Over the last six months, 32 Holywell (Flintshire) businesses filed customs declarations. It ranks 5 of 19 trading locations in Clwyd. Most of that activity sits in machinery and mechanical appliances, plastics and plastic articles, iron and steel articles. Looking ahead, our model expects import activity here to ease back by around 19.3% 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
440Import declarations▼ 22.3% on the 6 months before
367Export declarations
−19.3%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
32Trading 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 32 businesses.
★ Most active in Holywell (Flintshire)Filed more customs declarations than any other Holywell (Flintshire) business over the last six months — roughly 34% of the town's total import activity, mostly in organic chemicals.
Most active business
KINGSPAN LIMITED
149 import declarations130 export declarationsCH8 *Ch. 29Ch. 32Ch. 34Ch. 35Active in 5 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, flat products of iron or non-alloy steel, of a width of >= 600 mm, hot-rolled or cold-rolled "cold-reduced", painted, varnished or coated with plastics, mixtures and articles of heat-insulating, sound-insulating or sound absorbing mineral materials (excl. slag-wool, rock-wool and similar mineral wools, exfoliated vermiculite, expanded clays, foamed slag and similar expanded mineral materials, article.
▼ Expected to slow by 16.8% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity149 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity130 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
TXN LIMITED
36 import declarationsImports onlyCH8 *Ch. 51Ch. 52Ch. 54Ch. 55Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include yarn containing >= 85% synthetic staple fibres by weight, put up for retail sale (excl. sewing thread), yarn containing predominantly, but < 85% acrylic or modacrylic staple fibres by weight, other than that mixed principally or solely with cotton, wool or fine animal hair (excl. sewing thread and yarn put up for retail sale), yarn containing predominantly, but < 85% wool or fine animal hair by weight, put up for retail sale.
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity36 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity0 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
GB TOOLS LTD
16 import declarations7 export declarationsCH8 *Ch. 40Ch. 44Ch. 73Ch. 76Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include spades and shovels, with working parts of base metal, mattocks, picks, hoes and rakes, with working parts of base metal (excl. ice axes), tools, tool bodies, tool handles, broom or brush bodies and handles, of wood; boot or shoe lasts and shoetrees, of wood (excl. forms used in the manufacture of hats, forms of heading 8480, other machines and machine components, of wood).
▲ Expected to increase by 41.7% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity16 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity7 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
UNIFRAX EMISSION CONTROL EUROPE LTD
6 import declarations13 export declarationsCH8 *Ch. 35Ch. 38Ch. 39Ch. 44Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include slag-wool, rock-wool and similar mineral wools, incl. intermixtures thereof, in bulk, sheets or rolls, mixtures and articles of heat-insulating, sound-insulating or sound absorbing mineral materials (excl. slag-wool, rock-wool and similar mineral wools, exfoliated vermiculite, expanded clays, foamed slag and similar expanded mineral materials, article, thin sheets "veils" of irregularly laminated glass fibres.
▼ Expected to slow by 25.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity6 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity13 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
LIFTING PRODUCTS LTD
14 import declarations4 export declarationsCH8 *Ch. 73Ch. 84Ch. 85Ch. 87Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include winches and capstans, non-powered by electric motor, jacks and hoists of a kind used for raising vehicles, not hydraulic, gears and gearing for machinery (excl. toothed wheels, chain sprockets and other transmission elements presented separately); ball or roller screws; gear boxes and other speed changers, incl. torque converters.
▼ Expected to slow by 20.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity14 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity4 in the last 6 months
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What Holywell (Flintshire) trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 32 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.
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 orMixtures and articles of heat-insulating, sound-insulating or sound absorbing mineral materials (excl. slag-wool, rock-wool and similar mineral wools, exfoliated vermiculite, expanded clays, foamed slag and similar expanded mineral materials, articleFlat products of iron or non-alloy steel, of a width of >= 600 mm, hot-rolled or cold-rolled "cold-reduced", painted, varnished or coated with plasticsWoven fabrics of yarn containing >= 85% by weight of textured polyester filaments, incl. monofilament of >= 67 decitex and a maximum diameter of <= 1 mm, dyedWire of stainless steel, in coils (excl. bars and rods)Chenille fabrics, of man-made fibres (excl. terry towelling and similar woven terry fabrics, tufted textile fabrics and narrow woven fabrics of heading 5806)Warp pile fabrics, of man-made fibres (excl. terry towelling and similar woven terry fabrics, tufted textile fabrics and narrow woven fabrics of heading 5806)Yarn containing >= 85% synthetic staple fibres by weight, put up for retail sale (excl. sewing thread)
Common questions about trade in Holywell (Flintshire)
How many businesses import or export from Holywell (Flintshire)?
HMRC customs records show 32 businesses in Holywell (Flintshire) (CH8) filed declarations over the last six months — 440 import declarations and 367 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.
What do Holywell (Flintshire) businesses import most?
The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Holywell (Flintshire) traders the leading goods are 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, mixtures and articles of heat-insulating, sound-insulating or sound absorbing mineral materials (excl. slag-wool, rock-wool and similar mineral wools, exfoliated vermiculite, expanded clays, foamed slag and similar expanded mineral materials, article, flat products of iron or non-alloy steel, of a width of >= 600 mm, hot-rolled or cold-rolled "cold-reduced", painted, varnished or coated with plastics, woven fabrics of yarn containing >= 85% by weight of textured polyester filaments, incl. monofilament of >= 67 decitex and a maximum diameter of <= 1 mm, dyed. You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Holywell (Flintshire) growing?
Import activity is down 22.3% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 19.3%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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