Over the last six months, 98 Dunstable businesses filed customs declarations. It ranks 7 of 11 trading locations in Bedfordshire. 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 pick up by around 3.1% over the next three months.
Refreshed every 24 hours · last run 25/08/2026 at 11:41HMRC release in view: Jun 26Snapshot: 2026-08-25.1
1,257Import declarations▲ 0.3% on the 6 months before
401Export declarations
+3.1%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
98Trading 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 98 businesses.
★ Most active in DunstableFiled more customs declarations than any other Dunstable business over the last six months — roughly 50% of the town's total import activity, mostly in bakery and cereal preparations.
Most active business
ESSITY UK LIMITED
627 import declarations151 export declarationsLU6 *Ch. 19Ch. 21Ch. 25Ch. 27Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include handkerchiefs, cleansing or facial tissues and towels, of paper pulp, paper, cellulose wadding or webs of cellulose fibres, sanitary towels (pads) and tampons, napkins and napkin liners, and similar articles, of any material, toilet or facial tissue stock, towel or napkin stock and similar paper for household or sanitary purposes, cellulose wadding and webs of cellulose fibres, whether or not creped, crinkled, embossed, perforated, surface-coloured, surface-decorated or p.
▲ Expected to increase by 9.3% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity627 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity151 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
LONDON TOP CHOICE LTD
30 import declarationsImports onlyLU6 *Ch. 35Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 42Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include household articles and toilet articles, of plastics (excl. tableware, kitchenware, baths, shower-baths, washbasins, bidets, lavatory pans, seats and covers, flushing cisterns and similar sanitary ware), 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, glassware for table or kitchen purposes (excl. glass having a linear coefficient of expansion <= 5 x 10 -6 per kelvin within a temperature range of 0 c to 300 c, glassware of glass ceramics or lead crystal, articles of heading 7018, drinking glasses,.
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity30 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity0 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
FAST MOVER TOOLS LIMITED
83 import declarations29 export declarationsLU6 *Ch. 28Ch. 32Ch. 34Ch. 35Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include articles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire), breathing appliances and gas masks, incl. parts and accessories (excl. protective masks having neither mechanical parts nor replaceable filters, and artificial respiration or other therapeutic respiration apparatus), spray guns and similar appliances (other than electrical machines, appliances and other devices for spraying molten metals or metal carbides of heading 8515, sand blasting machines and similar jet projecting machines).
▲ Expected to increase by 9.3% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity83 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity29 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
PASSION GREENS LTD
95 import declarationsImports onlyLU6 *Ch. 07Ch. 08Ch. 09Ch. 12Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include fresh or chilled vegetables n.e.s., fresh or chilled onions and shallots, fresh or chilled spinach, new zealand spinach and orache spinach.
▼ Expected to slow by 10.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity95 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity0 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
PARTY AND PAPER SOLUTIONS LTD
39 import declarations17 export declarationsLU6 *Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 44Ch. 48Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include tableware and kitchenware, of plastics, table, kitchen or other household articles and parts thereof, and pot scourers and scouring or polishing pads, gloves and the like, of aluminium (excl. cans, boxes and similar containers of heading 7612, articles of the nature of a work implement, sp, trays, dishes, plates, cups and the like, of paper or paperboard (excl. of bamboo paper or bamboo paperboard).
▲ Expected to increase by 4.8% 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 activity17 in the last 6 months
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What Dunstable trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 98 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.
Handkerchiefs, cleansing or facial tissues and towels, of paper pulp, paper, cellulose wadding or webs of cellulose fibresSanitary towels (pads) and tampons, napkins and napkin liners, and similar articles, of any materialArticles of plastics and articles of other materials of heading 3901 to 3914, n.e.s (excl. goods of 9619)Toilet or facial tissue stock, towel or napkin stock and similar paper for household or sanitary purposes, cellulose wadding and webs of cellulose fibres, whether or not creped, crinkled, embossed, perforated, surface-coloured, surface-decorated or pWadding, gauze, bandages and the like, e.g. dressings, adhesive plasters, poultices, impregnated or covered with pharmaceutical substances or put up for retail sale for medical, surgical, dental or veterinary purposes (excl. adhesive dressings and otToilet paper in rolls of a width of <= 36 cmArticles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire)Paper, cellulose wadding or webs of cellulose fibres, of a kind used for household or sanitary purposes, in rolls of a width <= 36 cm, or cut to size or shape; articles of paper pulp, paper, cellulose wadding or webs of cellulose fibres for household
Common questions about trade in Dunstable
How many businesses import or export from Dunstable?
HMRC customs records show 98 businesses in Dunstable (LU6) filed declarations over the last six months — 1,257 import declarations and 401 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.
What do Dunstable businesses import most?
The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Dunstable traders the leading goods are handkerchiefs, cleansing or facial tissues and towels, of paper pulp, paper, cellulose wadding or webs of cellulose fibres, sanitary towels (pads) and tampons, napkins and napkin liners, and similar articles, of any material, articles of plastics and articles of other materials of heading 3901 to 3914, n.e.s (excl. goods of 9619), toilet or facial tissue stock, towel or napkin stock and similar paper for household or sanitary purposes, cellulose wadding and webs of cellulose fibres, whether or not creped, crinkled, embossed, perforated, surface-coloured, surface-decorated or p. You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Dunstable growing?
Import activity is up 0.3% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to rise by roughly 3.1%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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