HMRC records show 24 businesses trading internationally from Kesgrave over the last six months. It ranks 18 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 7.4% 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
196Import declarations▲ 7.1% on the 6 months before
79Export declarations
−7.4%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
24Trading 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 24 businesses.
★ Most active in KesgraveFiled more customs declarations than any other Kesgrave business over the last six months — roughly 26% of the town's total import activity, mostly in iron and steel articles.
Most active business
ITRON METERING SOLUTIONS UK LIMITED
51 import declarations3 export declarationsIP5 *Ch. 73Ch. 74Ch. 82Ch. 84Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include liquid meters, incl. calibrating meters therefor, parts and accessories of automatic data-processing machines or for other machines of heading 8471, n.e.s., instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking the flow or level of liquids (excl. meters and regulators).
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity51 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity3 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
WHITE KINGFISHER LIMITED
7 import declarationsImports onlyIP5 *Ch. 39Ch. 70Ch. 96Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include glassware for table or kitchen purposes of glass having a linear coefficient of expansion <= 5 x 10 -6 per kelvin within a temperature range of 0 c to 300 c (excl. glassware of glass ceramics or lead crystal, articles of heading 7018, drinking glasse, vacuum flasks and other vacuum vessels, and parts thereof (excl. glass inners), stoppers, lids, caps and other closures, of plastics.
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity7 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity0 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
KOSTOMAR TEXTILES LTD
44 import declarations6 export declarationsIP5 *Ch. 52Ch. 53Ch. 54Ch. 55Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include woven fabrics of flax, containing >= 85% flax by weight, unbleached or bleached, woven fabrics of flax, containing >= 85% flax by weight, dyed, made of yarn of different colours, or printed, woven fabrics of flax, containing predominantly, but < 85% flax by weight, dyed, made of yarn of different colours, or printed.
▲ Expected to increase by 17.6% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity44 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity6 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
BERMAR (INTERNATIONAL) LTD
13 import declarations18 export declarationsIP5 *Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 45Ch. 48Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include gaskets, washers and other seals, of vulcanised rubber (excl. hard rubber and those of cellular rubber), stoppers, lids, caps and other closures, of plastics, machinery for filling, closing, sealing or labelling bottles, cans, boxes, bags or other containers; machinery for capsuling bottles, jars, tubes and similar containers; machinery for aerating beverages.
▼ Expected to slow by 37.5% 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 activity18 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
SANO UK POWERED STAIRCLIMBERS LIMITED
26 import declarationsImports onlyIP5 *Ch. 84Ch. 85Ch. 87Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include machinery for lifting, handling, loading or unloading, n.e.s., parts of machinery of heading 8428, n.e.s., lead acid accumulators (excl. spent and starter batteries).
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% 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 activity0 in the last 6 months
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What Kesgrave trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 24 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.
Woven fabrics of flax, containing >= 85% flax by weight, unbleached or bleachedWoven fabrics of flax, containing >= 85% flax by weight, dyed, made of yarn of different colours, or printedThreaded screws and bolts, of iron or steel, whether or not with their nuts and washers (excl. coach screws and other wood screws, screw hooks and screw rings, self-tapping screws, lag screws, stoppers, plugs and the like, threaded)Liquid meters, incl. calibrating meters thereforParts and accessories of automatic data-processing machines or for other machines of heading 8471, n.e.s.Machines for the reception, conversion and transmission or regeneration of voice, images or other data, incl. switching and routing apparatus (excl. telephone sets, telephones for cellular networks or for other wireless networks)Gaskets, washers and other seals, of vulcanised rubber (excl. hard rubber and those of cellular rubber)Ceramic flags and paving, hearth or wall tiles, of a water absorption coefficient by weight <= 0,5 % (excl. refractory, mosaic cubes and finishing ceramics)
Common questions about trade in Kesgrave
How many businesses import or export from Kesgrave?
HMRC customs records show 24 businesses in Kesgrave (IP5) filed declarations over the last six months — 196 import declarations and 79 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.
What do Kesgrave businesses import most?
The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Kesgrave traders the leading goods are woven fabrics of flax, containing >= 85% flax by weight, unbleached or bleached, woven fabrics of flax, containing >= 85% flax by weight, dyed, made of yarn of different colours, or printed, threaded screws and bolts, of iron or steel, whether or not with their nuts and washers (excl. coach screws and other wood screws, screw hooks and screw rings, self-tapping screws, lag screws, stoppers, plugs and the like, threaded), liquid meters, incl. calibrating meters therefor. You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Kesgrave growing?
Import activity is up 7.1% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 7.4%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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