Town trade profile · WA7

Runcorn importers & exporters

200 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 pick up by around 1.1% 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

5,673Import declarations▲ 6.6% on the 6 months before

2,395Export declarations

+1.1%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data

200Trading 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 200 businesses.

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★ 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

809 import declarations 148 export declarations WA7 *Ch. 04Ch. 11Ch. 12Ch. 13 Active in 6 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 4.5% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity809 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity148 in the last 6 months

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Among the most active

ROTEX EUROPE LTD

71 import declarations 119 export declarations WA7 *Ch. 32Ch. 38Ch. 39Ch. 40 Active in 6 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include articles of plastics and articles of other materials of heading 3901 to 3914, n.e.s (excl. goods of 9619), helical springs, of iron or steel (excl. flat spiral springs, clock and watch springs, springs for sticks and handles of umbrellas or parasols, and shock absorbers of section 17), transmission shafts, incl. cam shafts and crank shafts, and cranks.

▼ Expected to slow by 18.9% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity71 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity119 in the last 6 months

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Among the most active

SHANDON DIAGNOSTICS LTD

256 import declarations 235 export declarations WA7 *Ch. 27Ch. 28Ch. 30Ch. 32 Active in 6 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include parts and accessories for machines, appliances, instruments or other apparatus in chapter 90, specified neither in this chapter nor elsewhere, instruments and appliances used in medical, surgical or veterinary sciences, 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 measuring.

▼ Expected to slow by 8.3% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity256 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity235 in the last 6 months

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Among the most active

THOMPSON & CAPPER LTD

376 import declarations 39 export declarations WA7 *Ch. 07Ch. 09Ch. 11Ch. 12 Active in 6 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include food preparations, n.e.s., stoppers, lids, caps and other closures, of plastics, colouring matter of vegetable or animal origin, incl. dye extracts (excl. animal black), whether or not chemically defined; preparations based on colouring matter of vegetable or animal origin of a kind used to dye fabrics or produce colorant prepara.

▲ Expected to increase by 51.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity376 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity39 in the last 6 months

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Among the most active

APPH LIMITED

112 import declarations 166 export declarations WA7 *Ch. 32Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 44 Active in 6 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), articles of aluminium, 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 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity112 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity166 in the last 6 months

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What Runcorn trades

The most frequently declared goods across all 200 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)Instruments and appliances used in medical, surgical or veterinary sciences, n.e.s.Chemical products and preparations of the chemical or allied industries, incl. those consisting of mixtures of natural products, n.e.s.Food preparations, n.e.s.Articles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire)Tricycles, scooters, pedal cars and similar wheeled toys; dolls' carriages; dolls; other toys; reduced-size "scale" recreational models, working or not; puzzles of all kindsThreaded 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)Parts of machines and mechanical appliances, n.e.s.

Common questions about trade in Runcorn

How many businesses import or export from Runcorn?

HMRC customs records show 200 businesses in Runcorn (WA7) filed declarations over the last six months — 5,673 import declarations and 2,395 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 articles of plastics and articles of other materials of heading 3901 to 3914, n.e.s (excl. goods of 9619), instruments and appliances used in medical, surgical or veterinary sciences, n.e.s., chemical products and preparations of the chemical or allied industries, incl. those consisting of mixtures of natural products, n.e.s., food preparations, n.e.s.. You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.

Is trade from Runcorn growing?

Import activity is up 6.6% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to rise by roughly 1.1%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.

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Runcorn importers & exporters

Top 10 businesses by 6-month activity Free tier

AZELIS UK LIMITED

ROTEX EUROPE LTD

SHANDON DIAGNOSTICS LTD

THOMPSON & CAPPER LTD

APPH LIMITED

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What Runcorn trades

Common questions about trade in Runcorn

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