Over the last six months, 270 Swansea businesses filed customs declarations. That makes it the busiest trading location in West Glamorgan. 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 12.1% 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
2,065Import declarations▼ 19.8% on the 6 months before
1,261Export declarations
−12.1%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
270Trading 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 270 businesses.
★ Most active in SwanseaFiled more customs declarations than any other Swansea business over the last six months — roughly 6% of the town's total import activity, mostly in salt, stone, plaster and cement.
Most active business
TOAST (MAIL ORDER) LIMITED
129 import declarations75 export declarationsSA6 *Ch. 25Ch. 28Ch. 33Ch. 34Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include tableware, kitchenware, other household articles and toilet articles, of ceramics other than porcelain or china (excl. baths, bidets, sinks and similar sanitary fixtures, statuettes and other ornamental articles, pots, jars, carboys and similar recep, women's or girls' trousers, bib and brace overalls, breeches and shorts of cotton (excl. knitted or crocheted, panties and swimwear), jerseys, pullovers, cardigans, waistcoats and similar articles, of wool, knitted or crocheted (excl. wadded waistcoats).
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity129 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity75 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
CURVEBALL LEISURE LTD
55 import declarations58 export declarationsSA6 *Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 42Ch. 49Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include tables for casino games, automatic bowling alley equipment, and other funfair, table or parlour games, incl. pintables (excl. operated by any means of payment, billiards, video game consoles and machines, and playing cards), video game consoles and machines (excl. operated by any means of payment), playing cards.
▲ Expected to increase by 40.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity55 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity58 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
SOMETHING DIFFERENT WHOLESALE LIMITED
40 import declarations38 export declarationsSA6 *Ch. 33Ch. 34Ch. 39Ch. 42Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include statuettes and other ornamental ceramic articles, n.e.s. (excl. of porcelain or china), tableware and kitchenware, of porcelain or china (excl. ornamental articles, pots, jars, carboys and similar receptacles for the conveyance or packing of goods, and coffee grinders and spice mills with receptacles made of ceramics and working parts o, agarbatti.
▲ Expected to increase by 148.3% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity40 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity38 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
GOOSE ISLAND LIMITED
78 import declarationsImports onlySA6 *Ch. 39Ch. 44Ch. 61Ch. 62Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include jerseys, pullovers, cardigans, waistcoats and similar articles, of textile materials, knitted or crocheted (excl. of wool, fine animal hair, cotton or man-made fibres, and wadded waistcoats), t-shirts, singlets and other vests of textile materials, knitted or crocheted (excl. cotton), 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).
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity78 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity0 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
AMCOR FLEXIBLES SWANSEA LIMI TED
51 import declarations25 export declarationsSA7 *Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 44Ch. 48Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include parts of machinery for working rubber or plastics or for the manufacture of products from these materials, n.e.s., 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), knives and cutting blades, of base metal, for machines or for mechanical appliances (excl. those for metal or wood-working, kitchen appliances or machines used by the food industry and those for agricultural, horticultural or forestry machines).
▼ Expected to slow by 8.6% 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 activity25 in the last 6 months
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What Swansea trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 270 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.
Travelling-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 contaTricycles, scooters, pedal cars and similar wheeled toys; dolls' carriages; dolls; other toys; reduced-size "scale" recreational models, working or not; puzzles of all kindsJerseys, pullovers, cardigans, waistcoats and similar articles, of cotton, knitted or crocheted (excl. wadded waistcoats)T-shirts, singlets and other vests of cotton, knitted or crochetedWine of fresh grapes, incl. fortified wines, and grape must whose fermentation has been arrested by the addition of alcohol, in containers of <= 2 l (excl. sparkling wine)Tables for casino games, automatic bowling alley equipment, and other funfair, table or parlour games, incl. pintables (excl. operated by any means of payment, billiards, video game consoles and machines, and playing cards)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, perfumeHand tools, incl. glaziers' diamonds, of base metal, n.e.s.
Common questions about trade in Swansea
How many businesses import or export from Swansea?
HMRC customs records show 270 businesses in Swansea (SA1, SA2, SA3, SA5) filed declarations over the last six months — 2,065 import declarations and 1,261 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.
What do Swansea businesses import most?
The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Swansea traders the leading goods are travelling-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 conta, 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, jerseys, pullovers, cardigans, waistcoats and similar articles, of cotton, knitted or crocheted (excl. wadded waistcoats), t-shirts, singlets and other vests of cotton, knitted or crocheted. You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Swansea growing?
Import activity is down 19.8% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 12.1%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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