46 businesses in Swanley appear in HMRC customs records for the last six months. It ranks 27 of 48 trading locations in Kent. Most of that activity sits in electrical machinery and electronics, machinery and mechanical appliances, plastics. Looking ahead, our model expects import activity here to pick up by around 9.2% over the next three months.
Refreshed every 24 hours · last run 22 Aug 2026, 20:26HMRC release in view: Jun 26Snapshot: 2026-08-22.1
552Import declarations▼ 1.8% on the 6 months before
279Export declarations
+9.2%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
46Trading businesses
Top 5 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 46 businesses.
★ Most active in SwanleyFiled more customs declarations than any other Swanley business over the last six months — roughly 11% of the town's total import activity, mostly in inorganic chemicals.
Most active business
HOSHIZAKI UK
61 import declarations97 export declarationsBR8 *Ch. 28Ch. 38Ch. 39Ch. 44Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include furniture "chests, cabinets, display counters, show-cases and the like" for storage and display, incorporating refrigerating or freezing equipment (excl. combined refrigerator-freezers with separate external doors, household refrigerators and freezer, 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, freezers of the chest type, of a capacity <= 800 l.
▲ Expected to increase by 12.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity61 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity97 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
SWAN MILL PAPER COMPANY LTD
56 import declarations26 export declarationsBR8 *Ch. 32Ch. 34Ch. 37Ch. 38Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include tablecloths and serviettes of paper pulp, paper, cellulose wadding or webs of cellulose fibres, toilet or facial tissue stock, towel or napkin stock and similar paper for household or sanitary purposes, cellulose wadding and webs of cellulose fibres, whether or not creped, crinkled, embossed, perforated, surface-coloured, surface-decorated or p, paper, paperboard, cellulose wadding and webs of soft cellulose, coated, impregnated, covered, surface-coloured, surface-decorated or printed, in rolls or in square or rectangular sheets, of any size (excl. goods of heading 4803, 4809, 4810 and 4818,.
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity56 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity26 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
THE GREAT BRITISH CARD COMPANY (GBCC) LIMITED
25 import declarations23 export declarationsBR8 *Ch. 42Ch. 48Ch. 49Ch. 70Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include printed or illustrated postcards; printed cards bearing personal greetings, messages or announcements, whether or not illustrated, with or without envelopes or trimmings, registers, account books, notebooks, order books, receipt books, letter pads, memorandum pads, diaries and similar articles, of paper or paperboard, ball-point pens.
▼ Expected to slow by 11.1% 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 activity23 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
TRIMLINE GROUP LIMITED
103 import declarations14 export declarationsBR8 *Ch. 32Ch. 35Ch. 38Ch. 39Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include non-refractory mortars and concretes, ceramic flags and paving, hearth or wall tiles, of a water absorption coefficient by weight <= 0,5 % (excl. refractory, mosaic cubes and finishing ceramics), ceramic flags and paving, hearth or wall tiles, of a water absorption coefficient by weight > 10 % (excl. refractory, mosaic cubes and finishing ceramics).
▲ Expected to increase by 7.9% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity103 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity14 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
FUNTIME GIFTS LTD
61 import declarations37 export declarationsBR8 *Ch. 12Ch. 17Ch. 18Ch. 19Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include 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, sugar confectionery not containing cocoa, incl. white chocolate (excl. chewing gum), festival, carnival or other entertainment articles, incl. conjuring tricks and novelty jokes, n.e.s..
▲ Expected to increase by 23.5% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity61 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity37 in the last 6 months
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Every importer and exporter in BR8 with monthly activity, 24-month indicators, forecasts, Companies House records, AI research and validated contact reveals.
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What Swanley trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 46 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.
Tricycles, scooters, pedal cars and similar wheeled toys; dolls' carriages; dolls; other toys; reduced-size "scale" recreational models, working or not; puzzles of all kindsPrinted or illustrated postcards; printed cards bearing personal greetings, messages or announcements, whether or not illustrated, with or without envelopes or trimmingsSugar confectionery not containing cocoa, incl. white chocolate (excl. chewing gum)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)Tablecloths and serviettes of paper pulp, paper, cellulose wadding or webs of cellulose fibresFurniture "chests, cabinets, display counters, show-cases and the like" for storage and display, incorporating refrigerating or freezing equipment (excl. combined refrigerator-freezers with separate external doors, household refrigerators and freezerCeramic flags and paving, hearth or wall tiles, of a water absorption coefficient by weight <= 0,5 % (excl. refractory, mosaic cubes and finishing ceramics)Toilet or facial tissue stock, towel or napkin stock and similar paper for household or sanitary purposes, cellulose wadding and webs of cellulose fibres, whether or not creped, crinkled, embossed, perforated, surface-coloured, surface-decorated or p
Common questions about trade in Swanley
How many businesses import or export from Swanley?
HMRC customs records show 46 businesses in Swanley (BR8) filed declarations over the last six months — 552 import declarations and 279 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.
What do Swanley businesses import most?
The most common category is electrical machinery and electronics. Across all Swanley traders the leading goods are 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, printed or illustrated postcards; printed cards bearing personal greetings, messages or announcements, whether or not illustrated, with or without envelopes or trimmings, sugar confectionery not containing cocoa, incl. white chocolate (excl. chewing gum), 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). You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Swanley growing?
Import activity is down 1.8% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to rise by roughly 9.2%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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