79 businesses in Tonbridge appear in HMRC customs records for the last six months. It ranks 13 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 0.7% 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
1,071Import declarations▼ 16.3% on the 6 months before
700Export declarations
−0.7%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
79Trading 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 79 businesses.
★ Most active in TonbridgeFiled more customs declarations than any other Tonbridge business over the last six months — roughly 21% of the town's total import activity, mostly in dyes, pigments, paints and inks.
Most active business
STONE MARKETING LIMITED
223 import declarations10 export declarationsTN9 *Ch. 32Ch. 33Ch. 34Ch. 35Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include ball-point pens, travelling-bags, insulated food or beverage bags, toilet bags, rucksacks, shopping-bags, map-cases, tool bags, sports bags, jewellery boxes, cutlery cases, binocular cases, camera cases, musical instrument cases, gun cases, holsters and similar conta, registers, account books, notebooks, order books, receipt books, letter pads, memorandum pads, diaries and similar articles, of paper or paperboard.
▲ Expected to increase by 3.7% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity223 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity10 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
JOHN NEWTON & CO LTD
60 import declarations9 export declarationsTN9 *Ch. 27Ch. 28Ch. 29Ch. 32Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include bituminous mastics, cut-backs and other bituminous mixtures based on natural asphalt, on natural bitumen, on petroleum bitumen, on mineral tar or on mineral tar pitch, non-refractory surfacing preparations for facades, inside walls, floors, ceilings and the like, nonwovens, whether or not impregnated, coated, covered or laminated, n.e.s., of man-made filaments, weighing > 150 g.
▼ Expected to slow by 17.1% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity60 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity9 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
REGINALD AMES LIMITED
44 import declarations22 export declarationsTN9 *Ch. 08Ch. 09Ch. 12Ch. 21Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include plants, parts of plants, incl. seeds and fruits, used primarily in perfumery, in pharmacy or for insecticidal, fungicidal or similar purposes, fresh, chilled, frozen or dried, whether or not cut, crushed or powdered (excl. ginseng roots, coca leaf, p, black fermented tea and partly fermented tea, whether or not flavoured, in immediate packings of > 3 kg, food preparations, n.e.s..
▲ Expected to increase by 3.3% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity44 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity22 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
TIME ELECTRONICS LTD
32 import declarations32 export declarationsTN9 *Ch. 40Ch. 61Ch. 71Ch. 73Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include parts of aeroplanes, helicopters or unmanned aircraft, n.e.s. (excl. those for gliders), rods, bars, tubes, profiles and other forms of unvulcanised rubber, incl. mixed rubber, and articles of unvulcanised rubber, incl. mixed rubber (excl. plates, sheets and strip which, apart from basic surface-working, have not been cut, or have merely, 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 increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity32 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity32 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
TECH OPTICS LIMITED
40 import declarations20 export declarationsTN9 *Ch. 34Ch. 35Ch. 39Ch. 58Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include 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, natural or artificial abrasive powder or grain, on a base of materials other than woven textile fabric only or paper or paperboard only, whether or not cut to shape, sewn or otherwise made up, parts and accessories for machine tools for working stone, ceramics, concrete, asbestos-cement or like mineral materials or for cold-working glass, n.e.s..
▼ Expected to slow by 11.8% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity40 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity20 in the last 6 months
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What Tonbridge trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 79 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.
WhiskiesTricycles, scooters, pedal cars and similar wheeled toys; dolls' carriages; dolls; other toys; reduced-size "scale" recreational models, working or not; puzzles of all kindsBall-point pensChandeliers and other electric ceiling or wall lighting fittings (excl. for lighting public open spaces or thoroughfares and those solely for light-emitting diode "LED" light sources)Ethyl alcohol of an alcoholic strength of < 80% vol, not denatured; spirits and other spirituous beverages (excl. compound alcoholic preparations of a kind used for the manufacture of beverages, spirits obtained by distilling grape wine or grape marcElectric table, desk, bedside or floor-standing luminaires (excl. those solely for light-emitting diode "LED" light sources)Non-refractory surfacing preparations for facades, inside walls, floors, ceilings and the likeFood preparations, n.e.s.
Common questions about trade in Tonbridge
How many businesses import or export from Tonbridge?
HMRC customs records show 79 businesses in Tonbridge (TN10, TN9) filed declarations over the last six months — 1,071 import declarations and 700 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.
What do Tonbridge businesses import most?
The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Tonbridge traders the leading goods are whiskies, 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, ball-point pens, chandeliers and other electric ceiling or wall lighting fittings (excl. for lighting public open spaces or thoroughfares and those solely for light-emitting diode "led" light sources). You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Tonbridge growing?
Import activity is down 16.3% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 0.7%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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