Over the last six months, 80 Ware businesses filed customs declarations. It ranks 22 of 31 trading locations in Hertfordshire. Most of that activity sits in electrical machinery and electronics, machinery and mechanical appliances, plastics and plastic articles. Looking ahead, our model expects import activity here to pick up by around 1.6% 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
608Import declarations▼ 13.4% on the 6 months before
318Export declarations
+1.6%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
80Trading 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 80 businesses.
★ Most active in WareFiled more customs declarations than any other Ware business over the last six months — roughly 9% of the town's total import activity, mostly in plastics and plastic articles.
Most active business
SILENT SENTINEL LIMITED
57 import declarations96 export declarationsSG12 *Ch. 39Ch. 56Ch. 73Ch. 74Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include monopods, bipods, tripods and similar articles, units for automatic data-processing machines (excl. processing units, input or output units and storage units), fans (excl. table, floor, wall, window, ceiling or roof fans, with a self-contained electric motor of an output <= 125 w).
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% 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 activity96 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
C U LIGHTING LTD
21 import declarations18 export declarationsSG12 *Ch. 39Ch. 59Ch. 73Ch. 84Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include luminaires and lighting fittings, solely for light-emitting diode "led" light sources, n.e.s., parts of lamps and lighting fittings, illuminated signs and nameplates and the like, n.e.s., drills of all kinds for working in the hand, with self-contained electric motor.
▲ Expected to increase by 14.3% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity21 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity18 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
MODE LIGHTING LIMITED
18 import declarations13 export declarationsSG12 *Ch. 38Ch. 39Ch. 74Ch. 76Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include data-processing machines, automatic, portable, weighing <= 10 kg, consisting of at least a central processing unit, a keyboard and a display (excl. peripheral units), bars, rods and solid profiles, of aluminium alloys, n.e.s., electric luminaires and lighting fittings, n.e.s..
▲ Expected to increase by 78.6% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity18 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity13 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
MTEC WAREHOUSING LIMITED
13 import declarations16 export declarationsSG12 *Ch. 33Ch. 44Ch. 48Ch. 49Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include original sculptures and statuary, in any material (excl. over 100 years old), paintings, e.g. oil paintings, watercolours and pastels, and drawings executed entirely by hand (excl. over 100 years old, and technical drawings and the like of heading 4906, and hand-painted or hand-decorated manufactured articles), original engravings, prints and lithographs (excl. over 100 years old).
▲ Expected to increase by 75.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity13 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity16 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
GN ESPACE GALLEY SOLUTIONS LTD
2 import declarations24 export declarationsSG12 *Ch. 21Ch. 35Ch. 38Ch. 39Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include operating tables, examination tables, and other medical, dental, surgical or veterinary furniture (excl. dentists' or similar chairs, special tables for x-ray examination, and stretchers and litters, incl. trolley-stretchers), mattress supports for bed frames (excl. spring interiors for seats), food preparations, n.e.s..
▼ Expected to slow by 100.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity2 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity24 in the last 6 months
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What Ware trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 80 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.
Essential oils, whether or not terpeneless, incl. concretes and absolutes (excl. those of citrus fruit and mint)Mixtures of odoriferous substances and mixtures, incl. alcoholic solutions, based on one or more of these substances, of a kind used as raw materials in industry (excl. food or drink industries)Original sculptures and statuary, in any material (excl. over 100 years old)Oak "Quercus spp.", sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or not planed, sanded or end-jointed, of a thickness of > 6 mmTricycles, scooters, pedal cars and similar wheeled toys; dolls' carriages; dolls; other toys; reduced-size "scale" recreational models, working or not; puzzles of all kindsParts of machinery for working rubber or plastics or for the manufacture of products from these materials, n.e.s.Tropical wood, sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or not planed, sanded or end-jointed, of a thickness of > 6 mm (excl. virola, mahogany "Swietenia spp.", imbuia, balsa, teak, dark red meranti, light red meranti, meranti bakau, whiConiferous wood sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or not planed, sanded or end-jointed, of a thickness of > 6 mm (excl. pine "Pinus spp.", fir "Abies spp.", spruce "Picea spp.", S-P-F and Hem-fir)
Common questions about trade in Ware
How many businesses import or export from Ware?
HMRC customs records show 80 businesses in Ware (SG12) filed declarations over the last six months — 608 import declarations and 318 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.
What do Ware businesses import most?
The most common category is electrical machinery and electronics. Across all Ware traders the leading goods are essential oils, whether or not terpeneless, incl. concretes and absolutes (excl. those of citrus fruit and mint), mixtures of odoriferous substances and mixtures, incl. alcoholic solutions, based on one or more of these substances, of a kind used as raw materials in industry (excl. food or drink industries), original sculptures and statuary, in any material (excl. over 100 years old), oak "quercus spp.", sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or not planed, sanded or end-jointed, of a thickness of > 6 mm. You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Ware growing?
Import activity is down 13.4% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to rise by roughly 1.6%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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