Over the last six months, 201 Ashford businesses filed customs declarations. It ranks 5 of 48 trading locations in Kent. 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 6.5% 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
1,811Import declarations▼ 4.8% on the 6 months before
1,023Export declarations
−6.5%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
201Trading 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 201 businesses.
★ Most active in AshfordFiled more customs declarations than any other Ashford business over the last six months — roughly 26% of the town's total import activity, mostly in meat and edible offal.
Most active business
SYSCO GB LIMITED
472 import declarations424 export declarationsTN25 *Ch. 02Ch. 03Ch. 04Ch. 07Active in 5 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, vegetables, uncooked or cooked by steaming or by boiling in water, frozen (excl. potatoes, leguminous vegetables, spinach, new zealand spinach, orache spinach, and sweetcorn), frozen fruit and nuts, uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water, whether or not sweetened (excl. strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, mulberries, loganberries, black, white or red currants and gooseberries).
▲ Expected to increase by 69.7% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity472 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity424 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
H S JACKSON & SON (FENCING) LTD
46 import declarations12 export declarationsTN25 *Ch. 32Ch. 39Ch. 44Ch. 56Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include pine "pinus spp." sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or not planed, sanded or end-jointed, of a thickness of > 6 mm (excl. of s-p-f spruce&pine&fir), articles of wood, n.e.s., fir "abies spp." and spruce "picea spp." sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or not planed, sanded or end-jointed, of a thickness of > 6 mm (excl. of s-p-f spruce&pine&fir).
▼ Expected to slow by 10.3% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity46 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity12 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
CATCHPOLE & RYE LTD
21 import declarations24 export declarationsTN27 *Ch. 39Ch. 44Ch. 68Ch. 69Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include sanitary ware and parts thereof, of copper (excl. cans, boxes and similar containers of heading 7419, and fittings), articles of copper, n.e.s., ceramic sinks, washbasins, washbasin pedestals, baths, bidets, water closet pans, flushing cisterns, urinals and similar sanitary fixtures (excl. of porcelain or china, soap dishes, sponge holders, tooth-brush holders, towel hooks and toilet paper ho.
▲ Expected to increase by 45.5% 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 activity24 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
ASHFORD INSTRUMENTATION LTD
25 import declarations20 export declarationsTN26 *Ch. 39Ch. 61Ch. 82Ch. 83Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include safety or relief valves, 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), t-shirts, singlets and other vests of cotton, knitted or crocheted.
▼ Expected to slow by 6.2% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity25 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity20 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
PREMIER COATINGS LIMITED
11 import declarations31 export declarationsTN27 *Ch. 27Ch. 32Ch. 39Ch. 48Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include impregnated, coated or covered textile fabrics; painted canvas being theatrical scenery, studio backcloths or the like, n.e.s., articles of asphalt or of similar materials, e.g. petroleum bitumen or coal tar pitch, in rolls, non-refractory surfacing preparations for facades, inside walls, floors, ceilings and the like.
▼ Expected to slow by 37.5% 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 activity31 in the last 6 months
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Every importer and exporter in TN25 / TN26 / TN27 with monthly activity, 24-month indicators, forecasts, Companies House records, AI research and validated contact reveals.
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What Ashford trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 201 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)Vegetables, uncooked or cooked by steaming or by boiling in water, frozen (excl. potatoes, leguminous vegetables, spinach, New Zealand spinach, orache spinach, and sweetcorn)Frozen fruit and nuts, uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water, whether or not sweetened (excl. strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, mulberries, loganberries, black, white or red currants and gooseberries)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)Beauty or make-up preparations and preparations for the care of the skin (other than medicaments), incl. sunscreen or suntan preparations (excl. medicaments, lip and eye make-up preparations, manicure or pedicure preparations and make-up or skin careLip make-up preparationsTricycles, scooters, pedal cars and similar wheeled toys; dolls' carriages; dolls; other toys; reduced-size "scale" recreational models, working or not; puzzles of all kinds
Common questions about trade in Ashford
How many businesses import or export from Ashford?
HMRC customs records show 201 businesses in Ashford (TN25, TN26, TN27) filed declarations over the last six months — 1,811 import declarations and 1,023 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.
What do Ashford businesses import most?
The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Ashford 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), vegetables, uncooked or cooked by steaming or by boiling in water, frozen (excl. potatoes, leguminous vegetables, spinach, new zealand spinach, orache spinach, and sweetcorn), frozen fruit and nuts, uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water, whether or not sweetened (excl. strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, mulberries, loganberries, black, white or red currants and gooseberries). You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Ashford growing?
Import activity is down 4.8% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 6.5%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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