🇬🇧 United Kingdom importer · official customs records

FRANKLINS GROUP LTD

13/15 St Botolphs Street, Colchester, Essex, CO2 7DU🇬🇧 United Kingdom
On record January 2016 to August 2026🔒 Compliance check
Sewing machinesMachinesScissors
Product lines
213
Jan ’16 to Aug ’26
Products
12
HS subheadings on record
Rank · sewing machines
One of 418
of 418 importers in 2025
Months active
91
of 91 on record
Latest activity
Aug ’26
most recent month on record

Import activity

January 2016 to August 2026
0193720162017201820192020202120222023202420252026 YTD
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What FRANKLINS GROUP LTD imports

share of declarations
Sewing machines, of the household type (HS 84521090): 21.5%Sewing machines, of the householdtype21% HS 84521090Sewing machines, furniture, bases and covers for sewing machines and parts thereof, and other parts of sewing machines (HS 84529000): 20.7%Sewing machines, furniture, basesand covers for sewing machinesand parts thereof, and other21% HS 84529000Machines, for making gimped yarn, tulle, lace, embroidery, trimmings, braid or net and machines for tufting (HS 84479000): 17.0%Machines, for making gimpedyarn, tulle, lace,embroidery, trimmings,17% HS 84479000Sewing machines, of the household type (HS 84521011): 16.3%Sewing machines, of thehousehold type16% HS 84521011Sewing machines, not household or automatic unit type (HS 84522900): 5.9%Sewing machines, nothousehold or automaticunit type5.9% HS 84522900Scissors, tailors' shears, similar shears and blades therefore (HS 82130000): 4.4%Scissors,tailors' shears,similar shears4.4%Tools, hand, in heading 8205, including anvils, portable forges, hand or pedal-operated grinding wheels with frameworks, and sets of articles of two or more of the subheadings in heading 8205 (HS 82059090): 3.7%Tools, hand, inheading 8205,including anvils,3.7%Machinery, in heading no. 8441, for making up paper pulp, paper or paperboard (HS 84418000): 3.0%Machinery, inheading no. 8441,for making up3.0%Machinery, parts of those for preparing, tanning or working hides, skins or leather, for making or repairing footwear or other articles of hides, skin or leather, other than sewing machines (HS 84539000): 3.0%Machinery,parts ofthose for3.0%Yarn, synthetic, filament, monofilament (less than 67 decitex), of polyesters (not high tenacity or textured), multiple (folded) or cabled, not for retail sale, not sewing thread (HS 54026200): 1.5%1%Machines, for moulding articles, in paper pulp, paper or paperboard (HS 84414000): 1.5%Machines,formoulding1.5%Sewing machines, (not household type), automatic units (HS 84522100): 1.5%Sewingmachines,(not1.5%
HS codeProductShareRanked
84521090Sewing machines, of the household type20.4%#1 · 7 yrs
84529000Sewing machines, furniture, bases and covers for sewing machines and parts thereof, and other parts of sewing machines19.7%#1 · 7 yrs
84479000Machines, for making gimped yarn, tulle, lace, embroidery, trimmings, braid or net and machines for tufting16.2%#1 · 6 yrs
84521011Sewing machines, of the household type15.5%#1 · 6 yrs
84522900Sewing machines, not household or automatic unit type5.6%#1 · 2 yrs
82130000Scissors, tailors' shears, similar shears and blades therefore4.2%#4 · 4 yrs
82059090Tools, hand, in heading 8205, including anvils, portable forges, hand or pedal-operated grinding wheels with frameworks, and sets of articles of two or more of the subheadings in heading 82053.5%#1 · 2017
84418000Machinery, in heading no. 8441, for making up paper pulp, paper or paperboard2.8%#2 · 2018
84539000Machinery, parts of those for preparing, tanning or working hides, skins or leather, for making or repairing footwear or other articles of hides, skin or leather, other than sewing machines2.8%#2 · 2019
54026200Yarn, synthetic, filament, monofilament (less than 67 decitex), of polyesters (not high tenacity or textured), multiple (folded) or cabled, not for retail sale, not sewing thread1.4%#4 · 2025

Trade lanes

10 counterparty markets → United Kingdom imports of sewing machines
VIETNAMCHINATAIWANTHAILANDGERMANYJAPANUNITED STATESUNITED KINGDOM
🇻🇳 Vietnam 30%🇨🇳 China 20%🇹🇼 Taiwan 18%

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Common questions

What does FRANKLINS GROUP LTD import?

UK customs trader records (HMRC) and Companies House list sewing machines, machines and scissors as FRANKLINS GROUP LTD's principal imports (ranked by HS subheading, 12 products on record).

Who else imports sewing machines in United Kingdom?

BOGOD GROUP LIMITED, COLLEGE SEWING MACHINE PARTS LIMITED and BROTHER SEWING MACHINES EUROPE GMBHUK rank among the largest importers of sewing machines (HS 8452) in United Kingdom, out of 418 importers on record in 2025.

Where does this data come from?

Directly from UK customs trader records (HMRC) and Companies House. Exsigo ingests the official records; nothing here is scraped from directories or estimated.