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Bath importers & exporters

Q: Is trade from Bath growing?

Import activity is down 17.3% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 6.1%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.

Q: How do I get contact details for Bath importers?

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314 businesses in Bath appear in HMRC customs records for the last six months. That puts it second in Somerset for trade activity. 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 6.1% 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

2,362Import declarations▼ 17.3% on the 6 months before

1,347Export declarations

−6.1%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data

314Trading 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 314 businesses.

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★ Most active in BathFiled more customs declarations than any other Bath business over the last six months — roughly 11% of the town's total import activity, mostly in coffee, tea and spices.

Most active business

ROTORK CONTROLS LIMITED

249 import declarations 224 export declarations BA1 *Ch. 09Ch. 19Ch. 34Ch. 35 Active in 5 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include gears and gearing for machinery (excl. toothed wheels, chain sprockets and other transmission elements presented separately); ball or roller screws; gear boxes and other speed changers, incl. torque converters, parts of machinery of chapter 84, not intended for a specific purpose, n.e.s., ball bearings.

▼ Expected to slow by 4.3% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity249 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity224 in the last 6 months

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Among the most active

GRAHAM AND GREEN LIMITED

125 import declarations 5 export declarations BA1 *Ch. 33Ch. 34Ch. 39Ch. 42 Active in 5 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include glass mirrors, framed (excl. rear-view mirrors for vehicles, optical mirrors, optically processed, and mirrors of an age of > 100 years), carpets and other textile floor coverings, of wool or fine animal hair, knotted, whether or not made up, carpets and other floor coverings, of vegetable textile materials or coarse animal hair, woven, not tufted or flocked, of pile construction, made up (excl. kelem, schumacks, karamanie and similar hand-woven rugs, and floor coverings of coconut fibres.

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

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity125 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity5 in the last 6 months

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Among the most active

GENTLEMEN'S HARDWARE INTERNA TIONALLIMI TED

69 import declarations 25 export declarations BA1 *Ch. 22Ch. 27Ch. 33Ch. 34 Active in 5 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include candles, tapers and the like, registers, account books, notebooks, order books, receipt books, letter pads, memorandum pads, diaries and similar articles, of paper or paperboard, drinking glasses (excl. glasses of glass ceramics or of lead crystal and stemware).

▼ Expected to slow by 23.1% 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 activity25 in the last 6 months

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Among the most active

CROSS MANUFACTURING CO (1938) LTD

33 import declarations 59 export declarations BA2 *Ch. 27Ch. 28Ch. 38Ch. 39 Active in 5 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include millstones, grindstones, grinding wheels and the like, without frameworks, for sharpening, polishing, trueing or cutting, of agglomerated abrasives or ceramics (excl. of agglomerated synthetic or natural diamond, hand sharpening or polishing stones,, wire of stainless steel, in coils (excl. bars and rods), articles of cobalt, n.e.s..

▼ Expected to slow by 15.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity33 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity59 in the last 6 months

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Among the most active

HORSTMAN DEFENCE SYSTEMS LIMITED

42 import declarations 38 export declarations BA1 *Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 72Ch. 73 Active in 5 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include flexible tubing of iron or steel, with or without fittings, articles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire), bearing housings for machinery, not incorporating ball or roller bearings; plain shaft bearings for machinery.

▲ Expected to increase by 14.3% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity42 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity38 in the last 6 months

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What Bath trades

The most frequently declared goods across all 314 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.

Cheese (excl. fresh cheese, incl. whey cheese, curd, processed cheese, blue-veined cheese and other cheese containing veins produced by "Penicillium roqueforti", and grated or powdered cheese)Wine of fresh grapes, incl. fortified wines, and grape must whose fermentation has been arrested by the addition of alcohol, in containers of <= 2 l (excl. sparkling wine)Tricycles, scooters, pedal cars and similar wheeled toys; dolls' carriages; dolls; other toys; reduced-size "scale" recreational models, working or not; puzzles of all kindsPrinted books, brochures and similar printed matter (excl. those in single sheets; dictionaries, encyclopaedias, periodicals and publications which are essentially devoted to advertising)Registers, account books, notebooks, order books, receipt books, letter pads, memorandum pads, diaries and similar articles, of paper or paperboardChocolate and other preparations containing cocoa, in containers or immediate packings of <= 2 kg (excl. in blocks, slabs or bars and cocoa powder)Articles of jewellery and parts thereof, of precious metal other than silver, whether or not plated or clad with precious metal (excl. articles > 100 years old)Wallets, purses, key-pouches, cigarette-cases, tobacco-pouches and similar articles carried in the pocket or handbag, with outer surface of plastic sheeting or textile materials

Common questions about trade in Bath

How many businesses import or export from Bath?

HMRC customs records show 314 businesses in Bath (BA1, BA2) filed declarations over the last six months — 2,362 import declarations and 1,347 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.

What do Bath businesses import most?

The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Bath traders the leading goods are cheese (excl. fresh cheese, incl. whey cheese, curd, processed cheese, blue-veined cheese and other cheese containing veins produced by "penicillium roqueforti", and grated or powdered cheese), wine of fresh grapes, incl. fortified wines, and grape must whose fermentation has been arrested by the addition of alcohol, in containers of <= 2 l (excl. sparkling wine), 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, printed books, brochures and similar printed matter (excl. those in single sheets; dictionaries, encyclopaedias, periodicals and publications which are essentially devoted to advertising). You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.

Is trade from Bath growing?

Import activity is down 17.3% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 6.1%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.

How do I get contact details for Bath importers?

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Bath importers & exporters

Top 10 businesses by 6-month activity Free tier

ROTORK CONTROLS LIMITED

GRAHAM AND GREEN LIMITED

GENTLEMEN'S HARDWARE INTERNA TIONALLIMI TED

CROSS MANUFACTURING CO (1938) LTD

HORSTMAN DEFENCE SYSTEMS LIMITED

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What Bath trades

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