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County Durham importers & exporters

123 businesses in County Durham appear in HMRC customs records for the last six months. It ranks 10 of 21 trading locations in County Durham. 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 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

492Import declarations▼ 24.4% on the 6 months before

219Export declarations

−4.2%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data

123Trading 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 123 businesses.

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★ Most active in County DurhamFiled more customs declarations than any other County Durham business over the last six months — roughly 4% of the town's total import activity, mostly in soaps, waxes and cleaning products.

Most active business

TECHNIMARK LTD

20 import declarations 30 export declarations DL12 *Ch. 34Ch. 39Ch. 48Ch. 72 Active in 5 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include monopods, bipods, tripods and similar articles, injection or compression-type moulds for rubber or plastics, ball bearings.

▼ Expected to slow by 30.8% 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 activity30 in the last 6 months

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Among the most active

ICEL LTD

23 import declarations Imports only DL12 *Ch. 32Ch. 33 Active in 5 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include eye make-up preparations, 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, lip make-up preparations.

▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity23 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity0 in the last 6 months

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Among the most active

W G JONES (DURHAM) LIMITED

1 import declarations 22 export declarations DH6 *Ch. 39Ch. 72Ch. 73Ch. 74 Active in 5 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include other bars and rods of stainless steel, cold-formed or cold-finished and further worked, or not further worked than forged, or forged, or hot-formed by other means and further worked, n.e.s., bars or rods, of iron or non-alloy steel, cold-formed or cold-finished and further worked or hot-formed and further worked, n.e.s., bars, rods and solid profiles, of aluminium alloys, n.e.s..

▼ Expected to slow by 100.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity1 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity22 in the last 6 months

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Among the most active

HIGH FORCE RESEARCH LTD

6 import declarations 16 export declarations DH6 *Ch. 29Ch. 35Ch. 38Ch. 39 Active in 5 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include heterocyclic compounds with nitrogen hetero-atom[s] only (excl. those containing an unfused pyrazole, imidazole, pyridine or triazine ring, whether or not hydrogenated, a quinoline or isoquinoline ring-system, not further fused, whether or not hydrog, carboxylic acids with phenol function but without other oxygen function, their anhydrides, halides, peroxides, peroxyacids and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives (excl. salicylic acid and o-acetylsalicylic acid, and th, nucleic acids and their salts, whether or not chemically defined; heterocyclic compounds (excl. with oxygen only or with nitrogen hetero-atom[s] only, compounds containing in the structure an unfused thiazole ring or a benzothiazole or phenothiazine.

▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% 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 activity16 in the last 6 months

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Among the most active

ARTECH LIGHTING LIMITED

19 import declarations 2 export declarations DH7 *Ch. 73Ch. 76Ch. 84Ch. 85 Active in 5 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include luminaires and lighting fittings, solely for light-emitting diode "led" light sources, n.e.s., photovoltaic luminaires and lighting fittings, solely for light-emitting diode "led" light sources, n.e.s., stranded wire, ropes and cables, of iron or steel (excl. electrically insulated products and twisted fencing wire and barbed wire).

▼ Expected to slow by 30.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity19 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity2 in the last 6 months

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Every importer and exporter in DH6 / DH7 / DL12 / DL13 with monthly activity, 24-month indicators, forecasts, Companies House records, AI research and validated contact reveals.

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What County Durham trades

The most frequently declared goods across all 123 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.

Parts and accessories for machine tools for working wood, cork, bone, hard rubber, hard plastics or similar hard materials, n.e.s.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 orBase metal mountings and fittings suitable for buildings (excl. locks with keys and hinges)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 careInjection or compression-type moulds for rubber or plasticsLuminaires and lighting fittings, solely for light-emitting diode "LED" light sources, n.e.s.Articles of iron or steel, forged or stamped, but not further worked, n.e.s. (excl. grinding balls and similar articles for mills)

Common questions about trade in County Durham

How many businesses import or export from County Durham?

HMRC customs records show 123 businesses in County Durham (DH6, DH7, DL12, DL13) filed declarations over the last six months — 492 import declarations and 219 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.

What do County Durham businesses import most?

The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all County Durham traders the leading goods are parts and accessories for machine tools for working wood, cork, bone, hard rubber, hard plastics or similar hard materials, n.e.s., 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, base metal mountings and fittings suitable for buildings (excl. locks with keys and hinges), 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 County Durham growing?

Import activity is down 24.4% 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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County Durham importers & exporters

Top 10 businesses by 6-month activity Free tier

TECHNIMARK LTD

ICEL LTD

W G JONES (DURHAM) LIMITED

HIGH FORCE RESEARCH LTD

ARTECH LIGHTING LIMITED

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What County Durham trades

Common questions about trade in County Durham

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