Town trade profile · CT6

Herne Bay importers & exporters

42 businesses in Herne Bay appear in HMRC customs records for the last six months. It ranks 31 of 48 trading locations in Kent. Most of that activity sits in machinery and mechanical appliances, electrical machinery and electronics, plastics. Looking ahead, our model expects import activity here to ease back by around 6.6% over the next three months.

Refreshed every 24 hours · last run 22 Aug 2026, 20:36HMRC release in view: Jun 26Snapshot: 2026-08-22.1

393Import declarations▼ 9.0% on the 6 months before

167Export declarations

−6.6%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data

42Trading 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 42 businesses.

★ Most active in Herne BayFiled more customs declarations than any other Herne Bay business over the last six months — roughly 15% of the town's total import activity, mostly in plastics.

Most active business

ICOM (UK) LIMITED

59 import declarations 15 export declarations CT6 *Ch. 39Ch. 63Ch. 73Ch. 83 Active in 6 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include static converters, apparatus for the transmission or reception of voice, images or other data, incl. apparatus for communication in a wired or wireless network [such as a local or wide area network] (excl. telephone sets, telephones for cellular networks or for other w, lithium-ion accumulators (excl. spent).

▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity59 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity15 in the last 6 months

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Among the most active

WHITELEGG MACHINES LTD

24 import declarations 11 export declarations CT6 *Ch. 39Ch. 68Ch. 72Ch. 82 Active in 6 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include machinery for treating metal, incl. electric wire coil-winders, n.e.s. (excl. industrial robots, furnaces, dryers, spray guns and the like, high-pressure cleaning equipment and other jet cleaners, rolling millls or machines, machine tools and rope or, multimeters with recording device, parts and accessories for instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking electrical quantities or for detecting ionising radiations, n.e.s..

▲ Expected to increase by 14.3% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

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

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

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Among the most active

EMS RADIO FIRE & SECURITY SYSTEMS LTD

8 import declarations 25 export declarations CT6 *Ch. 73Ch. 84Ch. 85Ch. 90 Active in 6 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include parts suitable for use solely or principally with flat panel display modules, transmission and reception apparatus for radio-broadcasting or television, television cameras,digital cameras, video camera recorders, radar apparatus, radio navigational a, parts of electric sound or visual signalling apparatus, n.e.s., lithium cells and batteries (excl. spent).

▲ Expected to increase by 71.4% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity8 in the last 6 months

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

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Among the most active

JAYTEE BIOSCIENCES LTD

30 import declarations 9 export declarations CT6 *Ch. 29Ch. 39Ch. 69Ch. 73 Active in 6 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include microtomes; parts and accessories of instruments and apparatus for physical or chemical analysis, instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking viscosity, porosity, expansion, surface tension or the like, instruments and apparatus for measuring, chromatographs and electrophoresis instruments, producer gas or water gas generators, with or without their purifiers; acetylene gas generators and similar water process gas generators, with or without their purifiers (excl. coke ovens, electrolytic process gas generators and carbide lamps).

▼ Expected to slow by 26.7% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity30 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity9 in the last 6 months

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Among the most active

PREMIER DIAMOND PRODUCTS LTD

38 import declarations 1 export declarations CT6 *Ch. 48Ch. 68Ch. 82Ch. 84 Active in 6 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include tools for drilling, interchangeable (excl. rock-drilling or earth-boring tools and tools for tapping), interchangeable tools for hand tools, whether or not power-operated, or for machine tools, n.e.s., rock-drilling or earth-boring tools, interchangeable, and parts therefor, with working parts of materials other than sintered metal carbide or cermets.

▲ Expected to increase by 4.5% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity38 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity1 in the last 6 months

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What Herne Bay trades

The most frequently declared goods across all 42 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 kindsAerials and aerial reflectors of all kinds; parts suitable for use therewith, n.e.s.Articles of plastics and articles of other materials of heading 3901 to 3914, n.e.s (excl. goods of 9619)Ice skates and roller skates, incl. skating boots with skates or rollers attachedArticles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire)Tools for drilling, interchangeable (excl. rock-drilling or earth-boring tools and tools for tapping)Static convertersMicrotomes; parts and accessories of instruments and apparatus for physical or chemical analysis, instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking viscosity, porosity, expansion, surface tension or the like, instruments and apparatus for measuring

Common questions about trade in Herne Bay

How many businesses import or export from Herne Bay?

HMRC customs records show 42 businesses in Herne Bay (CT6) filed declarations over the last six months — 393 import declarations and 167 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.

What do Herne Bay businesses import most?

The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Herne Bay 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, aerials and aerial reflectors of all kinds; parts suitable for use therewith, n.e.s., articles of plastics and articles of other materials of heading 3901 to 3914, n.e.s (excl. goods of 9619), ice skates and roller skates, incl. skating boots with skates or rollers attached. You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.

Is trade from Herne Bay growing?

Import activity is down 9.0% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 6.6%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.

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Herne Bay importers & exporters

Top 5 businesses by 6-month activity Free tier

ICOM (UK) LIMITED

WHITELEGG MACHINES LTD

EMS RADIO FIRE & SECURITY SYSTEMS LTD

JAYTEE BIOSCIENCES LTD

PREMIER DIAMOND PRODUCTS LTD

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What Herne Bay trades

Common questions about trade in Herne Bay

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