.e.s., input or output units for automatic data-processing machines, whether or not containing storage units in the same housing, gaskets and similar joints of metal sheeting combined with other material or of two or more layers of metal.
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity11 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity16 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
INDUSTRIAL RUBBER PLC
12 import declarations11 export declarationsPO14 *Ch. 25Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 70Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include articles of vulcanised rubber (excl. hard rubber), n.e.s., signalling glassware and optical elements of glass, not optically worked (excl. clock or watch glasses, glasses for non-corrective or corrective spectacles, incl. hollow glass spheres and their segments, for the manufacture of such glasses, microsphe, articles of non-malleable cast iron, n.e.s..
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity12 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity11 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
BOURNMEAD GROUP LIMITED
18 import declarations4 export declarationsPO14 *Ch. 82Ch. 85Ch. 90Ch. 94Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include pliers, incl. cutting pliers, pincers and tweezers for non-medical use and similar hand tools, of base metal, tools for tapping or threading, interchangeable.
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity18 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity4 in the last 6 months
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LIGHTFOOT DEFENCE LIMITED
4 import declarations14 export declarationsPO14 *Ch. 28Ch. 73Ch. 83Ch. 84Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include tanks, casks, drums, cans, boxes and similar containers, of iron or steel, for any material, of a capacity of < 50 l, n.e.s. (excl. containers for compressed or liquefied gas, or containers fitted with mechanical or thermal equipment, and cans which, 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), containers of iron or steel, for compressed or liquefied gas (excl. containers specifically constructed or equipped for one or more types of transport).
▲ Expected to increase by 75.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity4 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity14 in the last 6 months
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What Lee-On-The-Solent trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 39 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.
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 contaPerfumes and toilet waters (excl. aftershave lotions, personal deodorants and hair lotions)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 careOrganic surface-active products and preparations for washing the skin, in the form of liquid or cream and put up for retail sale, whether or not containing soapCandles, tapers and the likeNarrow woven fabrics of man-made fibres, with a width of <= 30 cm, n.e.s.Preparations for perfuming or deodorising rooms, incl. odoriferous preparations used during religious rites (excl. agarbatti and other odoriferous preparations which operate by burning)Eye make-up preparations
Common questions about trade in Lee-On-The-Solent
How many businesses import or export from Lee-On-The-Solent?
HMRC customs records show 39 businesses in Lee-On-The-Solent (PO14) filed declarations over the last six months — 560 import declarations and 300 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.
What do Lee-On-The-Solent businesses import most?
The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Lee-On-The-Solent traders the leading goods are 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, perfumes and toilet waters (excl. aftershave lotions, personal deodorants and hair lotions), 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, organic surface-active products and preparations for washing the skin, in the form of liquid or cream and put up for retail sale, whether or not containing soap. You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Lee-On-The-Solent growing?
Import activity is down 23.3% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 14.9%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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