20 businesses in Porthcawl appear in HMRC customs records for the last six months. It ranks 13 of 17 trading locations in Mid Glamorgan. Most of that activity sits in toys, games and sports equipment, machinery and mechanical appliances, electrical machinery and electronics. Looking ahead, our model expects import activity here to pick up by around 14.3% 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
82Import declarations▲ 13.9% on the 6 months before
6Export declarations
+14.3%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
20Trading 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 20 businesses.
★ Most active in PorthcawlFiled more customs declarations than any other Porthcawl business over the last six months — roughly 23% of the town's total import activity, mostly in leather goods.
Most active business
NORTHERN STAR DISTRIBUTION
19 import declarationsImports onlyCF36 *Ch. 42Ch. 56Ch. 73Ch. 83Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include travelling-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 conta, handbags, whether or not with shoulder straps, incl. those without handles, with outer surface of plastic sheeting or textile materials, wallets, purses, key-pouches, cigarette-cases, tobacco-pouches and similar articles carried in the pocket or handbag, with outer surface of plastic sheeting or textile materials.
▲ Expected to increase by 30.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity19 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity0 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
MPI FORD LIMITED
7 import declarationsImports onlyCF36 *Ch. 48Ch. 71Ch. 91Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include 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), imitation jewellery, of base metal, whether or not plated with precious metal (excl. cuff links and studs), articles of jewellery and parts thereof, of silver, whether or not plated or clad with other precious metal (excl. articles > 100 years old).
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity7 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity0 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
ANGLO ARABIAN METALS LTD
6 import declarationsImports onlyCF36 *Ch. 73Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include 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 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity6 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity0 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
GARAGE EQUIPMENT SOLUTIONS LTD
13 import declarationsImports onlyCF36 *Ch. 82Ch. 84Ch. 85Ch. 87Active in 4 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include machines for resistance welding of metals, neither fully nor partly automatic, jacks and hoists, hydraulic (excl. built-in jacking systems used in garages), parts of machines and apparatus for soldering or welding or for hot spraying of metals, metal carbides or cermets, n.e.s. (excl. wire bonders of a kind used for the manufacture of semiconductor devices).
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity13 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity0 in the last 6 months
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S.B. MACHINES LTD
7 import declarations2 export declarationsCF36 *Ch. 95Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include games with screens, flipper and other games, operated by coins, banknotes, bank cards, tokens or by other means of payment (excl. bowling alley equipment), amusement park rides (excl. roller coasters, carousels, swings, roundabouts, dodge'em cars, motion simulators, moving theatres and water rides).
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity7 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity2 in the last 6 months
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What Porthcawl trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 20 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.
Travelling-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 contaInstruments, appliances and machines for measuring or checking, not elsewhere specified in chapter 90 (excl. optical)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 orGames with screens, flipper and other games, operated by coins, banknotes, bank cards, tokens or by other means of payment (excl. bowling alley equipment)Articles of jewellery and parts thereof, of silver, whether or not plated or clad with other precious metal (excl. articles > 100 years old)Handbags, whether or not with shoulder straps, incl. those without handles, with outer surface of plastic sheeting or textile materialsAir heaters and hot-air distributors, incl. distributors which can also distribute fresh or conditioned air, non-electrically heated, incorporating a motor-driven fan or blower, and parts thereof, of iron or steelArticles 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)
Common questions about trade in Porthcawl
How many businesses import or export from Porthcawl?
HMRC customs records show 20 businesses in Porthcawl (CF36) filed declarations over the last six months — 82 import declarations and 6 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.
What do Porthcawl businesses import most?
The most common category is toys, games and sports equipment. Across all Porthcawl traders the leading goods are travelling-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 conta, instruments, appliances and machines for measuring or checking, not elsewhere specified in chapter 90 (excl. optical), 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, games with screens, flipper and other games, operated by coins, banknotes, bank cards, tokens or by other means of payment (excl. bowling alley equipment). You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Porthcawl growing?
Import activity is up 13.9% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to rise by roughly 14.3%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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