HMRC records show 66 businesses trading internationally from Tunbridge Wells over the last six months. It ranks 32 of 48 trading locations in Kent. Most of that activity sits in machinery and mechanical appliances, electrical machinery and electronics, furniture, bedding and lighting. Looking ahead, our model expects import activity here to ease back by around 4.6% 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
380Import declarations▲ 0.3% on the 6 months before
165Export declarations
−4.6%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
66Trading 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 66 businesses.
★ Most active in Tunbridge WellsFiled more customs declarations than any other Tunbridge Wells business over the last six months — roughly 18% of the town's total import activity, mostly in plastics.
Most active business
INTIMATES LINGERIE LLP
70 import declarations44 export declarationsTN17 *Ch. 39Ch. 48Ch. 59Ch. 61Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include women's or girls' nightdresses and pyjamas of cotton, knitted or crocheted (excl. t-shirts, vests and n glig s), women's or girls' nightdresses and pyjamas of cotton (excl. knitted or crocheted, vests and n glig s), women's or girls' swimwear of synthetic fibres, knitted or crocheted.
▲ Expected to increase by 5.4% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity70 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity44 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
RARE REFINED UK LTD
1 import declarations26 export declarationsTN17 *Ch. 39Ch. 73Ch. 76Ch. 82Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include threaded 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), equipment for scaffolding, shuttering, propping or pit-propping (excl. composite sheetpiling products and formwork panels for poured-in-place concrete, which have the characteristics of moulds), instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking pressure of liquids or gases (excl. regulators).
▼ Expected to slow by 100.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity1 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity26 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
CUCHET & CO WINE MERCHANTS LTD
15 import declarations9 export declarationsTN17 *Ch. 22Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include wine of fresh grapes, incl. fortified wines, and grape must whose fermentation has been arrested by the addition of alcohol, in containers of <= 2 l (excl. sparkling wine), sparkling wine of fresh grapes, wine of fresh grapes, incl. fortified wines, and grape must whose fermentation has been arrested by the addition of alcohol, in containers of > 2 l but <= 10 l (excl. sparkling wine).
▼ Expected to slow by 25.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity15 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity9 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
THAMES AND KOSMOS UK LP
12 import declarations16 export declarationsTN17 *Ch. 48Ch. 84Ch. 85Ch. 90Active 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, tables for casino games, automatic bowling alley equipment, and other funfair, table or parlour games, incl. pintables (excl. operated by any means of payment, billiards, video game consoles and machines, and playing cards), instruments, apparatus and models designed for demonstrational purposes, e.g. in education or exhibitions, unsuitable for other uses (excl. ground flying trainers of heading 8805, collectors' pieces of heading 9705 and antiques of an age > 100 years.
▼ Expected to slow by 42.9% 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 activity16 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
CRANDEN DIAMOND PRODUCTS LIMITED
15 import declarations12 export declarationsTN17 *Ch. 28Ch. 39Ch. 68Ch. 71Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include millstones, grindstones, grinding wheels and the like, without frameworks, for sharpening, polishing, trueing or cutting, of agglomerated synthetic or natural diamond (excl. hand sharpening or polishing stones, and grinding wheels etc. specifically f, millstones, grindstones, grinding wheels and the like, without frameworks, for sharpening, polishing, trueing or cutting, of agglomerated abrasives or ceramics (excl. of agglomerated synthetic or natural diamond, hand sharpening or polishing stones,, interchangeable tools for hand tools, whether or not power-operated, or for machine tools, n.e.s..
▲ Expected to increase by 16.7% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity15 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity12 in the last 6 months
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Every importer and exporter in TN17 with monthly activity, 24-month indicators, forecasts, Companies House records, AI research and validated contact reveals.
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What Tunbridge Wells trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 66 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.
Wine of fresh grapes, incl. fortified wines, and grape must whose fermentation has been arrested by the addition of alcohol, in containers of <= 2 l (excl. sparkling wine)Grain splits leather "incl. parchment-dressed leather", of the whole hides and skins of bovine "incl. buffalo" or equine animals, further prepared after tanning or crusting, without hair on (excl. chamois leather, patent leather and patent laminatedTricycles, scooters, pedal cars and similar wheeled toys; dolls' carriages; dolls; other toys; reduced-size "scale" recreational models, working or not; puzzles of all kindsTables for casino games, automatic bowling alley equipment, and other funfair, table or parlour games, incl. pintables (excl. operated by any means of payment, billiards, video game consoles and machines, and playing cards)Women's or girls' nightdresses and pyjamas of cotton, knitted or crocheted (excl. T-shirts, vests and n glig s)Articles of jewellery and parts thereof, of precious metal other than silver, whether or not plated or clad with precious metal (excl. articles > 100 years old)Parts of harvesting machinery, threshing machinery, mowers and machines for cleaning, sorting or grading agricultural produce, n.e.s.Millstones, grindstones, grinding wheels and the like, without frameworks, for sharpening, polishing, trueing or cutting, of agglomerated synthetic or natural diamond (excl. hand sharpening or polishing stones, and grinding wheels etc. specifically f
Common questions about trade in Tunbridge Wells
How many businesses import or export from Tunbridge Wells?
HMRC customs records show 66 businesses in Tunbridge Wells (TN17) filed declarations over the last six months — 380 import declarations and 165 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.
What do Tunbridge Wells businesses import most?
The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Tunbridge Wells traders the leading goods are wine of fresh grapes, incl. fortified wines, and grape must whose fermentation has been arrested by the addition of alcohol, in containers of <= 2 l (excl. sparkling wine), grain splits leather "incl. parchment-dressed leather", of the whole hides and skins of bovine "incl. buffalo" or equine animals, further prepared after tanning or crusting, without hair on (excl. chamois leather, patent leather and patent laminated, 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, tables for casino games, automatic bowling alley equipment, and other funfair, table or parlour games, incl. pintables (excl. operated by any means of payment, billiards, video game consoles and machines, and playing cards). You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Tunbridge Wells growing?
Import activity is up 0.3% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 4.6%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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