HMRC records show 151 businesses trading internationally from Sittingbourne over the last six months. It ranks 6 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 8.3% 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
1,867Import declarations▼ 14.3% on the 6 months before
947Export declarations
−8.3%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
151Trading 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 151 businesses.
★ Most active in SittingbourneFiled more customs declarations than any other Sittingbourne business over the last six months — roughly 9% of the town's total import activity, mostly in soaps, waxes and cleaning products.
Most active business
GALLERY DIRECT LIMITED
173 import declarations45 export declarationsME10 *Ch. 34Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 44Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include glass mirrors, framed (excl. rear-view mirrors for vehicles, optical mirrors, optically processed, and mirrors of an age of > 100 years), statuettes and other ornamental ceramic articles, n.e.s. (excl. of porcelain or china), blankets and travelling rugs of wool or fine animal hair (excl. electric, table covers, bedspreads and articles of bedding and similar furnishing of heading 9404).
▲ Expected to increase by 14.5% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity173 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity45 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
FLOPLAST LTD
100 import declarations17 export declarationsME10 *Ch. 32Ch. 34Ch. 35Ch. 39Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include gaskets, washers and other seals, of vulcanised rubber (excl. hard rubber and those of cellular rubber), copper alloy tube or pipe fittings "e.g., couplings, elbows, sleeves", rods, tubes and profile shapes, of non-cellular rubber.
▼ Expected to slow by 15.5% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity100 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity17 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
NOXBOX LTD
24 import declarations86 export declarationsME10 *Ch. 28Ch. 39Ch. 42Ch. 49Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include 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, inorganic oxygen compounds of non-metals (excl. diphosphorus pentaoxide, oxides of boron, carbon dioxide and silicon dioxide), air pumps, air or other gas compressors and ventilating or recycling hoods incorporating a fan, whether or not fitted with filters, having a maximum horizontal side > 120 cm (excl. vacuum pumps, hand- or foot-operated air pumps, compressors for refri.
▼ Expected to slow by 12.5% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity24 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity86 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
DENMAUR INDEPENDENT PAPERS LTD
98 import declarations11 export declarationsME10 *Ch. 34Ch. 39Ch. 48Ch. 85Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include uncoated paper and paperboard, of a kind used for writing, printing or other graphic purposes, and non-perforated punchcards and punch-tape paper, in rolls of any size, not containing fibres obtained by a mechanical or chemi-mechanical process or of, paper and paperboard used for writing, printing or other graphic purposes, not containing fibres obtained by a mechanical or chemi-mechanical process or of which <= 10% by weight of the total fibre content consists of such fibres, coated on one or bo, paper and paperboard used for writing, printing or other graphic purposes, of which > 10% by weight of the total fibre content consists of fibres obtained by a mechanical or chemi-mechanical process, coated on one or both sides with kaolin or other i.
▼ Expected to slow by 13.4% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity98 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity11 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
SIGMA ENTERPRISES LTD
4 import declarations89 export declarationsME10 *Ch. 28Ch. 32Ch. 34Ch. 38Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include transmission belts or belting, of vulcanised rubber (excl. endless transmission belts of trapezoidal cross-section "v-belts", v-ribbed, of an outside circumference > 60 cm but <= 240 cm and endless synchronous belts of an outside circumference > 60 c, parts suitable for use solely or principally with compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine "diesel or semi-diesel engine", n.e.s., pumps for liquids, power-driven (excl. those of subheading 8413.11 and 8413.19, fuel, lubricating or cooling medium pumps for internal combustion piston engine, concrete pumps, general reciprocating or rotary positive displacement pumps and centrifug.
▼ Expected to slow by 100.0% 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 activity89 in the last 6 months
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What Sittingbourne trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 151 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.
Food preparations, 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 theArticles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire)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 vThreaded screws and bolts, of iron or steel, whether or not with their nuts and washers (excl. coach screws and other wood screws, screw hooks and screw rings, self-tapping screws, lag screws, stoppers, plugs and the like, threaded)Fans (excl. table, floor, wall, window, ceiling or roof fans, with a self-contained electric motor of an output <= 125 W)Wooden furniture (excl. for offices, kitchens and bedrooms, and seats)Uncoated paper and paperboard, of a kind used for writing, printing or other graphic purposes, and non-perforated punchcards and punch-tape paper, in rolls of any size, not containing fibres obtained by a mechanical or chemi-mechanical process or of
Common questions about trade in Sittingbourne
How many businesses import or export from Sittingbourne?
HMRC customs records show 151 businesses in Sittingbourne (ME10) filed declarations over the last six months — 1,867 import declarations and 947 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.
What do Sittingbourne businesses import most?
The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Sittingbourne traders the leading goods are food preparations, 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, articles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire), 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. You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Sittingbourne growing?
Import activity is down 14.3% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 8.3%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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