112 businesses in Cheshunt appear in HMRC customs records for the last six months. It ranks 10 of 31 trading locations in Hertfordshire. Most of that activity sits in machinery and mechanical appliances, plastics and plastic articles, electrical machinery and electronics. Looking ahead, our model expects import activity here to ease back by around 7.8% 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
2,555Import declarations▼ 13.4% on the 6 months before
714Export declarations
−7.8%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
112Trading 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 112 businesses.
★ Most active in CheshuntFiled more customs declarations than any other Cheshunt business over the last six months — roughly 11% of the town's total import activity, mostly in plants and cut flowers.
Most active business
SIFCON INTERNATIONAL PLC
277 import declarations123 export declarationsEN8 *Ch. 06Ch. 25Ch. 32Ch. 33Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include tableware, kitchenware, other household articles and toilet articles, of ceramics other than porcelain or china (excl. baths, bidets, sinks and similar sanitary fixtures, statuettes and other ornamental articles, pots, jars, carboys and similar recep, tableware and kitchenware, of wood (excl. of bamboo or tropical wood, and interior fittings, ornaments, coopers' products, tableware and kitchenware components of wood, brushes, brooms and hand sieves), statuettes and other ornaments, of wood (excl. of tropical wood, and wood marquetry and inlaid wood).
▼ Expected to slow by 21.5% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity277 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity123 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
ROBIN FOOD DISTRIBUTION LTD
179 import declarations4 export declarationsEN8 *Ch. 04Ch. 07Ch. 08Ch. 09Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include sweet biscuits, waffles and wafers, cheese (excl. fresh cheese, incl. whey cheese, curd, processed cheese, blue-veined cheese and other cheese containing veins produced by "penicillium roqueforti", and grated or powdered cheese).
▲ Expected to increase by 13.3% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity179 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity4 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
ITINSTOCK LTD
73 import declarations80 export declarationsEN8 *Ch. 83Ch. 84Ch. 85Ch. 90Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include storage units for automatic data-processing machines, parts and accessories of automatic data-processing machines or for other machines of heading 8471, n.e.s., data-processing machines, automatic, presented in the form of systems "comprising at least a central processing unit, one input unit and one output unit" (excl. portable weighing <= 10 kg and excl. peripheral units).
▲ Expected to increase by 142.9% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity73 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity80 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
ESAB EUROPE GMBH
142 import declarations5 export declarationsEN8 *Ch. 34Ch. 38Ch. 39Ch. 42Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include headbands, linings, covers, hat foundations, hat frames, peaks and chinstraps, for headgear (excl. headbands used by sportsmen as sweatbands, knitted or crocheted), fluxes and other auxiliary preparations for soldering, brazing or welding; preparations of a kind used as cores or coatings for welding electrodes or rods (excl. soldering, brazing or welding powders and pastes consisting of metal and other materials, safety headgear, whether or not lined or trimmed.
▼ Expected to slow by 7.1% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity142 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity5 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
REYNOLDS CATERING SUPPLIES LTD
129 import declarations11 export declarationsEN8 *Ch. 02Ch. 03Ch. 04Ch. 07Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include fresh or chilled vegetables n.e.s., ice cream and other edible ice, whether or not containing cocoa, fresh or chilled onions and shallots.
▼ Expected to slow by 23.7% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity129 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity11 in the last 6 months
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What Cheshunt trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 112 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.
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 theFrozen meat of swine (excl. carcases and half-carcases, and hams, shoulders and cuts thereof, with bone in)Tricycles, scooters, pedal cars and similar wheeled toys; dolls' carriages; dolls; other toys; reduced-size "scale" recreational models, working or not; puzzles of all kindsCheese (excl. fresh cheese, incl. whey cheese, curd, processed cheese, blue-veined cheese and other cheese containing veins produced by "Penicillium roqueforti", and grated or powdered cheese)Sweet biscuitsSausages and similar products, of meat, meat offal, blood or insects; food preparations based on these productsFresh cheese "unripened or uncured cheese", incl. whey cheese, and curdPrepared or preserved meat and offal of swine, incl. mixtures (excl. hams, shoulders and cuts thereof, sausages and similar products, finely homogenised preparations put up for retail sale as infant food or for dietetic purpose, in containers of a ne
Common questions about trade in Cheshunt
How many businesses import or export from Cheshunt?
HMRC customs records show 112 businesses in Cheshunt (EN7, EN8) filed declarations over the last six months — 2,555 import declarations and 714 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.
What do Cheshunt businesses import most?
The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Cheshunt traders the leading goods are 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, frozen meat of swine (excl. carcases and half-carcases, and hams, shoulders and cuts thereof, with bone in), 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, cheese (excl. fresh cheese, incl. whey cheese, curd, processed cheese, blue-veined cheese and other cheese containing veins produced by "penicillium roqueforti", and grated or powdered cheese). You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Cheshunt growing?
Import activity is down 13.4% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 7.8%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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