HMRC records show 159 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 and plastic articles. Looking ahead, our model expects import activity here to ease back by around 10.9% 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
1,481Import declarations▼ 18.5% on the 6 months before
1,101Export declarations
−10.9%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
159Trading 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 159 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 and edible offal.
Most active business
SD RAMSDEN & CO LIMITED
0 import declarations564 export declarationsDN31 *Ch. 02Ch. 04Ch. 07Ch. 08Active in 5 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 activity564 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
M J WILSON GROUP LIMITED
61 import declarations37 export declarationsDN31 *Ch. 27Ch. 28Ch. 38Ch. 39Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include certified reference materials, pressure-reducing valves, appliances for pipes, boiler shells, tanks, vats or the like (excl. pressure-reducing valves, valves for the control of pneumatic power transmission, check "non-return" valves and safety or relief valves).
▼ Expected to slow by 7.5% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity61 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity37 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
BLUESKY (UK) LIMITED
61 import declarations32 export declarationsDN31 *Ch. 09Ch. 12Ch. 13Ch. 22Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include casks, drums, cans, boxes and similar containers, incl. rigid tubular containers, of aluminium, for any material (other than compressed or liquefied gas), of a capacity of <= 300 l, n.e.s., carboys, bottles, flasks, jars, pots, phials and other containers, of glass, of a kind used for the commercial conveyance or packing of goods, and preserving jars, of glass (excl. ampoules, glass inners for containers, with vacuum insulation, perfume, scent sprays and similar toilet sprays, and mounts and heads therefor.
▼ Expected to slow by 9.4% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity61 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity32 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
FASTNET FISH LTD
67 import declarations25 export declarationsDN31 *Ch. 03Ch. 05Ch. 07Ch. 16Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include 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 fillets of cod "gadus morhua, gadus ogac, gadus macrocephalus", frozen fillets of haddock "melanogrammus aeglefinus".
▼ Expected to slow by 9.1% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity67 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity25 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
YOUNGS SEAFOOD LTD
64 import declarations24 export declarationsDN31 *Ch. 02Ch. 03Ch. 07Ch. 16Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include 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 fillets of flat fish "pleuronectidae, bothidae, cynoglossidae, soleidae, scophthalmidae and citharidae", prepared or preserved fish (excl. whole or in pieces).
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity64 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity24 in the last 6 months
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What Grimsby trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 159 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)Frozen fillets of haddock "Melanogrammus aeglefinus"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)Fresh or chilled haddock "Melanogrammus aeglefinus"Shrimps and prawns, prepared or preserved, not in airtight containers (excl. smoked)
Common questions about trade in Grimsby
How many businesses import or export from Grimsby?
HMRC customs records show 159 businesses in Grimsby (DN31, DN32, DN33, DN34) filed declarations over the last six months — 1,481 import declarations and 1,101 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), frozen fillets of haddock "melanogrammus aeglefinus", chocolate and other preparations containing cocoa, in containers or immediate packings of <= 2 kg (excl. in blocks, slabs or bars and cocoa powder). You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Grimsby growing?
Import activity is down 18.5% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 10.9%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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