43 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 and plastic articles. Looking ahead, our model expects import activity here to ease back by around 15.6% 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
340Import declarations▼ 15.4% on the 6 months before
156Export declarations
−15.6%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
43Trading 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 43 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 and plastic articles.
Most active business
ICOM (UK) LIMITED
51 import declarations12 export declarationsCT6 *Ch. 39Ch. 63Ch. 73Ch. 83Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include made-up articles of textile materials, incl. dress patterns, n.e.s., articles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire), base metal mountings, fittings and similar articles (excl. locks with keys, clasps and frames with clasps incorporating locks, hinges, castors and mountings and fittings suitable for buildings, motor vehicles or furniture).
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity51 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity12 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
JACOBI JAYNE & CO
18 import declarations11 export declarationsCT6 *Ch. 12Ch. 20Ch. 23Ch. 39Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include articles of cement, concrete or artificial stone, whether or not reinforced (excl. prefabricated structural components for building or civil engineering, tiles, paving, bricks and the like), panels, boards, tiles, blocks and similar articles of vegetable fibre, of straw or of shavings, chips, particles, sawdust or other waste of wood, agglomerated with cement, plaster or other mineral binders (excl. articles of asbestos-cement, cellulose, articles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire).
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% 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 activity11 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
EMS RADIO FIRE & SECURITY SYSTEMS LTD
7 import declarations21 export declarationsCT6 *Ch. 84Ch. 85Ch. 90Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include 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 increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity7 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity21 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
WHITELEGG MACHINES LTD
18 import declarations8 export declarationsCT6 *Ch. 39Ch. 68Ch. 72Ch. 82Active in 5 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, interchangeable tools for milling, hand tools, incl. glaziers' diamonds, of base metal, n.e.s..
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% 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 activity8 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
UTS SALES & REPAIRS LTD
17 import declarations9 export declarationsCT6 *Ch. 40Ch. 70Ch. 73Ch. 76Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include 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, articles of aluminium, n.e.s., glass fibres and articles thereof, n.e.s..
▲ Expected to increase by 150.0% 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 activity9 in the last 6 months
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What Herne Bay trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 43 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 kindsIce skates and roller skates, incl. skating boots with skates or rollers attachedTools for drilling, interchangeable (excl. rock-drilling or earth-boring tools and tools for tapping)Articles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire)Articles of cement, concrete or artificial stone, whether or not reinforced (excl. prefabricated structural components for building or civil engineering, tiles, paving, bricks and the like)Bread, pastry, cakes, biscuits and other bakers' wares, whether or not containing cocoa; communion wafers, empty cachets of a kind suitable for pharmaceutical use, sealing wafers, rice paper and similar products (excl. crispbread, gingerbread and theFans (excl. table, floor, wall, window, ceiling or roof fans, with a self-contained electric motor of an output <= 125 W)Playing cards
Common questions about trade in Herne Bay
How many businesses import or export from Herne Bay?
HMRC customs records show 43 businesses in Herne Bay (CT6) filed declarations over the last six months — 340 import declarations and 156 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, ice skates and roller skates, incl. skating boots with skates or rollers attached, tools for drilling, interchangeable (excl. rock-drilling or earth-boring tools and tools for tapping), articles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire). You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Herne Bay growing?
Import activity is down 15.4% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 15.6%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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