HMRC records show 35 businesses trading internationally from St Asaph over the last six months. It ranks 7 of 19 trading locations in Clwyd. Most of that activity sits in machinery and mechanical appliances, optical, photographic and medical instruments, electrical machinery and electronics. Looking ahead, our model expects import activity here to ease back by around 6.4% 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
572Import declarations▼ 9.2% on the 6 months before
198Export declarations
−6.4%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
35Trading 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 35 businesses.
★ Most active in St AsaphFiled more customs declarations than any other St Asaph business over the last six months — roughly 33% of the town's total import activity, mostly in salt, stone, plaster and cement.
Most active business
QIOPTIQ LIMITED
188 import declarations76 export declarationsLL17 *Ch. 25Ch. 27Ch. 28Ch. 30Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include signalling glassware and optical elements of glass, not optically worked (excl. clock or watch glasses, glasses for non-corrective or corrective spectacles, incl. hollow glass spheres and their segments, for the manufacture of such glasses, microsphe, millstones, grindstones, grinding wheels and the like, without frameworks, for sharpening, polishing, trueing or cutting, of agglomerated synthetic or natural diamond (excl. hand sharpening or polishing stones, and grinding wheels etc. specifically f, articles of niobium "columbium", gallium, indium, vanadium and germanium, n.e.s..
▼ Expected to slow by 10.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity188 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity76 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
LEADER OPTEC LTD
20 import declarations9 export declarationsLL17 *Ch. 38Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 63Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include natural or artificial abrasive powder or grain, on a base of materials other than woven textile fabric only or paper or paperboard only, whether or not cut to shape, sewn or otherwise made up, hand tools, incl. glaziers' diamonds, of base metal, n.e.s., 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 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity20 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity9 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
FUITE POULTRY UK LTD
28 import declarationsImports onlyLL17 *Ch. 02Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include fresh or chilled cuts and edible offal of fowls of the species gallus domesticus, fresh or chilled fowls of the species gallus domesticus, not cut in pieces, frozen cuts and edible offal of fowls of the species gallus domesticus.
▲ Expected to increase by 43.8% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity28 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity0 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
BIO-CHECK (UK) LIMITED
13 import declarations7 export declarationsLL17 *Ch. 28Ch. 38Ch. 39Ch. 84Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include certified reference materials, diagnostic or laboratory reagents on a backing, prepared diagnostic or laboratory reagents whether or not on a backing, whether or not put up in the form of kits (excl. for malaria, for zika and other diseases transmitted by mosquitoes of the genus a, diagnostic or laboratory reagents on a backing, prepared diagnostic or laboratory reagents whether or not on a backing, whether or not put up in the form of kits, for malaria (excl.those of heading 3006).
▲ Expected to increase by 37.5% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity13 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity7 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
ULTRA PRECISION STRUCTURED SURFACES(UPS2) LTD
9 import declarations9 export declarationsLL17 *Ch. 82Ch. 84Ch. 87Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include interchangeable tools for turning, printing plates, cylinders and other printing components; plates, cylinders and lithographic stones, prepared for printing purposes, e.g. planed, grained or polished, parts and accessories for machine tools for working material by removing material of headings 8456 to 8461, n.e.s..
▲ Expected to increase by 50.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity9 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity9 in the last 6 months
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What St Asaph trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 35 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.
Diagnostic or laboratory reagents on a backing, prepared diagnostic or laboratory reagents whether or not on a backing, whether or not put up in the form of kits (excl. for malaria, for Zika and other diseases transmitted by mosquitoes of the genus AFresh or chilled cuts and edible offal of fowls of the species Gallus domesticusSignalling glassware and optical elements of glass, not optically worked (excl. clock or watch glasses, glasses for non-corrective or corrective spectacles, incl. hollow glass spheres and their segments, for the manufacture of such glasses, microspheCertified reference materialsGlass or metal polishes, whether or not in the form of paper, wadding, felt, nonwovens, cellular plastics or cellular rubber, impregnated, coated or covered with such preparationsParts and accessories for machine tools for working stone, ceramics, concrete, asbestos-cement or like mineral materials or for cold-working glass, n.e.s.Sheets or profiles of glass, whether or not having an absorbent, reflecting or non-reflecting layer, bent, edge-worked, engraved, enamelled or otherwise worked, but not framed or fitted with other materials (excl. safety glass, multiple-walled insulaMillstones, grindstones, grinding wheels and the like, without frameworks, for sharpening, polishing, trueing or cutting, of agglomerated synthetic or natural diamond (excl. hand sharpening or polishing stones, and grinding wheels etc. specifically f
Common questions about trade in St Asaph
How many businesses import or export from St Asaph?
HMRC customs records show 35 businesses in St Asaph (LL17) filed declarations over the last six months — 572 import declarations and 198 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.
What do St Asaph businesses import most?
The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all St Asaph traders the leading goods are diagnostic or laboratory reagents on a backing, prepared diagnostic or laboratory reagents whether or not on a backing, whether or not put up in the form of kits (excl. for malaria, for zika and other diseases transmitted by mosquitoes of the genus a, fresh or chilled cuts and edible offal of fowls of the species gallus domesticus, signalling glassware and optical elements of glass, not optically worked (excl. clock or watch glasses, glasses for non-corrective or corrective spectacles, incl. hollow glass spheres and their segments, for the manufacture of such glasses, microsphe, certified reference materials. You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from St Asaph growing?
Import activity is down 9.2% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 6.4%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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