Over the last six months, 142 Broadland businesses filed customs declarations. It ranks 8 of 29 trading locations in Norfolk. 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 12.3% 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
949Import declarations▼ 6.8% on the 6 months before
313Export declarations
−12.3%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
142Trading 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 142 businesses.
★ Most active in BroadlandFiled more customs declarations than any other Broadland business over the last six months — roughly 11% of the town's total import activity, mostly in plastics and plastic articles.
Most active business
ANGLING DIRECT PLC
101 import declarations5 export declarationsNR13 *Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 42Ch. 54Active 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, line fishing tackle n.e.s; fish landing nets, butterfly nets and similar nets; decoys and similar hunting or shooting requisites (excl. decoy calls of all kinds and stuffed birds of heading 9705), fishing rods.
▲ Expected to increase by 16.2% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity101 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity5 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
SKS WHOLESALE LTD
47 import declarations2 export declarationsNR10 *Ch. 23Ch. 25Ch. 28Ch. 29Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include preparations of a kind used in animal feeding (excl. dog or cat food put up for retail sale), machinery and apparatus for filtering or purifying water, lactic acid, its salts and esters (excl. inorganic or organic compounds of mercury).
▼ Expected to slow by 40.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity47 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity2 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
NORWICH INSTRUMENT SERVICES LIMITED
44 import declarations5 export declarationsNR13 *Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 42Ch. 48Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include parts of pneumatic tools for working in the hand, hydraulic or with self-contained electric or non-electric motor, n.e.s., knives and cutting blades, of base metal, for machines or for mechanical appliances, for metalworking, parts of pumps for liquids, n.e.s..
▲ Expected to increase by 9.7% 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 activity5 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
COBOLT SYSTEMS LIMITED
8 import declarations36 export declarationsNR13 *Ch. 39Ch. 66Ch. 73Ch. 74Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include wrist-watches, whether or not incorporating a stop-watch facility, electrically operated, with mechanical display only (excl. of precious metal or of metal clad with precious metal), wrist-watches, whether or not incorporating a stop-watch facility, electrically operated, with opto-electronic display only (excl. of precious metal or of metal clad with precious metal), alarm clocks (excl. electrically operated).
▼ Expected to slow by 18.2% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity8 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity36 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
BEARINGBOYS LTD
42 import declarations1 export declarationsNR13 *Ch. 32Ch. 34Ch. 39Ch. 40Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include ball bearings, bearing housings for machinery, not incorporating ball or roller bearings; plain shaft bearings for machinery, spherical roller bearings.
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity42 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity1 in the last 6 months
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What Broadland trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 142 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.
Wine of fresh grapes, incl. fortified wines, and grape must whose fermentation has been arrested by the addition of alcohol, in containers of > 10 l (excl. sparkling wine)Ball bearingsStatuettes and other ornamental ceramic articles, n.e.s. (excl. of porcelain or china)Parts of pumps for liquids, 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, perfumeMachinery and apparatus for filtering or purifying waterTravelling-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 contaWine of fresh grapes, incl. fortified wines, and grape must whose fermentation has been arrested by the addition of alcohol, in containers of <= 2 l (excl. sparkling wine)
Common questions about trade in Broadland
How many businesses import or export from Broadland?
HMRC customs records show 142 businesses in Broadland (NR10, NR13) filed declarations over the last six months — 949 import declarations and 313 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.
What do Broadland businesses import most?
The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Broadland traders the leading goods are wine of fresh grapes, incl. fortified wines, and grape must whose fermentation has been arrested by the addition of alcohol, in containers of > 10 l (excl. sparkling wine), ball bearings, statuettes and other ornamental ceramic articles, n.e.s. (excl. of porcelain or china), parts of pumps for liquids, n.e.s.. You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Broadland growing?
Import activity is down 6.8% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 12.3%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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