HMRC records show 55 businesses trading internationally from Felixstowe over the last six months. It ranks 13 of 20 trading locations in Suffolk. Most of that activity sits in machinery and mechanical appliances, electrical machinery and electronics, plastics and plastic articles. Looking ahead, our model expects import activity here to ease back by around 9.9% 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
401Import declarations▼ 3.1% on the 6 months before
223Export declarations
−9.9%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
55Trading 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 55 businesses.
★ Most active in FelixstoweFiled more customs declarations than any other Felixstowe business over the last six months — roughly 24% of the town's total import activity, mostly in mineral fuels and oils.
Most active business
MAXXIS INTERNATIONAL (UK) LTD
95 import declarations1 export declarationsIP11 *Ch. 27Ch. 34Ch. 38Ch. 39Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include parts and accessories of motorcycles, incl. mopeds, n.e.s., new pneumatic tyres, of rubber, of a kind used for motorcycles, 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.
▼ Expected to slow by 11.4% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity95 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity1 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
COGENT TECHNOLOGY LTD
24 import declarations13 export declarationsIP11 *Ch. 39Ch. 48Ch. 49Ch. 70Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include magnetic or optical readers, machines for transcribing data onto data media in coded form and machines for processing such data, n.e.s., printed books, brochures and similar printed matter (excl. those in single sheets; dictionaries, encyclopaedias, periodicals and publications which are essentially devoted to advertising), parts of: air or vacuum pumps, air or other gas compressors, fans and ventilating or recycling hoods incorporating a fan, and gas-tight biological safety cabinets, n.e.s..
▲ Expected to increase by 8.3% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity24 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity13 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
INDO EUROPEAN FOODS LIMITED
24 import declarationsImports onlyIP11 *Ch. 10Ch. 19Ch. 20Ch. 21Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include preparations for sauces and prepared sauces; mixed condiments and seasonings (excl. soya sauce, tomato ketchup and other tomato sauces, mustard, and mustard flour and meal), bread, pastry, cakes, biscuits and other bakers' wares, whether or not containing cocoa; communion wafers, empty cachets of a kind suitable for pharmaceutical use, sealing wafers, rice paper and similar products (excl. crispbread, gingerbread and the, semi-milled or wholly milled rice, whether or not polished or glazed.
▼ Expected to slow by 29.4% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity24 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity0 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
PREMIER LOFT LADDERS LIMITED
16 import declarations5 export declarationsIP11 *Ch. 44Ch. 73Ch. 76Ch. 83Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include structures and parts of structures, of aluminium, n.e.s., and plates, rods, profiles, tubes and the like, prepared for use in structures, of aluminium, n.e.s. (excl. prefabricated buildings of heading 9406, doors and windows and their frames and thre, structures and parts of structures, of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. bridges and bridge-sections, towers and lattice masts, doors and windows and their frames, thresholds for doors, props and similar equipment for scaffolding, shuttering, propping or, builders' joinery and carpentry, of wood (excl. of bamboo, windows, french windows and their frames, doors and their frames and thresholds, posts and beams, assembled flooring panels, wooden shuttering for concrete constructional work, shingles, shak.
▼ Expected to slow by 25.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity16 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity5 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
BRINOR INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING AND FORWAR DING LTD
0 import declarations20 export declarationsIP11 *Ch. 39Ch. 44Ch. 70Ch. 73Active in 4 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include carboys, bottles, flasks, jars, pots, phials and other containers, of glass, of a kind used for the commercial conveyance or packing of goods, and preserving jars, of glass (excl. ampoules, glass inners for containers, with vacuum insulation, perfume, pallets, box pallets and other load boards, of wood; pallet collars of wood (excl. containers specially designed and equipped for one or more modes of transport).
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity0 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity20 in the last 6 months
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What Felixstowe trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 55 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.
Active yeastsInactive yeasts; other dead single-cell micro-organisms (excl. packaged as medicaments)Parts and accessories of motorcycles, incl. mopeds, n.e.s.Structures and parts of structures, of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. bridges and bridge-sections, towers and lattice masts, doors and windows and their frames, thresholds for doors, props and similar equipment for scaffolding, shuttering, propping orPreparations for sauces and prepared sauces; mixed condiments and seasonings (excl. soya sauce, tomato ketchup and other tomato sauces, mustard, and mustard flour and meal)Printed books, brochures and similar printed matter (excl. those in single sheets; dictionaries, encyclopaedias, periodicals and publications which are essentially devoted to advertising)Parts of machinery of heading 8428, n.e.s.Parts and accessories, 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 motor v
Common questions about trade in Felixstowe
How many businesses import or export from Felixstowe?
HMRC customs records show 55 businesses in Felixstowe (IP11) filed declarations over the last six months — 401 import declarations and 223 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.
What do Felixstowe businesses import most?
The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Felixstowe traders the leading goods are active yeasts, inactive yeasts; other dead single-cell micro-organisms (excl. packaged as medicaments), parts and accessories of motorcycles, incl. mopeds, n.e.s., structures and parts of structures, of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. bridges and bridge-sections, towers and lattice masts, doors and windows and their frames, thresholds for doors, props and similar equipment for scaffolding, shuttering, propping or. You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Felixstowe growing?
Import activity is down 3.1% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 9.9%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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