Over the last six months, 235 Chichester businesses filed customs declarations. It ranks 6 of 22 trading locations in West Sussex. Most of that activity sits in machinery and mechanical appliances, electrical machinery and electronics, plastics. Looking ahead, our model expects import activity here to pick up by around 4.6% 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
2,086Import declarations▼ 1.5% on the 6 months before
938Export declarations
+4.6%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
235Trading 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 235 businesses.
★ Most active in ChichesterFiled more customs declarations than any other Chichester business over the last six months — roughly 14% of the town's total import activity, mostly in bakery and cereal preparations.
Most active business
RINKIT LIMITED
283 import declarations21 export declarationsPO19 *Ch. 19Ch. 28Ch. 33Ch. 34Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include drinking glasses (excl. glasses of glass ceramics or of lead crystal and stemware), 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, perfume, glassware for table or kitchen purposes (excl. glass having a linear coefficient of expansion <= 5 x 10 -6 per kelvin within a temperature range of 0 c to 300 c, glassware of glass ceramics or lead crystal, articles of heading 7018, drinking glasses,.
▲ Expected to increase by 22.4% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity283 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity21 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
BABYNOV CHICHESTER LIMITED
121 import declarations2 export declarationsPO19 *Ch. 03Ch. 04Ch. 07Ch. 08Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include vegetables, uncooked or cooked by steaming or by boiling in water, frozen (excl. potatoes, leguminous vegetables, spinach, new zealand spinach, orache spinach, and sweetcorn), sacks and bags, incl. cones, of plastics (excl. those of polymers of ethylene), 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, perfume.
▲ Expected to increase by 7.7% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity121 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity2 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
CRISP WEBSITES LIMITED
85 import declarations28 export declarationsPO19 *Ch. 22Ch. 32Ch. 35Ch. 38Active in 6 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), knotted netting of twine, cordage, ropes or cables, by the piece or metre; made-up nets, of man-made textile materials (excl. made-up fishing nets, hairnets, nets for sporting purposes, incl. landing nets, butterfly nets and the like), electrical machines and apparatus, having individual functions, n.e.s. in chapter 85.
▼ Expected to slow by 6.6% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity85 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity28 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
BRITISH INTERNATIONAL INDUSTRIES LTD
115 import declarations158 export declarationsGU28 *Ch. 32Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 44Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include parts of aeroplanes, helicopters or unmanned aircraft, n.e.s. (excl. those for gliders), non-threaded articles, of iron or steel, instruments and appliances for aeronautical or space navigation (excl. compasses and radio navigational equipment).
▼ Expected to slow by 12.8% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity115 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity158 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
WIXROYD GROUP LTD
159 import declarations59 export declarationsPO19 *Ch. 05Ch. 38Ch. 39Ch. 40Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include threaded screws and bolts, of iron or steel, whether or not with their nuts and washers (excl. coach screws and other wood screws, screw hooks and screw rings, self-tapping screws, lag screws, stoppers, plugs and the like, threaded), non-threaded articles, of iron or steel, parts of machinery of chapter 84, not intended for a specific purpose, n.e.s..
▼ Expected to slow by 1.3% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity159 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity59 in the last 6 months
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What Chichester trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 235 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.
Articles of plastics and articles of other materials of heading 3901 to 3914, n.e.s (excl. goods of 9619)Articles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire)Wine 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)Silencers "mufflers" and exhaust pipes, and parts thereof, for tractors, motor vehicles for the transport of ten or more persons, motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of persons, motor vehicles for the transportNon-threaded articles, of iron or steelThreaded screws and bolts, of iron or steel, whether or not with their nuts and washers (excl. coach screws and other wood screws, screw hooks and screw rings, self-tapping screws, lag screws, stoppers, plugs and the like, threaded)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, perfumeAppliances for pipes, boiler shells, tanks, vats or the like (excl. pressure-reducing valves, valves for the control of pneumatic power transmission, check "non-return" valves and safety or relief valves)
Common questions about trade in Chichester
How many businesses import or export from Chichester?
HMRC customs records show 235 businesses in Chichester (GU28, PO18, PO19) filed declarations over the last six months — 2,086 import declarations and 938 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.
What do Chichester businesses import most?
The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Chichester traders the leading goods are articles of plastics and articles of other materials of heading 3901 to 3914, n.e.s (excl. goods of 9619), articles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire), wine 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), silencers "mufflers" and exhaust pipes, and parts thereof, for tractors, motor vehicles for the transport of ten or more persons, motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of persons, motor vehicles for the transport. You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Chichester growing?
Import activity is down 1.5% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to rise by roughly 4.6%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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