HMRC records show 132 businesses trading internationally from Congleton over the last six months. It ranks 9 of 22 trading locations in Cheshire. 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 3.1% 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
1,636Import declarations▼ 8.9% on the 6 months before
1,076Export declarations
−3.1%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
132Trading 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 132 businesses.
★ Most active in CongletonFiled more customs declarations than any other Congleton business over the last six months — roughly 13% of the town's total import activity, mostly in fish and seafood.
Most active business
LEHVOSS UK LTD
217 import declarations150 export declarationsCW12 *Ch. 03Ch. 09Ch. 11Ch. 12Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include organo-sulphur compounds (excl. thiocarbamates and dithiocarbamates, thiuram mono-, di- or tetrasulphides, methionine, 2-(n,n-diethylamino)ethanethiol, bis(2-hydroxyethyl)sulfide (thiodiglycol (inn)), aldicarb [iso], captafol [iso], methamidophos [is, fused magnesia; dead-burned "sintered" magnesia, whether or not containing small quantities of other oxides added before sintering; other magnesium oxide (excl. natural magnesium carbonate "magnesite"), vegetable saps and extracts (excl. liquorice, hops, opium and ephedra).
▼ Expected to slow by 8.5% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity217 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity150 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
TANDOM METALLURGICAL (MIDLAN
23 import declarations58 export declarationsCW12 *Ch. 26Ch. 28Ch. 48Ch. 72Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include waste and scrap, of aluminium (excl. slags, scale and the like from iron and steel production, containing recoverable aluminium in the form of silicates, ingots or other similar unwrought shapes, of remelted waste and scrap, of aluminium, ashes and r, waste and scrap of stainless steel (excl. radioactive, and waste and scrap of batteries and electric accumulators), lead waste and scrap (excl. ashes and residues from lead production "heading no 2620", and ingots or other similar unwrought shapes, of remelted waste and scrap, of lead "heading no 7801" and waste and scrap of primary cells, primary batteries et ele.
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity23 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity58 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
FINE DECOR WALLCOVERINGS LIMITED
46 import declarations23 export declarationsCW12 *Ch. 32Ch. 39Ch. 44Ch. 45Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include printing ink, whether or not concentrated or solid (excl. black ink), paper and paperboard used for writing, printing or other graphic purposes, of which > 10% by weight of the total fibre content consists of fibres obtained by a mechanical or chemi-mechanical process, coated on one or both sides with kaolin or other i, wallpaper and similar wallcoverings of paper, consisting of paper coated or covered, on the face side, with a grained, embossed, coloured or design-printed or otherwise decorated layer of plastics.
▼ Expected to slow by 10.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity46 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity23 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
TANDOM METALLURGICAL GROUP LTD
35 import declarations26 export declarationsCW12 *Ch. 25Ch. 26Ch. 28Ch. 38Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include waste and scrap, of aluminium (excl. slags, scale and the like from iron and steel production, containing recoverable aluminium in the form of silicates, ingots or other similar unwrought shapes, of remelted waste and scrap, of aluminium, ashes and r, slag, as and residues containing mainly aluminium, aluminium, not alloyed, unwrought.
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity35 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity26 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
CHURCHILL PAINTS LIMITED
58 import declarations1 export declarationsCW12 *Ch. 32Ch. 34Ch. 38Ch. 39Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include paints and varnishes based, incl. enamels and lacquers, on synthetic polymers or chemically modified natural polymers, dispersed or dissolved in a non-aqueous medium, and solutions of products of headings 3901 to 3913 in volatile organic solvents, co, paints and varnishes, incl. enamels and lacquers, based on acrylic or vinyl polymers, dispersed or dissolved in a non-aqueous medium; solutions based on acrylic or vinyl polymers in volatile organic solvents, containing > 50% solvent by weight, pigments, incl. metallic powders and flakes, dispersed in non-aqueous media, in liquid or paste form, of a kind used in the manufacture of paints; colorants and other colouring matter, n.e.s. put up for retail sale.
▲ Expected to increase by 12.5% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity58 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity1 in the last 6 months
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What Congleton trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 132 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.
Appliances for pipes, boiler shells, tanks, vats or the like (excl. pressure-reducing valves, valves for the control of pneumatic power transmission, check "non-return" valves and safety or relief valves)Articles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire)Articles and equipment for general physical exercise, gymnastics or athleticsWaste and scrap, of aluminium (excl. slags, scale and the like from iron and steel production, containing recoverable aluminium in the form of silicates, ingots or other similar unwrought shapes, of remelted waste and scrap, of aluminium, ashes and rFixed vegetable fats and oils and their fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified (excl. soya-bean, groundnut, olive, palm, sunflower-seed, safflower, cotton-seed, coconut, palm kernel, babassu, rape, colza and mustard, linseed,Jerseys, pullovers, cardigans, waistcoats and similar articles, of man-made fibres, knitted or crocheted (excl. wadded waistcoats)Parts of machines and mechanical appliances, n.e.s.Organo-sulphur compounds (excl. thiocarbamates and dithiocarbamates, thiuram mono-, di- or tetrasulphides, methionine, 2-(N,N-Diethylamino)ethanethiol, Bis(2-hydroxyethyl)sulfide (thiodiglycol (INN)), aldicarb [ISO], captafol [ISO], methamidophos [IS
Common questions about trade in Congleton
How many businesses import or export from Congleton?
HMRC customs records show 132 businesses in Congleton (CW12) filed declarations over the last six months — 1,636 import declarations and 1,076 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.
What do Congleton businesses import most?
The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Congleton traders the leading goods are appliances for pipes, boiler shells, tanks, vats or the like (excl. pressure-reducing valves, valves for the control of pneumatic power transmission, check "non-return" valves and safety or relief valves), articles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire), articles and equipment for general physical exercise, gymnastics or athletics, waste and scrap, of aluminium (excl. slags, scale and the like from iron and steel production, containing recoverable aluminium in the form of silicates, ingots or other similar unwrought shapes, of remelted waste and scrap, of aluminium, ashes and r. You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Congleton growing?
Import activity is down 8.9% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 3.1%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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