78 businesses in Northfleet appear in HMRC customs records for the last six months. It ranks 21 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 4.8% 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
865Import declarations▼ 13.8% on the 6 months before
168Export declarations
−4.8%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
78Trading 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 78 businesses.
★ Most active in NorthfleetFiled more customs declarations than any other Northfleet business over the last six months — roughly 26% of the town's total import activity, mostly in meat and edible offal.
Most active business
DI VINE IMPORTERS LIMITED
225 import declarationsImports onlyDA11 *Ch. 02Ch. 04Ch. 07Ch. 09Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include wine of fresh grapes, incl. fortified wines, and grape must whose fermentation has been arrested by the addition of alcohol, in containers of <= 2 l (excl. sparkling wine), fresh cheese "unripened or uncured cheese", incl. whey cheese, and curd, cheese (excl. fresh cheese, incl. whey cheese, curd, processed cheese, blue-veined cheese and other cheese containing veins produced by "penicillium roqueforti", and grated or powdered cheese).
▼ Expected to slow by 2.3% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity225 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity0 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
SHY AUTO DEVELOPMENTS LTD
25 import declarations21 export declarationsDA11 *Ch. 40Ch. 84Ch. 85Ch. 87Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include parts and accessories, 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 the transport of goods and special purpose motor v, silencers "mufflers" and exhaust pipes, 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 the transport, suspension systems and parts thereof, incl. shock-absorbers, 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 the transpor.
▲ Expected to increase by 33.3% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity25 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity21 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
TUBE GEAR LTD
28 import declarations14 export declarationsDA11 *Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 73Ch. 74Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include appliances for pipes, boiler shells, tanks, vats or the like (excl. pressure-reducing valves, valves for the control of pneumatic power transmission, check "non-return" valves and safety or relief valves), parts of trailers and semi-trailers and other vehicles not mechanically propelled, n.e.s., copper alloy tube or pipe fittings "e.g., couplings, elbows, sleeves".
▼ Expected to slow by 25.0% 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 activity14 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
PLANTLINE UK LTD
36 import declarationsImports onlyDA11 *Ch. 06Ch. 31Ch. 39Active in 5 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), edible fruit or nut trees, shrubs and bushes, whether or not grafted, rhododendrons and azaleas, grafted or not.
▼ Expected to slow by 10.3% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity36 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity0 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
SPRINT ENGINEERING &
35 import declarationsImports onlyDA11 *Ch. 27Ch. 28Ch. 32Ch. 34Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include medium oils and preparations, of petroleum or bituminous minerals, not containing biodiesel, n.e.s., parts of machinery and apparatus for filtering or purifying liquids or gases, n.e.s., surface-active preparations, washing preparations, incl. auxiliary washing preparations and cleaning preparations (excl. those put up for retail sale, organic surface-active agents, soap and organic surface-active preparations in the form of bars, ca.
▲ Expected to increase by 35.7% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity35 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity0 in the last 6 months
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What Northfleet trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 78 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.
Wine of fresh grapes, incl. fortified wines, and grape must whose fermentation has been arrested by the addition of alcohol, in containers of <= 2 l (excl. sparkling wine)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)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 theTrunks, suitcases, vanity cases, executive-cases, briefcases, school satchels and similar containers, with outer surface of plastics or textile materialsCheese (excl. fresh cheese, incl. whey cheese, curd, processed cheese, blue-veined cheese and other cheese containing veins produced by "Penicillium roqueforti", and grated or powdered cheese)Fresh cheese "unripened or uncured cheese", incl. whey cheese, and curdSausages and similar products, of meat, meat offal, blood or insects; food preparations based on these productsParts of lifts, skip hoists or escalators, n.e.s.
Common questions about trade in Northfleet
How many businesses import or export from Northfleet?
HMRC customs records show 78 businesses in Northfleet (DA11) filed declarations over the last six months — 865 import declarations and 168 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.
What do Northfleet businesses import most?
The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Northfleet traders the leading goods are wine of fresh grapes, incl. fortified wines, and grape must whose fermentation has been arrested by the addition of alcohol, in containers of <= 2 l (excl. sparkling wine), 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), 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 the, trunks, suitcases, vanity cases, executive-cases, briefcases, school satchels and similar containers, with outer surface of plastics or textile materials. You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Northfleet growing?
Import activity is down 13.8% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 4.8%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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