15 businesses in Cromer appear in HMRC customs records for the last six months. It ranks 29 of 29 trading locations in Norfolk. Most of that activity sits in machinery and mechanical appliances, furniture, bedding and lighting, toys, games and sports equipment. Looking ahead, our model expects import activity here to ease back by around 9.5% over the next three months.
Refreshed every 24 hours · last run 22 Aug 2026, 20:26HMRC release in view: Jun 26Snapshot: 2026-08-22.1
26Import declarations▼ 18.8% on the 6 months before
7Export declarations
−9.5%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
15Trading 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 15 businesses.
★ Most active in CromerFiled more customs declarations than any other Cromer business over the last six months — roughly 19% of the town's total import activity, mostly in plastics.
Most active business
SPANFAX LTD
5 import declarations3 export declarationsNR27 *Ch. 39Ch. 73Ch. 83Ch. 84Active in 4 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include sacks and bags, incl. cones, of plastics (excl. those of polymers of ethylene), articles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire), plates, sheets, film, foil and strip, of plastics, reinforced, laminated, supported or similarly combined with other materials, unworked or merely surface-worked or merely cut into squares or rectangles (excl. of cellular plastic; self-adhesive produ.
▼ Expected to slow by 42.9% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity5 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity3 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
MR PR & MRS D SMITH
4 import declarationsImports onlyNR27 *Ch. 95Active in 3 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include tricycles, scooters, pedal cars and similar wheeled toys; dolls' carriages; dolls; other toys; reduced-size "scale" recreational models, working or not; puzzles of all kinds.
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity4 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity0 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
SMOKSHOP LIMITED
2 import declarationsImports onlyNR27 *Ch. 24Active in 2 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include products containing nicotine, intended for inhalation without combustion (excl. containing tobacco or reconstituted tobacco).
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity2 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity0 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
BEVERLEY SMETHURST
3 import declarations1 export declarationsNR27 *Ch. 39Ch. 68Ch. 76Ch. 84Active in 3 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include millstones, grindstones, grinding wheels and the like, without frameworks, for sharpening, polishing, trueing or cutting, of agglomerated abrasives or ceramics (excl. of agglomerated synthetic or natural diamond, hand sharpening or polishing stones,, ion-exchangers based on polymers of heading 3901 to 3913, in primary forms, machinery and apparatus for filtering or purifying water.
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity3 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity1 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
LITTLE GEMS
4 import declarationsImports onlyNR27 *Ch. 70Ch. 71Active in 3 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include precious and semi-precious stones, worked, whether or not graded, but not strung, mounted or set, precious and semi-precious stones, worked, ungraded, temporarily strung for convenience of transport (excl. precious and semi-precious stones, simply sa, precious stones and semi-precious stones, unworked or simply sawn or roughly shaped, whether or not graded (excl. diamonds and imitation precious stones and semi-precious stones), glass beads, imitation pearls, imitation precious or semi-precious stones and similar glass smallwares, and articles thereof (excl. imitation jewellery); glass eyes (excl. prosthetic articles); statuettes and other ornaments of lamp-worked glass (exc.
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity4 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity0 in the last 6 months
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What Cromer trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 15 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.
Sacks and bags, incl. cones, of plastics (excl. those of polymers of ethylene)Tricycles, scooters, pedal cars and similar wheeled toys; dolls' carriages; dolls; other toys; reduced-size "scale" recreational models, working or not; puzzles of all kindsArticles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire)Plates, sheets, film, foil and strip, of plastics, reinforced, laminated, supported or similarly combined with other materials, unworked or merely surface-worked or merely cut into squares or rectangles (excl. of cellular plastic; self-adhesive produProducts containing nicotine, intended for inhalation without combustion (excl. containing tobacco or reconstituted tobacco)Precious and semi-precious stones, worked, whether or not graded, but not strung, mounted or set, precious and semi-precious stones, worked, ungraded, temporarily strung for convenience of transport (excl. precious and semi-precious stones, simply saSelf-adhesive plates, sheets, film, foil, tape, strip and other flat shapes, of plastics, in rolls <= 20 cm wideParts and accessories of printers, copying machines and facsimile machines, n.e.s. (excl. of printing machinery used for printing by means of plates, cylinders and other printing components of heading 8442)
Common questions about trade in Cromer
How many businesses import or export from Cromer?
HMRC customs records show 15 businesses in Cromer (NR27) filed declarations over the last six months — 26 import declarations and 7 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.
What do Cromer businesses import most?
The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Cromer traders the leading goods are sacks and bags, incl. cones, of plastics (excl. those of polymers of ethylene), tricycles, scooters, pedal cars and similar wheeled toys; dolls' carriages; dolls; other toys; reduced-size "scale" recreational models, working or not; puzzles of all kinds, articles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire), plates, sheets, film, foil and strip, of plastics, reinforced, laminated, supported or similarly combined with other materials, unworked or merely surface-worked or merely cut into squares or rectangles (excl. of cellular plastic; self-adhesive produ. You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Cromer growing?
Import activity is down 18.8% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 9.5%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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