103 businesses in Bridgwater appear in HMRC customs records for the last six months. That puts it third in Somerset for trade activity. Most of that activity sits in machinery and mechanical appliances, plastics, electrical machinery and electronics. Looking ahead, our model expects import activity here to ease back by around 1.9% 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
1,703Import declarations▼ 3.0% on the 6 months before
594Export declarations
−1.9%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
103Trading businesses
Top 5 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 103 businesses.
★ Most active in BridgwaterFiled more customs declarations than any other Bridgwater business over the last six months — roughly 19% of the town's total import activity, mostly in milling products.
Most active business
REFRESCO BEVERAGES UK LIMITED
320 import declarations42 export declarationsTA6 *Ch. 11Ch. 13Ch. 17Ch. 18Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include juice of fruit or vegetables, unfermented, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter (excl. containing spirit, mixtures, and juice of citrus fruit, pineapples, tomatoes, grapes, incl. grape must, apples and cranberries), mixtures of fruit juices, incl. grape must, and vegetable juices, unfermented, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter (excl. containing spirit), mixtures of odoriferous substances and mixtures, incl. alcoholic solutions, with a basis of one or more of these substances, of a kind used in the food and drink industries; other preparations based on odoriferous substances, of a kind used for the m.
▼ Expected to slow by 8.5% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity320 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity42 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
CHT UK BRIDGWATER LTD
161 import declarations27 export declarationsTA6 *Ch. 13Ch. 20Ch. 25Ch. 28Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include chemical products and preparations of the chemical or allied industries, incl. those consisting of mixtures of natural products, n.e.s., silicones in primary forms, separate chemically defined organo-inorganic compounds (excl. organo-sulphur, mercury, tetramethyl lead, tetraethyl lead and tributyltin compounds, and organo-phosphorous derivatives).
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity161 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity27 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
ELECTRIFIED AUTOMATION LIMITED
68 import declarations38 export declarationsTA6 *Ch. 39Ch. 70Ch. 73Ch. 74Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include transmission shafts, incl. cam shafts and crank shafts, and cranks, parts suitable for use solely or principally with electric motors and generators, electric generating sets and rotary converters, n.e.s., articles of aluminium, n.e.s..
▲ Expected to increase by 100.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity68 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity38 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
J&K AQUATICS LTD
211 import declarations50 export declarationsTA6 *Ch. 03Ch. 05Ch. 06Ch. 12Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include glassware of a kind used for toilet, office, indoor decoration or similar purposes (excl. glassware of lead crystal or of a kind used for table or kitchen purposes, articles of heading 7018, mirrors, leaded lights and the like, lighting fittings and, statuettes and other ornamental articles, of plastics, articles of stone or of other mineral substances, n.e.s..
▲ Expected to increase by 4.5% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity211 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity50 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
CRC INDUSTRIES UK LTD
130 import declarations106 export declarationsTA6 *Ch. 15Ch. 27Ch. 29Ch. 32Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include surface-active preparations, washing preparations, incl. auxiliary washing preparations and cleaning preparations (excl. those put up for retail sale, organic surface-active agents, soap and organic surface-active preparations in the form of bars, ca, lubricant preparations, incl. cutting-oil preparations, bolt or nut release preparations, anti-rust or anti-corrosion preparations and mould-release preparations, based on lubricants and containing petroleum oil or bituminous mineral oil (excl. prepa, light oils and preparations, of petroleum or bituminous minerals which >= 90% by volume "incl. losses" distil at 210 c "astm d 86 method" (excl. containing biodiesel).
▲ Expected to increase by 3.2% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity130 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity106 in the last 6 months
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What Bridgwater trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 103 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)Surface-active preparations, washing preparations, incl. auxiliary washing preparations and cleaning preparations (excl. those put up for retail sale, organic surface-active agents, soap and organic surface-active preparations in the form of bars, caTricycles, scooters, pedal cars and similar wheeled toys; dolls' carriages; dolls; other toys; reduced-size "scale" recreational models, working or not; puzzles of all kindsSilicones in primary formsNonwovens, whether or not impregnated, coated, covered or laminated, n.e.s., of man-made filaments, weighing > 25 g/m but <= 70 g/mChemical products and preparations of the chemical or allied industries, incl. those consisting of mixtures of natural products, n.e.s.Articles for the conveyance or packaging of goods, of plastics (excl. boxes, cases, crates and similar articles; sacks and bags, incl. cones; carboys, bottles, flasks and similar articles; spools, spindles, bobbins and similar supports; stoppers, lidMixtures of odoriferous substances and mixtures, incl. alcoholic solutions, with a basis of one or more of these substances, of a kind used in the food and drink industries; other preparations based on odoriferous substances, of a kind used for the m
Common questions about trade in Bridgwater
How many businesses import or export from Bridgwater?
HMRC customs records show 103 businesses in Bridgwater (TA6) filed declarations over the last six months — 1,703 import declarations and 594 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.
What do Bridgwater businesses import most?
The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Bridgwater 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), surface-active preparations, washing preparations, incl. auxiliary washing preparations and cleaning preparations (excl. those put up for retail sale, organic surface-active agents, soap and organic surface-active preparations in the form of bars, ca, 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, silicones in primary forms. You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Bridgwater growing?
Import activity is down 3.0% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 1.9%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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