37 businesses in Hythe appear in HMRC customs records for the last six months. It ranks 40 of 48 trading locations in Kent. Most of that activity sits in electrical machinery and electronics, machinery and mechanical appliances, plastics and plastic articles. Looking ahead, our model expects import activity here to ease back by around 20.3% 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
207Import declarations▼ 3.3% on the 6 months before
137Export declarations
−20.3%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
37Trading 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 37 businesses.
★ Most active in HytheFiled more customs declarations than any other Hythe business over the last six months — roughly 16% of the town's total import activity, mostly in plastics and plastic articles.
Most active business
SICO EUROPE LTD
34 import declarations38 export declarationsCT21 *Ch. 39Ch. 44Ch. 48Ch. 49Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include metal furniture (excl. for offices, seats and medical, surgical, dental or veterinary furniture), parts of furniture, not of wood, n.e.s. (excl. of seats or medical, surgical, dental or veterinary furniture), vehicles pushed or drawn by hand and other vehicles not mechanically propelled (excl. trailers and semi-trailers).
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity34 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity38 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
GOPAK LTD
7 import declarations6 export declarationsCT21 *Ch. 34Ch. 44Ch. 84Ch. 87Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include metal furniture (excl. for offices, seats and medical, surgical, dental or veterinary furniture), fibreboard of wood or other ligneous materials, whether or not agglomerated with resins or other organic bonding agents, of a density of > 0,8 g/cm (excl. medium density fibreboard "mdf"; particle board, whether or not bonded with one or more sheets, machine tools for working any material by removal of material, operated by electro-chemical, electron beam or ionic-beam processes (excl. soldering and welding machines, material testing machines and machines for the manufacture of semiconductor devi.
▲ Expected to increase by 100.0% 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 activity6 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
STREETSPACE LIMITED
24 import declarations8 export declarationsCT21 *Ch. 39Ch. 49Ch. 66Ch. 73Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include locks of base metal (excl. padlocks and locks for motor vehicles or furniture), parts of padlocks, locks, clasps and frames with clasps, incorporating locks, of base metal, n.e.s., articles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire).
▲ 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 activity8 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
PLANT MARKET UK LIMITED
28 import declarationsImports onlyCT21 *Ch. 06Ch. 25Ch. 39Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include 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), rhododendrons and azaleas, grafted or not, edible fruit or nut trees, shrubs and bushes, whether or not grafted.
▼ Expected to slow by 8.3% 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 activity0 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
P D SIGNS & INSTALLATIONS LTD
7 import declarations19 export declarationsCT21 *Ch. 32Ch. 39Ch. 44Ch. 48Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include sign-plates, nameplates, address-plates and similar plates, numbers, letters and other symbols, of base metal, incl. traffic signs (excl. those of heading 9405, type and the like, and signal boards, signal discs and signal arms for traffic of heading, illuminated signs, illuminated nameplates and the like, with a permanently fixed light-emitting diode "led" light source, wallpaper and similar wallcoverings of paper, and window transparencies of paper (excl. wallcoverings of paper, consisting of paper coated or covered, on the face side, with a grained, embossed, coloured or design-printed or otherwise decorated layer.
▲ 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 activity19 in the last 6 months
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What Hythe trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 37 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.
Metal furniture (excl. for offices, seats and medical, surgical, dental or veterinary furniture)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)Parts of furniture, not of wood, n.e.s. (excl. of seats or medical, surgical, dental or veterinary furniture)Golf equipment (excl. balls and complete clubs)Pure-bred breeding horsesArticles of plastics and articles of other materials of heading 3901 to 3914, n.e.s (excl. goods of 9619)Live horses (excl. pure-bred for breeding)Sign-plates, nameplates, address-plates and similar plates, numbers, letters and other symbols, of base metal, incl. traffic signs (excl. those of heading 9405, type and the like, and signal boards, signal discs and signal arms for traffic of heading
Common questions about trade in Hythe
How many businesses import or export from Hythe?
HMRC customs records show 37 businesses in Hythe (CT21) filed declarations over the last six months — 207 import declarations and 137 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.
What do Hythe businesses import most?
The most common category is electrical machinery and electronics. Across all Hythe traders the leading goods are metal furniture (excl. for offices, seats and medical, surgical, dental or veterinary furniture), 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), parts of furniture, not of wood, n.e.s. (excl. of seats or medical, surgical, dental or veterinary furniture), golf equipment (excl. balls and complete clubs). You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Hythe growing?
Import activity is down 3.3% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 20.3%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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