Over the last six months, 127 Lymington businesses filed customs declarations. It ranks 23 of 46 trading locations in Hampshire. Most of that activity sits in machinery and mechanical appliances, electrical machinery and electronics, optical, photographic and medical instruments. Looking ahead, our model expects import activity here to ease back by around 7.0% 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
1,033Import declarations▼ 15.5% on the 6 months before
473Export declarations
−7.0%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
127Trading 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 127 businesses.
★ Most active in LymingtonFiled more customs declarations than any other Lymington business over the last six months — roughly 8% of the town's total import activity, mostly in cosmetics, perfumes and essential oils.
Most active business
HARKEN UK LTD
79 import declarations22 export declarationsSO41 *Ch. 33Ch. 34Ch. 38Ch. 39Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include bearing housings for machinery, not incorporating ball or roller bearings; plain shaft bearings for machinery, flywheels and pulleys, incl. pulley blocks, articles and equipment for sport and outdoor games n.e.s; swimming and paddling pools.
▲ Expected to increase by 2.6% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity79 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity22 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
RUGGED ROADS
42 import declarations5 export declarationsSO41 *Ch. 39Ch. 42Ch. 61Ch. 62Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include parts and accessories of motorcycles, incl. mopeds, n.e.s., trunks, suitcases, vanity cases, executive-cases, briefcases, school satchels and similar containers (excl. with outer surface of leather, composition leather, patent leather, plastics or textile materials), men's or boys' overcoats, car-coats, capes, cloaks, anoraks, incl. ski jackets, wind-cheaters, wind-jackets and similar articles, of man-made fibres (excl. knitted or crocheted, suits, ensembles, jackets, blazers and trousers).
▼ Expected to slow by 18.8% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity42 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity5 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
GILL INSTRUMENTS LIMITED
21 import declarations17 export declarationsSO41 *Ch. 38Ch. 76Ch. 84Ch. 85Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include certified reference materials, structures and parts of structures, of aluminium, n.e.s., and plates, rods, profiles, tubes and the like, prepared for use in structures, of aluminium, n.e.s. (excl. prefabricated buildings of heading 9406, doors and windows and their frames and thre.
▲ Expected to increase by 18.8% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity21 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity17 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
BERTHON BOAT COMPANY LIMITED
22 import declarations15 export declarationsSO41 *Ch. 22Ch. 27Ch. 34Ch. 39Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include inflatable "incl. rigid hull inflatable" boats, for pleasure or sports, unladen "net" weight > 100 kg, outboard motorboats, for pleasure or sports, and rowing boats and canoes, of a length > 7,5 m (excl. inflatable), sailboats, with or without auxiliary motor, of a length > 7,5 m but <= 24 m (excl. inflatable).
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity22 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity15 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
C - PRO HOLDINGS LTD
34 import declarations3 export declarationsSO41 *Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 73Ch. 74Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include stranded wire, ropes and cables, of iron or steel (excl. electrically insulated products and twisted fencing wire and barbed wire), hydraulic power engines and motors, linear acting "cylinders", rotary positive displacement pumps for liquids, power-driven (excl. those of subheading 8413.11 and 8413.19 and fuel, lubricating or cooling medium pumps for internal combustion piston engine).
▲ Expected to increase by 157.1% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity34 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity3 in the last 6 months
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What Lymington trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 127 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.
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)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 contaPreparations for use on the hair (excl. shampoos, preparations for permanent waving or straightening and hair lacquers)ShampoosSpark-ignition outboard motors for marine propulsionTrunks, suitcases, vanity cases, executive-cases, briefcases, school satchels and similar containers, with outer surface of plastics or textile materialsArticles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire)Rotary positive displacement pumps for liquids, power-driven (excl. those of subheading 8413.11 and 8413.19 and fuel, lubricating or cooling medium pumps for internal combustion piston engine)
Common questions about trade in Lymington
How many businesses import or export from Lymington?
HMRC customs records show 127 businesses in Lymington (SO41) filed declarations over the last six months — 1,033 import declarations and 473 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.
What do Lymington businesses import most?
The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Lymington traders the leading goods are 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), 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, preparations for use on the hair (excl. shampoos, preparations for permanent waving or straightening and hair lacquers), shampoos. You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Lymington growing?
Import activity is down 15.5% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 7.0%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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