196 businesses in Welwyn Garden City appear in HMRC customs records for the last six months. That puts it third in Hertfordshire for trade activity. Most of that activity sits in electrical machinery and electronics, machinery and mechanical appliances, optical, photographic and medical instruments. Looking ahead, our model expects import activity here to ease back by around 6.4% 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
5,164Import declarations▼ 14.1% on the 6 months before
2,288Export declarations
−6.4%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
196Trading 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 196 businesses.
★ Most active in Welwyn Garden CityFiled more customs declarations than any other Welwyn Garden City business over the last six months — roughly 32% of the town's total import activity, mostly in plants and cut flowers.
Most active business
TESCO STORES LIMITED
1650 import declarations847 export declarationsAL7 *Ch. 06Ch. 07Ch. 08Ch. 09Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include 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), sparkling wine of fresh grapes, 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 but <= 10 l (excl. sparkling wine).
▼ Expected to slow by 9.5% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity1650 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity847 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
BOOKER LTD
192 import declarationsImports onlyAL7 *Ch. 04Ch. 19Ch. 20Ch. 22Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include 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), sparkling wine of fresh grapes, ethyl alcohol of an alcoholic strength of < 80% vol, not denatured; spirits and other spirituous beverages (excl. compound alcoholic preparations of a kind used for the manufacture of beverages, spirits obtained by distilling grape wine or grape marc.
▼ Expected to slow by 11.2% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity192 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity0 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
AXALTA COATING SYSTEMS UK LIMITED
164 import declarations11 export declarationsAL7 *Ch. 15Ch. 25Ch. 27Ch. 28Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include paints and varnishes based, incl. enamels and lacquers, on synthetic polymers or chemically modified natural polymers, dispersed or dissolved in a non-aqueous medium, and solutions of products of headings 3901 to 3913 in volatile organic solvents, co, paints and varnishes, incl. enamels and lacquers, based on acrylic or vinyl polymers, dispersed or dissolved in a non-aqueous medium; solutions based on acrylic or vinyl polymers in volatile organic solvents, containing > 50% solvent by weight, paints and varnishes, incl. enamels and lacquers, based on polyesters, dispersed or dissolved in a non-aqueous medium; solutions based on polyesters in volatile organic solvents, containing > 50% solvent by weight.
▼ Expected to slow by 15.2% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity164 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity11 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
COMMERCIAL BODY FITTINGS LTD
107 import declarations44 export declarationsAL7 *Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 48Ch. 56Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include articles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire), articles of vulcanised rubber (excl. hard rubber), n.e.s., hinges of all kinds, of base metal.
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity107 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity44 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
AXALTA POWDER COATING SYSTEMS UK LIMITED
115 import declarations15 export declarationsAL7 *Ch. 15Ch. 25Ch. 28Ch. 29Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include synthetic organic pigments; preparations based on synthetic organic pigments of a kind used to dye fabrics or produce colorant preparations (excl. preparations of heading 3207, 3208, 3209, 3210, 3213 and 3215, and subheading 3204.18), artificial waxes and prepared waxes (excl. poly"oxyethylene" [polyethylene glycol] waxes), cartons, boxes and cases, of corrugated paper or paperboard.
▼ Expected to slow by 21.5% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity115 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity15 in the last 6 months
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What Welwyn Garden City trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 196 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.
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)Sparkling wine of fresh grapesTricycles, scooters, pedal cars and similar wheeled toys; dolls' carriages; dolls; other toys; reduced-size "scale" recreational models, working or not; puzzles of all kindsBread, 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 thePaints and varnishes based, incl. enamels and lacquers, on synthetic polymers or chemically modified natural polymers, dispersed or dissolved in a non-aqueous medium, and solutions of products of headings 3901 to 3913 in volatile organic solvents, coFood preparations, n.e.s.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 of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire)
Common questions about trade in Welwyn Garden City
How many businesses import or export from Welwyn Garden City?
HMRC customs records show 196 businesses in Welwyn Garden City (AL7, AL8) filed declarations over the last six months — 5,164 import declarations and 2,288 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.
What do Welwyn Garden City businesses import most?
The most common category is electrical machinery and electronics. Across all Welwyn Garden City traders the leading goods are 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), sparkling wine of fresh grapes, 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, 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. You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Welwyn Garden City growing?
Import activity is down 14.1% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 6.4%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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