58 businesses in North Somerset appear in HMRC customs records for the last six months. It ranks 13 of 40 trading locations in Somerset. Most of that activity sits in machinery and mechanical appliances, plastics and plastic articles, optical, photographic and medical instruments. Looking ahead, our model expects import activity here to pick up by around 5.8% over the next three months.
Refreshed every 24 hours · last run 25/08/2026 at 11:41HMRC release in view: Jun 26Snapshot: 2026-08-25.1
597Import declarations▼ 1.6% on the 6 months before
234Export declarations
+5.8%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
58Trading 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 58 businesses.
★ Most active in North SomersetFiled more customs declarations than any other North Somerset business over the last six months — roughly 27% of the town's total import activity, mostly in meat and edible offal.
Most active business
YEO VALLEY FARMS (PRODUCTION) LIMITED
160 import declarations10 export declarationsBS40 *Ch. 02Ch. 04Ch. 08Ch. 09Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include fruit and other edible parts of plants, prepared or preserved, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or spirit (excl. prepared or preserved with vinegar, preserved with sugar but not laid in syrup, jams, fruit jellies, marm, 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), apricots, prepared or preserved, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or spirit (excl. preserved with sugar but not laid in syrup, jams, fruit jellies, marmalades, fruit pur e and pastes, obtained by cooking).
▲ Expected to increase by 34.1% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity160 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity10 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
J P (AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSIONS) LTD
26 import declarations6 export declarationsBS40 *Ch. 38Ch. 68Ch. 84Ch. 85Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include gear boxes and parts thereof, 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, clutches and parts thereof, 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 mo, safety or relief valves.
▼ Expected to slow by 18.8% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity26 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity6 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
FREELANCE SURGICAL LTD
73 import declarations13 export declarationsBS40 *Ch. 30Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 49Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include instruments and appliances used in medical, surgical or veterinary sciences, n.e.s., orthopaedic or fracture appliances, ozone therapy, oxygen therapy, aerosol therapy, artificial respiration or other therapeutic respiration apparatus, incl. parts and accessories.
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity73 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity13 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
WARM GLASS LTD
60 import declarations3 export declarationsBS40 *Ch. 04Ch. 12Ch. 25Ch. 32Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include cast glass and rolled glass, in non-wired sheets, coloured throughout the mass "body tinted", opacified, flashed or having an absorbent, reflecting or non-reflecting layer, but not otherwise worked, vitrifiable enamels and glazes, engobes "slips" and similar preparations of the kind used in the ceramic, enamelling or glass industry, paper, paperboard, cellulose wadding and webs of soft cellulose, coated, impregnated, covered, surface-coloured, surface-decorated or printed, in rolls or in square or rectangular sheets, of any size (excl. goods of heading 4803, 4809, 4810 and 4818,.
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% 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 activity3 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
DYNISMA LTD.
40 import declarations16 export declarationsBS40 *Ch. 32Ch. 39Ch. 44Ch. 56Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include instruments, apparatus and models designed for demonstrational purposes, e.g. in education or exhibitions, unsuitable for other uses (excl. ground flying trainers of heading 8805, collectors' pieces of heading 9705 and antiques of an age > 100 years, instruments, appliances and machines for measuring or checking, not elsewhere specified in chapter 90 (excl. optical), parts of machinery of chapter 84, not intended for a specific purpose, n.e.s..
▲ Expected to increase by 90.9% 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 activity16 in the last 6 months
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What North Somerset trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 58 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.
Instruments and appliances used in medical, surgical or veterinary sciences, n.e.s.Fruit and other edible parts of plants, prepared or preserved, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or spirit (excl. prepared or preserved with vinegar, preserved with sugar but not laid in syrup, jams, fruit jellies, marmGear boxes and parts thereof, 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 purposeCheese (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)Tube or pipe fittings, of iron or steel (excl. cast iron or stainless steel products; flanges; threaded elbows, bends and sleeves; butt welding fittings)Glycerol, crude; glycerol waters and glycerol lyesOrthopaedic or fracture appliancesJams, 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)
Common questions about trade in North Somerset
How many businesses import or export from North Somerset?
HMRC customs records show 58 businesses in North Somerset (BS29, BS40) filed declarations over the last six months — 597 import declarations and 234 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.
What do North Somerset businesses import most?
The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all North Somerset traders the leading goods are instruments and appliances used in medical, surgical or veterinary sciences, n.e.s., fruit and other edible parts of plants, prepared or preserved, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or spirit (excl. prepared or preserved with vinegar, preserved with sugar but not laid in syrup, jams, fruit jellies, marm, gear boxes and parts thereof, 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, 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). You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from North Somerset growing?
Import activity is down 1.6% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to rise by roughly 5.8%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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