HMRC records show 164 businesses trading internationally from Connah's Quay over the last six months. That puts it second in Clwyd 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 4.2% 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
2,628Import declarations▼ 19.3% on the 6 months before
1,773Export declarations
−4.2%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
164Trading 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 164 businesses.
★ Most active in Connah's QuayFiled more customs declarations than any other Connah's Quay business over the last six months — roughly 7% of the town's total import activity, mostly in glues, enzymes and albumins.
Most active business
RALAWISE LTD
186 import declarations244 export declarationsCH5 *Ch. 35Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 42Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include jerseys, pullovers, cardigans, waistcoats and similar articles, of cotton, knitted or crocheted (excl. wadded waistcoats), jerseys, pullovers, cardigans, waistcoats and similar articles, of man-made fibres, knitted or crocheted (excl. wadded waistcoats), hats and other headgear, knitted or crocheted, or made up from lace, felt or other textile fabric, in the piece (but not in strips), whether or not lined or trimmed; hairnets of any material, whether or not lined or trimmed (excl. headgear for animal.
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity186 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity244 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
CONVATEC LTD
114 import declarations61 export declarationsCH5 *Ch. 28Ch. 29Ch. 30Ch. 32Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include wadding, gauze, bandages and the like, e.g. dressings, adhesive plasters, poultices, impregnated or covered with pharmaceutical substances or put up for retail sale for medical, surgical, dental or veterinary purposes (excl. adhesive dressings and ot, adhesive dressings and other articles having an adhesive layer, impregnated or covered with pharmaceutical substances or put up for retail sale for medical, surgical, dental or veterinary purposes, appliances identifiable for ostomy use.
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity114 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity61 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
PREMIER CLOTHING LIMITED
79 import declarations63 export declarationsCH5 *Ch. 42Ch. 49Ch. 61Ch. 62Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include jerseys, pullovers, cardigans, waistcoats and similar articles, of man-made fibres, knitted or crocheted (excl. wadded waistcoats), jerseys, pullovers, cardigans, waistcoats and similar articles, of cotton, knitted or crocheted (excl. wadded waistcoats), men's or boys' shirts of man-made fibres, knitted or crocheted (excl. nightshirts, t-shirts, singlets and other vests).
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity79 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity63 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
BEVIE HANDCRAFT UK LIMITED
56 import declarations68 export declarationsCH5 *Ch. 17Ch. 19Ch. 20Ch. 21Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include active yeasts, malt extract; food preparations of flour, groats, meal, starch or malt extract, not containing cocoa or containing < 40% by weight of cocoa calculated on a totally defatted basis, n.e.s. and food preparations of milk, cream, butter milk, sour milk, s, mixtures of fruit juices, incl. grape must, and vegetable juices, unfermented, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter (excl. containing spirit).
▼ Expected to slow by 2.4% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity56 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity68 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
INDUSTRIE CARTARIE TRONCHETTI UK LIMITED
82 import declarations24 export declarationsCH5 *Ch. 25Ch. 27Ch. 32Ch. 33Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include handkerchiefs, cleansing or facial tissues and towels, of paper pulp, paper, cellulose wadding or webs of cellulose fibres, machinery for making paper or paperboard (excl. dryers and other heating appliances, calenders and machinery for making pulp), toilet paper in rolls of a width of <= 36 cm.
▼ Expected to slow by 20.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity82 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity24 in the last 6 months
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What Connah's Quay trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 164 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.
Bread, pastry, cakes, biscuits and other bakers' wares, whether or not containing cocoa; communion wafers, empty cachets of a kind suitable for pharmaceutical use, sealing wafers, rice paper and similar products (excl. crispbread, gingerbread and theJerseys, pullovers, cardigans, waistcoats and similar articles, of cotton, knitted or crocheted (excl. wadded waistcoats)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 contaJerseys, pullovers, cardigans, waistcoats and similar articles, of man-made fibres, knitted or crocheted (excl. wadded waistcoats)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)Meat or offal of fowls of the species "Gallus domesticus", prepared or preserved (excl. sausages and similar products, finely homogenised preparations put up for retail sale as infant food or for dietetic purposes, in containers of a net weight of <=Articles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire)T-shirts, singlets and other vests of textile materials, knitted or crocheted (excl. cotton)
Common questions about trade in Connah's Quay
How many businesses import or export from Connah's Quay?
HMRC customs records show 164 businesses in Connah's Quay (CH5) filed declarations over the last six months — 2,628 import declarations and 1,773 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.
What do Connah's Quay businesses import most?
The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Connah's Quay traders the leading goods are bread, pastry, cakes, biscuits and other bakers' wares, whether or not containing cocoa; communion wafers, empty cachets of a kind suitable for pharmaceutical use, sealing wafers, rice paper and similar products (excl. crispbread, gingerbread and the, jerseys, pullovers, cardigans, waistcoats and similar articles, of cotton, knitted or crocheted (excl. wadded waistcoats), 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, jerseys, pullovers, cardigans, waistcoats and similar articles, of man-made fibres, knitted or crocheted (excl. wadded waistcoats). You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Connah's Quay growing?
Import activity is down 19.3% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 4.2%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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