HMRC records show 62 businesses trading internationally from Welwyn Hatfield over the last six months. It ranks 17 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 5.8% 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
1,164Import declarations▼ 12.0% on the 6 months before
539Export declarations
−5.8%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
62Trading 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 62 businesses.
★ Most active in Welwyn HatfieldFiled more customs declarations than any other Welwyn Hatfield business over the last six months — roughly 14% of the town's total import activity, mostly in plastics and plastic articles.
Most active business
ASHLEY WILDE GROUP LTD
162 import declarations136 export declarationsAL9 *Ch. 39Ch. 44Ch. 48Ch. 49Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include woven fabrics of cotton, containing >= 85% cotton by weight and weighing > 200 g/m , printed (excl. those in three-thread or four-thread twill, incl. cross twill, and plain woven fabrics), woven fabrics of flax, containing predominantly, but < 85% flax by weight, dyed, made of yarn of different colours, or printed, plain woven fabrics of cotton, containing >= 85% cotton by weight and weighing > 200 g/m , printed.
▼ Expected to slow by 8.5% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity162 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity136 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
MILLENNIUM LADIESWEAR MANUFACTURERSLTD
68 import declarations20 export declarationsAL9 *Ch. 39Ch. 42Ch. 48Ch. 52Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include women's or girls' trousers, bib and brace overalls, breeches and shorts of synthetic fibres (excl. knitted or crocheted, panties and swimwear), women's or girls' blouses, shirts and shirt-blouses of man-made fibres (excl. knitted or crocheted and vests), women's or girls' dresses of synthetic fibres (excl. knitted or crocheted and petticoats).
▲ Expected to increase by 12.5% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity68 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity20 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
WILFRID SMITH LTD
48 import declarations20 export declarationsAL9 *Ch. 12Ch. 17Ch. 25Ch. 28Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include polyphosphates, whether or not chemically defined (excl. sodium triphosphate "sodium tripolyphosphate", and inorganic or organic compounds of mercury whether or not chemically defined), bentonite, aluminium hydroxide.
▼ Expected to slow by 13.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity48 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity20 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
KIKKA MARCO LTD
37 import declarations27 export declarationsAL9 *Ch. 39Ch. 41Ch. 42Ch. 49Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include skins and other parts of birds with their feathers or down, feathers, parts of feathers, down and articles thereof (excl. goods of heading 0505, worked quills and scapes, footwear and headgear, articles of bedding and similar furnishing of heading 94, women's or girls' blouses, shirts and shirt-blouses of man-made fibres, knitted or crocheted (excl. t-shirts and vests), women's or girls' dresses of synthetic fibres (excl. knitted or crocheted and petticoats).
▼ Expected to slow by 27.8% 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 activity27 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
NICHOLAS MEE & CO LTD
0 import declarations64 export declarationsAL9 *Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 42Ch. 49Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include trunks, suitcases, vanity cases, executive-cases, briefcases, school satchels and similar containers, with outer surface of leather, composition leather or patent leather, dyed fabrics, knitted or crocheted, of synthetic fibres, of a width of > 30 cm (excl. warp knit fabrics "incl. those made on galloon knitting machines", those containing by weight >= 5% of elastomeric yarn or rubber thread, and pile fabrics, incl. "l, toughened "tempered" safety glass, of size and shape suitable for incorporation in motor vehicles, aircraft, spacecraft, vessels and other vehicles.
▼ Expected to slow by 100.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity0 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity64 in the last 6 months
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What Welwyn Hatfield trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 62 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)Appliances 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)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 contaWoven fabrics of yarn containing >= 85% by weight of textured polyester filaments, incl. monofilament of >= 67 decitex and a maximum diameter of <= 1 mm, dyedBrakes and servo-brakes and their parts, 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 speciWarp pile fabrics, of man-made fibres (excl. terry towelling and similar woven terry fabrics, tufted textile fabrics and narrow woven fabrics of heading 5806)Articles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire)Threaded screws and bolts, of iron or steel, whether or not with their nuts and washers (excl. coach screws and other wood screws, screw hooks and screw rings, self-tapping screws, lag screws, stoppers, plugs and the like, threaded)
Common questions about trade in Welwyn Hatfield
How many businesses import or export from Welwyn Hatfield?
HMRC customs records show 62 businesses in Welwyn Hatfield (AL9) filed declarations over the last six months — 1,164 import declarations and 539 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.
What do Welwyn Hatfield businesses import most?
The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Welwyn Hatfield 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), appliances 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), 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 conta, woven fabrics of yarn containing >= 85% by weight of textured polyester filaments, incl. monofilament of >= 67 decitex and a maximum diameter of <= 1 mm, dyed. You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Welwyn Hatfield growing?
Import activity is down 12.0% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 5.8%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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