44 businesses in Broadstairs appear in HMRC customs records for the last six months. It ranks 24 of 48 trading locations in Kent. Most of that activity sits in machinery and mechanical appliances, plastics and plastic articles, electrical machinery and electronics. Looking ahead, our model expects import activity here to ease back by around 15.5% 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
516Import declarations▼ 14.9% on the 6 months before
292Export declarations
−15.5%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
44Trading businesses
Top 10 businesses by 6-month activity Free tier
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★ 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 and plastic articles.
Most active business
SILENT GLISS LIMITED
136 import declarations98 export declarationsCT10 *Ch. 39Ch. 41Ch. 42Ch. 44Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include 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, textile fabrics impregnated, coated, covered or laminated with poly"vinyl chloride" (excl. wallcoverings of textile materials impregnated or covered with poly"vinyl chloride"; floor coverings consisting of a textile backing and a top layer or coverin.
▼ Expected to slow by 3.7% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity136 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity98 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
HARRY LEVY AMUSEMENT CONTRACTOR LTD
23 import declarations9 export declarationsCT10 *Ch. 39Ch. 49Ch. 63Ch. 73Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include games with screens, flipper and other games, operated by coins, banknotes, bank cards, tokens or by other means of payment (excl. bowling alley equipment), tables for casino games, automatic bowling alley equipment, and other funfair, table or parlour games, incl. pintables (excl. operated by any means of payment, billiards, video game consoles and machines, and playing cards), parts and accessories of automatic data-processing machines or for other machines of heading 8471, n.e.s..
▼ Expected to slow by 7.7% 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 activity9 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
SEI IDENTIFICATION SOLUTIONS LTD
17 import declarations13 export declarationsCT10 *Ch. 32Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 48Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include typewriter or similar ribbons, inked or otherwise prepared for giving impressions, whether or not on spools or in cartridges, stamping foils of a kind used in the printing of book bindings or hatband leather, machines which only perform one of the functions of printing, copying or facsimile transmission, capable of connecting to an automatic data processing machine or to a network.
▼ Expected to slow by 23.1% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity17 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity13 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
AWNING DEPOT LTD
20 import declarationsImports onlyCT10 *Ch. 39Ch. 44Ch. 48Ch. 55Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include woven fabrics containing >= 85% acrylic or modacrylic staple fibres by weight, dyed, made of yarn of different colours or printed, structures and parts of structures, of aluminium, n.e.s., and plates, rods, profiles, tubes and the like, prepared for use in structures, of aluminium, n.e.s. (excl. prefabricated buildings of heading 9406, doors and windows and their frames and thre, structures and parts of structures, of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. bridges and bridge-sections, towers and lattice masts, doors and windows and their frames, thresholds for doors, props and similar equipment for scaffolding, shuttering, propping or.
▼ Expected to slow by 20.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity20 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity0 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
BLAZE SIGNS HOLDINGS LTD
9 import declarations5 export declarationsCT10 *Ch. 44Ch. 59Ch. 70Ch. 76Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include plates, sheets and strip, of aluminium alloys, of a thickness of > 0,2 mm, square or rectangular (excl. expanded plates, sheets and strip), parts and accessories of printers, copying machines and facsimile machines, n.e.s. (excl. of printing machinery used for printing by means of plates, cylinders and other printing components of heading 8442), transmission or conveyor belts or belting, of textile material, whether or not impregnated, coated, covered or laminated with plastics, or reinforced with metal or other material (excl. those of a thickness of < 3 mm and of indeterminate length or cu.
▼ Expected to slow by 50.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity9 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity5 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)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)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 textileBase metal mountings and fittings suitable for buildings (excl. locks with keys and hinges)Woven fabrics containing >= 85% polyester staple fibres by weight, dyed, made of yarn of different colours, or printedBars, rods and solid profiles, of aluminium alloys, n.e.s.Printing ink, whether or not concentrated or solid (excl. black ink)
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 — 516 import declarations and 292 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), 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), 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. You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Broadstairs growing?
Import activity is down 14.9% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 15.5%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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