51 businesses in East Hertfordshire appear in HMRC customs records for the last six months. It ranks 25 of 31 trading locations in Hertfordshire. Most of that activity sits in machinery and mechanical appliances, plastics, electrical machinery and electronics. Looking ahead, our model expects import activity here to ease back by around 5.5% 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
513Import declarations▼ 1.2% on the 6 months before
186Export declarations
−5.5%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
51Trading 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 51 businesses.
★ Most active in East HertfordshireFiled more customs declarations than any other East Hertfordshire business over the last six months — roughly 18% of the town's total import activity, mostly in food preparations.
Most active business
LUXURIOUS PERSONAL CARE LTD
94 import declarations47 export declarationsSG11 *Ch. 21Ch. 27Ch. 28Ch. 33Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include 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, shampoos, organic surface-active products and preparations for washing the skin, in the form of liquid or cream and put up for retail sale, whether or not containing soap.
▼ Expected to slow by 4.3% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity94 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity47 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
GIBBS-SANDTECH LIMITED
17 import declarations36 export declarationsSG11 *Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 48Ch. 59Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include brushes constituting parts of machines, appliances or vehicles, articles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire), metal furniture (excl. for offices, seats and medical, surgical, dental or veterinary furniture).
▼ Expected to slow by 25.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity17 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity36 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
GOLDTOP INTERNATIONAL LTD
19 import declarations6 export declarationsSG10 *Ch. 39Ch. 42Ch. 43Ch. 48Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include articles of apparel, of leather or composition leather (excl. clothing accessories, footware and headgear and parts thereof, and goods of chapter 95, e.g. shin guards, fencing masks), 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, gloves, mittens and mitts, of leather or composition leather (excl. special sports gloves).
▲ Expected to increase by 75.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity19 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity6 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
GTEK FOODS LTD
108 import declarations5 export declarationsSG11 *Ch. 02Ch. 03Ch. 05Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include frozen meat of swine (excl. carcases and half-carcases, and hams, shoulders and cuts thereof, with bone in), fresh or chilled meat of swine (excl. carcases and half-carcases, and hams, shoulders and cuts thereof, with bone in), frozen cuts and edible offal of turkeys of the species domesticus.
▼ Expected to slow by 10.4% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity108 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity5 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
TILGEAR
63 import declarations29 export declarationsSG11 *Ch. 35Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 42Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include vices, clamps and the like (excl. accessories for and parts of machine tools or water-jet cutting machines), plywood consisting solely of sheets of wood <= 6 mm thick, with at least one outer ply of non-coniferous wood of the species alder, ash, beech, birch, cherry, chestnut, elm, eucalyptus, hickory, horse chestnut, lime, maple, oak, plane tree, poplar, a, handsaws, with working parts of base metal (excl. power-operated saws).
▲ Expected to increase by 2.2% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity63 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity29 in the last 6 months
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What East Hertfordshire trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 51 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.
Frozen meat of swine (excl. carcases and half-carcases, and hams, shoulders and cuts thereof, with bone in)Fresh or chilled meat of swine (excl. carcases and half-carcases, and hams, shoulders and cuts thereof, with bone in)Articles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire)Coated rods and cored wire, of base metal, for soldering, brazing or welding by flame (excl. wire and rods cored with solder which, excl. the flux material, contains >= 2% by weight of precious metal)Parts and accessories, for tractors, motor vehicles for the transport of ten or more persons, motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of persons, motor vehicles for the transport of goods and special purpose motor vFrozen cuts and edible offal of turkeys of the species domesticusBeauty 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 careSanitary towels (pads) and tampons, napkins and napkin liners, and similar articles, of any material
Common questions about trade in East Hertfordshire
How many businesses import or export from East Hertfordshire?
HMRC customs records show 51 businesses in East Hertfordshire (SG10, SG11) filed declarations over the last six months — 513 import declarations and 186 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.
What do East Hertfordshire businesses import most?
The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all East Hertfordshire traders the leading goods are frozen meat of swine (excl. carcases and half-carcases, and hams, shoulders and cuts thereof, with bone in), fresh or chilled meat of swine (excl. carcases and half-carcases, and hams, shoulders and cuts thereof, with bone in), articles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire), coated rods and cored wire, of base metal, for soldering, brazing or welding by flame (excl. wire and rods cored with solder which, excl. the flux material, contains >= 2% by weight of precious metal). You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from East Hertfordshire growing?
Import activity is down 1.2% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 5.5%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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