Town trade profile · NR32 · NR33

Lowestoft importers & exporters

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 22.2% 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

606Import declarations▼ 16.4% on the 6 months before

233Export declarations

−22.2%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 12% of the town's total import activity, mostly in plastics and plastic articles.

Most active business

GODFREYS I.T. LTD

71 import declarations 15 export declarations NR33 *Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 42Ch. 68 Active in 5 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, drills of all kinds for working in the hand, with self-contained electric motor.

▼ Expected to slow by 22.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity71 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity15 in the last 6 months

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HARROD UK LTD

23 import declarations 13 export declarations NR33 *Ch. 32Ch. 39Ch. 42Ch. 56 Active in 5 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include articles and equipment for sport and outdoor games n.e.s; swimming and paddling pools, articles and equipment for general physical exercise, gymnastics or athletics, metal furniture (excl. for offices, seats and medical, surgical, dental or veterinary furniture).

▼ Expected to slow by 18.2% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity23 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity13 in the last 6 months

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M P (EASTERN) LTD

18 import declarations 15 export declarations NR32 *Ch. 32Ch. 62Ch. 73Ch. 84 Active in 5 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include threaded elbows, bends and sleeves of stainless steel (excl. cast products), parts for boring or sinking machinery of subheading 8430.41 or 8430.49, n.e.s., tube or pipe fittings of stainless steel (excl. cast products, flanges, threaded elbows, bends and sleeves and butt weldings fittings).

▼ Expected to slow by 37.5% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

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

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity15 in the last 6 months

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FABRIC FLARE SOLUTIONS LIMITED

23 import declarations 8 export declarations NR33 *Ch. 32Ch. 38Ch. 39Ch. 41 Active in 5 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include finishing agents, dye carriers to accelerate the dyeing or fixing of dyestuffs, and other products and preparations, e.g. dressings and mordants of a kind used in the textile or similar industries, n.e.s. (excl. those with a basis of amylaceous subst, grain splits leather "incl. parchment-dressed leather", of the whole hides and skins of bovine "incl. buffalo" or equine animals, further prepared after tanning or crusting, without hair on (excl. chamois leather, patent leather and patent laminated, woven fabrics of flax, containing >= 85% flax by weight, dyed, made of yarn of different colours, or printed.

▼ Expected to slow by 35.3% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity23 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity8 in the last 6 months

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BOSTON PUTFORD OFFSHORE SAFETY LIMITED

30 import declarations 1 export declarations NR32 *Ch. 38Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 70 Active in 5 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include parts suitable for use solely or principally with compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine "diesel or semi-diesel engine", n.e.s., 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., buckets, shovels, grabs and grips for machinery of heading 8426, 8429 and 8430.

▼ Expected to slow by 22.2% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity30 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity1 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)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 motorMetal furniture (excl. for offices, seats and medical, surgical, dental or veterinary furniture)Articles and equipment for sport and outdoor games n.e.s; swimming and paddling poolsParts of refrigerating or freezing equipment and heat pumps, n.e.s.Dog or cat food, put up for retail sale

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 — 606 import declarations and 233 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), 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 motor. You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.

Is trade from Lowestoft growing?

Import activity is down 16.4% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 22.2%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.

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Lowestoft importers & exporters

Top 10 businesses by 6-month activity Free tier

GODFREYS I.T. LTD

HARROD UK LTD

M P (EASTERN) LTD

FABRIC FLARE SOLUTIONS LIMITED

BOSTON PUTFORD OFFSHORE SAFETY LIMITED

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What Lowestoft trades

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