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Scottish Borders importers & exporters

Q: Is trade from Scottish Borders growing?

Import activity is down 7.2% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 8.0%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.

Q: How do I get contact details for Scottish Borders importers?

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239 businesses in Scottish Borders appear in HMRC customs records for the last six months. That makes it the busiest trading location in Scottish Borders. Most of that activity sits in machinery and mechanical appliances, electrical machinery and electronics, optical, photographic and medical instruments. Looking ahead, our model expects import activity here to ease back by around 8.0% 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

2,235Import declarations▼ 7.2% on the 6 months before

1,256Export declarations

−8.0%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data

239Trading 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 239 businesses.

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★ Most active in Scottish BordersFiled more customs declarations than any other Scottish Borders business over the last six months — roughly 9% of the town's total import activity, mostly in vegetable plaiting materials.

Most active business

HOLLAND & SHERRY LTD

201 import declarations 205 export declarations EH45 *Ch. 14Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 41 Active in 5 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include woven fabrics containing predominantly, but < 85% combed wool or combed fine animal hair by weight (excl. those mixed principally or solely with synthetic or artificial filaments or staple fibres and fabrics for technical uses of heading 5911), woven fabrics of flax, containing >= 85% flax by weight, unbleached or bleached, woven fabrics containing predominantly, but < 85% carded wool or carded fine animal hair by weight (excl. those mixed principally or solely with synthetic or artificial filaments or staple fibres).

▼ Expected to slow by 9.6% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity201 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity205 in the last 6 months

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Among the most active

DATAMARS AGRI UK LTD

108 import declarations 17 export declarations TD7 *Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 42Ch. 48 Active in 5 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include weighing machine weights of all kinds; parts of weighing machinery, n.e.s., weighing machinery of a maximum weighing capacity > 30 kg but <= 5.000 kg (excl. personal weighing machines, scales for continuous weighing of goods on conveyors, constant weight scales and scales for discharging a pre-determined weight of material i, magnetic or optical readers, machines for transcribing data onto data media in coded form and machines for processing such data, n.e.s..

▼ Expected to slow by 17.9% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity108 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity17 in the last 6 months

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Among the most active

HOLDERS TECHNOLOGY UK LTD

84 import declarations 23 export declarations TD1 *Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 49Ch. 62 Active in 5 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include refined copper foil, backed, of a thickness "excl. any backing" of <= 0,15 mm (excl. stamping foils of heading 3212, metal yarns and metallised yarns and foil made up as christmas tree decorating material), interchangeable tools for milling, tools for drilling, interchangeable (excl. rock-drilling or earth-boring tools and tools for tapping).

▲ Expected to increase by 5.2% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity84 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity23 in the last 6 months

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Among the most active

AHLSTROM CHIRNSIDE LIMITED

62 import declarations 34 export declarations TD11 *Ch. 09Ch. 28Ch. 32Ch. 34 Active in 5 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include coconut, abaca "manila hemp or musa textilis nee", ramie, agave and other vegetable textile fibres, n.e.s., raw or processed, but not spun; tow, noils and waste of such fibres, incl. yarn waste and garnetted stock, nonwovens, whether or not impregnated, coated, covered or laminated, n.e.s., of synthetic or man-made filaments, weighing <= 25 g/m, semi-bleached or bleached coniferous chemical wood pulp, soda or sulphate (excl. dissolving grades).

▼ Expected to slow by 21.4% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity62 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity34 in the last 6 months

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Among the most active

CLEVELAND ALLIANCES LTD

81 import declarations 6 export declarations TD11 *Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 73Ch. 84 Active in 5 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include appliances for pipes, boiler shells, tanks, vats or the like (excl. pressure-reducing valves, valves for the control of pneumatic power transmission, check "non-return" valves and safety or relief valves), parts of fire extinguishers, spray guns and similar appliances, steam or sand blasting machines and similar jet projecting machines and machinery and apparatus for projecting, dispersing or spraying liquids or powders, n.e.s., agricultural or horticultural sprayers (excl. portable).

▲ Expected to increase by 29.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity81 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity6 in the last 6 months

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Every importer and exporter in EH38 / EH43 / EH44 / EH45 with monthly activity, 24-month indicators, forecasts, Companies House records, AI research and validated contact reveals.

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What Scottish Borders trades

The most frequently declared goods across all 239 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.

Jerseys, pullovers, cardigans, waistcoats and similar articles, of wool, knitted or crocheted (excl. wadded waistcoats)Jerseys, pullovers, cardigans, waistcoats and similar articles, of hair of Kashmir "cashmere" goats, knitted or crocheted (excl. quilted articles)Carded yarn of fine animal hair (excl. that of wool or that put up for retail sale)Woven fabrics containing >= 85% carded wool or carded fine animal hair by weight and weighing <= 300 g/mWoven fabrics containing predominantly, but < 85% combed wool or combed fine animal hair by weight (excl. those mixed principally or solely with synthetic or artificial filaments or staple fibres and fabrics for technical uses of heading 5911)Jerseys, pullovers, cardigans, waistcoats and similar articles, of fine animal hair, knitted or crocheted (excl. from hair of Kashmir "cashmere" goats and quilted articles)Woven fabrics containing >= 85% carded wool or carded fine animal hair by weight and weighing > 300 g/m (excl. fabrics for technical uses specificed in heading 5911)Shawls, scarves, mufflers, mantillas, veils and the like, knitted or crocheted

Common questions about trade in Scottish Borders

How many businesses import or export from Scottish Borders?

HMRC customs records show 239 businesses in Scottish Borders (EH38, EH43, EH44, EH45) filed declarations over the last six months — 2,235 import declarations and 1,256 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.

What do Scottish Borders businesses import most?

The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Scottish Borders traders the leading goods are jerseys, pullovers, cardigans, waistcoats and similar articles, of wool, knitted or crocheted (excl. wadded waistcoats), jerseys, pullovers, cardigans, waistcoats and similar articles, of hair of kashmir "cashmere" goats, knitted or crocheted (excl. quilted articles), carded yarn of fine animal hair (excl. that of wool or that put up for retail sale), woven fabrics containing >= 85% carded wool or carded fine animal hair by weight and weighing <= 300 g/m. You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.

Is trade from Scottish Borders growing?

Import activity is down 7.2% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 8.0%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.

How do I get contact details for Scottish Borders importers?

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