Over the last six months, 78 Barry (Vale of Glamorgan) businesses filed customs declarations. That puts it second in South Glamorgan for trade activity. 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 8.5% 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
888Import declarations▼ 3.7% on the 6 months before
898Export declarations
+8.5%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
78Trading 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 78 businesses.
★ Most active in Barry (Vale of Glamorgan)Filed more customs declarations than any other Barry (Vale of Glamorgan) business over the last six months — roughly 4% of the town's total import activity, mostly in food preparations.
Most active business
E-CUBE SOLUTIONS LIMITED
37 import declarations555 export declarationsCF62 *Ch. 21Ch. 27Ch. 35Ch. 39Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include parts of aeroplanes, helicopters or unmanned aircraft, n.e.s. (excl. those for gliders), instruments and appliances for aeronautical or space navigation (excl. compasses and radio navigational equipment), trailers and semi-trailers for the transport of goods, not designed for running on rails (excl. self-loading or self-unloading trailers and semi-trailers for agricultural purposes and tanker trailers and tanker semi-trailers).
▲ Expected to increase by 47.5% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity37 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity555 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
MILDEF LIMITED
62 import declarations27 export declarationsCF62 *Ch. 09Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 42Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include electric conductors for a voltage <= 1.000 v, insulated, fitted with connectors, n.e.s., data-processing machines, automatic, portable, weighing <= 10 kg, consisting of at least a central processing unit, a keyboard and a display (excl. peripheral units), parts and accessories of automatic data-processing machines or for other machines of heading 8471, n.e.s..
▲ Expected to increase by 30.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity62 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity27 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
LORAX LTD
70 import declarations7 export declarationsCF63 *Ch. 33Ch. 34Ch. 36Ch. 39Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include knives having other than fixed blades, incl. pruning knives, of base metal (excl. razors), knives with fixed blades of base metal (excl. straw knives, machetes, knives and cutting blades for machines or mechanical appliances, table knives, fish knives, butter knives, razors and razor blades and knives of heading 8214), travelling-bags, insulated food or beverage bags, toilet bags, rucksacks, shopping-bags, map-cases, tool bags, sports bags, jewellery boxes, cutlery cases, binocular cases, camera cases, musical instrument cases, gun cases, holsters and similar conta.
▼ Expected to slow by 6.7% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity70 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity7 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
DOW SILICONES UK LIMITED
131 import declarations48 export declarationsCF63 *Ch. 25Ch. 27Ch. 28Ch. 29Active 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., separate chemically defined organo-inorganic compounds (excl. organo-sulphur, mercury, tetramethyl lead, tetraethyl lead and tributyltin compounds, and organo-phosphorous derivatives), silicones in primary forms.
▼ Expected to slow by 16.7% 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 activity48 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
CAERDAV LIMITED
173 import declarations6 export declarationsCF62 *Ch. 32Ch. 35Ch. 38Ch. 39Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include parts of aeroplanes, helicopters or unmanned aircraft, n.e.s. (excl. those for gliders), articles of aluminium, n.e.s., bearing housings for machinery, not incorporating ball or roller bearings; plain shaft bearings for machinery.
▲ Expected to increase by 10.8% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity173 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity6 in the last 6 months
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What Barry (Vale of Glamorgan) trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 78 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.
Chemical products and preparations of the chemical or allied industries, incl. those consisting of mixtures of natural products, n.e.s.Parts of aeroplanes, helicopters or unmanned aircraft, n.e.s. (excl. those for gliders)Articles of plastics and articles of other materials of heading 3901 to 3914, n.e.s (excl. goods of 9619)Instruments, appliances and machines for measuring or checking, not elsewhere specified in chapter 90 (excl. optical)Prefabricated structural components for building or civil engineering of cement, concrete or artificial stone, whether or not reinforcedStatic convertersArticles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire)Instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking pressure of liquids or gases (excl. regulators)
Common questions about trade in Barry (Vale of Glamorgan)
How many businesses import or export from Barry (Vale of Glamorgan)?
HMRC customs records show 78 businesses in Barry (Vale of Glamorgan) (CF62, CF63) filed declarations over the last six months — 888 import declarations and 898 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.
What do Barry (Vale of Glamorgan) businesses import most?
The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Barry (Vale of Glamorgan) traders the leading goods are chemical products and preparations of the chemical or allied industries, incl. those consisting of mixtures of natural products, n.e.s., parts of aeroplanes, helicopters or unmanned aircraft, n.e.s. (excl. those for gliders), articles of plastics and articles of other materials of heading 3901 to 3914, n.e.s (excl. goods of 9619), instruments, appliances and machines for measuring or checking, not elsewhere specified in chapter 90 (excl. optical). You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Barry (Vale of Glamorgan) growing?
Import activity is down 3.7% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to rise by roughly 8.5%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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