HMRC records show 155 businesses trading internationally from Hereford over the last six months. That puts it second in Herefordshire for trade activity. Most of that activity sits in machinery and mechanical appliances, electrical machinery and electronics, optical and medical instruments. Looking ahead, our model expects import activity here to pick up by around 10.4% over the next three months.
Refreshed every 24 hours · last run 22 Aug 2026, 20:36HMRC release in view: Jun 26Snapshot: 2026-08-22.1
1,566Import declarations▲ 10.7% on the 6 months before
512Export declarations
+10.4%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
155Trading businesses
Top 5 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 155 businesses.
★ Most active in HerefordFiled more customs declarations than any other Hereford business over the last six months — roughly 4% of the town's total import activity, mostly in beverages and spirits.
Most active business
SAFEGUARD MEDICAL TECHNOLOGI ES LIMITED
69 import declarations133 export declarationsHR4 *Ch. 22Ch. 30Ch. 33Ch. 35Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include wadding, gauze, bandages and the like, e.g. dressings, adhesive plasters, poultices, impregnated or covered with pharmaceutical substances or put up for retail sale for medical, surgical, dental or veterinary purposes (excl. adhesive dressings and ot, instruments and appliances used in medical, surgical or veterinary sciences, n.e.s., ozone therapy, oxygen therapy, aerosol therapy, artificial respiration or other therapeutic respiration apparatus, incl. parts and accessories.
▲ Expected to increase by 47.4% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity69 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity133 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
SPECIAL METALS WIGGIN LIMITED
82 import declarations40 export declarationsHR4 *Ch. 38Ch. 40Ch. 48Ch. 59Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include bars, rods, profiles and wire, of nickel alloys, n.e.s. (excl. electrically insulated products), tubes and pipes of nickel alloys, bars and rods of alloy steel other than stainless, not further worked than forged (excl. products of high-speed steel or silico-manganese steel, semi-finished products, flat-rolled products and hot-rolled bars and rods in irregularly wound coils).
▲ Expected to increase by 66.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity82 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity40 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
M AND M DIRECT LIMITED
104 import declarationsImports onlyHR4 *Ch. 42Ch. 61Ch. 62Ch. 64Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include men's or boys' trousers, bib and brace overalls, breeches and shorts, of cotton (excl. knitted or crocheted, underpants and swimwear), 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), women's or girls' 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 increase by 83.3% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity104 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity0 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
LEVEL PEAKS ASSOCIATES LTD
170 import declarations16 export declarationsHR4 *Ch. 16Ch. 17Ch. 18Ch. 19Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include safety headgear, whether or not lined or trimmed, 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, 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 increase by 9.5% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity170 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity16 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
S & A GROUP HOLDINGS
112 import declarations11 export declarationsHR1 *Ch. 06Ch. 07Ch. 08Ch. 14Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include fresh cranberries, bilberries and other fruits of the genus vaccinium, fresh raspberries, blackberries, mulberries and loganberries, fresh strawberries.
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity112 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity11 in the last 6 months
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What Hereford trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 155 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.
Wadding, gauze, bandages and the like, e.g. dressings, adhesive plasters, poultices, impregnated or covered with pharmaceutical substances or put up for retail sale for medical, surgical, dental or veterinary purposes (excl. adhesive dressings and otLive 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)Articles of plastics and articles of other materials of heading 3901 to 3914, n.e.s (excl. goods of 9619)Instruments and appliances used in medical, surgical or veterinary sciences, n.e.s.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)Orthopaedic or fracture appliancesMade-up articles of textile materials, incl. dress patterns, n.e.s.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
Common questions about trade in Hereford
How many businesses import or export from Hereford?
HMRC customs records show 155 businesses in Hereford (HR1, HR4) filed declarations over the last six months — 1,566 import declarations and 512 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.
What do Hereford businesses import most?
The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Hereford traders the leading goods are wadding, gauze, bandages and the like, e.g. dressings, adhesive plasters, poultices, impregnated or covered with pharmaceutical substances or put up for retail sale for medical, surgical, dental or veterinary purposes (excl. adhesive dressings and ot, 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), articles of plastics and articles of other materials of heading 3901 to 3914, n.e.s (excl. goods of 9619), instruments and appliances used in medical, surgical or veterinary sciences, n.e.s.. You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Hereford growing?
Import activity is up 10.7% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to rise by roughly 10.4%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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