🇬🇧 United Kingdom importer · official customs records

S M DESIGNS

Enfield Farm, 11 Doctors Road, Ballymena, Co Antrim, BT42 4HL🇬🇧 United Kingdom
On record January 2016 to March 2026🔒 Compliance check
ColoursPaints and varnishesSolvents and thinners
Product lines
112
Jan ’16 to Mar ’26
Products
9
HS subheadings on record
Rank · colours
One of 634
of 634 importers in 2025
Months active
81
of 81 on record
Latest activity
Mar ’26
most recent month on record

Import activity

January 2016 to March 2026
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What S M DESIGNS imports

share of declarations
Colours, (other than in sets), of a kind used by artists, students or signboard painters (HS 32139000): 47.8%Colours, (other than in sets), of a kind used by artists, students orsignboard painters48% HS 32139000Colours, in sets, of a kind used by artists, students or signboard painters (HS 32131000): 26.1%Colours, in sets, of a kind used byartists, students or signboard painters26% HS 32131000Paints and varnishes, (based on polymers other than acrylic or vinyl), dispersed or dissolved in an aqueous medium (HS 32099000): 8.7%Paints and varnishes,(based on polymersother than acrylic or8.7% HS 32099000Paints and varnishes, (including enamels, lacquers and distempers), prepared water pigments of a kind used for finishing leather (HS 32100090): 6.1%Paints and varnishes,(including enamels,lacquers and6.1% HS 32100090Solvents and thinners, organic composite solvents and thinners or included, prepared paint or varnish removers (HS 38140010): 3.5%Solvents andthinners, organiccomposite solvents3.5%Solvents and thinners, organic composite solvents and thinners or included, prepared paint or varnish removers (HS 38140090): 3.5%Solvents andthinners, organiccomposite solvents3.5%Dyes, synthetic organic products in heading no. 3204 (e.g. of a kind used as luminophores), whether or not chemically defined (HS 32049000): 1.7%Dyes,synthetic1.7%Polyurethanes, in primary forms (HS 39095010): 1.7%Polyurethanes,in primary1.7%Mechanical appliances, parts of machines projecting, dispersing or spraying liquids or powders, whether or not hand-operated (HS 84249080): 0.9%
HS codeProductShareRanked
32139000Colours, (other than in sets), of a kind used by artists, students or signboard painters47.8%#1 · 11 yrs
32131000Colours, in sets, of a kind used by artists, students or signboard painters26.1%#2 · 8 yrs
32099000Paints and varnishes, (based on polymers other than acrylic or vinyl), dispersed or dissolved in an aqueous medium8.7%#2 · 3 yrs
32100090Paints and varnishes, (including enamels, lacquers and distempers), prepared water pigments of a kind used for finishing leather6.1%#2 · 2 yrs
38140010Solvents and thinners, organic composite solvents and thinners or included, prepared paint or varnish removers3.5%#2 · 2024
38140090Solvents and thinners, organic composite solvents and thinners or included, prepared paint or varnish removers3.5%#2 · 2026
32049000Dyes, synthetic organic products in heading no. 3204 (e.g. of a kind used as luminophores), whether or not chemically defined1.7%#4 · 2018
39095010Polyurethanes, in primary forms1.7%#4 · 2017
84249080Mechanical appliances, parts of machines projecting, dispersing or spraying liquids or powders, whether or not hand-operated0.9%#5 · 2018

Trade lanes

9 counterparty markets → United Kingdom imports of colours
CHINAFRANCESPAINUNITED STATESNETHERLANDSGERMANYMEXICOUNITED KINGDOM
🇨🇳 China 52%🇫🇷 France 9%🇪🇸 Spain 9%

Market-wide sourcing of colours into United Kingdom; the directory does not publish origins per importer.

Largest importers of colours

ranked by activity on record
#CompanyActiveMonths activeProducts
1JACKSONS ART SUPPLIES LTD11 yr1272
2GLOBAL ART SUPPLIES LTD11 yr1262
3DALER-ROWNEY LIMITED11 yr1212
4T J MORRIS LTD11 yr1202
5HOBBYCRAFT TRADING LIMITED11 yr1192
6S.T.L TRADING COMPANY11 yr1192
7ZEBRA A/S11 yr1142
8JAKAR INTERNATIONAL LIMITED11 yr1102
9TALLON INTERNATIONAL LIMITED11 yr1102
10RMS INTERNATIONAL UK LTD11 yr991

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Common questions

What does S M DESIGNS import?

UK customs trader records (HMRC) and Companies House list colours, paints and varnishes and solvents and thinners as S M DESIGNS's principal imports (ranked by HS subheading, 9 products on record).

Who else imports colours in United Kingdom?

JACKSONS ART SUPPLIES LTD, GLOBAL ART SUPPLIES LTD and DALER-ROWNEY LIMITED rank among the largest importers of colours (HS 3213) in United Kingdom, out of 634 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.