HMRC records show 160 businesses trading internationally from Knutsford over the last six months. It ranks 8 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 1.0% 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
2,309Import declarations▼ 1.7% on the 6 months before
979Export declarations
−1.0%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
160Trading businesses
Top 10 businesses by 6-month activity Free tier
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★ Most active in KnutsfordFiled more customs declarations than any other Knutsford business over the last six months — roughly 16% of the town's total import activity, mostly in animal and vegetable fats and oils.
Most active business
EDMUNDSON ELECTRICAL LIMITED
364 import declarations154 export declarationsWA16 *Ch. 15Ch. 29Ch. 30Ch. 34Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include static converters, electric conductors, for a voltage <= 1.000 v, insulated, not fitted with connectors, n.e.s., articles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire).
▲ Expected to increase by 4.7% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity364 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity154 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
ABBEY ENGLAND LIMITED
51 import declarations53 export declarationsWA16 *Ch. 13Ch. 15Ch. 32Ch. 34Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include clasps, frames with clasps without locks, buckles and buckle-clasps, of base metal, for clothing, footwear, handbags, travel goods or other made-up articles, incl. parts of articles of heading 8308, of base metal (excl. hooks, eyes, eyelets and tubul, plates, sheets, film, foil and strip, of plastics, reinforced, laminated, supported or similarly combined with other materials, unworked or merely surface-worked or merely cut into squares or rectangles (excl. of cellular plastic; self-adhesive produ, leather "incl. parchment-dressed leather" of the portions, strips or sheets of hides and skins of bovine "incl. buffalo" or equine animals, further prepared after tanning or crusting, without hair on (excl. unsplit full grains leather, grain splits l.
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity51 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity53 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
SYKES SEAFOOD HOLDINGS LIMIT ED
149 import declarations40 export declarationsWA16 *Ch. 02Ch. 03Ch. 07Ch. 16Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include frozen shrimps and prawns, even smoked, whether in shell or not, incl. shrimps and prawns in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water (excl. cold-water shrimps and prawns), frozen meat of swine (excl. carcases and half-carcases, and hams, shoulders and cuts thereof, with bone in), cuttle fish and squid, frozen, with or without shell.
▼ Expected to slow by 8.2% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity149 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity40 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
CRJ SERVICES HOLDINGS LTD
140 import declarations29 export declarationsWA16 *Ch. 34Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 68Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include structures and parts of structures, of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. bridges and bridge-sections, towers and lattice masts, doors and windows and their frames, thresholds for doors, props and similar equipment for scaffolding, shuttering, propping or, parts and accessories for machine tools for working wood, cork, bone, hard rubber, hard plastics or similar hard materials, n.e.s., parts of machinery for working mineral substances of heading 8474, n.e.s..
▲ Expected to increase by 25.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity140 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity29 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
HAMMONDS OF KNUTSFORD PLC
125 import declarations1 export declarationsWA16 *Ch. 22Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include wine of fresh grapes, incl. fortified wines, and grape must whose fermentation has been arrested by the addition of alcohol, in containers of <= 2 l (excl. sparkling wine), whiskies, ethyl alcohol of an alcoholic strength of < 80% vol, not denatured; spirits and other spirituous beverages (excl. compound alcoholic preparations of a kind used for the manufacture of beverages, spirits obtained by distilling grape wine or grape marc.
▲ Expected to increase by 26.8% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity125 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity1 in the last 6 months
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What Knutsford trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 160 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.
Wine of fresh grapes, incl. fortified wines, and grape must whose fermentation has been arrested by the addition of alcohol, in containers of <= 2 l (excl. sparkling wine)Live plants, incl. their roots, and mushroom spawn (excl. bulbs, tubers, tuberous roots, corms, crowns and rhizomes, incl. chicory plants and roots, unrooted cuttings and slips, fruit and nut trees, rhododendrons, azaleas and roses)Articles of plastics and articles of other materials of heading 3901 to 3914, n.e.s (excl. goods of 9619)Men's or boys' trousers, bib and brace overalls, breeches and shorts, of cotton (excl. knitted or crocheted, underpants and swimwear)Frozen meat of swine (excl. carcases and half-carcases, and hams, shoulders and cuts thereof, with bone in)Articles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire)Beauty or make-up preparations and preparations for the care of the skin (other than medicaments), incl. sunscreen or suntan preparations (excl. medicaments, lip and eye make-up preparations, manicure or pedicure preparations and make-up or skin careJerseys, pullovers, cardigans, waistcoats and similar articles, of cotton, knitted or crocheted (excl. wadded waistcoats)
Common questions about trade in Knutsford
How many businesses import or export from Knutsford?
HMRC customs records show 160 businesses in Knutsford (WA16) filed declarations over the last six months — 2,309 import declarations and 979 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.
What do Knutsford businesses import most?
The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Knutsford traders the leading goods are wine of fresh grapes, incl. fortified wines, and grape must whose fermentation has been arrested by the addition of alcohol, in containers of <= 2 l (excl. sparkling wine), live plants, incl. their roots, and mushroom spawn (excl. bulbs, tubers, tuberous roots, corms, crowns and rhizomes, incl. chicory plants and roots, unrooted cuttings and slips, fruit and nut trees, rhododendrons, azaleas and roses), articles of plastics and articles of other materials of heading 3901 to 3914, n.e.s (excl. goods of 9619), men's or boys' trousers, bib and brace overalls, breeches and shorts, of cotton (excl. knitted or crocheted, underpants and swimwear). You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Knutsford growing?
Import activity is down 1.7% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 1.0%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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