Town trade profile · GU28 · PO18 · PO19

Chichester importers & exporters

Q: How many businesses import or export from Chichester?

HMRC customs records show 239 businesses in Chichester (GU28, PO18, PO19) filed declarations over the last six months — 1,813 import declarations and 785 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.

Q: What do Chichester businesses import most?

The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Chichester traders the leading goods are 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), articles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire), 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, appliances 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). You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.

Q: Is trade from Chichester growing?

Import activity is down 11.9% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 5.4%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.

Q: How do I get contact details for Chichester importers?

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Over the last six months, 239 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 and plastic articles. Looking ahead, our model expects import activity here to ease back by around 5.4% over the next three months.

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1,813Import declarations▼ 11.9% on the 6 months before

785Export declarations

−5.4%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data

239Trading 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 239 businesses.

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★ Most active in ChichesterFiled more customs declarations than any other Chichester business over the last six months — roughly 13% of the town's total import activity, mostly in bakery and cereal preparations.

Most active business

RINKIT LIMITED

236 import declarations 21 export declarations PO19 *Ch. 19Ch. 28Ch. 33Ch. 34 Active in 5 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 11.8% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity236 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity21 in the last 6 months

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Among the most active

VELUK GROUP LIMITED

40 import declarations 31 export declarations PO18 *Ch. 39Ch. 84Ch. 85Ch. 90 Active in 5 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include units for automatic data-processing machines (excl. processing units, input or output units and storage units), processing units for automatic data-processing machines, whether or not containing in the same housing one or two of the following types of unit: storage units, input units, output units (excl. those of heading 8471.41 or 8471.49 and excl. peripheral, parts and accessories of automatic data-processing machines or for other machines of heading 8471, n.e.s..

▲ Expected to increase by 144.4% 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 activity31 in the last 6 months

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Among the most active

KONTRON UK LIMITED

46 import declarations 13 export declarations PO18 *Ch. 39Ch. 48Ch. 84Ch. 85 Active in 5 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include parts and accessories of automatic data-processing machines or for other machines of heading 8471, n.e.s., processing units for automatic data-processing machines, whether or not containing in the same housing one or two of the following types of unit: storage units, input units, output units (excl. those of heading 8471.41 or 8471.49 and excl. peripheral, units for automatic data-processing machines (excl. processing units, input or output units and storage units).

▲ Expected to increase by 9.1% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity46 in the last 6 months

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

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Among the most active

FREUND UK LIMITED

42 import declarations 15 export declarations PO19 *Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 73Ch. 82 Active in 5 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include machinery for the industrial preparation of meat or poultry (excl. cooking and other heating appliances and refrigerating or freezing equipment), parts of machinery for the industrial preparation or manufacture of food or drink, n.e.s., knives and cutting blades, of base metal, for kitchen appliances or for machines used by the food industry.

▲ Expected to increase by 6.5% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity42 in the last 6 months

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

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Among the most active

L'ASSEMBLAGE LIMITED

18 import declarations 24 export declarations PO19 *Ch. 22 Active in 5 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include 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), sparkling wine of fresh grapes, wine of fresh grapes, incl. fortified wines, and grape must whose fermentation has been arrested by the addition of alcohol, in containers of > 10 l (excl. sparkling wine).

▼ Expected to slow by 9.1% 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 activity24 in the last 6 months

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Every importer and exporter in GU28 / PO18 / PO19 with monthly activity, 24-month indicators, forecasts, Companies House records, AI research and validated contact reveals.

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What Chichester trades

The most frequently declared goods across all 239 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.

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)Articles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire)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)Drinking glasses (excl. glasses of glass ceramics or of lead crystal and stemware)Chocolate and other preparations containing cocoa, in containers or immediate packings of <= 2 kg (excl. in blocks, slabs or bars and cocoa powder)Non-threaded articles, of iron or steelAntiques, over 100 but at most 250 years old

Common questions about trade in Chichester

How many businesses import or export from Chichester?

HMRC customs records show 239 businesses in Chichester (GU28, PO18, PO19) filed declarations over the last six months — 1,813 import declarations and 785 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 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), articles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire), 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, appliances 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). You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.

Is trade from Chichester growing?

Import activity is down 11.9% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 5.4%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.

How do I get contact details for Chichester importers?

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Chichester importers & exporters

Top 10 businesses by 6-month activity Free tier

RINKIT LIMITED

VELUK GROUP LIMITED

KONTRON UK LIMITED

FREUND UK LIMITED

L'ASSEMBLAGE LIMITED

229 more Chichester businesses

What Chichester trades

Common questions about trade in Chichester

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