Over the last six months, 90 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 ease back by around 7.4% 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
1,042Import declarations▼ 15.7% on the 6 months before
356Export declarations
−7.4%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
90Trading 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 90 businesses.
★ Most active in DunstableFiled more customs declarations than any other Dunstable business over the last six months — roughly 51% of the town's total import activity, mostly in bakery and cereal preparations.
Most active business
ESSITY UK LIMITED
529 import declarations131 export declarationsLU6 *Ch. 19Ch. 21Ch. 25Ch. 27Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include sanitary towels (pads) and tampons, napkins and napkin liners, and similar articles, of any material, wadding, 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 ot, handkerchiefs, cleansing or facial tissues and towels, of paper pulp, paper, cellulose wadding or webs of cellulose fibres.
▼ Expected to slow by 4.9% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity529 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity131 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
PARTY AND PAPER SOLUTIONS LTD
26 import declarations15 export declarationsLU6 *Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 44Ch. 48Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include trays, dishes, plates, cups and the like, of paper or paperboard (excl. of bamboo paper or bamboo paperboard), 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, tableware and kitchenware, of wood (excl. of bamboo or tropical wood, and interior fittings, ornaments, coopers' products, tableware and kitchenware components of wood, brushes, brooms and hand sieves).
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity26 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity15 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
THE FIRE BEAM COMPANY LIMITED
10 import declarations27 export declarationsLU6 *Ch. 39Ch. 48Ch. 63Ch. 83Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include cartons, boxes and cases, of corrugated paper or paperboard, electric luminaires and lighting fittings, n.e.s..
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity10 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity27 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
HOAD & MORE LTD
22 import declarations11 export declarationsLU6 *Ch. 39Ch. 70Ch. 73Ch. 74Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include glass mirrors, framed (excl. rear-view mirrors for vehicles, optical mirrors, optically processed, and mirrors of an age of > 100 years), sinks and washbasins, of stainless steel, plates, sheets and strip, of copper-zinc base alloys "brass", of a thickness of > 0,15 mm, in coils (excl. expanded sheet and strip and electrically insulated strip).
▲ Expected to increase by 100.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity22 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity11 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
HIMALYAN TRADING (T/A SUPREM ETTF) LTD
27 import declarationsImports onlyLU6 *Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 42Ch. 44Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include gloves, mittens and mitts, of leather or composition leather (excl. special sports gloves), jerseys, pullovers, cardigans, waistcoats and similar articles, of man-made fibres, knitted or crocheted (excl. wadded waistcoats), headbands, linings, covers, hat foundations, hat frames, peaks and chinstraps, for headgear (excl. headbands used by sportsmen as sweatbands, knitted or crocheted).
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% 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 activity0 in the last 6 months
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What Dunstable trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 90 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.
Sanitary towels (pads) and tampons, napkins and napkin liners, and similar articles, of any materialWadding, 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 otHandkerchiefs, cleansing or facial tissues and towels, of paper pulp, paper, cellulose wadding or webs of cellulose fibresArticles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire)Tricycles, scooters, pedal cars and similar wheeled toys; dolls' carriages; dolls; other toys; reduced-size "scale" recreational models, working or not; puzzles of all kindsMade-up articles of textile materials, incl. dress patterns, n.e.s.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 pPallets, box pallets and other load boards, of wood; pallet collars of wood (excl. containers specially designed and equipped for one or more modes of transport)
Common questions about trade in Dunstable
How many businesses import or export from Dunstable?
HMRC customs records show 90 businesses in Dunstable (LU6) filed declarations over the last six months — 1,042 import declarations and 356 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 sanitary towels (pads) and tampons, napkins and napkin liners, and similar articles, of any material, wadding, 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 ot, handkerchiefs, cleansing or facial tissues and towels, of paper pulp, paper, cellulose wadding or webs of cellulose fibres, articles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire). You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Dunstable growing?
Import activity is down 15.7% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 7.4%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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