HMRC records show 114 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 pick up by around 1.4% over the next three months.
Refreshed every 24 hours · last run 25/08/2026 at 11:41HMRC release in view: Jun 26Snapshot: 2026-08-25.1
2,052Import declarations▼ 4.5% on the 6 months before
1,197Export declarations
+1.4%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
114Trading 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 114 businesses.
★ Most active in King's LynnFiled more customs declarations than any other King's Lynn business over the last six months — roughly 17% of the town's total import activity, mostly in dyes, pigments, paints and inks.
Most active business
AFE GROUP LTD
339 import declarations67 export declarationsPE30 *Ch. 32Ch. 34Ch. 39Ch. 40Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include parts of refrigerating or freezing equipment and heat pumps, n.e.s., thermostats, compressors for refrigerating equipment.
▲ Expected to increase by 14.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity339 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity67 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
LEARNING RESOURCES LIMITED
37 import declarations37 export declarationsPE30 *Ch. 20Ch. 34Ch. 39Ch. 48Active in 6 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, tables for casino games, automatic bowling alley equipment, and other funfair, table or parlour games, incl. pintables (excl. operated by any means of payment, billiards, video game consoles and machines, and playing cards), articles of plastics and articles of other materials of heading 3901 to 3914, n.e.s (excl. goods of 9619).
▲ Expected to increase by 20.8% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity37 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity37 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
SOUTHGATE PACKAGING LIMITED
141 import declarations121 export declarationsPE30 *Ch. 28Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 42Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include self-adhesive plates, sheets, film, foil, tape, strip and other flat shapes, of plastics, in rolls <= 20 cm wide, plates, sheets, film, foil and strip, of non-cellular polymers of ethylene, not reinforced, laminated, supported or similarly combined with other materials, without backing, unworked or merely surface-worked or merely cut into squares or rectangles (, gummed or adhesive paper and paperboard, surface-coloured, surface-decorated or printed, in rolls or in square or rectangular sheets, of any size (excl. self-adhesive and goods of heading 4810).
▼ Expected to slow by 6.9% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity141 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity121 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
GREENYARD FROZEN UK LTD
136 import declarations78 export declarationsPE30 *Ch. 04Ch. 07Ch. 08Ch. 09Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include 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), sweetcorn, uncooked or cooked by steaming or by boiling in water, frozen.
▼ Expected to slow by 7.4% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity136 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity78 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
BESPAK EUROPE LTD
137 import declarations38 export declarationsPE30 *Ch. 28Ch. 29Ch. 30Ch. 32Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include ozone therapy, oxygen therapy, aerosol therapy, artificial respiration or other therapeutic respiration apparatus, incl. parts and accessories, acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene copolymers "abs", in primary forms, articles of aluminium, n.e.s..
▲ Expected to increase by 13.7% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity137 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity38 in the last 6 months
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What King's Lynn trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 114 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 kindsArticles of plastics and articles of other materials of heading 3901 to 3914, n.e.s (excl. goods of 9619)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)Articles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire)Metal furniture (excl. for offices, seats and medical, surgical, dental or veterinary furniture)Vegetables, uncooked or cooked by steaming or by boiling in water, frozen (excl. potatoes, leguminous vegetables, spinach, New Zealand spinach, orache spinach, and sweetcorn)Handkerchiefs, cleansing or facial tissues and towels, of paper pulp, paper, cellulose wadding or webs of cellulose fibresPlates, 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
Common questions about trade in King's Lynn
How many businesses import or export from King's Lynn?
HMRC customs records show 114 businesses in King's Lynn (PE30) filed declarations over the last six months — 2,052 import declarations and 1,197 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, articles of plastics and articles of other materials of heading 3901 to 3914, n.e.s (excl. goods of 9619), 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), 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 4.5% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to rise by roughly 1.4%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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