114 businesses in Mid Sussex appear in HMRC customs records for the last six months. It ranks 17 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 0.8% 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
640Import declarations▼ 12.3% on the 6 months before
332Export declarations
−0.8%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
114Trading 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 114 businesses.
★ Most active in Mid SussexFiled more customs declarations than any other Mid Sussex business over the last six months — roughly 13% of the town's total import activity, mostly in inorganic chemicals.
Most active business
PRITCHARD-GORDON TANKERS LTD
82 import declarations6 export declarationsRH17 *Ch. 28Ch. 34Ch. 38Ch. 39Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include parts suitable for use solely or principally with compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine "diesel or semi-diesel engine", n.e.s., parts of: air or vacuum pumps, air or other gas compressors, fans and ventilating or recycling hoods incorporating a fan, and gas-tight biological safety cabinets, n.e.s., parts of machinery and apparatus for filtering or purifying liquids or gases, n.e.s..
▲ Expected to increase by 20.9% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity82 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity6 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
NORDIC LIFE LTD
27 import declarations7 export declarationsRH17 *Ch. 39Ch. 42Ch. 56Ch. 61Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include t-shirts, singlets and other vests of textile materials, knitted or crocheted (excl. cotton), hats and other headgear, knitted or crocheted, or made up from lace, felt or other textile fabric, in the piece (but not in strips), whether or not lined or trimmed; hairnets of any material, whether or not lined or trimmed (excl. headgear for animal, outboard motorboats, for pleasure or sports, and rowing boats and canoes, of a length > 7,5 m (excl. inflatable).
▲ Expected to increase by 100.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity27 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity7 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
BIONICS CORPORATION LTD
21 import declarations10 export declarationsRH17 *Ch. 42Ch. 84Ch. 85Ch. 90Active 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., travelling-bags, insulated food or beverage bags, toilet bags, rucksacks, shopping-bags, map-cases, tool bags, sports bags, jewellery boxes, cutlery cases, binocular cases, camera cases, musical instrument cases, gun cases, holsters and similar conta, wooden furniture (excl. for offices, kitchens and bedrooms, and seats).
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity21 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity10 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
GEORGANICS ORAL CARE LIMITED
18 import declarations12 export declarationsRH17 *Ch. 15Ch. 17Ch. 21Ch. 33Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include dentifrices, incl. those used by dental practitioners, tooth brushes, incl. dental-plate brushes, folding cartons, boxes and cases, of non-corrugated paper or paperboard.
▲ Expected to increase by 112.5% 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 activity12 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
BEVTECH - TRADING LTD
28 import declarations2 export declarationsRH17 *Ch. 21Ch. 22Ch. 25Ch. 32Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include parts of dishwashing machines, packing or wrapping machinery and other machinery and apparatus of heading 8422, n.e.s., machinery for filling, closing, sealing or labelling bottles, cans, boxes, bags or other containers; machinery for capsuling bottles, jars, tubes and similar containers; machinery for aerating beverages, machinery and apparatus for filtering or purifying beverages (excl.water).
▼ Expected to slow by 21.1% 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 activity2 in the last 6 months
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What Mid Sussex trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 114 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.
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)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 careSurface-active preparations, washing preparations, incl. auxiliary washing preparations and cleaning preparations (excl. those put up for retail sale, organic surface-active agents, soap and organic surface-active preparations in the form of bars, caFood preparations, n.e.s.Glass fibres and articles thereof, n.e.s.Women's or girls' trousers, bib and brace overalls, breeches and shorts of cotton (excl. knitted or crocheted, panties and swimwear)Building bricks (excl. those of siliceous fossil meals or similar siliceous earths, and refractory bricks of heading 6902)Parts of pumps for liquids, n.e.s.
Common questions about trade in Mid Sussex
How many businesses import or export from Mid Sussex?
HMRC customs records show 114 businesses in Mid Sussex (BN45, RH17) filed declarations over the last six months — 640 import declarations and 332 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.
What do Mid Sussex businesses import most?
The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Mid Sussex traders the leading goods are 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), 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, surface-active preparations, washing preparations, incl. auxiliary washing preparations and cleaning preparations (excl. those put up for retail sale, organic surface-active agents, soap and organic surface-active preparations in the form of bars, ca, food preparations, n.e.s.. You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Mid Sussex growing?
Import activity is down 12.3% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 0.8%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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