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Broadstairs importers & exporters

Q: How many businesses import or export from Broadstairs?

HMRC customs records show 44 businesses in Broadstairs (CT10) filed declarations over the last six months — 602 import declarations and 346 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.

Q: What do Broadstairs businesses import most?

The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Broadstairs traders the leading goods are 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, games with screens, flipper and other games, operated by coins, banknotes, bank cards, tokens or by other means of payment (excl. bowling alley equipment), base metal mountings and fittings suitable for buildings (excl. locks with keys and hinges), bars, rods and solid profiles, of aluminium alloys, n.e.s.. You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.

Q: Is trade from Broadstairs growing?

Import activity is down 10.8% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 5.8%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.

Q: How do I get contact details for Broadstairs importers?

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44 businesses in Broadstairs appear in HMRC customs records for the last six months. It ranks 23 of 48 trading locations in Kent. Most of that activity sits in machinery and mechanical appliances, plastics, electrical machinery and electronics. Looking ahead, our model expects import activity here to ease back by around 5.8% over the next three months.

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602Import declarations▼ 10.8% on the 6 months before

346Export declarations

−5.8%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data

44Trading businesses

Top 5 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 44 businesses.

★ Most active in BroadstairsFiled more customs declarations than any other Broadstairs business over the last six months — roughly 26% of the town's total import activity, mostly in plastics.

Most active business

SILENT GLISS LIMITED

159 import declarations 118 export declarations CT10 *Ch. 39Ch. 41Ch. 42Ch. 44 Active in 6 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include base metal mountings and fittings suitable for buildings (excl. locks with keys and hinges), textile fabrics impregnated, coated, covered or laminated with plastics other than poly"vinyl chloride" or polyurethane (excl. tyre cord fabric of high-tenacity yarn of nylon or other polyamides, polyesters or viscose rayon; wallcoverings of textile, woven fabrics containing >= 85% polyester staple fibres by weight, dyed, made of yarn of different colours, or printed.

▲ Expected to increase by 3.8% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity159 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity118 in the last 6 months

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Among the most active

AQUAREAD LTD

32 import declarations 25 export declarations CT10 *Ch. 29Ch. 38Ch. 39Ch. 62 Active in 6 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking pressure of liquids or gases (excl. regulators), instruments and apparatus for physical or chemical analysis, or for measuring or checking viscosity, porosity, expansion, surface tension or the like, or for measuring or checking quantities of heat, sound or light, n.e.s., articles of aluminium, n.e.s..

▲ Expected to increase by 21.4% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity32 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity25 in the last 6 months

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Among the most active

JOHNSONS LEISURE LIMITED

40 import declarations Imports only CT10 *Ch. 39Ch. 63Ch. 68Ch. 73 Active in 6 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include mechano-therapy appliances; massage apparatus; psychological aptitude-testing apparatus, prefabricated buildings of wood, whether or not complete or already assembled, articles for interior furnishing, of synthetic fibres (excl. knitted or crocheted, blankets and travelling rugs, bedlinen, table linen, toilet linen, kitchen linen, curtains, incl. drapes, interior blinds, curtain or bed valances, bedspreads, lampsha.

▲ Expected to increase by 24.1% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity40 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity0 in the last 6 months

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Among the most active

ELGATE PRODUCTS LTD

153 import declarations 60 export declarations CT10 *Ch. 18Ch. 33Ch. 39Ch. 42 Active in 6 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include 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, articles of zinc, n.e.s., drinking glasses (excl. glasses of glass ceramics or of lead crystal and stemware).

▼ Expected to slow by 2.3% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity153 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity60 in the last 6 months

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Among the most active

FUJIFILM SPECIALITY INK SYSTEMS LIMITED

62 import declarations 60 export declarations CT10 *Ch. 25Ch. 27Ch. 28Ch. 29 Active in 6 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include ink, whether or not concentrated or solid (excl. printing ink), printing ink, whether or not concentrated or solid (excl. black ink), 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.

▼ Expected to slow by 30.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity62 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity60 in the last 6 months

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What Broadstairs trades

The most frequently declared goods across all 44 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.

Tricycles, scooters, pedal cars and similar wheeled toys; dolls' carriages; dolls; other toys; reduced-size "scale" recreational models, working or not; puzzles of all kindsGames with screens, flipper and other games, operated by coins, banknotes, bank cards, tokens or by other means of payment (excl. bowling alley equipment)Base metal mountings and fittings suitable for buildings (excl. locks with keys and hinges)Bars, rods and solid profiles, of aluminium alloys, n.e.s.Articles of plastics and articles of other materials of heading 3901 to 3914, n.e.s (excl. goods of 9619)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)Shutters, blinds, incl. Venetian blinds, and similar articles and parts thereof, of plastics (excl. fittings and similar articles)Textile fabrics impregnated, coated, covered or laminated with plastics other than poly"vinyl chloride" or polyurethane (excl. tyre cord fabric of high-tenacity yarn of nylon or other polyamides, polyesters or viscose rayon; wallcoverings of textile

Common questions about trade in Broadstairs

How many businesses import or export from Broadstairs?

HMRC customs records show 44 businesses in Broadstairs (CT10) filed declarations over the last six months — 602 import declarations and 346 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.

What do Broadstairs businesses import most?

The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Broadstairs traders the leading goods are 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, games with screens, flipper and other games, operated by coins, banknotes, bank cards, tokens or by other means of payment (excl. bowling alley equipment), base metal mountings and fittings suitable for buildings (excl. locks with keys and hinges), bars, rods and solid profiles, of aluminium alloys, n.e.s.. You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.

Is trade from Broadstairs growing?

Import activity is down 10.8% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 5.8%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.

How do I get contact details for Broadstairs importers?

Create an account to see all 44 businesses, open their Companies House records, run AI research on their website and buying signals, and reveal validated email and LinkedIn contacts.

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Broadstairs importers & exporters

Top 5 businesses by 6-month activity Free tier

SILENT GLISS LIMITED

AQUAREAD LTD

JOHNSONS LEISURE LIMITED

ELGATE PRODUCTS LTD

FUJIFILM SPECIALITY INK SYSTEMS LIMITED

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What Broadstairs trades

Common questions about trade in Broadstairs

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