118 businesses in Frome appear in HMRC customs records for the last six months. It ranks 10 of 40 trading locations in Somerset. 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 4.7% over the next three months.
Refreshed every 24 hours · last run 22 Aug 2026, 20:26HMRC release in view: Jun 26Snapshot: 2026-08-22.1
1,063Import declarations▲ 1.0% on the 6 months before
363Export declarations
+4.7%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
118Trading 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 118 businesses.
★ Most active in FromeFiled more customs declarations than any other Frome business over the last six months — roughly 26% of the town's total import activity, mostly in dairy, eggs and honey.
Most active business
ANDROS UK LIMITED
273 import declarations16 export declarationsBA11 *Ch. 04Ch. 07Ch. 08Ch. 13Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include jams, jellies, marmalades, pur es or pastes of fruit, obtained by cooking, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter (excl. citrus fruit and homogenised preparations of subheading 2007.10), yogurt, whether or not flavoured or containing added sugar or other sweetening matter, fruit, nuts, cocoa, chocolate, spices, coffee, plants, cereals or bakers' wares, buttermilk, curdled milk and cream, kephir and other fermented or acidified milk and cream, whether or not concentrated or flavoured or containing added sugar or other sweetening matter, fruits, nuts or cocoa (excl. yogurt).
▲ Expected to increase by 2.5% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity273 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity16 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
MIRAGE INKS LIMITED
47 import declarations18 export declarationsBA11 *Ch. 28Ch. 29Ch. 32Ch. 34Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include inorganic products of a kind used as luminophores, whether or not chemically defined, printing ink, whether or not concentrated or solid (excl. black ink), black printing ink, whether or not concentrated or solid.
▲ Expected to increase by 9.7% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity47 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity18 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
SYSTEMS ENGINEERING & ASSESSMENT LT
17 import declarations33 export declarationsBA11 *Ch. 30Ch. 34Ch. 39Ch. 40Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include parts and accessories for compasses and other navigational instruments and appliances, n.e.s., static converters, electrical machines and apparatus, having individual functions, n.e.s. in chapter 85.
▼ Expected to slow by 33.3% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity17 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity33 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
GEA FARM TECHNOLOGIES (UK) LTD
237 import declarations33 export declarationsBA11 *Ch. 15Ch. 28Ch. 29Ch. 30Active 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, boards, cabinets and similar combinations of apparatus for electric control or the distribution of electricity, for a voltage <= 1.000 v, articles of vulcanised rubber (excl. hard rubber), n.e.s..
▲ Expected to increase by 18.8% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity237 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity33 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
SORBUS INTERNATIONAL LTD
60 import declarations7 export declarationsBA11 *Ch. 30Ch. 31Ch. 38Ch. 42Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include machines and appliances for testing the mechanical properties of materials (excl. metals), articles of yarn, strip or the like of heading 5404 or 5405, or of twine, cordage, ropes or cables of heading 5607, n.e.s., twine, cordage, ropes and cables, of synthetic fibres, whether or not plaited or braided and whether or not impregnated, coated, covered or sheathed with rubber or plastics (excl. polyethylene and polypropylene).
▼ Expected to slow by 8.8% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity60 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity7 in the last 6 months
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Every importer and exporter in BA11 with monthly activity, 24-month indicators, forecasts, Companies House records, AI research and validated contact reveals.
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What Frome trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 118 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.
Jams, jellies, marmalades, pur es or pastes of fruit, obtained by cooking, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter (excl. citrus fruit and homogenised preparations of subheading 2007.10)Parts and accessories of motorcycles, incl. mopeds, n.e.s.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, caArticles and equipment for general physical exercise, gymnastics or athleticsBoards, cabinets and similar combinations of apparatus for electric control or the distribution of electricity, for a voltage <= 1.000 VBoxes, cases, crates and similar articles for the conveyance or packaging of goods, of plasticsMalt extract; food preparations of flour, groats, meal, starch or malt extract, not containing cocoa or containing < 40% by weight of cocoa calculated on a totally defatted basis, n.e.s. and food preparations of milk, cream, butter milk, sour milk, s
Common questions about trade in Frome
How many businesses import or export from Frome?
HMRC customs records show 118 businesses in Frome (BA11) filed declarations over the last six months — 1,063 import declarations and 363 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.
What do Frome businesses import most?
The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Frome traders the leading goods are jams, jellies, marmalades, pur es or pastes of fruit, obtained by cooking, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter (excl. citrus fruit and homogenised preparations of subheading 2007.10), parts and accessories of motorcycles, incl. mopeds, n.e.s., 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. You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Frome growing?
Import activity is up 1.0% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to rise by roughly 4.7%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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