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Lowestoft importers & exporters

Q: How many businesses import or export from Lowestoft?

HMRC customs records show 80 businesses in Lowestoft (NR32, NR33) filed declarations over the last six months — 732 import declarations and 262 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.

Q: What do Lowestoft businesses import most?

The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Lowestoft traders the leading goods are tricycles, scooters, pedal cars and similar wheeled toys; dolls' carriages; dolls; other toys; reduced-size "scale" recreational models, working or not; puzzles of all kinds, electromechanical tools for working in the hand, with self-contained electric motor (excl. saws and drills), wooden furniture for offices (excl. seats), metal furniture (excl. for offices, seats and medical, surgical, dental or veterinary furniture). You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.

Q: Is trade from Lowestoft growing?

Import activity is down 6.4% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 10.6%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.

Q: How do I get contact details for Lowestoft importers?

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80 businesses in Lowestoft appear in HMRC customs records for the last six months. It ranks 12 of 20 trading locations in Suffolk. Most of that activity sits in machinery and mechanical appliances, electrical machinery and electronics, optical, photographic and medical instruments. Looking ahead, our model expects import activity here to ease back by around 10.6% over the next three months.

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732Import declarations▼ 6.4% on the 6 months before

262Export declarations

−10.6%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data

80Trading 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 80 businesses.

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★ Most active in LowestoftFiled more customs declarations than any other Lowestoft business over the last six months — roughly 14% of the town's total import activity, mostly in plastics and plastic articles.

Most active business

GODFREYS I.T. LTD

102 import declarations 11 export declarations NR33 *Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 42Ch. 68 Active in 6 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include electromechanical tools for working in the hand, with self-contained electric motor (excl. saws and drills), saws for working in the hand, with self-contained electric motor, lithium-ion accumulators (excl. spent).

▼ Expected to slow by 12.5% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity102 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity11 in the last 6 months

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Among the most active

WALKERS.STYLE LIMITED

27 import declarations 1 export declarations NR33 *Ch. 40Ch. 42Ch. 61Ch. 62 Active in 6 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include women's or girls' trousers, bib and brace overalls, breeches and shorts of cotton (excl. knitted or crocheted, panties and swimwear), women's or girls' trousers, bib and brace overalls, breeches and shorts of textile materials (excl. of wool, fine animal hair, cotton or synthetic fibres, knitted or crocheted, panties and swimwear), women's or girls' dresses of cotton, knitted or crocheted (excl. petticoats).

▼ Expected to slow by 26.7% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity27 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity1 in the last 6 months

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Among the most active

ARROW GROUP GLOBAL LTD

79 import declarations 18 export declarations NR33 *Ch. 39Ch. 49Ch. 57Ch. 64 Active in 6 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include wooden furniture for offices (excl. seats), metal furniture (excl. for offices, seats and medical, surgical, dental or veterinary furniture), parts of furniture, not of wood, n.e.s. (excl. of seats or medical, surgical, dental or veterinary furniture).

▲ Expected to increase by 6.1% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity79 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity18 in the last 6 months

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Among the most active

H G HANNANT LTD

57 import declarations 7 export declarations NR32 *Ch. 29Ch. 32Ch. 35Ch. 39 Active in 6 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include tricycles, scooters, pedal cars and similar wheeled toys; dolls' carriages; dolls; other toys; reduced-size "scale" recreational models, working or not; puzzles of all kinds, transfers "decalcomanias" (excl. vitrifiable), composite paper and paperboard "made by sticking flat layers of paper or paperboard together with an adhesive", not surface-coated or impregnated, whether or not internally reinforced, in rolls of a width > 36 cm or in square or rectangular sheets wi.

▼ Expected to slow by 7.9% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity57 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity7 in the last 6 months

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Among the most active

JOHN GROSE GROUP LIMITED

56 import declarations Imports only NR32 *Ch. 39Ch. 49Ch. 82Ch. 84 Active in 6 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of <10 persons, incl. station wagons and racing cars, with only spark-ignition internal combustion reciprocating piston engine of a cylinder capacity <= 1.000 cm (excl. vehic, motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of <10 persons, incl. station wagons and racing cars, with only spark-ignition internal combustion reciprocating piston engine of a cylinder capacity > 1.000 cm but <= 1.500, motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of <10 persons, incl. station wagons and racing cars, with only diesel engine of a cylinder capacity > 1.500 cm but <= 2.500 cm (excl. vehicles for travelling on snow and ot.

▼ Expected to slow by 11.5% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity56 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity0 in the last 6 months

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What Lowestoft trades

The most frequently declared goods across all 80 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.

Tricycles, scooters, pedal cars and similar wheeled toys; dolls' carriages; dolls; other toys; reduced-size "scale" recreational models, working or not; puzzles of all kindsElectromechanical tools for working in the hand, with self-contained electric motor (excl. saws and drills)Wooden furniture for offices (excl. seats)Metal furniture (excl. for offices, seats and medical, surgical, dental or veterinary furniture)Parts for boring or sinking machinery of subheading 8430.41 or 8430.49, n.e.s.Saws for working in the hand, with self-contained electric motorX-ray generators other than X-ray tubes, high tension generators, control panels and desks, screens, examination or treatment tables, chairs and the like, and general parts and accessories for apparatus of heading 9022, n.e.s.Threaded elbows, bends and sleeves of stainless steel (excl. cast products)

Common questions about trade in Lowestoft

How many businesses import or export from Lowestoft?

HMRC customs records show 80 businesses in Lowestoft (NR32, NR33) filed declarations over the last six months — 732 import declarations and 262 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.

What do Lowestoft businesses import most?

The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Lowestoft traders the leading goods are tricycles, scooters, pedal cars and similar wheeled toys; dolls' carriages; dolls; other toys; reduced-size "scale" recreational models, working or not; puzzles of all kinds, electromechanical tools for working in the hand, with self-contained electric motor (excl. saws and drills), wooden furniture for offices (excl. seats), metal furniture (excl. for offices, seats and medical, surgical, dental or veterinary furniture). You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.

Is trade from Lowestoft growing?

Import activity is down 6.4% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 10.6%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.

How do I get contact details for Lowestoft importers?

Create an account to see all 80 businesses, open their Companies House records, run AI research on their website and buying signals, and reveal validated email and LinkedIn contacts.

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Lowestoft importers & exporters

Top 10 businesses by 6-month activity Free tier

GODFREYS I.T. LTD

WALKERS.STYLE LIMITED

ARROW GROUP GLOBAL LTD

H G HANNANT LTD

JOHN GROSE GROUP LIMITED

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What Lowestoft trades

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