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Folkestone importers & exporters

Q: How many businesses import or export from Folkestone?

HMRC customs records show 87 businesses in Folkestone (CT19, CT20) filed declarations over the last six months — 794 import declarations and 467 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.

Q: What do Folkestone businesses import most?

The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Folkestone 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, chocolate and other preparations containing cocoa, in containers or immediate packings of <= 2 kg (excl. in blocks, slabs or bars and cocoa powder), 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), pencils and crayons, with leads encased in a sheath. You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.

Q: Is trade from Folkestone growing?

Import activity is down 16.3% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 8.7%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.

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

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87 businesses in Folkestone appear in HMRC customs records for the last six months. It ranks 16 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 8.7% over the next three months.

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794Import declarations▼ 16.3% on the 6 months before

467Export declarations

−8.7%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data

87Trading 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 87 businesses.

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★ Most active in FolkestoneFiled more customs declarations than any other Folkestone business over the last six months — roughly 18% of the town's total import activity, mostly in other animal products.

Most active business

CHURCH & DWIGHT UK LIMITED

141 import declarations 72 export declarations CT19 *Ch. 05Ch. 13Ch. 21Ch. 25 Active in 5 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include medicaments consisting of mixed or unmixed products for therapeutic or prophylactic purposes, put up in measured doses "incl. those for transdermal administration" or in forms or packings for retail sale (excl. containing antibiotics, hormones or ste, adhesive dressings and other articles having an adhesive layer, impregnated or covered with pharmaceutical substances or put up for retail sale for medical, surgical, dental or veterinary purposes, preparations for use on the hair (excl. shampoos, preparations for permanent waving or straightening and hair lacquers).

▼ Expected to slow by 12.4% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity141 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity72 in the last 6 months

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Among the most active

N I C INSTRUMENTS LTD

18 import declarations 18 export declarations CT19 *Ch. 38Ch. 39Ch. 42Ch. 62 Active in 5 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include articles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire), articles of aluminium, n.e.s., hand tools, incl. glaziers' diamonds, of base metal, n.e.s..

▼ Expected to slow by 15.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity18 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity18 in the last 6 months

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Among the most active

RECALLSHOW LTD

10 import declarations 24 export declarations CT19 *Ch. 39Ch. 61Ch. 70Ch. 73 Active in 5 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include gaskets and similar joints of metal sheeting combined with other material or of two or more layers of metal, interchangeable tools for turning, parts suitable for use solely or principally with compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine "diesel or semi-diesel engine", n.e.s..

▲ Expected to increase by 25.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

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

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity24 in the last 6 months

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Among the most active

FTK GAMING NETWORK LTD

22 import declarations 11 export declarations CT19 *Ch. 33Ch. 39Ch. 42Ch. 48 Active in 5 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include playing cards, 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), 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.

▼ Expected to slow by 22.2% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

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

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

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Among the most active

KENT PERFORMANCE CAMS LTD

17 import declarations 14 export declarations CT20 *Ch. 68Ch. 73Ch. 84Ch. 85 Active in 5 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include threaded screws and bolts, of iron or steel, whether or not with their nuts and washers (excl. coach screws and other wood screws, screw hooks and screw rings, self-tapping screws, lag screws, stoppers, plugs and the like, threaded), transmission shafts, incl. cam shafts and crank shafts, and cranks, helical springs, of iron or steel (excl. flat spiral springs, clock and watch springs, springs for sticks and handles of umbrellas or parasols, and shock absorbers of section 17).

▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% 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 activity14 in the last 6 months

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What Folkestone trades

The most frequently declared goods across all 87 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 kindsChocolate and other preparations containing cocoa, in containers or immediate packings of <= 2 kg (excl. in blocks, slabs or bars and cocoa powder)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)Pencils and crayons, with leads encased in a sheathBalls (excl. inflatable, tennis balls, golf balls, and table-tennis balls)Medicaments consisting of mixed or unmixed products for therapeutic or prophylactic purposes, put up in measured doses "incl. those for transdermal administration" or in forms or packings for retail sale (excl. containing antibiotics, hormones or stePlaying cardsFood preparations, n.e.s.

Common questions about trade in Folkestone

How many businesses import or export from Folkestone?

HMRC customs records show 87 businesses in Folkestone (CT19, CT20) filed declarations over the last six months — 794 import declarations and 467 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.

What do Folkestone businesses import most?

The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Folkestone 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, chocolate and other preparations containing cocoa, in containers or immediate packings of <= 2 kg (excl. in blocks, slabs or bars and cocoa powder), 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), pencils and crayons, with leads encased in a sheath. You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.

Is trade from Folkestone growing?

Import activity is down 16.3% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 8.7%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.

How do I get contact details for Folkestone importers?

Create an account to see all 87 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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Folkestone importers & exporters

Top 10 businesses by 6-month activity Free tier

CHURCH & DWIGHT UK LIMITED

N I C INSTRUMENTS LTD

RECALLSHOW LTD

FTK GAMING NETWORK LTD

KENT PERFORMANCE CAMS LTD

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What Folkestone trades

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