Over the last six months, 254 Borehamwood businesses filed customs declarations. It ranks 7 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 9.5% 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
3,044Import declarations▼ 14.9% on the 6 months before
1,330Export declarations
−9.5%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
254Trading 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 254 businesses.
★ Most active in BorehamwoodFiled more customs declarations than any other Borehamwood business over the last six months — roughly 4% of the town's total import activity, mostly in plastics and plastic articles.
Most active business
DOREL (UK) LIMITED
118 import declarations40 export declarationsWD6 *Ch. 39Ch. 42Ch. 44Ch. 48Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include 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, baby carriages and parts thereof, n.e.s., seats, n.e.s..
▼ Expected to slow by 2.9% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity118 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity40 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
ENTEL UK LTD
48 import declarations60 export declarationsWD6 *Ch. 32Ch. 39Ch. 42Ch. 48Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include trunks, suitcases, vanity cases, executive-cases, briefcases, school satchels and similar containers, with outer surface of leather, composition leather or patent leather, printed books, brochures and similar printed matter, in single sheets, whether or not folded (excl. periodicals and publications which are essentially devoted to advertising), printed books, brochures and similar printed matter (excl. those in single sheets; dictionaries, encyclopaedias, periodicals and publications which are essentially devoted to advertising).
▼ Expected to slow by 11.1% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity48 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity60 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
CONSERVE ITALIA SOCIETY CO-OP AGRICOLA
95 import declarationsImports onlyWD6 *Ch. 20Ch. 21Ch. 22Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include tomato ketchup and other tomato sauces, non-alcoholic beverages (excl. water, fruit or vegetable juices, milk and beer).
▼ Expected to slow by 13.5% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity95 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity0 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
SUMITOMO ELECTRIC EUROPE LTD
45 import declarations47 export declarationsWD6 *Ch. 35Ch. 39Ch. 56Ch. 62Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include glues, prepared, and other prepared adhesives, n.e.s., hand tools, incl. glaziers' diamonds, of base metal, n.e.s., machines for manufacturing or hot working glass or glassware (excl. machines for making optical fibres and preforms thereof, furnaces and heating apparatus for manufacturing toughened glass, and machines for additive manufacturing).
▲ Expected to increase by 17.2% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity45 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity47 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
ALIUM MEDICAL LIMITED
22 import declarations69 export declarationsWD6 *Ch. 24Ch. 28Ch. 29Ch. 30Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include medicaments consisting of mixed or unmixed products for therapeutic or prophylactic purposes, put up in measured doses "incl. those for transdermal administration" or in forms or packings for retail sale (excl. containing antibiotics, hormones or ste, medicaments containing antibiotics, put up in measured doses "incl. those for transdermal administration" or in forms or packings for retail sale (excl. medicaments containing penicillins or derivatives thereof with a penicillanic structure, or strep, immunological products, put up in measured doses or in forms or packings for retail sale (excl. diagnostic reagents).
▲ Expected to increase by 33.3% 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 activity69 in the last 6 months
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What Borehamwood trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 254 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.
Medicaments consisting of mixed or unmixed products for therapeutic or prophylactic purposes, put up in measured doses "incl. those for transdermal administration" or in forms or packings for retail sale (excl. containing antibiotics, hormones or steTricycles, scooters, pedal cars and similar wheeled toys; dolls' carriages; dolls; other toys; reduced-size "scale" recreational models, working or not; puzzles of all kindsTravelling-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 contaBeauty 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 careFood preparations, 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)Vegetable saps and extracts (excl. liquorice, hops, opium and ephedra)Chemical products and preparations of the chemical or allied industries, incl. those consisting of mixtures of natural products, n.e.s.
Common questions about trade in Borehamwood
How many businesses import or export from Borehamwood?
HMRC customs records show 254 businesses in Borehamwood (WD6) filed declarations over the last six months — 3,044 import declarations and 1,330 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.
What do Borehamwood businesses import most?
The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Borehamwood traders the leading goods are medicaments consisting of mixed or unmixed products for therapeutic or prophylactic purposes, put up in measured doses "incl. those for transdermal administration" or in forms or packings for retail sale (excl. containing antibiotics, hormones or ste, 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, 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, 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. You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Borehamwood growing?
Import activity is down 14.9% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 9.5%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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