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Rochester importers & exporters

Over the last six months, 213 Rochester businesses filed customs declarations. It ranks 4 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 3.7% 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

2,156Import declarations▼ 14.6% on the 6 months before

953Export declarations

−3.7%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data

213Trading 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 213 businesses.

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★ Most active in RochesterFiled more customs declarations than any other Rochester business over the last six months — roughly 12% of the town's total import activity, mostly in miscellaneous food preparations.

Most active business

APC TECHNOLOGY GROUP LTD

252 import declarations 75 export declarations ME1 *Ch. 21Ch. 30Ch. 38Ch. 39 Active in 5 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include input or output units for automatic data-processing machines, whether or not containing storage units in the same housing, parts and accessories of automatic data-processing machines or for other machines of heading 8471, n.e.s., articles of copper, n.e.s..

▼ Expected to slow by 2.1% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity252 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity75 in the last 6 months

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Among the most active

ELSATEX LTD

72 import declarations 22 export declarations ME2 *Ch. 32Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 42 Active in 5 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include toilet linen and kitchen linen, of terry towelling or similar terry fabrics of cotton (excl. floorcloths, polishing cloths, dishcloths and dusters), blankets and travelling rugs of synthetic fibres (excl. electric, table covers, bedspreads and articles of bedding and similar furnishing of heading 9404), bedlinen of cotton (excl. printed, knitted or crocheted).

▲ Expected to increase by 5.8% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity72 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity22 in the last 6 months

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Among the most active

HECTIC LIFESTYLES LTD

80 import declarations 8 export declarations ME2 *Ch. 02Ch. 11Ch. 12Ch. 13 Active in 5 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include food preparations, n.e.s., stoppers, caps and lids, incl. screw caps and pouring stoppers, capsules for bottles, threaded bungs, bung covers, seals and other packing accessories of base metal (excl. crow corks), vegetable saps and extracts (excl. liquorice, hops, opium and ephedra).

▼ Expected to slow by 8.1% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity80 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity8 in the last 6 months

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Among the most active

BATES OFFICE SERVICES LTD

70 import declarations Imports only ME2 *Ch. 34Ch. 39Ch. 42Ch. 48 Active in 5 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include base metal mountings, fittings and similar articles suitable for furniture (excl. locks with keys, hinges and castors), 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, paper and paperboard, surface-coloured, surface-decorated or printed, coated, impregnated or covered with artificial resins or plastics, in rolls or in square or rectangular sheets, of any size (excl. bleached and weighing > 150 g/m , and adhesives).

▲ Expected to increase by 14.9% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity70 in the last 6 months

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

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Among the most active

IDEAL DIRECT LTD

49 import declarations 16 export declarations ME2 *Ch. 21Ch. 27Ch. 34Ch. 38 Active in 5 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include bread boards, chopping boards and similar boards, of bamboo, articles and equipment for general physical exercise, gymnastics or athletics, food preparations, n.e.s..

▼ Expected to slow by 10.5% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity49 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity16 in the last 6 months

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203 more Rochester businesses

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What Rochester trades

The most frequently declared goods across all 213 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.

Semi-milled or wholly milled rice, whether or not polished or glazedChocolate and other preparations containing cocoa, in containers or immediate packings of <= 2 kg (excl. in blocks, slabs or bars and cocoa powder)Wine of fresh grapes, incl. fortified wines, and grape must whose fermentation has been arrested by the addition of alcohol, in containers of > 10 l (excl. sparkling wine)Food preparations, n.e.s.Medicaments consisting of mixed or unmixed products for therapeutic or prophylactic purposes, put up in measured doses "incl. those for transdermal administration" or in forms or packings for retail sale (excl. containing antibiotics, hormones or steArticles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire)Parts and accessories of automatic data-processing machines or for other machines of heading 8471, n.e.s.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

Common questions about trade in Rochester

How many businesses import or export from Rochester?

HMRC customs records show 213 businesses in Rochester (ME1, ME2) filed declarations over the last six months — 2,156 import declarations and 953 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.

What do Rochester businesses import most?

The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Rochester traders the leading goods are semi-milled or wholly milled rice, whether or not polished or glazed, chocolate and other preparations containing cocoa, in containers or immediate packings of <= 2 kg (excl. in blocks, slabs or bars and cocoa powder), wine of fresh grapes, incl. fortified wines, and grape must whose fermentation has been arrested by the addition of alcohol, in containers of > 10 l (excl. sparkling wine), food preparations, n.e.s.. You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.

Is trade from Rochester growing?

Import activity is down 14.6% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 3.7%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.

How do I get contact details for Rochester importers?

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Nearby in Kent

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Rochester importers & exporters

Top 10 businesses by 6-month activity Free tier

APC TECHNOLOGY GROUP LTD

ELSATEX LTD

HECTIC LIFESTYLES LTD

BATES OFFICE SERVICES LTD

IDEAL DIRECT LTD

203 more Rochester businesses

What Rochester trades

Common questions about trade in Rochester

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