187 businesses in Paddock Wood appear in HMRC customs records for the last six months. It ranks 7 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 10.9% 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
1,837Import declarations▼ 18.7% on the 6 months before
894Export declarations
−10.9%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
187Trading 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 187 businesses.
★ Most active in Paddock WoodFiled more customs declarations than any other Paddock Wood business over the last six months — roughly 10% of the town's total import activity, mostly in inorganic chemicals.
Most active business
JESTIC LTD
190 import declarations16 export declarationsTN12 *Ch. 28Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 62Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include reservoirs, tanks, vats and similar containers, of iron or steel, for any material "other than compressed or liquefied gas", of a capacity of > 300 l, not fitted with mechanical or thermal equipment, whether or not lined or heat-insulated (excl. cont, machinery, plant and equipment for making hot drinks or for cooking or heating food (excl. domestic appliances), parts of machinery, plant and laboratory equipment, whether or not electrically heated, for the treatment of materials by a process involving a change of temperature, and of non-electric instantaneous and storage water heaters, n.e.s..
▼ Expected to slow by 12.6% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity190 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity16 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
HOLEMAKER TECHNOLOGY LTD
43 import declarations39 export declarationsTN12 *Ch. 27Ch. 34Ch. 39Ch. 48Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include tools for drilling, interchangeable (excl. rock-drilling or earth-boring tools and tools for tapping), tools for tapping or threading, interchangeable, interchangeable tools for hand tools, whether or not power-operated, or for machine tools, n.e.s..
▼ Expected to slow by 12.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity43 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity39 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
DK HOLDINGS LIMITED
34 import declarations46 export declarationsTN12 *Ch. 34Ch. 35Ch. 39Ch. 42Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include millstones, grindstones, grinding wheels and the like, without frameworks, for sharpening, polishing, trueing or cutting, of agglomerated synthetic or natural diamond (excl. hand sharpening or polishing stones, and grinding wheels etc. specifically f, natural or artificial abrasive powder or grain, on a base of materials other than woven textile fabric only or paper or paperboard only, whether or not cut to shape, sewn or otherwise made up, natural or artificial abrasive powder or grain, on a base of woven textile fabric only, whether or not cut to shape, sewn or otherwise made up.
▲ 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 activity46 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
MAGNETIC SHIELDS LIMITED
31 import declarations31 export declarationsTN12 *Ch. 39Ch. 49Ch. 72Ch. 73Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include plates, sheets, strip and foil, of nickel alloys (excl. expanded plates, sheets or strip), articles of nickel, n.e.s., parts and accessories for machines and apparatus of a kind used solely or principally for the manufacture of semiconductor boules or wafers, semiconductor devices, electronic integrated circuits or flat panel displays, and for machines and apparatus.
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity31 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity31 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
TIGER MUSIC DISTRIBUTION LTD
33 import declarations29 export declarationsTN12 *Ch. 42Ch. 48Ch. 85Ch. 92Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include travelling-bags, insulated food or beverage bags, toilet bags, rucksacks, shopping-bags, map-cases, tool bags, sports bags, jewellery boxes, cutlery cases, binocular cases, camera cases, musical instrument cases, gun cases, holsters and similar conta, guitars, harps and other string musical instruments (excl. with keyboard and those played with a bow), percussion musical instruments, e.g. drums, xylophones, cymbals, castanets, maracas.
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity33 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity29 in the last 6 months
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What Paddock Wood trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 187 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)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)Food preparations, n.e.s.Tricycles, scooters, pedal cars and similar wheeled toys; dolls' carriages; dolls; other toys; reduced-size "scale" recreational models, working or not; puzzles of all kindsMixtures of odoriferous substances and mixtures, incl. alcoholic solutions, with a basis of one or more of these substances, of a kind used in the food and drink industries; other preparations based on odoriferous substances, of a kind used for the mExtracts of hopsHop cones, ground, powdered or in the form of pellets; lupulinAppliances 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)
Common questions about trade in Paddock Wood
How many businesses import or export from Paddock Wood?
HMRC customs records show 187 businesses in Paddock Wood (TN12) filed declarations over the last six months — 1,837 import declarations and 894 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.
What do Paddock Wood businesses import most?
The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Paddock Wood 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), 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), food preparations, n.e.s., 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. You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Paddock Wood growing?
Import activity is down 18.7% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 10.9%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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