136 businesses in Bridgend appear in HMRC customs records for the last six months. That puts it second in Mid Glamorgan 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 pick up by around 13.8% 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
2,286Import declarations▲ 3.9% on the 6 months before
1,278Export declarations
+13.8%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
136Trading 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 136 businesses.
★ Most active in BridgendFiled more customs declarations than any other Bridgend business over the last six months — roughly 14% of the town's total import activity, mostly in soaps and cleaning products.
Most active business
SONY UK TECHNOLOGY CENTRE LIMITED
313 import declarations133 export declarationsCF35 *Ch. 34Ch. 35Ch. 37Ch. 38Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include parts suitable for use solely or principally with flat panel display modules, transmission and reception apparatus for radio-broadcasting or television, television cameras,digital cameras, video camera recorders, radar apparatus, radio navigational a, electrical apparatus for switching electrical circuits, or for making connections to or in electrical circuits, for a voltage <= 1.000 v (excl. fuses, automatic circuit breakers and other apparatus for protecting electrical circuits, relays and other, printed circuits.
▲ Expected to increase by 150.7% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity313 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity133 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
ORTHO-CLINICAL DIAGNOSTICS
184 import declarations74 export declarationsCF35 *Ch. 25Ch. 28Ch. 29Ch. 30Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include human blood; animal blood prepared for therapeutic, prophylactic or diagnostic uses, diagnostic or laboratory reagents on a backing, prepared diagnostic or laboratory reagents whether or not on a backing, whether or not put up in the form of kits, for blood-grouping (excl.those of heading 3006), certified reference materials.
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity184 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity74 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
NODOR INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
44 import declarations114 export declarationsCF31 *Ch. 25Ch. 26Ch. 27Ch. 28Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include 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), floor coverings and mats, of vulcanised rubber (excl. hard rubber), with chamfered sides, rounded corners or shaped edges or otherwise worked (excl. those simply cut to rectangular or square shape and goods of cellular rubber), men's or boys' shirts of man-made fibres (excl. knitted or crocheted, nightshirts, singlets and other vests).
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% 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 activity114 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
ROCKWOOL LTD
225 import declarations66 export declarationsCF35 *Ch. 25Ch. 26Ch. 27Ch. 28Active 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 (, glaziers' putty, grafting putty, resin cements, caulking compounds and other mastics; painters' fillings, structures and parts of structures, of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. bridges and bridge-sections, towers and lattice masts, doors and windows and their frames, thresholds for doors, props and similar equipment for scaffolding, shuttering, propping or.
▲ Expected to increase by 6.2% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity225 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity66 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
MARKES INTERNATIONAL LTD
123 import declarations163 export declarationsCF31 *Ch. 12Ch. 25Ch. 28Ch. 38Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include instruments and apparatus for physical or chemical analysis, or for measuring or checking viscosity, porosity, expansion, surface tension or the like, or for measuring or checking quantities of heat, sound or light, n.e.s., gas or smoke analysis apparatus, microtomes; parts and accessories of instruments and apparatus for physical or chemical analysis, instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking viscosity, porosity, expansion, surface tension or the like, instruments and apparatus for measuring.
▲ Expected to increase by 7.4% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity123 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity163 in the last 6 months
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What Bridgend trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 136 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.
Articles of plastics and articles of other materials of heading 3901 to 3914, n.e.s (excl. goods of 9619)Boxes, cases, crates and similar articles for the conveyance or packaging of goods, of plasticsArticles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire)Instruments and apparatus for physical or chemical analysis, or for measuring or checking viscosity, porosity, expansion, surface tension or the like, or for measuring or checking quantities of heat, sound or light, n.e.s.Parts of machines and mechanical appliances, n.e.s.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)Microtomes; parts and accessories of instruments and apparatus for physical or chemical analysis, instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking viscosity, porosity, expansion, surface tension or the like, instruments and apparatus for measuringInstruments, appliances and machines for measuring or checking, not elsewhere specified in chapter 90 (excl. optical)
Common questions about trade in Bridgend
How many businesses import or export from Bridgend?
HMRC customs records show 136 businesses in Bridgend (CF31, CF35) filed declarations over the last six months — 2,286 import declarations and 1,278 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.
What do Bridgend businesses import most?
The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Bridgend traders the leading goods are articles of plastics and articles of other materials of heading 3901 to 3914, n.e.s (excl. goods of 9619), boxes, cases, crates and similar articles for the conveyance or packaging of goods, of plastics, articles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire), instruments and apparatus for physical or chemical analysis, or for measuring or checking viscosity, porosity, expansion, surface tension or the like, or for measuring or checking quantities of heat, sound or light, n.e.s.. You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Bridgend growing?
Import activity is up 3.9% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to rise by roughly 13.8%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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