HMRC records show 151 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 and plastic articles. Looking ahead, our model expects import activity here to ease back by around 11.4% 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
1,700Import declarations▼ 11.9% on the 6 months before
602Export declarations
−11.4%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
151Trading 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 151 businesses.
★ Most active in HertfordFiled more customs declarations than any other Hertford business over the last six months — roughly 9% of the town's total import activity, mostly in dairy, eggs and honey.
Most active business
MARTIN MATHEW & CO. LIMITED
161 import declarations7 export declarationsSG14 *Ch. 04Ch. 07Ch. 15Ch. 16Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include prepared or preserved tunas, skipjack and atlantic bonito, whole or in pieces (excl. minced), natural honey, food preparations, n.e.s..
▼ Expected to slow by 6.5% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity161 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity7 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
HUCO ENGINEERING INDUSTRIES LTD
69 import declarations34 export declarationsSG13 *Ch. 20Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 44Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include clutches and shaft couplings, incl. universal joints, for machinery, toothed wheels, chain sprockets and other transmission elements presented separately; parts of transmission shafts, ball screws, couplings and other articles of heading 8483, n.e.s., articles of vulcanised rubber (excl. hard rubber), n.e.s..
▲ Expected to increase by 10.3% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity69 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity34 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
UMICORE UK LTD
84 import declarations16 export declarationsSG13 *Ch. 28Ch. 38Ch. 39Ch. 63Active in 5 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 slow by 2.2% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity84 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity16 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
ROLLINS TOOLS GROUP LIMITED
58 import declarations36 export declarationsSG13 *Ch. 35Ch. 39Ch. 44Ch. 72Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include hand tools, incl. glaziers' diamonds, of base metal, n.e.s., spades and shovels, with working parts of base metal, mattocks, picks, hoes and rakes, with working parts of base metal (excl. ice axes).
▼ Expected to slow by 100.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity58 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity36 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
DALEBA ELECTRONICS LIMITED
45 import declarations25 export declarationsSG13 *Ch. 32Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 68Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include articles of graphite or carbon, for non-electrical purposes (excl. carbon fibres and articles of carbon fibres), articles of vulcanised rubber (excl. hard rubber), n.e.s., refined copper foil, backed, of a thickness "excl. any backing" of <= 0,15 mm (excl. stamping foils of heading 3212, metal yarns and metallised yarns and foil made up as christmas tree decorating material).
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% 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 activity25 in the last 6 months
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What Hertford trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 151 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.
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)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 theTrunks, suitcases, vanity cases, executive-cases, briefcases, school satchels and similar containers, with outer surface of plastics or textile materialsChandeliers and other electric ceiling or wall lighting fittings (excl. for lighting public open spaces or thoroughfares and those solely for light-emitting diode "LED" light sources)Footwear with outer soles of rubber, plastics or composition leather, with uppers of leather (excl. covering the ankle, incorporating a protective metal toecap, sports footwear, orthopaedic footwear and toy footwear)Parts of machinery of heading 8428, n.e.s.Hand tools, incl. glaziers' diamonds, of base metal, n.e.s.
Common questions about trade in Hertford
How many businesses import or export from Hertford?
HMRC customs records show 151 businesses in Hertford (SG13, SG14) filed declarations over the last six months — 1,700 import declarations and 602 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 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), 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 the, trunks, suitcases, vanity cases, executive-cases, briefcases, school satchels and similar containers, with outer surface of plastics or textile materials. You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Hertford growing?
Import activity is down 11.9% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 11.4%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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