99 businesses in Hartlepool appear in HMRC customs records for the last six months. That puts it third in County Durham for trade activity. Most of that activity sits in machinery and mechanical appliances, electrical machinery and electronics, plastics. Looking ahead, our model expects import activity here to ease back by around 3.9% 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
1,058Import declarations▲ 0.8% on the 6 months before
607Export declarations
−3.9%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
99Trading 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 99 businesses.
★ Most active in HartlepoolFiled more customs declarations than any other Hartlepool business over the last six months — roughly 14% of the town's total import activity, mostly in coffee, tea and spices.
Most active business
NATARA GLOBAL LIMITED
146 import declarations255 export declarationsTS25 *Ch. 09Ch. 12Ch. 13Ch. 18Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include essential oils, whether or not terpeneless, incl. concretes and absolutes (excl. those of citrus fruit and mint), butanoic acids, pentanoic acids, their salts and esters, extracted oleoresins; concentrates of essential oils in fats, fixed oils, waxes and the like, obtained by enfleurage or maceration; terpenic by-products of the deterpenation of essential oils; aromatic aqueous distillates and aqueous solutions of ess.
▼ Expected to slow by 15.4% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity146 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity255 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
LEADER ONLINE LIMITED
99 import declarations1 export declarationsTS24 *Ch. 39Ch. 44Ch. 68Ch. 69Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include medium density fibreboard "mdf" of wood, of a thickness > 5 mm but <= 9 mm, doors and their frames and thresholds, of wood (excl. of tropical wood), medium density fibreboard "mdf" of wood, of a thickness > 9 mm.
▲ Expected to increase by 5.7% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity99 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity1 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
AIGOSTAR INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
66 import declarationsImports onlyTS25 *Ch. 14Ch. 28Ch. 33Ch. 39Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include made-up articles of textile materials, incl. dress patterns, n.e.s., electro-thermic appliances, for domestic use (excl. hairdressing appliances and hand dryers, space-heating and soil-heating apparatus, water heaters, immersion heaters, smoothing irons, microwave ovens, ovens, cookers, cooking plates, boiling rings,, electric ovens, cookers, cooking plates and boiling rings, electric grillers and roasters, for domestic use (excl. space-heating stoves and microwave ovens).
▼ Expected to slow by 25.6% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity66 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity0 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
TT ELECTRONICS IOT SOLUTIONS LIMITED
103 import declarations38 export declarationsTS25 *Ch. 26Ch. 28Ch. 39Ch. 40Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include static converters, printed circuits, electric conductors for a voltage <= 1.000 v, insulated, fitted with connectors, n.e.s..
▲ Expected to increase by 29.5% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity103 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity38 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
TMD FRICTION UK LIMITED
102 import declarations16 export declarationsTS24 *Ch. 27Ch. 28Ch. 32Ch. 34Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include brakes and servo-brakes and their parts, for tractors, motor vehicles for the transport of ten or more persons, motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of persons, motor vehicles for the transport of goods and speci, brake linings and pads, with a basis of mineral substances or cellulose, whether or not combined with textile or other materials (excl. containing asbestos), light oils and preparations, of petroleum or bituminous minerals which >= 90% by volume "incl. losses" distil at 210 c "astm d 86 method" (excl. containing biodiesel).
▼ Expected to slow by 10.5% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity102 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity16 in the last 6 months
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Every importer and exporter in TS24 / TS25 / TS26 / TS27 with monthly activity, 24-month indicators, forecasts, Companies House records, AI research and validated contact reveals.
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What Hartlepool trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 99 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.
Brakes and servo-brakes and their parts, for tractors, motor vehicles for the transport of ten or more persons, motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of persons, motor vehicles for the transport of goods and speciEssential oils, whether or not terpeneless, incl. concretes and absolutes (excl. those of citrus fruit and mint)Butanoic acids, pentanoic acids, their salts and estersArticles of plastics and articles of other materials of heading 3901 to 3914, n.e.s (excl. goods of 9619)Extracted oleoresins; concentrates of essential oils in fats, fixed oils, waxes and the like, obtained by enfleurage or maceration; terpenic by-products of the deterpenation of essential oils; aromatic aqueous distillates and aqueous solutions of essArticles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire)Static convertersHeterocyclic 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
Common questions about trade in Hartlepool
How many businesses import or export from Hartlepool?
HMRC customs records show 99 businesses in Hartlepool (TS24, TS25, TS26, TS27) filed declarations over the last six months — 1,058 import declarations and 607 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.
What do Hartlepool businesses import most?
The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Hartlepool traders the leading goods are brakes and servo-brakes and their parts, for tractors, motor vehicles for the transport of ten or more persons, motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of persons, motor vehicles for the transport of goods and speci, essential oils, whether or not terpeneless, incl. concretes and absolutes (excl. those of citrus fruit and mint), butanoic acids, pentanoic acids, their salts and esters, articles of plastics and articles of other materials of heading 3901 to 3914, n.e.s (excl. goods of 9619). You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Hartlepool growing?
Import activity is up 0.8% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 3.9%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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