HMRC records show 53 businesses trading internationally from Swale over the last six months. It ranks 23 of 48 trading locations in Kent. Most of that activity sits in machinery and mechanical appliances, electrical machinery and electronics, iron and steel articles. Looking ahead, our model expects import activity here to ease back by around 3.4% 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
634Import declarations▼ 1.6% on the 6 months before
212Export declarations
−3.4%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
53Trading 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 53 businesses.
★ Most active in SwaleFiled more customs declarations than any other Swale business over the last six months — roughly 29% of the town's total import activity, mostly in sugar and confectionery.
Most active business
KNAUF UK GMBH
186 import declarations48 export declarationsME9 *Ch. 17Ch. 25Ch. 32Ch. 34Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include glaziers' putty, grafting putty, resin cements, caulking compounds and other mastics; painters' fillings, plasters consisting of calcined gypsum or calcium sulphate, whether or not coloured, with or without small quantities of accelerators or retarders, boards, sheets, panels, tiles and similar articles, of plaster or compositions based on plaster, faced or reinforced with paper or paperboard only (excl. ornamented and with plaster agglomerated articles for heat-insulation, sound-insulation or sound.
▲ Expected to increase by 5.7% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity186 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity48 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
BROOKERPAKS LTD
35 import declarationsImports onlyME9 *Ch. 07Ch. 08Ch. 09Ch. 20Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include fresh or chilled onions and shallots, garlic, fresh or chilled, ginger, neither crushed nor ground.
▲ Expected to increase by 8.3% 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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Among the most active
ABBALTIS LTD
20 import declarations7 export declarationsME9 *Ch. 30Ch. 38Ch. 39Ch. 84Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include antisera and other blood fractions, human blood; animal blood prepared for therapeutic, prophylactic or diagnostic uses, diagnostic or laboratory reagents on a backing, prepared diagnostic or laboratory reagents whether or not on a backing, whether or not put up in the form of kits (excl. for malaria, for zika and other diseases transmitted by mosquitoes of the genus a.
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity20 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity7 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
FOURAYES FARM LTD
17 import declarations9 export declarationsME9 *Ch. 04Ch. 06Ch. 19Ch. 20Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include jams, jellies, marmalades, pur es or pastes of fruit, obtained by cooking, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter (excl. citrus fruit and homogenised preparations of subheading 2007.10), parts of machinery for the industrial preparation or manufacture of food or drink, n.e.s., tanks, casks, drums, cans, boxes and similar containers, of iron or steel, for any material, of a capacity of >= 50 l but <= 300 l, n.e.s. (excl. containers for compressed or liquefied gas, or containers fitted with mechanical or thermal equipment).
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity17 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity9 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
FLEXIBLE LAB SOLUTIONS LTD
12 import declarations13 export declarationsME9 *Ch. 38Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 83Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include diagnostic or laboratory reagents on a backing, prepared diagnostic or laboratory reagents whether or not on a backing, whether or not put up in the form of kits (excl. for malaria, for zika and other diseases transmitted by mosquitoes of the genus a, gaskets, washers and other seals, of vulcanised rubber (excl. hard rubber and those of cellular rubber), certified reference materials.
▼ Expected to slow by 12.5% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity12 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity13 in the last 6 months
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What Swale trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 53 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.
Structures and parts of structures, of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. bridges and bridge-sections, towers and lattice masts, doors and windows and their frames, thresholds for doors, props and similar equipment for scaffolding, shuttering, propping orFresh or dried orangesGlaziers' putty, grafting putty, resin cements, caulking compounds and other mastics; painters' fillingsPrefabricated structural components for building or civil engineering of cement, concrete or artificial stone, whether or not reinforcedPlasters consisting of calcined gypsum or calcium sulphate, whether or not coloured, with or without small quantities of accelerators or retardersBoards, sheets, panels, tiles and similar articles, of plaster or compositions based on plaster, faced or reinforced with paper or paperboard only (excl. ornamented and with plaster agglomerated articles for heat-insulation, sound-insulation or soundPreparations of a kind used in animal feeding (excl. dog or cat food put up for retail sale)Non-refractory surfacing preparations for facades, inside walls, floors, ceilings and the like
Common questions about trade in Swale
How many businesses import or export from Swale?
HMRC customs records show 53 businesses in Swale (ME9) filed declarations over the last six months — 634 import declarations and 212 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.
What do Swale businesses import most?
The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Swale traders the leading goods are structures and parts of structures, of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. bridges and bridge-sections, towers and lattice masts, doors and windows and their frames, thresholds for doors, props and similar equipment for scaffolding, shuttering, propping or, fresh or dried oranges, glaziers' putty, grafting putty, resin cements, caulking compounds and other mastics; painters' fillings, prefabricated structural components for building or civil engineering of cement, concrete or artificial stone, whether or not reinforced. You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Swale growing?
Import activity is down 1.6% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 3.4%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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