HMRC records show 112 businesses trading internationally from King's Lynn over the last six months. That puts it third in Norfolk for trade activity. Most of that activity sits in machinery and mechanical appliances, plastics and plastic articles, electrical machinery and electronics. Looking ahead, our model expects import activity here to ease back by around 8.7% 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
1,716Import declarations▼ 18.8% on the 6 months before
1,024Export declarations
−8.7%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
112Trading 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 112 businesses.
★ Most active in King's LynnFiled more customs declarations than any other King's Lynn business over the last six months — roughly 16% of the town's total import activity, mostly in dyes, pigments, paints and inks.
Most active business
AFE GROUP LTD
280 import declarations59 export declarationsPE30 *Ch. 32Ch. 34Ch. 39Ch. 40Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include parts of refrigerating or freezing equipment and heat pumps, n.e.s., compressors for refrigerating equipment, machinery, plant and equipment for making hot drinks or for cooking or heating food (excl. domestic appliances).
▲ Expected to increase by 3.6% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity280 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity59 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
SENSIENT COLORS UK LTD
67 import declarations51 export declarationsPE30 *Ch. 25Ch. 28Ch. 29Ch. 32Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include synthetic organic acid dyes, whether or not metallised, and synthetic organic mordant dyes; preparations based on synthetic organic acid or mordant dyes of a kind used to dye fabrics or produce colorant preparations (excl. preparations of heading 320, colour lakes (other than chinese or japanese lacquer and paints); preparations based on colour lakes of a kind used to dye fabrics or produce colorant preparations (excl. preparations of heading 3207, 3208, 3209, 3210, 3213 and 3215), carboxylic acids with additional oxygen function and their anhydrides, halides, peroxides and peroxyacids; their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives (excl. only with alcohol, phenol, aldehyde or ketone function, and 2,4,5-t [.
▲ Expected to increase by 21.6% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity67 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity51 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
PORVAIR SCIENCES LIMITED
50 import declarations56 export declarationsPE30 *Ch. 28Ch. 29Ch. 38Ch. 39Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include laboratory, hygienic or pharmaceutical glassware, whether or not graduated or calibrated, having a linear coefficient of expansion <= 5 x 10 -6 per kelvin within a temperature range of 0 c to 300 c (excl. glass of fused quartz or other fused silica,, parts of machinery and apparatus for filtering or purifying liquids or gases, n.e.s., stoppers, caps and lids, incl. screw caps and pouring stoppers, capsules for bottles, threaded bungs, bung covers, seals and other packing accessories of base metal (excl. crow corks).
▼ Expected to slow by 10.3% 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 activity56 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
OMEX AGRIFLUIDS LIMITED
38 import declarations38 export declarationsPE30 *Ch. 17Ch. 28Ch. 29Ch. 30Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include mineral or chemical fertilisers containing the two fertilising elements nitrogen and potassium or one principal fertilising substance only, incl. mixtures of animal or vegetable fertilisers with chemical or mineral fertilisers (excl. those in tablets, mineral or chemical fertilisers containing the three fertilising elements nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium (excl. those in tablets or similar forms, or in packages with a gross weight of <= 10 kg), mineral or chemical fertilisers containing the two fertilising elements phosphorus and potassium (excl. those in tablets or similar forms, or in packages with a gross weight of <= 10 kg).
▼ Expected to slow by 28.6% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity38 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity38 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
PIL MEMBRANES LIMITED
30 import declarations42 export declarationsPE30 *Ch. 28Ch. 29Ch. 32Ch. 34Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include isocyanates, paper and paperboard, surface-coloured, surface-decorated or printed, coated, impregnated or covered with artificial resins or plastics, in rolls or in square or rectangular sheets, of any size (excl. bleached and weighing > 150 g/m , and adhesives), kraft paper and paperboard, bleached uniformly throughout the mass and containing > 95% chemically processed wood fibres by weight in relation to the total fibre content, coated on one or both sides with kaolin or other inorganic substances, in rolls.
▼ Expected to slow by 15.8% 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 activity42 in the last 6 months
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What King's Lynn trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 112 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.
Tricycles, scooters, pedal cars and similar wheeled toys; dolls' carriages; dolls; other toys; reduced-size "scale" recreational models, working or not; puzzles of all kindsFrozen fruit and nuts, uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water, whether or not sweetened (excl. strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, mulberries, loganberries, black, white or red currants and gooseberries)Vegetables, uncooked or cooked by steaming or by boiling in water, frozen (excl. potatoes, leguminous vegetables, spinach, New Zealand spinach, orache spinach, and sweetcorn)Articles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire)Full-length or knee-length stockings, socks and other hosiery, incl. footwear without applied soles, of synthetic fibres, knitted or crocheted (excl. graduated compression hosiery, pantyhose and tights, women's full-length or knee-length stockings, mHats and other headgear, knitted or crocheted, or made up from lace, felt or other textile fabric, in the piece (but not in strips), whether or not lined or trimmed; hairnets of any material, whether or not lined or trimmed (excl. headgear for animalArticles and equipment for general physical exercise, gymnastics or athleticsPine "Pinus spp." sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or not planed, sanded or end-jointed, of a thickness of > 6 mm (excl. of S-P-F spruce&pine&fir)
Common questions about trade in King's Lynn
How many businesses import or export from King's Lynn?
HMRC customs records show 112 businesses in King's Lynn (PE30) filed declarations over the last six months — 1,716 import declarations and 1,024 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.
What do King's Lynn businesses import most?
The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all King's Lynn traders the leading goods are 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, frozen fruit and nuts, uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water, whether or not sweetened (excl. strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, mulberries, loganberries, black, white or red currants and gooseberries), vegetables, uncooked or cooked by steaming or by boiling in water, frozen (excl. potatoes, leguminous vegetables, spinach, new zealand spinach, orache spinach, and sweetcorn), articles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire). You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from King's Lynn 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 8.7%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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