HMRC records show 162 businesses trading internationally from Hertford over the last six months. It ranks 14 of 31 trading locations in Hertfordshire. Most of that activity sits in machinery and mechanical appliances, electrical machinery and electronics, plastics. Looking ahead, our model expects import activity here to ease back by around 4.4% 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
1,997Import declarations▲ 1.8% on the 6 months before
694Export declarations
−4.4%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
162Trading 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 162 businesses.
★ Most active in HertfordFiled more customs declarations than any other Hertford business over the last six months — roughly 11% of the town's total import activity, mostly in meat.
Most active business
FOOD EXTRAORDINAIRE LTD
215 import declarationsImports onlySG13 *Ch. 02Ch. 03Ch. 04Ch. 05Active in 6 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, mineral waters and aerated waters, not containing added sugar, other sweetening matter or flavoured, vegetables and mixtures of vegetables, prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar, non-frozen (excl. preserved by sugar, homogenised vegetables of subheading 2005.10, and tomatoes, mushrooms, truffles, potatoes, peas "pisum sativum", beans "vign.
▼ Expected to slow by 10.3% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity215 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity0 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
AMMERAAL BELTECH LTD
100 import declarations35 export declarationsSG13 *Ch. 19Ch. 35Ch. 39Ch. 40Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include articles of plastics and articles of other materials of heading 3901 to 3914, n.e.s (excl. goods of 9619), transmission belts or belting, of vulcanised rubber (excl. endless transmission belts of trapezoidal cross-section "v-belts", v-ribbed, of an outside circumference > 60 cm but <= 240 cm and endless synchronous belts of an outside circumference > 60 c, transmission or conveyor belts or belting, of textile material, whether or not impregnated, coated, covered or laminated with plastics, or reinforced with metal or other material (excl. those of a thickness of < 3 mm and of indeterminate length or cu.
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity100 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity35 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
UMICORE UK LTD
96 import declarations22 export declarationsSG13 *Ch. 28Ch. 38Ch. 39Ch. 63Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include gold, incl. gold plated with platinum, in semi-manufactured forms, for non-monetary purposes, platinum, in semi-manufactured forms, palladium in semi-manufactured forms.
▲ Expected to increase by 6.2% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity96 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity22 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
MARTIN MATHEW & CO. LIMITED
186 import declarations9 export declarationsSG14 *Ch. 03Ch. 04Ch. 07Ch. 15Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include tomatoes, prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid (excl. whole or in pieces), jams, jellies, marmalades, pur es or pastes of fruit, obtained by cooking, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter (excl. citrus fruit and homogenised preparations of subheading 2007.10), tomatoes, whole or in pieces, prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid.
▼ Expected to slow by 3.5% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity186 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity9 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
SPACELABS HEALTHCARE LTD
102 import declarations70 export declarationsSG13 *Ch. 09Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 42Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include instruments and appliances used in medical, surgical or veterinary sciences, n.e.s., electro-diagnostic apparatus, incl. apparatus for functional exploratory examination or for checking physiological parameters (excl. electro-cardiographs, ultrasonic scanning apparatus, magnetic resonance imaging apparatus and scintigraphic apparatus, electro-cardiographs.
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity102 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity70 in the last 6 months
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What Hertford trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 162 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.
Instruments and appliances used in medical, surgical or veterinary sciences, n.e.s.Articles of plastics and articles of other materials of heading 3901 to 3914, n.e.s (excl. goods of 9619)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)Static convertersTomatoes, prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid (excl. whole or in pieces)Food preparations, n.e.s.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 theVegetables and mixtures of vegetables, prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar, non-frozen (excl. preserved by sugar, homogenised vegetables of subheading 2005.10, and tomatoes, mushrooms, truffles, potatoes, peas "Pisum sativum", beans "Vign
Common questions about trade in Hertford
How many businesses import or export from Hertford?
HMRC customs records show 162 businesses in Hertford (SG13, SG14) filed declarations over the last six months — 1,997 import declarations and 694 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.
What do Hertford businesses import most?
The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Hertford traders the leading goods are instruments and appliances used in medical, surgical or veterinary sciences, n.e.s., articles of plastics and articles of other materials of heading 3901 to 3914, n.e.s (excl. goods of 9619), 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), static converters. You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Hertford growing?
Import activity is up 1.8% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 4.4%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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