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Margate importers & exporters

HMRC records show 106 businesses trading internationally from Margate over the last six months. It ranks 22 of 48 trading locations in Kent. Most of that activity sits in machinery and mechanical appliances, electrical machinery and electronics, optical and medical instruments. Looking ahead, our model expects import activity here to pick up by around 7.7% over the next three months.

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

758Import declarations▼ 9.8% on the 6 months before

430Export declarations

+7.7%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data

106Trading 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 106 businesses.

★ Most active in MargateFiled more customs declarations than any other Margate business over the last six months — roughly 11% of the town's total import activity, mostly in inorganic chemicals.

Most active business

OCEAN SIGNAL LTD

85 import declarations 115 export declarations CT9 *Ch. 28Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 42 Active in 6 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include luminaires and lighting fittings, solely for light-emitting diode "led" light sources, n.e.s., articles of plastics and articles of other materials of heading 3901 to 3914, n.e.s (excl. goods of 9619), photovoltaic luminaires and lighting fittings, solely for light-emitting diode "led" light sources, n.e.s..

▼ Expected to slow by 8.8% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity85 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity115 in the last 6 months

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Among the most active

TV ONE LIMITED

37 import declarations 31 export declarations CT9 *Ch. 39Ch. 42Ch. 48Ch. 74 Active in 6 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include machines for the reception, conversion and transmission or regeneration of voice, images or other data, incl. switching and routing apparatus (excl. telephone sets, telephones for cellular networks or for other wireless networks), parts and accessories of automatic data-processing machines or for other machines of heading 8471, n.e.s., units for automatic data-processing machines (excl. processing units, input or output units and storage units).

▲ Expected to increase by 13.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity37 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity31 in the last 6 months

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Among the most active

CHALKUK LTD

53 import declarations 2 export declarations CT9 *Ch. 40Ch. 42Ch. 44Ch. 61 Active in 6 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include jerseys, pullovers, cardigans, waistcoats and similar articles, of man-made fibres, knitted or crocheted (excl. wadded waistcoats), women's or girls' blouses, shirts and shirt-blouses of cotton (excl. knitted or crocheted and vests), t-shirts, singlets and other vests of textile materials, knitted or crocheted (excl. cotton).

▲ Expected to increase by 22.9% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity53 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity2 in the last 6 months

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Among the most active

HORNBY HOBBIES LIMITED

32 import declarations 62 export declarations CT9 *Ch. 32Ch. 35Ch. 38Ch. 39 Active 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), paints and varnishes based, incl. enamels and lacquers, on synthetic polymers or chemically modified natural polymers, dispersed or dissolved in a non-aqueous medium, and solutions of products of headings 3901 to 3913 in volatile organic solvents, co.

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

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity32 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity62 in the last 6 months

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Among the most active

HILGER CRYSTALS LIMITED

45 import declarations 29 export declarations CT9 *Ch. 28Ch. 38Ch. 39Ch. 68 Active in 6 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include salts of inorganic acids or peroxoacids (excl. of oxometallic or peroxometallic acids, double or complex silicates [incl. aluminosilicates whether or not chemically defined], azides, and inorganic or organic compounds of mercury), apparatus based on the use of x-rays (other than for medical, surgical, dental or veterinary uses), lenses, prisms, mirrors and other optical elements, of any material, unmounted (excl. such elements of glass not optically worked, contact lenses and spectacle lenses).

▲ Expected to increase by 23.5% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity45 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity29 in the last 6 months

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Every importer and exporter in CT7 / CT8 / CT9 with monthly activity, 24-month indicators, forecasts, Companies House records, AI research and validated contact reveals.

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What Margate trades

The most frequently declared goods across all 106 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)Lenses, prisms, mirrors and other optical elements, of any material, unmounted (excl. such elements of glass not optically worked, contact lenses and spectacle lenses)Parts of agricultural, horticultural or forestry machinery for soil preparation or cultivation or of lawn or sports-ground rollers, n.e.s.Tomatoes, fresh or chilledPreparations of a kind used in animal feeding (excl. dog or cat food put up for retail sale)Optical fibres, optical fibre bundles and cables (excl. made up of individually sheathed fibres of heading 8544)Luminaires and lighting fittings, solely for light-emitting diode "LED" light sources, n.e.s.

Common questions about trade in Margate

How many businesses import or export from Margate?

HMRC customs records show 106 businesses in Margate (CT7, CT8, CT9) filed declarations over the last six months — 758 import declarations and 430 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.

What do Margate businesses import most?

The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Margate 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), lenses, prisms, mirrors and other optical elements, of any material, unmounted (excl. such elements of glass not optically worked, contact lenses and spectacle lenses), parts of agricultural, horticultural or forestry machinery for soil preparation or cultivation or of lawn or sports-ground rollers, n.e.s.. You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.

Is trade from Margate growing?

Import activity is down 9.8% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to rise by roughly 7.7%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.

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Margate importers & exporters

Top 5 businesses by 6-month activity Free tier

OCEAN SIGNAL LTD

TV ONE LIMITED

CHALKUK LTD

HORNBY HOBBIES LIMITED

HILGER CRYSTALS LIMITED

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What Margate trades

Common questions about trade in Margate

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