43 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 and plastic articles. Looking ahead, our model expects import activity here to ease back by around 3.0% 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
461Import declarations▼ 15.9% on the 6 months before
233Export declarations
−3.0%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
43Trading 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 43 businesses.
★ Most active in SwanleyFiled more customs declarations than any other Swanley business over the last six months — roughly 12% of the town's total import activity, mostly in inorganic chemicals.
Most active business
HOSHIZAKI UK
55 import declarations90 export declarationsBR8 *Ch. 28Ch. 38Ch. 39Ch. 44Active in 5 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, freezers of the chest type, of a capacity <= 800 l, refrigerating or freezing equipment (excl. refrigerating and freezing furniture).
▲ Expected to increase by 12.5% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity55 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity90 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
GRANTS BLINDS LIMITED
24 import declarations4 export declarationsBR8 *Ch. 39Ch. 44Ch. 46Ch. 59Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include articles of wood, n.e.s., textile fabrics impregnated, coated, covered or laminated with polyurethane (excl. wallcoverings of textile materials impregnated or covered with polyurethane; floor coverings consisting of a textile backing and a top layer or covering of polyurethan, bars, rods and solid profiles, of aluminium alloys, n.e.s..
▲ Expected to increase by 30.8% 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 activity4 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
CASTLEVIEW ENTERPRISES LTD
25 import declarationsImports onlyBR8 *Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 48Ch. 76Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include trays, dishes, plates, cups and the like, of paper or paperboard (excl. of bamboo paper or bamboo paperboard), table, kitchen or other household articles and parts thereof, and pot scourers and scouring or polishing pads, gloves and the like, of aluminium (excl. cans, boxes and similar containers of heading 7612, articles of the nature of a work implement, sp, aluminium foil, not backed, rolled but not further worked, of a thickness of <= 0,2 mm (excl. stamping foils of heading 3212, and foil made up as christmas tree decorating material).
▼ Expected to slow by 27.3% 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 activity0 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
MGT TEESSIDE LTD
22 import declarationsImports onlyBR8 *Ch. 28Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 44Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include wood pellets, parts of vapour generating boilers and superheated water boilers, n.e.s., parts of machinery of heading 8428, n.e.s..
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity22 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity0 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
PROVENDER NURSERIES LIMITED
21 import declarationsImports onlyBR8 *Ch. 06Ch. 14Ch. 31Ch. 38Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include 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), edible fruit or nut trees, shrubs and bushes, whether or not grafted, bulbs, tubers, tuberous roots, corms, crowns and rhizomes, dormant (excl. those used for human consumption and chicory plants and roots).
▼ Expected to slow by 7.7% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity21 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity0 in the last 6 months
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What Swanley trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 43 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 kindsSugar 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)Printed or illustrated postcards; printed cards bearing personal greetings, messages or announcements, whether or not illustrated, with or without envelopes or trimmingsFurniture "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 pFestival, carnival or other entertainment articles, incl. conjuring tricks and novelty jokes, n.e.s.
Common questions about trade in Swanley
How many businesses import or export from Swanley?
HMRC customs records show 43 businesses in Swanley (BR8) filed declarations over the last six months — 461 import declarations and 233 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, 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), printed or illustrated postcards; printed cards bearing personal greetings, messages or announcements, whether or not illustrated, with or without envelopes or trimmings. You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Swanley growing?
Import activity is down 15.9% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 3.0%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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