Over the last six months, 56 Fakenham businesses filed customs declarations. It ranks 12 of 29 trading locations in Norfolk. 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 7.9% 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
454Import declarations▼ 11.7% on the 6 months before
297Export declarations
+7.9%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
56Trading 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 56 businesses.
★ Most active in FakenhamFiled more customs declarations than any other Fakenham business over the last six months — roughly 7% of the town's total import activity, mostly in cereals.
Most active business
RICHARDSON MALTINGS LIMITED
30 import declarations70 export declarationsNR21 *Ch. 10Ch. 11Ch. 12Ch. 19Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include malt (excl. roasted), roasted malt, malt extract; food preparations of flour, groats, meal, starch or malt extract, not containing cocoa or containing < 40% by weight of cocoa calculated on a totally defatted basis, n.e.s. and food preparations of milk, cream, butter milk, sour milk, s.
▼ Expected to slow by 21.4% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity30 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity70 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
PLOEGER UK LTD.
43 import declarations24 export declarationsNR21 *Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 59Ch. 70Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include parts of harvesting machinery, threshing machinery, mowers and machines for cleaning, sorting or grading agricultural produce, n.e.s., solid or cushion tyres, interchangeable tyre treads and tyre flaps, of rubber, grill, netting and fencing, of iron or steel wire, not welded at the intersection (excl. plated or coated with zinc or coated with plastics).
▲ Expected to increase by 15.4% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity43 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity24 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
NATURES GRUB LIMITED
39 import declarations2 export declarationsNR21 *Ch. 04Ch. 05Ch. 06Ch. 07Active in 6 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), plants, parts of plants, incl. seeds and fruits, used primarily in perfumery, in pharmacy or for insecticidal, fungicidal or similar purposes, fresh, chilled, frozen or dried, whether or not cut, crushed or powdered (excl. ginseng roots, coca leaf, p, swedes, mangolds, fodder roots, hay, lucerne "alfalfa", clover, sainfoin, forage kale, lupines, vetches and similar forage products, whether or not in the form of pellets (excl. lucerne "alfalfa" meal and pellets).
▲ Expected to increase by 26.3% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity39 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity2 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
KINNERTON (CONFECTIONERY) CO LTD
50 import declarations23 export declarationsNR21 *Ch. 08Ch. 15Ch. 17Ch. 18Active in 6 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), chocolate and other preparations containing cocoa, in blocks, slabs or bars of <= 2 kg (excl. filled).
▼ Expected to slow by 16.7% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity50 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity23 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
BIRDIE FORTESCUE LTD
60 import declarations9 export declarationsNR21 *Ch. 25Ch. 42Ch. 44Ch. 46Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include wooden furniture (excl. for offices, kitchens and bedrooms, and seats), parts of lamps and lighting fittings, illuminated signs and nameplates and the like, n.e.s., articles for interior furnishing, of textile materials (excl. of cotton or synthetic fibres, knitted or crocheted, blankets and travelling rugs, bedlinen, table linen, toilet linen, kitchen linen, curtains, incl. drapes, interior blinds, curtain or b.
▲ Expected to increase by 27.8% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity60 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity9 in the last 6 months
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51 more Fakenham businesses
Every importer and exporter in NR21 with monthly activity, 24-month indicators, forecasts, Companies House records, AI research and validated contact reveals.
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What Fakenham trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 56 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.
Malt (excl. roasted)Articles of plastics and articles of other materials of heading 3901 to 3914, n.e.s (excl. goods of 9619)Wooden furniture (excl. for offices, kitchens and bedrooms, and seats)Transformers having a power handling capacity <= 1 kVA (excl. liquid dielectric transformers)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)Prepared foods obtained by swelling or roasting cereals or cereal products, e.g. corn flakesUpholstered seats, with wooden frames (excl. convertible into beds)
Common questions about trade in Fakenham
How many businesses import or export from Fakenham?
HMRC customs records show 56 businesses in Fakenham (NR21) filed declarations over the last six months — 454 import declarations and 297 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.
What do Fakenham businesses import most?
The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Fakenham traders the leading goods are malt (excl. roasted), articles of plastics and articles of other materials of heading 3901 to 3914, n.e.s (excl. goods of 9619), wooden furniture (excl. for offices, kitchens and bedrooms, and seats), transformers having a power handling capacity <= 1 kva (excl. liquid dielectric transformers). You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Fakenham growing?
Import activity is down 11.7% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to rise by roughly 7.9%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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