199 businesses in Runcorn appear in HMRC customs records for the last six months. That puts it second in Cheshire for trade activity. 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 6.5% 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
4,746Import declarations▼ 11.9% on the 6 months before
2,077Export declarations
−6.5%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
199Trading 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 199 businesses.
★ Most active in RuncornFiled more customs declarations than any other Runcorn business over the last six months — roughly 14% of the town's total import activity, mostly in dairy, eggs and honey.
Most active business
AZELIS UK LIMITED
654 import declarations130 export declarationsWA7 *Ch. 04Ch. 11Ch. 12Ch. 13Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include chemical products and preparations of the chemical or allied industries, incl. those consisting of mixtures of natural products, n.e.s., salts, incl. table salt and denatured salt, and pure sodium chloride, whether or not in aqueous solution or containing added anti-caking or free-flowing agents; sea water, alcohol peroxides, ether peroxides, acetal and hemiacetal peroxides, ketone peroxides and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives.
▼ Expected to slow by 14.2% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity654 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity130 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
2G ENERGY LTD
176 import declarations16 export declarationsWA7 *Ch. 27Ch. 34Ch. 38Ch. 39Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include 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), 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, fans (excl. table, floor, wall, window, ceiling or roof fans, with a self-contained electric motor of an output <= 125 w).
▼ Expected to slow by 1.4% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity176 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity16 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
ROTEX EUROPE LTD
61 import declarations110 export declarationsWA7 *Ch. 32Ch. 38Ch. 39Ch. 40Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include transmission shafts, incl. cam shafts and crank shafts, and cranks, parts of machinery for working mineral substances of heading 8474, n.e.s., woven cloth, incl. endless bands, of stainless steel wire (excl. woven products of metal fibres of a kind used for cladding, lining or similar purposes and endless bands for machinery).
▼ Expected to slow by 26.5% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity61 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity110 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
METROHM UK LIMITED
126 import declarations41 export declarationsWA7 *Ch. 28Ch. 29Ch. 30Ch. 35Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include printed matter, n.e.s., laboratory, hygienic or pharmaceutical glassware, whether or not graduated or calibrated, having a linear coefficient of expansion <= 5 x 10 -6 per kelvin within a temperature range of 0 c to 300 c (excl. glass of fused quartz or other fused silica,, stoppers, caps and lids, incl. screw caps and pouring stoppers, capsules for bottles, threaded bungs, bung covers, seals and other packing accessories of base metal (excl. crow corks).
▲ Expected to increase by 11.8% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity126 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity41 in the last 6 months
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WHITFORD LIMITED
96 import declarations66 export declarationsWA7 *Ch. 25Ch. 27Ch. 28Ch. 29Active 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 synthetic or chemically modified natural polymers, dispersed or dissolved in an aqueous medium (excl. those based on acrylic or vinyl polymers), chemical products and preparations of the chemical or allied industries, incl. those consisting of mixtures of natural products, n.e.s..
▼ Expected to slow by 5.3% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity96 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity66 in the last 6 months
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What Runcorn trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 199 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.
Food preparations, n.e.s.Chemical products and preparations of the chemical or allied industries, incl. those consisting of mixtures of natural products, n.e.s.Tricycles, scooters, pedal cars and similar wheeled toys; dolls' carriages; dolls; other toys; reduced-size "scale" recreational models, working or not; puzzles of all kindsParts of machines and mechanical appliances, n.e.s.Articles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire)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)Salts, incl. table salt and denatured salt, and pure sodium chloride, whether or not in aqueous solution or containing added anti-caking or free-flowing agents; sea waterParts and accessories of automatic data-processing machines or for other machines of heading 8471, n.e.s.
Common questions about trade in Runcorn
How many businesses import or export from Runcorn?
HMRC customs records show 199 businesses in Runcorn (WA7) filed declarations over the last six months — 4,746 import declarations and 2,077 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.
What do Runcorn businesses import most?
The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Runcorn traders the leading goods are food preparations, n.e.s., chemical products and preparations of the chemical or allied industries, incl. those consisting of mixtures of natural products, n.e.s., tricycles, scooters, pedal cars and similar wheeled toys; dolls' carriages; dolls; other toys; reduced-size "scale" recreational models, working or not; puzzles of all kinds, parts of machines and mechanical appliances, n.e.s.. You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Runcorn growing?
Import activity is down 11.9% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 6.5%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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