HMRC records show 167 businesses trading internationally from Grimsby over the last six months. That puts it third in Lincolnshire for trade activity. Most of that activity sits in machinery and mechanical appliances, electrical machinery and electronics, plastics. Looking ahead, our model expects import activity here to ease back by around 3.7% over the next three months.
Refreshed every 24 hours · last run 22 Aug 2026, 20:36HMRC release in view: Jun 26Snapshot: 2026-08-22.1
1,779Import declarations▼ 2.0% on the 6 months before
1,397Export declarations
−3.7%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
167Trading 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 167 businesses.
★ Most active in GrimsbyFiled more customs declarations than any other Grimsby business over the last six months — roughly 0% of the town's total import activity, mostly in meat.
Most active business
SD RAMSDEN & CO LIMITED
0 import declarations664 export declarationsDN31 *Ch. 02Ch. 04Ch. 07Ch. 08Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include chocolate and other preparations containing cocoa, in containers or immediate packings of <= 2 kg (excl. in blocks, slabs or bars and cocoa powder), sugar confectionery not containing cocoa, incl. white chocolate (excl. chewing gum), bread, pastry, cakes, biscuits and other bakers' wares, whether or not containing cocoa; communion wafers, empty cachets of a kind suitable for pharmaceutical use, sealing wafers, rice paper and similar products (excl. crispbread, gingerbread and the.
▼ Expected to slow by 100.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity0 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity664 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
UMIOS FOOD UK LIMITED
129 import declarations11 export declarationsDN31 *Ch. 03Ch. 07Ch. 12Ch. 16Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include shrimps and prawns, prepared or preserved, not in airtight containers (excl. smoked), prepared or preserved fish, whole or in pieces (excl. minced, merely smoked, and salmon, herrings, sardines, sardinella, brisling or sprats, tunas, skipjack, bonito "sarda spp.", mackerel, anchovies, eels and shark fins), frozen shrimps and prawns, even smoked, whether in shell or not, incl. shrimps and prawns in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water (excl. cold-water shrimps and prawns).
▲ Expected to increase by 25.6% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity129 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity11 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
SIALIONA LTD
65 import declarations72 export declarationsDN37 *Ch. 21Ch. 27Ch. 28Ch. 29Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include plates, sheets, film, foil and strip, of non-cellular polymers of ethylene, not reinforced, laminated, supported or similarly combined with other materials, without backing, unworked or merely surface-worked or merely cut into squares or rectangles (, mineral or chemical fertilisers of animal or vegetable origin, in tablets or similar forms, or in packages with a gross weight of <= 10 kg, preparations for perfuming or deodorising rooms, incl. odoriferous preparations used during religious rites (excl. agarbatti and other odoriferous preparations which operate by burning).
▲ Expected to increase by 152.6% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity65 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity72 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
AUTO-TRAIL V R LIMITED
165 import declarations5 export declarationsDN37 *Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 48Ch. 56Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include parts of trailers and semi-trailers and other vehicles not mechanically propelled, n.e.s., appliances for baking, frying, grilling and cooking and plate warmers, for domestic use, of iron or steel, for gas fuel or for both gas and other fuels (excl. large cooking appliances), safety seat belts for motor vehicles.
▼ Expected to slow by 3.1% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity165 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity5 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
DUNLOP OIL & MARINE LTD
79 import declarations77 export declarationsDN31 *Ch. 27Ch. 28Ch. 29Ch. 32Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include rafts, tanks, coffer-dams, landing stages, buoys, beacons and other floating structures (excl. inflatable rafts, vessels of heading 8901 to 8906 and floating structures for breaking up), articles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire), tubes, pipes and hoses, of vulcanised rubber (excl. hard rubber), reinforced or otherwise combined with materials other than metal or textile materials, with fittings.
▼ Expected to slow by 11.8% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity79 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity77 in the last 6 months
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What Grimsby trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 167 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.
Frozen fillets of cod "Gadus morhua, Gadus ogac, Gadus macrocephalus"Prepared or preserved fish, whole or in pieces (excl. minced, merely smoked, and salmon, herrings, sardines, sardinella, brisling or sprats, tunas, skipjack, bonito "sarda spp.", mackerel, anchovies, eels and shark fins)Plates, sheets, film, foil and strip, of non-cellular polymers of ethylene, not reinforced, laminated, supported or similarly combined with other materials, without backing, unworked or merely surface-worked or merely cut into squares or rectangles (Frozen fillets of haddock "Melanogrammus aeglefinus"Articles of plastics and articles of other materials of heading 3901 to 3914, n.e.s (excl. goods of 9619)Chocolate and other preparations containing cocoa, in containers or immediate packings of <= 2 kg (excl. in blocks, slabs or bars and cocoa powder)Bread, pastry, cakes, biscuits and other bakers' wares, whether or not containing cocoa; communion wafers, empty cachets of a kind suitable for pharmaceutical use, sealing wafers, rice paper and similar products (excl. crispbread, gingerbread and theSugar confectionery not containing cocoa, incl. white chocolate (excl. chewing gum)
Common questions about trade in Grimsby
How many businesses import or export from Grimsby?
HMRC customs records show 167 businesses in Grimsby (DN31, DN32, DN33, DN34) filed declarations over the last six months — 1,779 import declarations and 1,397 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.
What do Grimsby businesses import most?
The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Grimsby traders the leading goods are frozen fillets of cod "gadus morhua, gadus ogac, gadus macrocephalus", prepared or preserved fish, whole or in pieces (excl. minced, merely smoked, and salmon, herrings, sardines, sardinella, brisling or sprats, tunas, skipjack, bonito "sarda spp.", mackerel, anchovies, eels and shark fins), plates, sheets, film, foil and strip, of non-cellular polymers of ethylene, not reinforced, laminated, supported or similarly combined with other materials, without backing, unworked or merely surface-worked or merely cut into squares or rectangles (, frozen fillets of haddock "melanogrammus aeglefinus". You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Grimsby growing?
Import activity is down 2.0% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 3.7%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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