Over the last six months, 128 Potters Bar businesses filed customs declarations. It ranks 18 of 31 trading locations in Hertfordshire. Most of that activity sits in machinery and mechanical appliances, electrical machinery and electronics, furniture, bedding, lighting and signs. Looking ahead, our model expects import activity here to ease back by around 8.8% 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
1,132Import declarations▼ 18.1% on the 6 months before
522Export declarations
−8.8%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
128Trading 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 128 businesses.
★ Most active in Potters BarFiled more customs declarations than any other Potters Bar business over the last six months — roughly 4% of the town's total import activity, mostly in mineral fuels and oils.
Most active business
MINI SPARES CENTRE LIMITED
43 import declarations105 export declarationsEN6 *Ch. 27Ch. 34Ch. 40Ch. 48Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include 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 v, parts and accessories of bodies 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 purpos, clutches and shaft couplings, incl. universal joints, for machinery.
▲ Expected to increase by 12.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity43 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity105 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
ALBIZ PACKAGING LTD
37 import declarations21 export declarationsEN6 *Ch. 09Ch. 20Ch. 21Ch. 25Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include tablecloths and serviettes of paper pulp, paper, cellulose wadding or webs of cellulose fibres, cartons, boxes and cases, of corrugated paper or paperboard, preparations for sauces and prepared sauces; mixed condiments and seasonings (excl. soya sauce, tomato ketchup and other tomato sauces, mustard, and mustard flour and meal).
▼ Expected to slow by 21.1% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity37 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity21 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
CICADA EDUCATIONAL EQUIPMENT LTD
44 import declarations10 export declarationsEN6 *Ch. 39Ch. 44Ch. 57Ch. 68Active 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, articles and equipment for sport and outdoor games n.e.s; swimming and paddling pools, metal furniture (excl. for offices, seats and medical, surgical, dental or veterinary furniture).
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity44 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity10 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
LITTLE AMBER FISH LTD
14 import declarations39 export declarationsEN6 *Ch. 21Ch. 39Ch. 48Ch. 49Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include paper or paperboard labels of all kinds, non-printed, cartons, boxes and cases, of corrugated paper or paperboard, paper, paperboard, cellulose wadding and webs of cellulose fibres, in strips or rolls of a width <= 36 cm, in rectangular or square sheets, of which no side > 36 cm in the unfolded state, or cut to shape other than rectangular or square, and articles.
▼ Expected to slow by 33.3% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity14 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity39 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
ALBION 4C LTD
42 import declarations7 export declarationsEN6 *Ch. 34Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 59Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include heat-exchange units (excl. those used with boilers), parts of central heating boilers, n.e.s., auxiliary plant for use with boilers of heading 8402 or 8403, e.g. economizers, superheaters, soot removers and gas recoverers;.
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity42 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity7 in the last 6 months
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What Potters Bar trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 128 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.
Tricycles, scooters, pedal cars and similar wheeled toys; dolls' carriages; dolls; other toys; reduced-size "scale" recreational models, working or not; puzzles of all kindsFlat-rolled products of stainless steel, of a width of < 600 mm, not further worked than cold-rolled "cold-reduced"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 theLive 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)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 contaArticles and equipment for general physical exercise, gymnastics or athleticsAppliances for pipes, boiler shells, tanks, vats or the like (excl. pressure-reducing valves, valves for the control of pneumatic power transmission, check "non-return" valves and safety or relief valves)Plates, sheets, strip and foil, of nickel alloys (excl. expanded plates, sheets or strip)
Common questions about trade in Potters Bar
How many businesses import or export from Potters Bar?
HMRC customs records show 128 businesses in Potters Bar (EN6) filed declarations over the last six months — 1,132 import declarations and 522 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.
What do Potters Bar businesses import most?
The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Potters Bar traders the leading goods are 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, flat-rolled products of stainless steel, of a width of < 600 mm, not further worked than cold-rolled "cold-reduced", 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, 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). You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Potters Bar growing?
Import activity is down 18.1% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 8.8%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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