331 businesses in St Albans appear in HMRC customs records for the last six months. It ranks 6 of 31 trading locations in Hertfordshire. Most of that activity sits in machinery and mechanical appliances, electrical machinery and electronics, optical and medical instruments. Looking ahead, our model expects import activity here to pick up by around 2.6% 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
3,805Import declarations▼ 3.6% on the 6 months before
1,612Export declarations
+2.6%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
331Trading 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 331 businesses.
★ Most active in St AlbansFiled more customs declarations than any other St Albans business over the last six months — roughly 8% of the town's total import activity, mostly in meat.
Most active business
PREMIER FOODS(HOLDINGS) LTD
315 import declarations139 export declarationsAL1 *Ch. 02Ch. 04Ch. 07Ch. 08Active 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, malt extract; food preparations of flour, groats, meal, starch or malt extract, not containing cocoa or containing < 40% by weight of cocoa calculated on a totally defatted basis, n.e.s. and food preparations of milk, cream, butter milk, sour milk, s, 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 increase by 3.4% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity315 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity139 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
SICK (UK) LIMITED
210 import declarations24 export declarationsAL1 *Ch. 28Ch. 38Ch. 39Ch. 42Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include optical instruments, appliances and machines for measuring or checking, not elsewhere specified or included in chapter 90, instruments, appliances and machines for measuring or checking, not elsewhere specified in chapter 90 (excl. optical), switches for a voltage <= 1.000 v (excl. relays and automatic circuit breakers).
▼ Expected to slow by 22.7% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity210 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity24 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
PREMIER FOODS GROUP LIMITED
57 import declarations146 export declarationsAL1 *Ch. 04Ch. 07Ch. 08Ch. 09Active 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, malt extract; food preparations of flour, groats, meal, starch or malt extract, not containing cocoa or containing < 40% by weight of cocoa calculated on a totally defatted basis, n.e.s. and food preparations of milk, cream, butter milk, sour milk, s, 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 increase by 100.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity57 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity146 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
ITAL (INTERNATIONAL TRADING ALLIANCE) LTD
79 import declarations222 export declarationsAL1 *Ch. 25Ch. 27Ch. 28Ch. 32Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking pressure of liquids or gases (excl. regulators), instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking the flow or level of liquids (excl. meters and regulators), gaskets, washers and other seals, of vulcanised rubber (excl. hard rubber and those of cellular rubber).
▼ Expected to slow by 14.6% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity79 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity222 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
SKECHERS USA LTD
228 import declarations26 export declarationsAL1 *Ch. 34Ch. 39Ch. 42Ch. 44Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include footwear with outer soles and uppers of rubber or plastics (excl. covering the ankle or with upper straps or thongs assembled to the sole by means of plugs, waterproof footwear of heading 6401, sports footwear, orthopaedic footwear and toy footwear), 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), footwear with outer soles of rubber, plastics or composition leather, with uppers of leather, covering the ankle (excl. incorporating a protective metal toecap, sports footwear, orthopaedic footwear and toy footwear).
▲ Expected to increase by 2.8% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity228 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity26 in the last 6 months
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What St Albans trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 331 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 theWine of fresh grapes, incl. fortified wines, and grape must whose fermentation has been arrested by the addition of alcohol, in containers of <= 2 l (excl. sparkling wine)Food preparations, n.e.s.Articles of plastics and articles of other materials of heading 3901 to 3914, n.e.s (excl. goods of 9619)Sweet biscuitsInstruments, appliances and machines for measuring or checking, not elsewhere specified in chapter 90 (excl. optical)Malt extract; food preparations of flour, groats, meal, starch or malt extract, not containing cocoa or containing < 40% by weight of cocoa calculated on a totally defatted basis, n.e.s. and food preparations of milk, cream, butter milk, sour milk, sChocolate and other preparations containing cocoa, in containers or immediate packings of <= 2 kg (excl. in blocks, slabs or bars and cocoa powder)
Common questions about trade in St Albans
How many businesses import or export from St Albans?
HMRC customs records show 331 businesses in St Albans (AL1, AL3, AL4) filed declarations over the last six months — 3,805 import declarations and 1,612 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.
What do St Albans businesses import most?
The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all St Albans 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, wine of fresh grapes, incl. fortified wines, and grape must whose fermentation has been arrested by the addition of alcohol, in containers of <= 2 l (excl. sparkling wine), food preparations, n.e.s., articles of plastics and articles of other materials of heading 3901 to 3914, n.e.s (excl. goods of 9619). You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from St Albans growing?
Import activity is down 3.6% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to rise by roughly 2.6%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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