HMRC records show 72 businesses trading internationally from Billingham over the last six months. It ranks 4 of 21 trading locations in County Durham. Most of that activity sits in machinery and mechanical appliances, plastics and plastic articles, electrical machinery and electronics. Looking ahead, our model expects import activity here to ease back by around 16.6% 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
851Import declarations▼ 15.7% on the 6 months before
484Export declarations
−16.6%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
72Trading 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 72 businesses.
★ Most active in BillinghamFiled more customs declarations than any other Billingham business over the last six months — roughly 12% of the town's total import activity, mostly in sugar and confectionery.
Most active business
FUJIFILM DIOSYNTH BIOTECHNOLOGIES UK LTD
98 import declarations43 export declarationsTS23 *Ch. 17Ch. 21Ch. 25Ch. 28Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include immunological products, unmixed, not put up in measured doses or in forms or packings for retail sale (excl. diagnostic reagents), immunological products, mixed, not put up in measured doses or in forms or packings for retail sale (excl. diagnostic reagents), cell cultures, whether or not modified (excl. cell therapy products).
▼ Expected to slow by 9.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity98 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity43 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
TRACERCO LIMITED
32 import declarations43 export declarationsTS23 *Ch. 27Ch. 28Ch. 29Ch. 38Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include radioactive elements and isotopes and compounds; alloys, dispersions incl. cermets, ceramic products and mixtures containing these elements, isotopes or compounds (excl. natural uranium, uranium enriched and depleted in u 235; plutonium, thorium, tri, articles of lead, n.e.s., cyclic hydrocarbons (excl. cyclanes, cyclenes, benzene, toluene, xylenes, styrene, ethylbenzene and cumene).
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity32 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity43 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
ULTRALIGHT OUTDOOR GEAR LTD
67 import declarations5 export declarationsTS22 *Ch. 16Ch. 19Ch. 20Ch. 21Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include 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, tents of synthetic fibres (excl. umbrella and play tents), pneumatic mattresses of textile materials.
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity67 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity5 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
MAGNUM PACKAGING (N E) LTD
0 import declarations69 export declarationsTS23 *Ch. 22Ch. 34Ch. 39Ch. 40Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include tableware and kitchenware, of wood (excl. of bamboo or tropical wood, and interior fittings, ornaments, coopers' products, tableware and kitchenware components of wood, brushes, brooms and hand sieves), mineral waters and aerated waters, not containing added sugar, other sweetening matter or flavoured, soap and organic surface-active products and preparations, in the form of bars, cakes, moulded pieces or shapes, and paper, wadding, felt and nonwovens, impregnated, coated or covered with soap or detergent, for toilet use, incl. medicated products.
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity0 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity69 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
D R CASWELL LTD
44 import declarations15 export declarationsTS23 *Ch. 27Ch. 34Ch. 38Ch. 39Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include footwear, incorporating a protective metal toecap, with outer soles of rubber, plastics, leather or composition leather and uppers of leather (excl. sports footwear and orthopaedic footwear), men's or boys' tracksuits and other garments, n.e.s. of man-made fibres (excl. knitted or crocheted), men's or boys' jackets and blazers of cotton (excl. knitted or crocheted, and wind-jackets and similar articles).
▲ Expected to increase by 16.7% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity44 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity15 in the last 6 months
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What Billingham trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 72 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.
Air pumps, air or other gas compressors and ventilating or recycling hoods incorporating a fan, whether or not fitted with filters, having a maximum horizontal side > 120 cm (excl. vacuum pumps, hand- or foot-operated air pumps, compressors for refriArticles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire)Saturated monohydric acyclic alcohols (excl. methanol "methyl alcohol", propan-1-ol "propyl alcohol", propan-2-ol "isopropyl alcohol", butanols, octanol "octyl alcohol" and isomers thereof, dodecan-1-ol "lauryl alcohol", hexadecan-1-ol "cetyl alcoholRadioactive elements and isotopes and compounds; alloys, dispersions incl. cermets, ceramic products and mixtures containing these elements, isotopes or compounds (excl. natural uranium, uranium enriched and depleted in U 235; plutonium, thorium, triReaction initiators, reaction accelerators and catalytic preparations, n.e.s. (excl. rubber accelerators and supported catalysts)Carboys, bottles, flasks, jars, pots, phials and other containers, of glass, of a kind used for the commercial conveyance or packing of goods, and preserving jars, of glass (excl. ampoules, glass inners for containers, with vacuum insulation, perfumeTravelling-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 contaBase metal mountings and fittings suitable for buildings (excl. locks with keys and hinges)
Common questions about trade in Billingham
How many businesses import or export from Billingham?
HMRC customs records show 72 businesses in Billingham (TS22, TS23) filed declarations over the last six months — 851 import declarations and 484 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.
What do Billingham businesses import most?
The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Billingham traders the leading goods are air pumps, air or other gas compressors and ventilating or recycling hoods incorporating a fan, whether or not fitted with filters, having a maximum horizontal side > 120 cm (excl. vacuum pumps, hand- or foot-operated air pumps, compressors for refri, articles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire), saturated monohydric acyclic alcohols (excl. methanol "methyl alcohol", propan-1-ol "propyl alcohol", propan-2-ol "isopropyl alcohol", butanols, octanol "octyl alcohol" and isomers thereof, dodecan-1-ol "lauryl alcohol", hexadecan-1-ol "cetyl alcohol, radioactive elements and isotopes and compounds; alloys, dispersions incl. cermets, ceramic products and mixtures containing these elements, isotopes or compounds (excl. natural uranium, uranium enriched and depleted in u 235; plutonium, thorium, tri. You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Billingham growing?
Import activity is down 15.7% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 16.6%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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