HMRC records show 82 businesses trading internationally from Witney over the last six months. It ranks 11 of 22 trading locations in Oxfordshire. 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 3.6% over the next three months.
Refreshed every 24 hours · last run 22 Aug 2026, 20:36HMRC release in view: Jun 26Snapshot: 2026-08-22.1
1,500Import declarations▲ 5.3% on the 6 months before
770Export declarations
+3.6%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
82Trading businesses
Top 5 businesses by 6-month activity Free tier
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★ Most active in WitneyFiled more customs declarations than any other Witney business over the last six months — roughly 33% of the town's total import activity, mostly in animal and vegetable fats.
Most active business
SHERWIN-WILLIAMS UK LIMITED
489 import declarations165 export declarationsOX28 *Ch. 15Ch. 25Ch. 26Ch. 27Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include paints and varnishes based, incl. enamels and lacquers, on synthetic polymers or chemically modified natural polymers, dispersed or dissolved in a non-aqueous medium, and solutions of products of headings 3901 to 3913 in volatile organic solvents, co, paints and varnishes, incl. enamels and lacquers, based on polyesters, dispersed or dissolved in a non-aqueous medium; solutions based on polyesters in volatile organic solvents, containing > 50% solvent by weight, paints and varnishes, incl. enamels and lacquers, based on acrylic or vinyl polymers, dispersed or dissolved in a non-aqueous medium; solutions based on acrylic or vinyl polymers in volatile organic solvents, containing > 50% solvent by weight.
▼ Expected to slow by 2.1% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity489 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity165 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
BARTINGTON INSTRUMENTS LTD
23 import declarations66 export declarationsOX28 *Ch. 39Ch. 49Ch. 72Ch. 84Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking voltage, current, resistance or electrical power, without recording device (excl. multimeters, and oscilloscopes and oscillographs), instruments and appliances used in geodesy, topography, hydrography, oceanography, hydrology, meteorology or geophysics (excl. compasses, rangefinders, theodolites, tachymeters "tacheometers", levels and photogrammetrical surveying instruments and ap, theodolites and tachymeters "tacheometers".
▲ Expected to increase by 12.5% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity23 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity66 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
G S M AUTOMOTIVE LIMITED
40 import declarations48 export declarationsOX28 *Ch. 32Ch. 35Ch. 37Ch. 39Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include parts and accessories, for tractors, motor vehicles for the transport of ten or more persons, motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of persons, motor vehicles for the transport of goods and special purpose motor v, self-adhesive plates, sheets, film, foil, tape, strip and other flat shapes, of plastics, in rolls <= 20 cm wide, self-adhesive plates, sheets, film, foil, tape, strip and other flat shapes, of plastics, whether or not in rolls > 20 cm wide (excl. floor, wall and ceiling coverings of heading 3918).
▼ Expected to slow by 6.2% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity40 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity48 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
INVENTORY MANAGEMENT EUROPE LIMITED
69 import declarations67 export declarationsOX28 *Ch. 84Ch. 85Ch. 94Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include storage units for automatic data-processing machines, parts and accessories of automatic data-processing machines or for other machines of heading 8471, n.e.s., lithium-ion accumulators (excl. spent).
▲ Expected to increase by 7.3% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity69 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity67 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
K N F NEUBERGER U K LTD
56 import declarations51 export declarationsOX28 *Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 48Ch. 49Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include air pumps, air or other gas compressors and ventilating or recycling hoods incorporating a fan, whether or not fitted with filters, having a maximum horizontal side > 120 cm (excl. vacuum pumps, hand- or foot-operated air pumps, compressors for refri, articles of vulcanised rubber (excl. hard rubber), n.e.s., reciprocating positive displacement pumps for liquids, power-driven (excl. those of subheading 8413.11 and 8413,19, fuel, lubricating or cooling medium pumps for internal combustion piston engine and concrete pumps).
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity56 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity51 in the last 6 months
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What Witney trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 82 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.
Articles of plastics and articles of other materials of heading 3901 to 3914, n.e.s (excl. goods of 9619)Paints and varnishes based, incl. enamels and lacquers, on synthetic polymers or chemically modified natural polymers, dispersed or dissolved in a non-aqueous medium, and solutions of products of headings 3901 to 3913 in volatile organic solvents, coPlates, 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 (Chemical products and preparations of the chemical or allied industries, incl. those consisting of mixtures of natural products, n.e.s.Paints and varnishes, incl. enamels and lacquers, based on polyesters, dispersed or dissolved in a non-aqueous medium; solutions based on polyesters in volatile organic solvents, containing > 50% solvent by weightPaints and varnishes, incl. enamels and lacquers, based on acrylic or vinyl polymers, dispersed or dissolved in a non-aqueous medium; solutions based on acrylic or vinyl polymers in volatile organic solvents, containing > 50% solvent by weightParts of machines and mechanical appliances, n.e.s.Parts and accessories, for tractors, motor vehicles for the transport of ten or more persons, motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of persons, motor vehicles for the transport of goods and special purpose motor v
Common questions about trade in Witney
How many businesses import or export from Witney?
HMRC customs records show 82 businesses in Witney (OX28) filed declarations over the last six months — 1,500 import declarations and 770 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.
What do Witney businesses import most?
The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Witney traders the leading goods are articles of plastics and articles of other materials of heading 3901 to 3914, n.e.s (excl. goods of 9619), paints and varnishes based, incl. enamels and lacquers, on synthetic polymers or chemically modified natural polymers, dispersed or dissolved in a non-aqueous medium, and solutions of products of headings 3901 to 3913 in volatile organic solvents, co, 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 (, chemical products and preparations of the chemical or allied industries, incl. those consisting of mixtures of natural products, n.e.s.. You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Witney growing?
Import activity is up 5.3% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to rise by roughly 3.6%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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