Town trade profile · BN18

Arun importers & exporters

HMRC records show 93 businesses trading internationally from Arun over the last six months. It ranks 13 of 22 trading locations in West Sussex. Most of that activity sits in machinery and mechanical appliances, plastics, electrical machinery and electronics. Looking ahead, our model expects import activity here to ease back by around 1.4% over the next three months.

Refreshed every 24 hours · last run 22 Aug 2026, 20:36HMRC release in view: Jun 26Snapshot: 2026-08-22.1

900Import declarations▲ 9.0% on the 6 months before

486Export declarations

−1.4%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data

93Trading businesses

Top 5 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 93 businesses.

★ Most active in ArunFiled more customs declarations than any other Arun business over the last six months — roughly 17% of the town's total import activity, mostly in live animals.

Most active business

FARGRO LIMITED

149 import declarations 37 export declarations BN18 *Ch. 01Ch. 06Ch. 14Ch. 27 Active in 6 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include insecticides, put up in forms or packings for retail sale or as preparations or articles (excl. goods of subheadings 3808.52 to 3808.69), statuettes and other ornamental articles, of plastics, basketwork, wickerwork and other articles, made directly to shape from rattan plaiting materials or made up from goods of rattan plaiting materials of heading 4601, and articles of loofah (excl. wallcoverings of heading 4814; twine, cord and rope; fo.

▼ Expected to slow by 7.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity149 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity37 in the last 6 months

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Among the most active

TEMPCON INSTRUMENTATION LTD

53 import declarations 13 export declarations BN18 *Ch. 32Ch. 44Ch. 73Ch. 84 Active in 6 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include instruments and appliances used in geodesy, topography, hydrography, oceanography, hydrology, meteorology or geophysics (excl. compasses, rangefinders, theodolites, tachymeters "tacheometers", levels and photogrammetrical surveying instruments and ap, hydrometers, areometers and similar floating instruments, barometers, hygrometers and psychrometers, whether or not combined with each other or with thermometers, magnetic or optical readers, machines for transcribing data onto data media in coded form and machines for processing such data, n.e.s..

▲ Expected to increase by 13.6% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity53 in the last 6 months

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

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Among the most active

BEWI INSULATION & CONSTRUCTION (UK)LTD

62 import declarations 3 export declarations BN18 *Ch. 32Ch. 39Ch. 56Ch. 59 Active in 6 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include plates, sheets, film, foil and strip, of cellular polymers of styrene, unworked or merely surface-worked or merely cut into squares or rectangles (excl. self-adhesive products, floor, wall and ceiling coverings of heading 3918 and sterile surgical or, expansible polystyrene, in primary forms, articles of plastics and articles of other materials of heading 3901 to 3914, n.e.s (excl. goods of 9619).

▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity62 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity3 in the last 6 months

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Among the most active

TRIBUTES LIMITED

50 import declarations 48 export declarations BN18 *Ch. 33Ch. 34Ch. 39Ch. 44 Active in 6 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include articles of wood, n.e.s., statuettes and other ornamental articles, of plastics, wood marquetry and inlaid wood; caskets and cases for jewellery or cutlery, and similar articles, of wood; wooden articles of furniture (excl. statuettes and other ornaments; furniture, lighting fixtures and parts thereof).

▲ Expected to increase by 12.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity50 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity48 in the last 6 months

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Among the most active

BESMOKE LIMITED

19 import declarations 57 export declarations BN18 *Ch. 07Ch. 09Ch. 15Ch. 17 Active in 6 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include fruits of the genus capsicum or of the genus pimenta, crushed or ground, mixtures of odoriferous substances and mixtures, incl. alcoholic solutions, with a basis of one or more of these substances, of a kind used in the food and drink industries; other preparations based on odoriferous substances, of a kind used for the m, sugars in solid form, incl. invert sugar and chemically pure maltose, and sugar and sugar syrup blends containing in the dry state 50% by weight of fructose, not flavoured or coloured, artificial honey, whether or not mixed with natural honey and car.

▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity19 in the last 6 months

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

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What Arun trades

The most frequently declared goods across all 93 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 kindsLive plants, incl. their roots, and mushroom spawn (excl. bulbs, tubers, tuberous roots, corms, crowns and rhizomes, incl. chicory plants and roots, unrooted cuttings and slips, fruit and nut trees, rhododendrons, azaleas and roses)Articles of plastics and articles of other materials of heading 3901 to 3914, n.e.s (excl. goods of 9619)Articles of wood, n.e.s.Statuettes and other ornamental articles, of plasticsInstruments and appliances used in geodesy, topography, hydrography, oceanography, hydrology, meteorology or geophysics (excl. compasses, rangefinders, theodolites, tachymeters "tacheometers", levels and photogrammetrical surveying instruments and apGolf equipment (excl. balls and complete clubs)Whiskies

Common questions about trade in Arun

How many businesses import or export from Arun?

HMRC customs records show 93 businesses in Arun (BN18) filed declarations over the last six months — 900 import declarations and 486 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.

What do Arun businesses import most?

The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Arun 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, live plants, incl. their roots, and mushroom spawn (excl. bulbs, tubers, tuberous roots, corms, crowns and rhizomes, incl. chicory plants and roots, unrooted cuttings and slips, fruit and nut trees, rhododendrons, azaleas and roses), articles of plastics and articles of other materials of heading 3901 to 3914, n.e.s (excl. goods of 9619), articles of wood, n.e.s.. You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.

Is trade from Arun growing?

Import activity is up 9.0% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 1.4%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.

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Arun importers & exporters

Top 5 businesses by 6-month activity Free tier

FARGRO LIMITED

TEMPCON INSTRUMENTATION LTD

BEWI INSULATION & CONSTRUCTION (UK)LTD

TRIBUTES LIMITED

BESMOKE LIMITED

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What Arun trades

Common questions about trade in Arun

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