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Lancing and Sompting importers & exporters

Q: How many businesses import or export from Lancing and Sompting?

HMRC customs records show 84 businesses in Lancing and Sompting (BN15, BN99) filed declarations over the last six months — 754 import declarations and 425 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.

Q: 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 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, 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 silica, parts and accessories for musical instruments, the sound of which is produced, or must be amplified, electrically, n.e.s., parts of pumps for liquids, n.e.s.. You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.

Q: Is trade from Lancing and Sompting growing?

Import activity is down 13.0% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 8.8%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.

Q: How do I get contact details for Lancing and Sompting importers?

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Over the last six months, 84 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 and plastic articles. Looking ahead, our model expects import activity here to ease back by around 8.8% over the next three months.

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754Import declarations▼ 13.0% on the 6 months before

425Export declarations

−8.8%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data

84Trading 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 84 businesses.

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★ 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

51 import declarations 39 export declarations BN15 *Ch. 30Ch. 35Ch. 38Ch. 39 Active in 5 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include interchangeable dies for drawing or extruding metal, adhesives based on polymers of headings 3901 to 3913 or on rubber (excl. put up for retail sale with a net weight of <= 1 kg), self-adhesive paper and paperboard, surface-coloured, surface-decorated or printed, in rolls or in square or rectangular sheets, of any size (excl. goods of heading 4810).

▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% 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 activity39 in the last 6 months

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Among the most active

PASANTE HEALTHCARE LTD

32 import declarations 13 export declarations BN15 *Ch. 30Ch. 33Ch. 34Ch. 38 Active in 5 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include depilatories and other perfumery, toilet or cosmetic preparations, n.e.s., sheath contraceptives, of vulcanised rubber (excl. hard rubber), organic surface-active products and preparations for washing the skin, in the form of liquid or cream and put up for retail sale, whether or not containing soap.

▼ Expected to slow by 17.6% 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 activity13 in the last 6 months

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Among the most active

VERTBAUDET UK LTD

23 import declarations 21 export declarations BN99 *Ch. 39Ch. 42Ch. 61Ch. 62 Active in 5 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 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity23 in the last 6 months

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

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Among the most active

UBS IMPORT EXPORT LTD

43 import declarations Imports only BN15 *Ch. 25Ch. 32Ch. 38Ch. 39 Active in 5 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include articles of lead, n.e.s., slag-wool, rock-wool and similar mineral wools, incl. intermixtures thereof, in bulk, sheets or rolls, refractory cements, mortars, concretes and similar compositions, incl. dolomite ramming mix (excl. preparations based on graphite or other carbonaceous substances).

▼ Expected to slow by 15.4% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity43 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity0 in the last 6 months

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Among the most active

HAWKSLEY & SONS LIMITED

22 import declarations 17 export declarations BN15 *Ch. 38Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 48 Active in 5 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include 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 silica, centrifuges, incl. centrifugal dryers (excl. isotope separators, cream separators and clothes dryers), 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 increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity22 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity17 in the last 6 months

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What Lancing and Sompting trades

The most frequently declared goods across all 84 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 kindsLaboratory, 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 musical instruments, the sound of which is produced, or must be amplified, electrically, n.e.s.Parts of pumps for liquids, n.e.s.Particle board of wood, whether or not agglomerated with resins or other organic binding substances (excl. oriented strand board and waferboard, fibreboard and cellular wood panels)Depilatories and other perfumery, toilet or cosmetic preparations, n.e.s.Frames and forks, and parts thereof, for cycles, n.e.s. (excl. for motorcycles)Video game consoles and machines (excl. operated by any means of payment)

Common questions about trade in Lancing and Sompting

How many businesses import or export from Lancing and Sompting?

HMRC customs records show 84 businesses in Lancing and Sompting (BN15, BN99) filed declarations over the last six months — 754 import declarations and 425 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 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, 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 silica, parts and accessories for musical instruments, the sound of which is produced, or must be amplified, electrically, n.e.s., parts of pumps for liquids, n.e.s.. You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.

Is trade from Lancing and Sompting growing?

Import activity is down 13.0% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 8.8%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.

How do I get contact details for Lancing and Sompting importers?

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Lancing and Sompting importers & exporters

Top 10 businesses by 6-month activity Free tier

PARAFIX TAPES & CONVERSIONS LTD

PASANTE HEALTHCARE LTD

VERTBAUDET UK LTD

UBS IMPORT EXPORT LTD

HAWKSLEY & SONS LIMITED

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What Lancing and Sompting trades

Common questions about trade in Lancing and Sompting

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