HMRC records show 168 businesses trading internationally from Canterbury over the last six months. It ranks 15 of 48 trading locations in Kent. 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 ease back by around 2.7% 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
1,167Import declarations▼ 15.6% on the 6 months before
421Export declarations
−2.7%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
168Trading 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 168 businesses.
★ Most active in CanterburyFiled more customs declarations than any other Canterbury business over the last six months — roughly 8% of the town's total import activity, mostly in plastics and plastic articles.
Most active business
THE CHANGE ORGANISATION LIMITED
98 import declarations125 export declarationsCT2 *Ch. 39Ch. 42Ch. 49Ch. 68Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include parts and accessories of automatic data-processing machines or for other machines of heading 8471, n.e.s., storage units for automatic data-processing machines, data-processing machines, automatic, portable, weighing <= 10 kg, consisting of at least a central processing unit, a keyboard and a display (excl. peripheral units).
▼ Expected to slow by 6.6% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity98 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity125 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
ROBERT BRETT & SONS LIMITED
40 import declarations2 export declarationsCT4 *Ch. 25Ch. 26Ch. 27Ch. 28Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include pebbles, gravel, broken or crushed stone, for concrete aggregates, for road metalling or for railway or other ballast, shingle and flint, whether or not heat-treated, granules, chippings and powder, whether or not heat-treated, of travertine, ecaussine, alabaster, basalt, granite, sandstone, porphyry, syenite, lava, gneiss, trachyte and other rocks of heading 2515 and 2516 (excl. marble), portland cement (excl. white, whether or not artificially coloured).
▼ Expected to slow by 10.7% 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 activity2 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
KENT FRUIT SERVICES (JAN VOGELAAR) LTD
36 import declarationsImports onlyCT2 *Ch. 06Ch. 14Ch. 32Ch. 38Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include parts of harvesting machinery, threshing machinery, mowers and machines for cleaning, sorting or grading agricultural produce, n.e.s., parts of fire extinguishers, spray guns and similar appliances, steam or sand blasting machines and similar jet projecting machines and machinery and apparatus for projecting, dispersing or spraying liquids or powders, n.e.s., edible fruit or nut trees, shrubs and bushes, whether or not grafted.
▲ Expected to increase by 57.1% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity36 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity0 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
KIMBERLEY EXPERTISE LTD
0 import declarations35 export declarationsCT2 *Ch. 39Ch. 48Ch. 49Ch. 50Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include warp pile fabrics, of man-made fibres (excl. terry towelling and similar woven terry fabrics, tufted textile fabrics and narrow woven fabrics of heading 5806), embroidery of materials other than cotton or man-made fibres, on a textile fabric base, in the piece, in strips or in motifs (excl. embroidery without visible ground), woven fabrics of flax, containing predominantly, but < 85% flax by weight, dyed, made of yarn of different colours, or printed.
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% 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 activity35 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
SIMPSONS WINE ESTATE LTD
14 import declarations15 export declarationsCT2 *Ch. 21Ch. 22Ch. 30Ch. 39Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include 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), sparkling wine of fresh grapes, carboys, bottles, flasks, jars, pots, phials and other containers, of glass, of a kind used for the commercial conveyance or packing of goods, and preserving jars, of glass (excl. ampoules, glass inners for containers, with vacuum insulation, perfume.
▼ Expected to slow by 100.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity14 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity15 in the last 6 months
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Every importer and exporter in CT1 / CT2 / CT4 with monthly activity, 24-month indicators, forecasts, Companies House records, AI research and validated contact reveals.
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What Canterbury trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 168 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.
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)Frozen cuts and edible offal of fowls of the species Gallus domesticusFresh or chilled cuts and edible offal of fowls of the species Gallus domesticusParts and accessories of automatic data-processing machines or for other machines of heading 8471, n.e.s.Articles of jewellery and parts thereof, of precious metal other than silver, whether or not plated or clad with precious metal (excl. articles > 100 years old)Fresh or chilled meat of swine (excl. carcases and half-carcases, and hams, shoulders and cuts thereof, with bone in)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)Frozen cuts and edible offal of turkeys of the species domesticus
Common questions about trade in Canterbury
How many businesses import or export from Canterbury?
HMRC customs records show 168 businesses in Canterbury (CT1, CT2, CT4) filed declarations over the last six months — 1,167 import declarations and 421 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.
What do Canterbury businesses import most?
The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Canterbury traders the leading goods are 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), frozen cuts and edible offal of fowls of the species gallus domesticus, fresh or chilled cuts and edible offal of fowls of the species gallus domesticus, parts and accessories of automatic data-processing machines or for other machines of heading 8471, n.e.s.. You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Canterbury growing?
Import activity is down 15.6% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 2.7%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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