HMRC records show 136 businesses trading internationally from Widnes over the last six months. It ranks 12 of 22 trading locations in Cheshire. Most of that activity sits in machinery and mechanical appliances, electrical machinery and electronics, optical, photographic and medical instruments. Looking ahead, our model expects import activity here to ease back by around 3.1% 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
1,159Import declarations▼ 7.1% on the 6 months before
958Export declarations
−3.1%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
136Trading 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 136 businesses.
★ Most active in WidnesFiled more customs declarations than any other Widnes business over the last six months — roughly 8% of the town's total import activity, mostly in plastics and plastic articles.
Most active business
SOLEN ENERGY UK LTD
92 import declarations46 export declarationsWA8 *Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 63Ch. 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, structures and parts of structures, of aluminium, n.e.s., and plates, rods, profiles, tubes and the like, prepared for use in structures, of aluminium, n.e.s. (excl. prefabricated buildings of heading 9406, doors and windows and their frames and thre, articles of plastics and articles of other materials of heading 3901 to 3914, n.e.s (excl. goods of 9619).
▲ Expected to increase by 11.4% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity92 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity46 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
INTERTAPE PACKAGING UK LIMITED
38 import declarations25 export declarationsWA8 *Ch. 32Ch. 35Ch. 40Ch. 48Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include self-adhesive paper and paperboard, surface-coloured, surface-decorated or printed, in rolls or in square or rectangular sheets, of any size (excl. goods of heading 4810), envelopes of paper or paperboard (excl. letter cards), parts of dishwashing machines, packing or wrapping machinery and other machinery and apparatus of heading 8422, n.e.s..
▼ Expected to slow by 3.3% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity38 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity25 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
XPEL MARKETING LTD
76 import declarations48 export declarationsWA8 *Ch. 17Ch. 18Ch. 19Ch. 29Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include 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 care, shampoos, preparations for use on the hair (excl. shampoos, preparations for permanent waving or straightening and hair lacquers).
▼ Expected to slow by 12.5% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity76 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity48 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
ZEP UK LIMITED
35 import declarations86 export declarationsWA8 *Ch. 25Ch. 27Ch. 28Ch. 29Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include 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, non-ionic organic surface-active agents, whether or not put up for retail sale (excl. soap), anionic organic surface-active agents, whether or not put up for retail sale (excl. linear alkylbenzene sulphonic acids and their salts).
▲ Expected to increase by 37.5% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity35 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity86 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
POLYBLEND UK LTD
66 import declarations28 export declarationsWA8 *Ch. 15Ch. 27Ch. 28Ch. 29Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include diazo-, azo- or azoxy-compounds, aromatic polycarboxylic acids, their anhydrides, halides, peroxides, peroxyacids and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives (excl. esters of orthophthalic acid, phthalic anhydride, terephthalic acid and its salts and dimet, chemical products and preparations of the chemical or allied industries, incl. those consisting of mixtures of natural products, n.e.s..
▲ Expected to increase by 18.2% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity66 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity28 in the last 6 months
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What Widnes trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 136 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.
Chemical products and preparations of the chemical or allied industries, incl. those consisting of mixtures of natural products, n.e.s.Articles of plastics and articles of other materials of heading 3901 to 3914, n.e.s (excl. goods of 9619)Chandeliers and other electric ceiling or wall lighting fittings, solely for light-emitting diode "LED" light sources (excl. for lighting public open spaces or thoroughfares)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, caBeauty 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 careMedicaments consisting of mixed or unmixed products for therapeutic or prophylactic purposes, put up in measured doses "incl. those for transdermal administration" or in forms or packings for retail sale (excl. containing antibiotics, hormones or steGaskets, washers and other seals, of vulcanised rubber (excl. hard rubber and those of cellular rubber)Luminaires and lighting fittings, solely for light-emitting diode "LED" light sources, n.e.s.
Common questions about trade in Widnes
How many businesses import or export from Widnes?
HMRC customs records show 136 businesses in Widnes (WA8) filed declarations over the last six months — 1,159 import declarations and 958 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.
What do Widnes businesses import most?
The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Widnes traders the leading goods are chemical products and preparations of the chemical or allied industries, incl. those consisting of mixtures of natural products, n.e.s., articles of plastics and articles of other materials of heading 3901 to 3914, n.e.s (excl. goods of 9619), chandeliers and other electric ceiling or wall lighting fittings, solely for light-emitting diode "led" light sources (excl. for lighting public open spaces or thoroughfares), 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. You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Widnes growing?
Import activity is down 7.1% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 3.1%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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