Over the last six months, 85 Lancing and Sompting businesses filed customs declarations. It ranks 15 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 ease back by around 2.0% 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
849Import declarations▼ 5.4% on the 6 months before
521Export declarations
−2.0%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
85Trading 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 85 businesses.
★ Most active in Lancing and SomptingFiled more customs declarations than any other Lancing and Sompting business over the last six months — roughly 7% of the town's total import activity, mostly in pharmaceuticals.
Most active business
PARAFIX TAPES & CONVERSIONS LTD
61 import declarations45 export declarationsBN15 *Ch. 30Ch. 35Ch. 38Ch. 39Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include self-adhesive plates, sheets, film, foil, tape, strip and other flat shapes, of plastics, whether or not in rolls > 20 cm wide (excl. floor, wall and ceiling coverings of heading 3918), self-adhesive plates, sheets, film, foil, tape, strip and other flat shapes, of plastics, in rolls <= 20 cm wide, plates, sheets, film, foil and strip, of cellular plastic, unworked or merely surface-worked or merely cut into squares or rectangles (excl.those of polymers of styrene, vinyl chloride, polyurethanes and regenerated cellulose, self-adhesive products,.
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity61 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity45 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
FIZZ CREATIONS LIMITED
34 import declarations26 export declarationsBN15 *Ch. 12Ch. 14Ch. 21Ch. 32Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include video game consoles and machines (excl. operated by any means of payment), food preparations, n.e.s., electric table, desk, bedside or floor-standing luminaires (excl. those solely for light-emitting diode "led" light sources).
▼ Expected to slow by 12.3% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity34 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity26 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
ASTRA TECHNOLOGIES UK LLP
32 import declarations27 export declarationsBN15 *Ch. 39Ch. 48Ch. 52Ch. 68Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include chandeliers and other electric ceiling or wall lighting fittings, solely for light-emitting diode "led" light sources (excl. for lighting public open spaces or thoroughfares), luminaires and lighting fittings, solely for light-emitting diode "led" light sources, n.e.s., machinery and apparatus for filtering or purifying gases (excl. isotope separators and intake air filters for internal combustion engines, and catalytic converters and particulate filters for purifying or filtering exhaust gases from internal combust.
▼ Expected to slow by 7.1% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity32 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity27 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
VERTBAUDET UK LTD
25 import declarations53 export declarationsBN99 *Ch. 39Ch. 42Ch. 61Ch. 62Active in 6 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, babies' garments and clothing accessories of cotton, knitted or crocheted (excl. hats), t-shirts, singlets and other vests of cotton, knitted or crocheted.
▲ Expected to increase by 4.2% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity25 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity53 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
STRINGS & THINGS LTD
62 import declarations10 export declarationsBN15 *Ch. 34Ch. 39Ch. 42Ch. 65Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include parts and accessories for musical instruments, the sound of which is produced, or must be amplified, electrically, n.e.s., parts and accessories for musical instruments "e.g. mechanisms for musical boxes, cards, discs and rolls for mechanical instruments" n.e.s.; metronomes, tuning forks and pitch pipes of all kinds (excl. musical instrument strings and arts and accessor, musical instrument strings.
▼ Expected to slow by 10.5% 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 activity10 in the last 6 months
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What Lancing and Sompting trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 85 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)Tricycles, scooters, pedal cars and similar wheeled toys; dolls' carriages; dolls; other toys; reduced-size "scale" recreational models, working or not; puzzles of all kindsFrames and forks, and parts thereof, for cycles, n.e.s. (excl. for motorcycles)Self-adhesive plates, sheets, film, foil, tape, strip and other flat shapes, of plastics, whether or not in rolls > 20 cm wide (excl. floor, wall and ceiling coverings of heading 3918)Laboratory, hygienic or pharmaceutical glassware, whether or not graduated or calibrated (excl. glass having a linear coefficient of expansion <= 5 x 10 -6 per kelvin within a temperature range of 0 C to 300 C or of fused quartz or other fused silicaParts and accessories, 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 of goods and special purpose motor vSacks and bags, incl. cones, of polymers of ethyleneSheath contraceptives, of vulcanised rubber (excl. hard rubber)
Common questions about trade in Lancing and Sompting
How many businesses import or export from Lancing and Sompting?
HMRC customs records show 85 businesses in Lancing and Sompting (BN15, BN99) filed declarations over the last six months — 849 import declarations and 521 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.
What do Lancing and Sompting businesses import most?
The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Lancing and Sompting 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), 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, frames and forks, and parts thereof, for cycles, n.e.s. (excl. for motorcycles), self-adhesive plates, sheets, film, foil, tape, strip and other flat shapes, of plastics, whether or not in rolls > 20 cm wide (excl. floor, wall and ceiling coverings of heading 3918). You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Lancing and Sompting growing?
Import activity is down 5.4% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 2.0%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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