Town trade profile · BN17

Littlehampton importers & exporters

71 businesses in Littlehampton appear in HMRC customs records for the last six months. It ranks 16 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 11.0% over the next three months.

Refreshed every 24 hours · last run 05/10/2026 at 06:14HMRC release in view: Aug 26Snapshot: 2026-10-04.1

565Import declarations▼ 14.4% on the 6 months before

560Export declarations

−11.0%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data

71Trading 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 71 businesses.

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★ Most active in LittlehamptonFiled more customs declarations than any other Littlehampton business over the last six months — roughly 11% of the town's total import activity, mostly in plastics and plastic articles.

Most active business

HITEK POWER LTD

62 import declarations 95 export declarations BN17 *Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 48Ch. 73 Active in 5 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include machines and apparatus for the manufacture of semiconductor devices or of electronic integrated circuits, parts and accessories for machines and apparatus of a kind used solely or principally for the manufacture of semiconductor boules or wafers, semiconductor devices, electronic integrated circuits or flat panel displays, and for machines and apparatus, articles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire).

▼ Expected to slow by 8.6% 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 activity95 in the last 6 months

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Among the most active

ZAPPIES LIMITED

11 import declarations 42 export declarations BN17 *Ch. 21Ch. 34Ch. 48Ch. 56 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, tables for casino games, automatic bowling alley equipment, and other funfair, table or parlour games, incl. pintables (excl. operated by any means of payment, billiards, video game consoles and machines, and playing cards), playing cards.

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

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity11 in the last 6 months

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

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Among the most active

PUMP ENGINEERING LTD

39 import declarations 7 export declarations BN17 *Ch. 40Ch. 48Ch. 84Ch. 85 Active in 5 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include 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), centrifugal pumps, power-driven (excl. those of subheading 8413.11 and 8413.19, fuel, lubricating or cooling medium pumps for internal combustion piston engine and concrete pumps), parts of pumps for liquids, n.e.s..

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

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity39 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity7 in the last 6 months

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Among the most active

MERIDIAN MEDICAL LIMITED

28 import declarations 12 export declarations BN17 *Ch. 30Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 42 Active in 5 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include 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), trunks, suitcases, vanity cases, executive-cases, briefcases, school satchels and similar containers, with outer surface of plastics or textile materials, cotters and cotter pins, of iron or steel.

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

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity28 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity12 in the last 6 months

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Among the most active

TRONIX (UK) LTD

24 import declarations 13 export declarations BN17 *Ch. 35Ch. 38Ch. 39Ch. 42 Active in 5 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include line fishing tackle n.e.s; fish landing nets, butterfly nets and similar nets; decoys and similar hunting or shooting requisites (excl. decoy calls of all kinds and stuffed birds of heading 9705), fishing rods, fish-hooks, whether or not snelled.

▲ Expected to increase by 15.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity24 in the last 6 months

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

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What Littlehampton trades

The most frequently declared goods across all 71 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 kindsBeauty or make-up preparations and preparations for the care of the skin (other than medicaments), incl. sunscreen or suntan preparations (excl. medicaments, lip and eye make-up preparations, manicure or pedicure preparations and make-up or skin careAppliances 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)Folding cartons, boxes and cases, of non-corrugated paper or paperboardAxles, for electrical purposes, and wheels and parts thereof for railway or tramway locomotives or rolling stock; parts of bogies and bissel-bogies, n.e.s.Line fishing tackle n.e.s; fish landing nets, butterfly nets and similar nets; decoys and similar hunting or shooting requisites (excl. decoy calls of all kinds and stuffed birds of heading 9705)Perfumes and toilet waters (excl. aftershave lotions, personal deodorants and hair lotions)Medicaments consisting of mixed or unmixed products for therapeutic or prophylactic purposes, put up in measured doses "incl. those for transdermal administration" or in forms or packings for retail sale (excl. containing antibiotics, hormones or ste

Common questions about trade in Littlehampton

How many businesses import or export from Littlehampton?

HMRC customs records show 71 businesses in Littlehampton (BN17) filed declarations over the last six months — 565 import declarations and 560 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.

What do Littlehampton businesses import most?

The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Littlehampton 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, beauty or make-up preparations and preparations for the care of the skin (other than medicaments), incl. sunscreen or suntan preparations (excl. medicaments, lip and eye make-up preparations, manicure or pedicure preparations and make-up or skin care, 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), folding cartons, boxes and cases, of non-corrugated paper or paperboard. You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.

Is trade from Littlehampton growing?

Import activity is down 14.4% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 11.0%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.

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Littlehampton importers & exporters

Top 10 businesses by 6-month activity Free tier

HITEK POWER LTD

ZAPPIES LIMITED

PUMP ENGINEERING LTD

MERIDIAN MEDICAL LIMITED

TRONIX (UK) LTD

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What Littlehampton trades

Common questions about trade in Littlehampton

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