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Whitstable importers & exporters

90 businesses in Whitstable appear in HMRC customs records for the last six months. It ranks 17 of 48 trading locations in Kent. Most of that activity sits in machinery and mechanical appliances, plastics and plastic articles, electrical machinery and electronics. Looking ahead, our model expects import activity here to pick up by around 3.3% 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

648Import declarations▼ 7.6% on the 6 months before

543Export declarations

+3.3%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data

90Trading 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 90 businesses.

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★ Most active in WhitstableFiled more customs declarations than any other Whitstable business over the last six months — roughly 12% of the town's total import activity, mostly in dyes, pigments, paints and inks.

Most active business

AMPHENOL LTD

81 import declarations 73 export declarations CT5 *Ch. 32Ch. 38Ch. 39Ch. 40 Active in 5 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include gaskets, washers and other seals, of vulcanised rubber (excl. hard rubber and those of cellular rubber), articles of copper, n.e.s., articles of aluminium, n.e.s..

▼ Expected to slow by 14.3% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity81 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity73 in the last 6 months

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JOHN HELLYAR & CO LTD

41 import declarations 9 export declarations CT5 *Ch. 25Ch. 28Ch. 32Ch. 38 Active in 5 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include natural steatite and talc, crushed or powdered, glass fibre threads "chopped strands", cut into lengths <= 50 mm, parts of machinery for working rubber or plastics or for the manufacture of products from these materials, 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 activity41 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity9 in the last 6 months

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R U D CHAINS LIMITED

36 import declarations 11 export declarations CT5 *Ch. 39Ch. 44Ch. 49Ch. 72 Active in 5 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include articles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire), welded link chain of iron or steel (excl. articulated link chain, skid chain and stud-link chain), parts of skid chain, stud-link chain and other chains of heading 7315 (excl. articulated link chain).

▲ Expected to increase by 18.8% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity36 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity11 in the last 6 months

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RDDS AVIONICS LTD

17 import declarations 25 export declarations CT5 *Ch. 73Ch. 84Ch. 85 Active in 5 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include articles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire), units for automatic data-processing machines (excl. processing units, input or output units and storage units), parts and accessories of automatic data-processing machines or for other machines of heading 8471, 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 activity17 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity25 in the last 6 months

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MORGAN'S POMADE COMPANY LTD

4 import declarations 36 export declarations CT5 *Ch. 30Ch. 33Ch. 34Ch. 39 Active in 5 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include preparations for use on the hair (excl. shampoos, preparations for permanent waving or straightening and hair lacquers), shampoos, hair lacquers.

▼ Expected to slow by 100.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity4 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity36 in the last 6 months

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What Whitstable trades

The most frequently declared goods across all 90 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 kindsHuman blood; animal blood prepared for therapeutic, prophylactic or diagnostic usesArticles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire)Medium density fibreboard "MDF" of wood, of a thickness > 9 mmBall bearingsTravelling-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 contaWater-skis, surfboards and other water-sport equipment (other than sailboards)Beauty or make-up preparations and preparations for the care of the skin (other than medicaments), incl. sunscreen or suntan preparations (excl. medicaments, lip and eye make-up preparations, manicure or pedicure preparations and make-up or skin care

Common questions about trade in Whitstable

How many businesses import or export from Whitstable?

HMRC customs records show 90 businesses in Whitstable (CT5) filed declarations over the last six months — 648 import declarations and 543 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.

What do Whitstable businesses import most?

The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Whitstable 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, human blood; animal blood prepared for therapeutic, prophylactic or diagnostic uses, articles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire), medium density fibreboard "mdf" of wood, of a thickness > 9 mm. You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.

Is trade from Whitstable growing?

Import activity is down 7.6% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to rise by roughly 3.3%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.

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Whitstable importers & exporters

Top 10 businesses by 6-month activity Free tier

AMPHENOL LTD

JOHN HELLYAR & CO LTD

R U D CHAINS LIMITED

RDDS AVIONICS LTD

MORGAN'S POMADE COMPANY LTD

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What Whitstable trades

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