Town trade profile · ME12

Minster (Swale) importers & exporters

Q: How many businesses import or export from Minster (Swale)?

HMRC customs records show 38 businesses in Minster (Swale) (ME12) filed declarations over the last six months — 292 import declarations and 138 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.

Q: What do Minster (Swale) businesses import most?

The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Minster (Swale) traders the leading goods are 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, paints and varnishes, incl. enamels and lacquers, based on acrylic or vinyl polymers, dispersed or dissolved in a non-aqueous medium; solutions based on acrylic or vinyl polymers in volatile organic solvents, containing > 50% solvent by weight, parts of refrigerating or freezing equipment and heat pumps, n.e.s., glaziers' putty, grafting putty, resin cements, caulking compounds and other mastics; painters' fillings. You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.

HMRC records show 38 businesses trading internationally from Minster (Swale) over the last six months. It ranks 33 of 48 trading locations in Kent. Most of that activity sits in machinery and mechanical appliances, plastics and plastic articles, electrical machinery and electronics. Looking ahead, our model expects import activity here to ease back by around 13.2% over the next three months.

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292Import declarations▼ 13.4% on the 6 months before

138Export declarations

−13.2%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data

38Trading 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 38 businesses.

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★ Most active in Minster (Swale)Filed more customs declarations than any other Minster (Swale) business over the last six months — roughly 36% of the town's total import activity, mostly in mineral fuels and oils.

Most active business

ALPHA COATINGS LTD

104 import declarations 63 export declarations ME12 *Ch. 27Ch. 28Ch. 29Ch. 32 Active in 5 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include 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, paints and varnishes, incl. enamels and lacquers, based on acrylic or vinyl polymers, dispersed or dissolved in a non-aqueous medium; solutions based on acrylic or vinyl polymers in volatile organic solvents, containing > 50% solvent by weight, glaziers' putty, grafting putty, resin cements, caulking compounds and other mastics; painters' fillings.

▲ Expected to increase by 5.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity104 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity63 in the last 6 months

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Among the most active

PACKTASTIC LTD

13 import declarations Imports only ME12 *Ch. 39Ch. 48 Active in 4 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include folding cartons, boxes and cases, of non-corrugated paper or paperboard, sacks and bags, incl. cones, of paper, paperboard, cellulose wadding or webs of cellulose fibres (excl. those having a base of a width of >= 40 cm, and record sleeves), trays, dishes, plates, cups and the like, of paper or paperboard (excl. of bamboo paper or bamboo paperboard).

▼ Expected to slow by 20.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity13 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity0 in the last 6 months

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Among the most active

NGSOL LIMITED

4 import declarations 6 export declarations ME12 *Ch. 39Ch. 61Ch. 63Ch. 65 Active in 3 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include parts of pulley tackles and hoists (other than skip hoists), winches, capstans and jacks, n.e.s., t-shirts, singlets and other vests of textile materials, knitted or crocheted (excl. cotton), men's or boys' trousers, bib and brace overalls, breeches and shorts of cotton, knitted or crocheted (excl. swimwear and underpants).

▲ Expected to increase by 142.9% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity4 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity6 in the last 6 months

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Among the most active

SHEPPEY ENERGY LTD

9 import declarations Imports only ME12 *Ch. 34Ch. 38Ch. 73Ch. 84 Active in 1 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include presses for the manufacture of particle board or fibre building board of wood or other ligneous materials and other machinery for treating wood or cork (excl. dryers, spray guns and the like and machine tools), machinery and apparatus for filtering or purifying gases (excl. isotope separators and intake air filters for internal combustion engines, and catalytic converters and particulate filters for purifying or filtering exhaust gases from internal combust, parts of machinery of heading 8428, n.e.s..

▲ Expected to increase by 100.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

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

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity0 in the last 6 months

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Among the most active

KODE PERFORMANCE LIMITED

8 import declarations Imports only ME12 *Ch. 07Ch. 42Ch. 56Ch. 83 Active in 1 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, handbags, whether or not with shoulder straps, incl. those without handles, with outer surface of plastic sheeting or textile materials, steering wheels, steering columns and steering boxes, and parts thereof, 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.

▲ Expected to increase by 42.9% 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 activity0 in the last 6 months

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What Minster (Swale) trades

The most frequently declared goods across all 38 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.

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, coPaints and varnishes, incl. enamels and lacquers, based on acrylic or vinyl polymers, dispersed or dissolved in a non-aqueous medium; solutions based on acrylic or vinyl polymers in volatile organic solvents, containing > 50% solvent by weightParts of refrigerating or freezing equipment and heat pumps, n.e.s.Glaziers' putty, grafting putty, resin cements, caulking compounds and other mastics; painters' fillingsPigments, incl. metallic powders and flakes, dispersed in non-aqueous media, in liquid or paste form, of a kind used in the manufacture of paints; colorants and other colouring matter, n.e.s. put up for retail saleArticles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire)Products suitable for use as glues or adhesives put up for retail sale as glues or adhesives, with a net weight of <= 1 kgNarrow woven fabrics of man-made fibres, with a width of <= 30 cm, n.e.s.

Common questions about trade in Minster (Swale)

How many businesses import or export from Minster (Swale)?

HMRC customs records show 38 businesses in Minster (Swale) (ME12) filed declarations over the last six months — 292 import declarations and 138 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.

What do Minster (Swale) businesses import most?

The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Minster (Swale) traders the leading goods are 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, paints and varnishes, incl. enamels and lacquers, based on acrylic or vinyl polymers, dispersed or dissolved in a non-aqueous medium; solutions based on acrylic or vinyl polymers in volatile organic solvents, containing > 50% solvent by weight, parts of refrigerating or freezing equipment and heat pumps, n.e.s., glaziers' putty, grafting putty, resin cements, caulking compounds and other mastics; painters' fillings. You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.

Is trade from Minster (Swale) growing?

Import activity is down 13.4% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 13.2%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.

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Minster (Swale) importers & exporters

Top 10 businesses by 6-month activity Free tier

ALPHA COATINGS LTD

PACKTASTIC LTD

NGSOL LIMITED

SHEPPEY ENERGY LTD

KODE PERFORMANCE LIMITED

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