LOCATION

Poole

POO

41st

IMPORT VALUE RANK 2018

£240M

IMPORT VALUE 2018

49th

EXPORT VALUE RANK 2018

£64M

EXPORT VALUE 2018

INDICATIVE PRICE

~ £1.75-3.00 per pallet

Poole boasts one of the worlds largest natural harbours and one of the most beautiful parts of the British Isles. The port is mainly a passenger ferry port but does handle bulk cargo imports such as steel, Arcelor Group Link rye (for Ryvita) and palletised traffic. Export cargoes include clay and malting barley.

There are a number of MHRA accredited sites located nearby - three in fact between Poole and Bournemouth, which is an unusual concentration. There is not a huge amount of warehousing available yet there is reasonable demand. Stowga have been asked by several logistics firms to find temporary warehouses in the Poole/Bournemouth area so potentially there needs to be some new sites developed there...

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TOP 10 IMPORTED COMMODITIES BY VALUE 2018

Rank Description Total
1 Thermionic, cold cathode or photo-cathode valves and tubes (e.g., vacuum or vapour or gas-filled valves and tubes, mercury arc rectifying valves and tubes, cathode-ray tubes, television camera tubes); diodes, transistors and similar semiconductor devices; photosensitive semiconductor devices; light-emitting diodes; mounted piezoelectric crystals; electronic integrated circuits and microassembles; parts thereof more info £130M
2 Heating and cooling equipment and parts thereof, n.e.s. more info £26M
3 Articles of apparel, of textile fabrics, whether or not knitted or crocheted, n.e.s. more info £22M
4 Footwear more info £8.3M
5 Men's or boys' coats, capes, jackets, suits, blazers, trousers, shorts, shirts, underwear, nightwear and similar articles of textile fabrics, not knitted or crocheted (other than those of subgroup 845.2) more info £8.1M
6 Women's or girls' coats, capes, jackets, suits, trousers, shorts, shirts, dresses and skirts, underwear, nightwear and similar articles of textile fabrics, not knitted or crocheted (other than those of subgroup 845.2) more info £7.1M
7 Ships, boats (including hovercraft) and floating structures more info £6.5M
8 Parts and accessories of the motor vehicles of groups 722, 781, 782 and 783 more info £5.9M
9 Articles, n.e.s., of plastics more info £3M
10 Clothing accessories, of textile fabrics, whether or not knitted or crocheted (other than those for babies) more info £3M

TOP 10 EXPORTED COMMODITIES BY VALUE 2018

Rank Description Total
1 Ships, boats (including hovercraft) and floating structures more info £60M
2 Electrical machinery and apparatus, n.e.s. more info £220K
3 Furniture and parts thereof; bedding, mattresses, mattress supports, cushions and similar stuffed furnishings more info £54K
4 Electrical apparatus for switching or protecting electrical circuits or for making connections to or in electrical circuits (e.g., switches, relays, fuses, lightning arresters, voltage limiters, surge suppressors, plugs and sockets, lamp-holders and junction boxes); electrical resistors (including rheostats and potentiometers), other than heating resistors; printed circuits; boards, panels (including numerical control panels), consoles, desks, cabinets and other bases, equipped with two or more apparatus for switching, protecting or for making connections to or in electrical circuits, for electric control or the distribution of electricity (excluding swithching apparatus of subgroup 764.1) more info £49K
5 Manufactures of base metal, n.e.s. more info £30K
6 Articles, n.e.s., of plastics more info £19K
7 Structures and parts of structures, n.e.s., of iron, steel or aluminium more info £13K
8 Miscellaneous manufactured articles, n.e.s. more info £11K
9 Parts and accessories of the motor vehicles of groups 722, 781, 782 and 783 more info £10K
10 Lighting fixtures and fittings, n.e.s. more info £8.1K