HMRC records show 105 businesses trading internationally from Nantwich over the last six months. It ranks 13 of 22 trading locations in Cheshire. Most of that activity sits in machinery and mechanical appliances, plastics and plastic articles, electrical machinery and electronics. Looking ahead, our model expects import activity here to ease back by around 4.0% 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
1,257Import declarations▼ 5.1% on the 6 months before
462Export declarations
−4.0%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
105Trading 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 105 businesses.
★ Most active in NantwichFiled more customs declarations than any other Nantwich business over the last six months — roughly 20% of the town's total import activity, mostly in mineral fuels and oils.
Most active business
T I MIDWOOD AND CO LTD
250 import declarations31 export declarationsCW5 *Ch. 27Ch. 32Ch. 34Ch. 38Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include threaded screws and bolts, of iron or steel, whether or not with their nuts and washers (excl. coach screws and other wood screws, screw hooks and screw rings, self-tapping screws, lag screws, stoppers, plugs and the like, threaded), tools for drilling, interchangeable (excl. rock-drilling or earth-boring tools and tools for tapping), nails, tacks, drawing pins, corrugated nails, staples and similar articles of iron or steel, whether or not with heads of other material (excl. such articles with heads of copper and staples in strips).
▼ Expected to slow by 6.2% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity250 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity31 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
MY FABULOSA LTD
32 import declarations34 export declarationsCW5 *Ch. 32Ch. 33Ch. 34Ch. 38Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include surface-active preparations, washing preparations, auxiliary washing preparations and cleaning preparations put up for retail sale (excl. organic surface-active agents, soap and organic surface-active preparations in the form of bars, cakes, moulded, surface-active preparations, washing preparations, incl. auxiliary washing preparations and cleaning preparations (excl. those put up for retail sale, organic surface-active agents, soap and organic surface-active preparations in the form of bars, ca, cans of iron or steel, of a capacity of < 50 l, which are to be closed by soldering or crimping (excl. containers for compressed or liquefied gas).
▲ Expected to increase by 20.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity32 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity34 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
ORNUA INGREDIENTS EUROPE (UK ) LIMITED
49 import declarations14 export declarationsCW5 *Ch. 04Ch. 07Ch. 11Ch. 13Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include fresh cheese "unripened or uncured cheese", incl. whey cheese, and curd, cheese (excl. fresh cheese, incl. whey cheese, curd, processed cheese, blue-veined cheese and other cheese containing veins produced by "penicillium roqueforti", and grated or powdered cheese), food preparations, n.e.s..
▲ Expected to increase by 11.5% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity49 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity14 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
MAC GROUP HOLDINGS INTERNATI ONAL LTD
32 import declarations23 export declarationsCW5 *Ch. 42Ch. 48Ch. 84Ch. 85Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include data-processing machines, automatic, portable, weighing <= 10 kg, consisting of at least a central processing unit, a keyboard and a display (excl. peripheral units), magnetic or optical readers, machines for transcribing data onto data media in coded form and machines for processing such data, n.e.s., data-processing machines, automatic, comprising in the same housing at least a central processing unit, and one input unit and one output unit, whether or not combined (excl. portable weighing <= 10 kg and excl. those presented in the form of systems.
▲ Expected to increase by 126.3% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity32 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity23 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
GATEWAY ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS LTD
28 import declarations22 export declarationsCW5 *Ch. 83Ch. 84Ch. 85Ch. 90Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include locks used for furniture, of base metal, machine tools for working stones, concrete, asbestos cement or similar mineral substances or for cold-working glass (excl. sawing machines, grinding machines, polishing machines, hand-operated machines and machines for scribing or scoring semiconduct, air conditioning machines designed to be fixed to a window, wall, ceiling or floor, self-contained or "split-system".
▼ Expected to slow by 23.8% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity28 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity22 in the last 6 months
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What Nantwich trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 105 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.
Cheese (excl. fresh cheese, incl. whey cheese, curd, processed cheese, blue-veined cheese and other cheese containing veins produced by "Penicillium roqueforti", and grated or powdered cheese)Preparations of a kind used in animal feeding (excl. dog or cat food put up for retail sale)Threaded screws and bolts, of iron or steel, whether or not with their nuts and washers (excl. coach screws and other wood screws, screw hooks and screw rings, self-tapping screws, lag screws, stoppers, plugs and the like, threaded)Tools for drilling, interchangeable (excl. rock-drilling or earth-boring tools and tools for tapping)Surface-active preparations, washing preparations, auxiliary washing preparations and cleaning preparations put up for retail sale (excl. organic surface-active agents, soap and organic surface-active preparations in the form of bars, cakes, mouldedFood preparations, n.e.s.Grated or powdered cheese, of all kindsNails, tacks, drawing pins, corrugated nails, staples and similar articles of iron or steel, whether or not with heads of other material (excl. such articles with heads of copper and staples in strips)
Common questions about trade in Nantwich
How many businesses import or export from Nantwich?
HMRC customs records show 105 businesses in Nantwich (CW5) filed declarations over the last six months — 1,257 import declarations and 462 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.
What do Nantwich businesses import most?
The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Nantwich traders the leading goods are cheese (excl. fresh cheese, incl. whey cheese, curd, processed cheese, blue-veined cheese and other cheese containing veins produced by "penicillium roqueforti", and grated or powdered cheese), preparations of a kind used in animal feeding (excl. dog or cat food put up for retail sale), threaded screws and bolts, of iron or steel, whether or not with their nuts and washers (excl. coach screws and other wood screws, screw hooks and screw rings, self-tapping screws, lag screws, stoppers, plugs and the like, threaded), tools for drilling, interchangeable (excl. rock-drilling or earth-boring tools and tools for tapping). You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Nantwich growing?
Import activity is down 5.1% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 4.0%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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