Town trade profile · PO31

Cowes importers & exporters

50 businesses in Cowes appear in HMRC customs records for the last six months. That puts it second in Isle of Wight for trade activity. Most of that activity sits in machinery and mechanical appliances, electrical machinery and electronics, optical, photographic and medical instruments. Looking ahead, our model expects import activity here to pick up by around 14.0% over the next three months.

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240Import declarations▲ 20.0% on the 6 months before

235Export declarations

+14.0%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data

50Trading 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 50 businesses.

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★ Most active in CowesFiled more customs declarations than any other Cowes business over the last six months — roughly 25% of the town's total import activity, mostly in inorganic chemicals.

Most active business

SPINLOCK LTD

61 import declarations 64 export declarations PO31 *Ch. 28Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 42 Active in 6 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include water-skis, surfboards and other water-sport equipment (other than sailboards), carbon dioxide, life jackets and life belts, of all types of textile materials.

▲ Expected to increase by 33.3% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity61 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity64 in the last 6 months

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TROPICAL ENGINEERING LTD

3 import declarations 10 export declarations PO31 *Ch. 39Ch. 68Ch. 73Ch. 75 Active in 6 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include articles of carbon fibres, for non-electrical purposes (excl. fabrics), winches and capstans, non-powered by electric motor, carbon fibres.

▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity3 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity10 in the last 6 months

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UNIQUE SEAFLEX LTD

11 import declarations 37 export declarations PO31 *Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 44Ch. 56 Active in 6 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include rafts, tanks, coffer-dams, landing stages, buoys, beacons and other floating structures (excl. inflatable rafts, vessels of heading 8901 to 8906 and floating structures for breaking up), twine, cordage, ropes and cables, of synthetic fibres, whether or not plaited or braided and whether or not impregnated, coated, covered or sheathed with rubber or plastics (excl. polyethylene and polypropylene), articles of plastics and articles of other materials of heading 3901 to 3914, n.e.s (excl. goods of 9619).

▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity11 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity37 in the last 6 months

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SEASAFE SYSTEMS LTD

23 import declarations 22 export declarations PO31 *Ch. 28Ch. 39Ch. 49Ch. 56 Active in 6 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include life jackets and life belts, of all types of textile materials, machines and mechanical appliances, n.e.s., instruments, appliances and machines for measuring or checking, not elsewhere specified in chapter 90 (excl. optical).

▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity23 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity22 in the last 6 months

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EVS INTERNATIONAL SALES LTD

13 import declarations 17 export declarations PO31 *Ch. 84Ch. 85 Active in 6 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include parts of machinery and apparatus for soldering, brazing, welding or surface tempering, non-electric, n.e.s., machinery and apparatus for welding, not gas-operated (excl. electric machines and apparatus of heading 8515), machines and mechanical appliances, n.e.s..

▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% 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 activity17 in the last 6 months

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What Cowes trades

The most frequently declared goods across all 50 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.

Instruments, appliances and machines for measuring or checking, not elsewhere specified in chapter 90 (excl. optical)Articles of plastics and articles of other materials of heading 3901 to 3914, n.e.s (excl. goods of 9619)Life jackets and life belts, of all types of textile materialsWater-skis, surfboards and other water-sport equipment (other than sailboards)Rafts, tanks, coffer-dams, landing stages, buoys, beacons and other floating structures (excl. inflatable rafts, vessels of heading 8901 to 8906 and floating structures for breaking up)Carbon dioxideMachines and mechanical appliances, n.e.s.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)

Common questions about trade in Cowes

How many businesses import or export from Cowes?

HMRC customs records show 50 businesses in Cowes (PO31) filed declarations over the last six months — 240 import declarations and 235 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.

What do Cowes businesses import most?

The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Cowes traders the leading goods are instruments, appliances and machines for measuring or checking, not elsewhere specified in chapter 90 (excl. optical), articles of plastics and articles of other materials of heading 3901 to 3914, n.e.s (excl. goods of 9619), life jackets and life belts, of all types of textile materials, water-skis, surfboards and other water-sport equipment (other than sailboards). You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.

Is trade from Cowes growing?

Import activity is up 20.0% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to rise by roughly 14.0%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.

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Cowes importers & exporters

Top 10 businesses by 6-month activity Free tier

SPINLOCK LTD

TROPICAL ENGINEERING LTD

UNIQUE SEAFLEX LTD

SEASAFE SYSTEMS LTD

EVS INTERNATIONAL SALES LTD

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What Cowes trades

Common questions about trade in Cowes

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