HMRC records show 105 businesses trading internationally from Durham over the last six months. It ranks 8 of 21 trading locations in County Durham. Most of that activity sits in machinery and mechanical appliances, electrical machinery and electronics, optical and medical instruments. Looking ahead, our model expects import activity here to pick up by around 16.8% over the next three months.
Refreshed every 24 hours · last run 22 Aug 2026, 20:26HMRC release in view: Jun 26Snapshot: 2026-08-22.1
755Import declarations▲ 24.4% on the 6 months before
192Export declarations
+16.8%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
105Trading businesses
Top 5 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 105 businesses.
★ Most active in DurhamFiled more customs declarations than any other Durham business over the last six months — roughly 17% of the town's total import activity, mostly in plants and cut flowers.
Most active business
FEMVIBE LTD.
125 import declarationsImports onlyDH1 *Ch. 06Ch. 39Ch. 42Ch. 61Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include women's or girls' trousers, bib and brace overalls, breeches and shorts of synthetic fibres (excl. knitted or crocheted, panties and swimwear), handbags, whether or not with shoulder strap, incl. those without handle, with outer surface of vulcanised fibre or paperboard, or wholly or mainly covered with such materials or with paper, t-shirts, singlets and other vests of textile materials, knitted or crocheted (excl. cotton).
▼ Expected to slow by 100.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity125 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity0 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
WORKWEAR EXPRESS LIMITED
17 import declarations38 export declarationsDH1 *Ch. 32Ch. 42Ch. 49Ch. 58Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include women's or girls' tracksuits and other garments, n.e.s. of man-made fibres (excl. knitted or crocheted), overcoats, car coats, capes, cloaks, anoraks, incl. ski jackets, windcheaters, wind-jackets and similar articles of man-made fibres, for men or boys, knitted or crocheted (excl. suits, ensembles, jackets, blazers, bib and brace overalls and trousers), jerseys, pullovers, cardigans, waistcoats and similar articles, of man-made fibres, knitted or crocheted (excl. wadded waistcoats).
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity17 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity38 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
CPI BOOKS LTD
23 import declarations13 export declarationsDH1 *Ch. 48Ch. 49Ch. 84Ch. 85Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include printed books, brochures and similar printed matter (excl. those in single sheets; dictionaries, encyclopaedias, periodicals and publications which are essentially devoted to advertising), composite paper and paperboard "made by sticking flat layers of paper or paperboard together with an adhesive", not surface-coated or impregnated, whether or not internally reinforced, in rolls of a width > 36 cm or in square or rectangular sheets wi, printed books, brochures and similar printed matter, in single sheets, whether or not folded (excl. periodicals and publications which are essentially devoted to advertising).
▲ 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 activity13 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
UNIVERSITY OF DURHAM
94 import declarations9 export declarationsDH1 *Ch. 28Ch. 29Ch. 30Ch. 38Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include lenses, prisms, mirrors and other optical elements, of any material, unmounted (excl. such elements of glass not optically worked, contact lenses and spectacle lenses), lasers (excl. laser diodes), instruments and appliances used in geodesy, topography, hydrography, oceanography, hydrology, meteorology or geophysics (excl. compasses, rangefinders, theodolites, tachymeters "tacheometers", levels and photogrammetrical surveying instruments and ap.
▲ Expected to increase by 17.6% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity94 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity9 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
DURHAM PUMPS LIMITED
49 import declarations8 export declarationsDH1 *Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 64Ch. 68Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include centrifugal pumps, power-driven (excl. those of subheading 8413.11 and 8413.19, fuel, lubricating or cooling medium pumps for internal combustion piston engine and concrete pumps), rotary positive displacement pumps for liquids, power-driven (excl. those of subheading 8413.11 and 8413.19 and fuel, lubricating or cooling medium pumps for internal combustion piston engine), parts of pumps for liquids, n.e.s..
▲ Expected to increase by 11.8% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity49 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity8 in the last 6 months
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What Durham trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 105 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.
Instruments and appliances used in medical, surgical or veterinary sciences, n.e.s.Centrifugal pumps, power-driven (excl. those of subheading 8413.11 and 8413.19, fuel, lubricating or cooling medium pumps for internal combustion piston engine and concrete pumps)Printed books, brochures and similar printed matter (excl. those in single sheets; dictionaries, encyclopaedias, periodicals and publications which are essentially devoted to advertising)Rotary positive displacement pumps for liquids, power-driven (excl. those of subheading 8413.11 and 8413.19 and fuel, lubricating or cooling medium pumps for internal combustion piston engine)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 AArticles of plastics and articles of other materials of heading 3901 to 3914, n.e.s (excl. goods of 9619)Static convertersNon-refractory mortars and concretes
Common questions about trade in Durham
How many businesses import or export from Durham?
HMRC customs records show 105 businesses in Durham (DH1) filed declarations over the last six months — 755 import declarations and 192 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.
What do Durham businesses import most?
The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Durham traders the leading goods are instruments and appliances used in medical, surgical or veterinary sciences, n.e.s., centrifugal pumps, power-driven (excl. those of subheading 8413.11 and 8413.19, fuel, lubricating or cooling medium pumps for internal combustion piston engine and concrete pumps), printed books, brochures and similar printed matter (excl. those in single sheets; dictionaries, encyclopaedias, periodicals and publications which are essentially devoted to advertising), rotary positive displacement pumps for liquids, power-driven (excl. those of subheading 8413.11 and 8413.19 and fuel, lubricating or cooling medium pumps for internal combustion piston engine). You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Durham growing?
Import activity is up 24.4% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to rise by roughly 16.8%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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