320 businesses in Macclesfield appear in HMRC customs records for the last six months. It ranks 4 of 22 trading locations in Cheshire. Most of that activity sits in machinery and mechanical appliances, plastics, electrical machinery and electronics. Looking ahead, our model expects import activity here to pick up by around 3.7% over the next three months.
Refreshed every 24 hours · last run 22 Aug 2026, 20:26HMRC release in view: Jun 26Snapshot: 2026-08-22.1
3,587Import declarations▲ 2.1% on the 6 months before
1,773Export declarations
+3.7%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
320Trading businesses
Top 5 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 320 businesses.
★ Most active in MacclesfieldFiled more customs declarations than any other Macclesfield business over the last six months — roughly 7% of the town's total import activity, mostly in meat.
Most active business
DIRECT FOOD INGREDIENTS LIMITED
237 import declarations22 export declarationsSK11 *Ch. 02Ch. 03Ch. 04Ch. 07Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include amino-acids and their esters; salts thereof (excl. those with > one kind of oxygen function, lysine and its esters, and salts thereof, and glutamic acid, anthranilic acid, tilidine "inn", and salts thereof), cellulose ethers, in primary forms (excl. carboxymethylcellulose and its salts), vegetable fats and oils and their fractions, partly or wholly hydrogenated, inter-esterified, re-esterified or elaidinised, whether or not refined, but not further prepared.
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity237 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity22 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
BURTON MCCALL LIMITED
173 import declarations49 export declarationsSK10 *Ch. 27Ch. 30Ch. 34Ch. 35Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include vacuum flasks and other vacuum vessels, and parts thereof (excl. glass inners), full-length or knee-length stockings, socks and other hosiery, incl. footwear without applied soles, of cotton, knitted or crocheted (excl. graduated compression hosiery, pantyhose and tights, women's full-length or knee-length stockings, measuring p, 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.
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity173 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity49 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
IAN EDGAR (LIVERPOOL) LTD
162 import declarations4 export declarationsSK11 *Ch. 09Ch. 21Ch. 34Ch. 39Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include 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, telescopic sights for fitting to arms; periscopes; telescopes designed to form parts of machines, appliances, instruments or apparatus of chapter 90 or section 16, chapters 84 and 85, made-up articles of textile materials, incl. dress patterns, n.e.s..
▲ Expected to increase by 11.4% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity162 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity4 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
SENIOR UK LIMITED
160 import declarations84 export declarationsSK10 *Ch. 28Ch. 34Ch. 38Ch. 39Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include articles of titanium, n.e.s., plates, sheets and strip, of aluminium alloys, of a thickness of > 0,2 mm, square or rectangular (excl. expanded plates, sheets and strip), parts of aeroplanes, helicopters or unmanned aircraft, n.e.s. (excl. those for gliders).
▲ Expected to increase by 14.5% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity160 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity84 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
AB SCIEX UK LTD
213 import declarations30 export declarationsSK10 *Ch. 27Ch. 29Ch. 30Ch. 32Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include microtomes; parts and accessories of instruments and apparatus for physical or chemical analysis, instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking viscosity, porosity, expansion, surface tension or the like, instruments and apparatus for measuring, chemical products and preparations of the chemical or allied industries, incl. those consisting of mixtures of natural products, n.e.s., vacuum pumps.
▲ Expected to increase by 13.5% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity213 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity30 in the last 6 months
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315 more Macclesfield businesses
Every importer and exporter in SK10 / SK11 with monthly activity, 24-month indicators, forecasts, Companies House records, AI research and validated contact reveals.
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What Macclesfield trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 320 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.
Articles of plastics and articles of other materials of heading 3901 to 3914, n.e.s (excl. goods of 9619)Self-adhesive plates, sheets, film, foil, tape, strip and other flat shapes, of plastics, in rolls <= 20 cm widePlates, sheets, film, foil and strip, of non-cellular polymers of ethylene, not reinforced, laminated, supported or similarly combined with other materials, without backing, unworked or merely surface-worked or merely cut into squares or rectangles (Articles of aluminium, n.e.s.Microtomes; parts and accessories of instruments and apparatus for physical or chemical analysis, instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking viscosity, porosity, expansion, surface tension or the like, instruments and apparatus for measuringSelf-adhesive plates, sheets, film, foil, tape, strip and other flat shapes, of plastics, whether or not in rolls > 20 cm wide (excl. floor, wall and ceiling coverings of heading 3918)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 contaArticles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire)
Common questions about trade in Macclesfield
How many businesses import or export from Macclesfield?
HMRC customs records show 320 businesses in Macclesfield (SK10, SK11) filed declarations over the last six months — 3,587 import declarations and 1,773 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.
What do Macclesfield businesses import most?
The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Macclesfield traders the leading goods are articles of plastics and articles of other materials of heading 3901 to 3914, n.e.s (excl. goods of 9619), self-adhesive plates, sheets, film, foil, tape, strip and other flat shapes, of plastics, in rolls <= 20 cm wide, plates, sheets, film, foil and strip, of non-cellular polymers of ethylene, not reinforced, laminated, supported or similarly combined with other materials, without backing, unworked or merely surface-worked or merely cut into squares or rectangles (, articles of aluminium, n.e.s.. You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Macclesfield growing?
Import activity is up 2.1% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to rise by roughly 3.7%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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