49 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 ease back by around 5.1% 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
501Import declarations▼ 16.5% on the 6 months before
190Export declarations
−5.1%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
49Trading 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 49 businesses.
★ Most active in North SomersetFiled more customs declarations than any other North Somerset business over the last six months — roughly 26% of the town's total import activity, mostly in meat and edible offal.
Most active business
YEO VALLEY FARMS (PRODUCTION) LIMITED
131 import declarations8 export declarationsBS40 *Ch. 02Ch. 04Ch. 08Ch. 09Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include frozen fruit and nuts, uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water, whether or not sweetened (excl. strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, mulberries, loganberries, black, white or red currants and gooseberries), enzymes and prepared enzymes, n.e.s. (excl. rennet and concentrates thereof), malt 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.
▲ Expected to increase by 15.5% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity131 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity8 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
HOT CLAY LTD
39 import declarations2 export declarationsBS40 *Ch. 25Ch. 30Ch. 32Ch. 39Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include vitrifiable enamels and glazes, engobes "slips" and similar preparations of the kind used in the ceramic, enamelling or glass industry, machinery for agglomerating, shaping or moulding solid mineral fuels, ceramic paste, unhardened cements, plastering materials and other mineral products in powder or paste form; machines for forming foundry moulds of sand (excl. those for the casting, clays (excl. fireclay, bentonite, kaolin and other kaolinic clays and expanded clay).
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity39 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity2 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
HYDRAULIC ALLIANCE LTD
13 import declarations28 export declarationsBS40 *Ch. 27Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 48Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include reciprocating positive displacement pumps for liquids, power-driven (excl. those of subheading 8413.11 and 8413,19, fuel, lubricating or cooling medium pumps for internal combustion piston engine and concrete pumps), winches and capstans, non-powered by electric motor, 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.
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity13 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity28 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
MONAGHAN MUSHROOMS LTD
33 import declarations1 export declarationsBS40 *Ch. 06Ch. 07Ch. 18Ch. 38Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include fresh or chilled mushrooms of the genus "agaricus", live plants, incl. their roots, and mushroom spawn (excl. bulbs, tubers, tuberous roots, corms, crowns and rhizomes, incl. chicory plants and roots, unrooted cuttings and slips, fruit and nut trees, rhododendrons, azaleas and roses), parts of agricultural, horticultural or forestry machinery for soil preparation or cultivation or of lawn or sports-ground rollers, n.e.s..
▲ Expected to increase by 45.5% 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 activity1 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
FAYRE OAKS LIMITED
13 import declarations16 export declarationsBS40 *Ch. 15Ch. 29Ch. 31Ch. 35Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include glycerol, crude; glycerol waters and glycerol lyes, glycerol, potassium sulphate (excl. that in tablets or similar forms, or in packages with a gross weight of <= 10 kg).
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity13 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity16 in the last 6 months
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39 more North Somerset businesses
Every importer and exporter in BS29 / BS40 with monthly activity, 24-month indicators, forecasts, Companies House records, AI research and validated contact reveals.
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What North Somerset trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 49 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)Glycerol, crude; glycerol waters and glycerol lyesGear 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 purposeVitrifiable enamels and glazes, engobes "slips" and similar preparations of the kind used in the ceramic, enamelling or glass industryArticles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire)Artists' brushes, writing brushes and similar brushes for the application of cosmeticsEnzymes and prepared enzymes, n.e.s. (excl. rennet and concentrates thereof)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
Common questions about trade in North Somerset
How many businesses import or export from North Somerset?
HMRC customs records show 49 businesses in North Somerset (BS29, BS40) filed declarations over the last six months — 501 import declarations and 190 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 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), glycerol, crude; glycerol waters and glycerol lyes, 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, vitrifiable enamels and glazes, engobes "slips" and similar preparations of the kind used in the ceramic, enamelling or glass industry. You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from North Somerset growing?
Import activity is down 16.5% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 5.1%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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