93 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 pick up by around 1.6% over the next three months.
Refreshed every 24 hours · last run 25/08/2026 at 11:41HMRC release in view: Jun 26Snapshot: 2026-08-25.1
906Import declarations▼ 10.5% on the 6 months before
571Export declarations
+1.6%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
93Trading 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 93 businesses.
★ Most active in FolkestoneFiled more customs declarations than any other Folkestone business over the last six months — roughly 20% of the town's total import activity, mostly in other animal products.
Most active business
CHURCH & DWIGHT UK LIMITED
178 import declarations85 export declarationsCT19 *Ch. 05Ch. 13Ch. 21Ch. 25Active in 6 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, articles of plastics and articles of other materials of heading 3901 to 3914, n.e.s (excl. goods of 9619).
▼ Expected to slow by 5.6% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity178 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity85 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
RECALLSHOW LTD
10 import declarations27 export declarationsCT19 *Ch. 39Ch. 61Ch. 70Ch. 73Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include parts and accessories, for tractors, motor vehicles for the transport of ten or more persons, motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of persons, motor vehicles for the transport of goods and special purpose motor v, 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), gaskets and similar joints of metal sheeting combined with other material or of two or more layers of metal.
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% 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 activity27 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
WEST DESIGN PRODUCTS LTD
135 import declarations74 export declarationsCT19 *Ch. 25Ch. 32Ch. 33Ch. 34Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include pencils and crayons, with leads encased in a sheath, sets of artist's, student's or signboard painter's colours, modifying tints, amusement colours and the like, in tablets, tubes, jars, bottles, pans or similar packages, blotting pads and similar articles of stationery, of paper and paperboard, and book covers of paper or paperboard (excl. registers, account books, notebooks, order books, receipt books, letter pads, memorandum pads, diaries, exercise books, binders,.
▼ Expected to slow by 9.2% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity135 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity74 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
BIGJIGS TOYS LTD
87 import declarations78 export declarationsCT19 *Ch. 25Ch. 34Ch. 39Ch. 42Active 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, 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), balls (excl. inflatable, tennis balls, golf balls, and table-tennis balls).
▲ Expected to increase by 4.6% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity87 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity78 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
I J WALSH LIMITED
28 import declarations53 export declarationsCT20 *Ch. 39Ch. 73Ch. 83Ch. 84Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include switches for a voltage <= 1.000 v (excl. relays and automatic circuit breakers), electrical apparatus for switching electrical circuits, or for making connections to or in electrical circuits, for a voltage <= 1.000 v (excl. fuses, automatic circuit breakers and other apparatus for protecting electrical circuits, relays and other, fuses for a voltage <= 1.000 v.
▼ Expected to slow by 5.9% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity28 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity53 in the last 6 months
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What Folkestone trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 93 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 kindsArticles of plastics and articles of other materials of heading 3901 to 3914, n.e.s (excl. goods of 9619)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 sheathRegisters, account books, notebooks, order books, receipt books, letter pads, memorandum pads, diaries and similar articles, of paper or paperboardMedicaments 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 steBalls (excl. inflatable, tennis balls, golf balls, and table-tennis balls)
Common questions about trade in Folkestone
How many businesses import or export from Folkestone?
HMRC customs records show 93 businesses in Folkestone (CT19, CT20) filed declarations over the last six months — 906 import declarations and 571 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, articles of plastics and articles of other materials of heading 3901 to 3914, n.e.s (excl. goods of 9619), 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). You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Folkestone growing?
Import activity is down 10.5% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to rise by roughly 1.6%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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