HMRC records show 154 businesses trading internationally from Bishop's Stortford over the last six months. It ranks 11 of 31 trading locations in Hertfordshire. 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 0.2% 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
2,050Import declarations▼ 17.0% on the 6 months before
972Export declarations
−0.2%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
154Trading 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 154 businesses.
★ Most active in Bishop's StortfordFiled more customs declarations than any other Bishop's Stortford business over the last six months — roughly 11% of the town's total import activity, mostly in mineral fuels and oils.
Most active business
TORO U.K. LIMITED
224 import declarations68 export declarationsCM23 *Ch. 27Ch. 38Ch. 39Ch. 40Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include mowers for lawns, parks or sports grounds, powered, with the cutting device rotating in a horizontal plane, gears and gearing for machinery (excl. toothed wheels, chain sprockets and other transmission elements presented separately); ball or roller screws; gear boxes and other speed changers, incl. torque converters, parts of harvesting machinery, threshing machinery, mowers and machines for cleaning, sorting or grading agricultural produce, n.e.s..
▲ Expected to increase by 39.5% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity224 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity68 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
MEDISAFE UK LTD
20 import declarations111 export declarationsCM23 *Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 73Ch. 83Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include operating tables, examination tables, and other medical, dental, surgical or veterinary furniture (excl. dentists' or similar chairs, special tables for x-ray examination, and stretchers and litters, incl. trolley-stretchers), pumps for liquids, power-driven (excl. those of subheading 8413.11 and 8413.19, fuel, lubricating or cooling medium pumps for internal combustion piston engine, concrete pumps, general reciprocating or rotary positive displacement pumps and centrifug, centrifugal pumps, power-driven (excl. those of subheading 8413.11 and 8413.19, fuel, lubricating or cooling medium pumps for internal combustion piston engine and concrete pumps).
▲ Expected to increase by 78.6% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity20 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity111 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
ARMOUR HOME ELECTRONICS LIMITED
49 import declarations47 export declarationsCM23 *Ch. 32Ch. 33Ch. 39Ch. 45Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include cartons, boxes and cases, of corrugated paper or paperboard, mops and leather dusters; prepared knots and tufts for broom or brush making; squeegees of rubber or other flexible materials; brooms and brushes, n.e.s., folding cartons, boxes and cases, of non-corrugated paper or paperboard.
▼ Expected to slow by 10.7% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity49 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity47 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
MARTYN FIDDLER CUSTOMS SERVI CES LIMITED
83 import declarations5 export declarationsCM23 *Ch. 30Ch. 32Ch. 34Ch. 35Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include parts of aeroplanes, helicopters or unmanned aircraft, n.e.s. (excl. those for gliders), under-carriages and parts thereof, for aircraft, 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).
▲ Expected to increase by 121.7% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity83 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity5 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
GU INDULGENT FOODS LIMITED
70 import declarations10 export declarationsCM23 *Ch. 04Ch. 13Ch. 17Ch. 18Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include bread, pastry, cakes, biscuits and other bakers' wares, whether or not containing cocoa; communion wafers, empty cachets of a kind suitable for pharmaceutical use, sealing wafers, rice paper and similar products (excl. crispbread, gingerbread and the, food preparations, n.e.s., egg yolks, fresh, cooked by steaming or boiling in water, moulded, frozen or otherwise preserved, whether or not sweetened (excl. dried).
▲ Expected to increase by 8.6% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity70 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity10 in the last 6 months
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What Bishop's Stortford trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 154 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.
Tricycles, scooters, pedal cars and similar wheeled toys; dolls' carriages; dolls; other toys; reduced-size "scale" recreational models, working or not; puzzles of all kindsBread, pastry, cakes, biscuits and other bakers' wares, whether or not containing cocoa; communion wafers, empty cachets of a kind suitable for pharmaceutical use, sealing wafers, rice paper and similar products (excl. crispbread, gingerbread and theMowers for lawns, parks or sports grounds, powered, with the cutting device rotating in a horizontal planeTravelling-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 contaFood preparations, n.e.s.Essential oils, whether or not terpeneless, incl. concretes and absolutes (excl. those of citrus fruit and mint)Parts of aeroplanes, helicopters or unmanned aircraft, n.e.s. (excl. those for gliders)Ball-point pens
Common questions about trade in Bishop's Stortford
How many businesses import or export from Bishop's Stortford?
HMRC customs records show 154 businesses in Bishop's Stortford (CM23) filed declarations over the last six months — 2,050 import declarations and 972 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.
What do Bishop's Stortford businesses import most?
The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Bishop's Stortford traders the leading goods are tricycles, scooters, pedal cars and similar wheeled toys; dolls' carriages; dolls; other toys; reduced-size "scale" recreational models, working or not; puzzles of all kinds, bread, pastry, cakes, biscuits and other bakers' wares, whether or not containing cocoa; communion wafers, empty cachets of a kind suitable for pharmaceutical use, sealing wafers, rice paper and similar products (excl. crispbread, gingerbread and the, mowers for lawns, parks or sports grounds, powered, with the cutting device rotating in a horizontal plane, 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. You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Bishop's Stortford growing?
Import activity is down 17.0% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 0.2%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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