Over the last six months, 87 Ash and Ash Vale businesses filed customs declarations. It ranks 10 of 52 trading locations in Surrey. 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 5.0% 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
1,186Import declarations▼ 9.2% on the 6 months before
977Export declarations
−5.0%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
87Trading 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 87 businesses.
★ Most active in Ash and Ash ValeFiled more customs declarations than any other Ash and Ash Vale business over the last six months — roughly 0% of the town's total import activity, mostly in meat and edible offal.
Most active business
TFS HANDLING (UK) LTD
1 import declarations439 export declarationsGU12 *Ch. 02Ch. 03Ch. 04Ch. 07Active in 5 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, food preparations, n.e.s., 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.
▼ Expected to slow by 100.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity1 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity439 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
STEERFORTH SALES LIMITED
68 import declarations8 export declarationsGU12 *Ch. 40Ch. 72Ch. 73Ch. 84Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include hydraulic power engines and motors, linear acting "cylinders", parts of pulley tackles and hoists (other than skip hoists), winches, capstans and jacks, n.e.s., bearing housings for machinery, not incorporating ball or roller bearings; plain shaft bearings for machinery.
▲ Expected to increase by 6.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity68 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity8 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
REDASHE LTD
58 import declarations12 export declarationsGU12 *Ch. 34Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 73Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include articles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire), spray guns and similar appliances (other than electrical machines, appliances and other devices for spraying molten metals or metal carbides of heading 8515, sand blasting machines and similar jet projecting machines), pumps fitted or designed to be fitted with a measuring device, for dispensing fuel or lubricants, of the type used in filling stations or in garages.
▼ Expected to slow by 20.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity58 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity12 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
EVEREST CASH & CARRY LTD
66 import declarationsImports onlyGU12 *Ch. 02Ch. 06Ch. 07Ch. 09Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include fresh, chilled or frozen meat of goats, pasta, cooked or otherwise prepared (excl. stuffed), uncooked pasta, not stuffed or otherwise prepared, not containing eggs.
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity66 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity0 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
MANN MCGOWAN FABRICATIONS LTD
33 import declarations28 export declarationsGU12 *Ch. 32Ch. 38Ch. 39Ch. 40Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include articles of graphite or carbon, for non-electrical purposes (excl. carbon fibres and articles of carbon fibres), mixtures and articles of heat-insulating, sound-insulating or sound absorbing mineral materials (excl. slag-wool, rock-wool and similar mineral wools, exfoliated vermiculite, expanded clays, foamed slag and similar expanded mineral materials, article, chemical products and preparations of the chemical or allied industries, incl. those consisting of mixtures of natural products, n.e.s..
▲ Expected to increase by 23.1% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity33 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity28 in the last 6 months
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What Ash and Ash Vale trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 87 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.
Articles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire)Fresh, chilled or frozen meat of goatsGolf equipment (excl. balls and complete clubs)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 theBall-point pensTricycles, scooters, pedal cars and similar wheeled toys; dolls' carriages; dolls; other toys; reduced-size "scale" recreational models, working or not; puzzles of all kindsTravelling-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 contaUncoated paper and paperboard, of a kind used for writing, printing or other graphic purposes, and non-perforated punchcards and punch-tape paper, in rolls of any size, not containing fibres obtained by a mechanical or chemi-mechanical process or of
Common questions about trade in Ash and Ash Vale
How many businesses import or export from Ash and Ash Vale?
HMRC customs records show 87 businesses in Ash and Ash Vale (GU12) filed declarations over the last six months — 1,186 import declarations and 977 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.
What do Ash and Ash Vale businesses import most?
The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Ash and Ash Vale traders the leading goods are articles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire), fresh, chilled or frozen meat of goats, golf equipment (excl. balls and complete clubs), 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. You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Ash and Ash Vale growing?
Import activity is down 9.2% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 5.0%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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