HMRC records show 54 businesses trading internationally from Peterlee over the last six months. It ranks 7 of 21 trading locations in County Durham. 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 1.5% 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
942Import declarations▼ 0.6% on the 6 months before
269Export declarations
−1.5%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
54Trading 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 54 businesses.
★ Most active in PeterleeFiled more customs declarations than any other Peterlee business over the last six months — roughly 14% of the town's total import activity, mostly in industrial chemicals.
Most active business
SEAWARD ELECTRONIC LIMITED
134 import declarations31 export declarationsSR8 *Ch. 38Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 49Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking voltage, current, resistance or electrical power, without recording device (excl. multimeters, and oscilloscopes and oscillographs), parts and accessories for instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking electrical quantities or for detecting ionising radiations, n.e.s., instruments, appliances and machines for measuring or checking, not elsewhere specified in chapter 90 (excl. optical).
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity134 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity31 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
FIDGEON LIMITED
65 import declarations11 export declarationsSR8 *Ch. 25Ch. 27Ch. 28Ch. 32Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include preparation of chemicals for photographic uses, incl. unmixed products put up in measured portions or put up for retail sale in a form ready for use (excl. varnishes, glues, adhesives and similar preparations, sensitising emulsions and salts and prec, photographic plates and film in the flat, sensitised, unexposed, for x-ray (excl. of paper, paperboard and textiles), pigments, incl. metallic powders and flakes, dispersed in non-aqueous media, in liquid or paste form, of a kind used in the manufacture of paints; colorants and other colouring matter, n.e.s. put up for retail sale.
▼ Expected to slow by 8.1% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity65 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity11 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
PROFINS LIMITED
49 import declarations26 export declarationsSR8 *Ch. 34Ch. 44Ch. 73Ch. 74Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include tubes, pipes and hollow profiles, seamless, of circular cross-section, of iron or non-alloy steel, cold-drawn or cold-rolled "cold-reduced" (excl. cast iron products and line pipe of a kind used for oil or gas pipelines or casing and tubing of a kind, tubes, pipes and hollow profiles, seamless, of circular cross-section, of stainless steel, cold-drawn or cold-rolled "cold-reduced" (excl. line pipe of a kind used for oil or gas pipelines, casing and tubing of a kind used for drilling for oil or gas, tubes and pipes of copper-zinc base alloys "brass".
▼ Expected to slow by 15.8% 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 activity26 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
GOODFELLOW & GOODFELLOW LTD.
134 import declarations27 export declarationsSR8 *Ch. 28Ch. 39Ch. 42Ch. 44Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include tableware, kitchenware, other household articles and toilet articles, of ceramics other than porcelain or china (excl. baths, bidets, sinks and similar sanitary fixtures, statuettes and other ornamental articles, pots, jars, carboys and similar recep, tableware and kitchenware, of porcelain or china (excl. ornamental articles, pots, jars, carboys and similar receptacles for the conveyance or packing of goods, and coffee grinders and spice mills with receptacles made of ceramics and working parts o, drinking glasses, stemware (excl. of glass ceramics or of lead crystal).
▲ Expected to increase by 7.9% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity134 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity27 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
G T EMISSIONS SYSTEMS LIMITED
75 import declarations9 export declarationsSR8 *Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 44Ch. 48Active 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, cast articles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. articles of non-malleable cast iron, and grinding balls and similar articles for mills), parts and accessories, 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 special purpose motor v.
▼ Expected to slow by 5.7% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity75 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity9 in the last 6 months
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What Peterlee trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 54 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.
Gaskets, washers and other seals, of vulcanised rubber (excl. hard rubber and those of cellular rubber)Articles of plastics and articles of other materials of heading 3901 to 3914, n.e.s (excl. goods of 9619)Parts and accessories, 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 special purpose motor vInstruments and apparatus for measuring or checking voltage, current, resistance or electrical power, without recording device (excl. multimeters, and oscilloscopes and oscillographs)Instruments, appliances and machines for measuring or checking, not elsewhere specified in chapter 90 (excl. optical)Tubes, pipes and hollow profiles, seamless, of circular cross-section, of iron or non-alloy steel, cold-drawn or cold-rolled "cold-reduced" (excl. cast iron products and line pipe of a kind used for oil or gas pipelines or casing and tubing of a kindBrakes 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 speciTableware and kitchenware, of porcelain or china (excl. ornamental articles, pots, jars, carboys and similar receptacles for the conveyance or packing of goods, and coffee grinders and spice mills with receptacles made of ceramics and working parts o
Common questions about trade in Peterlee
How many businesses import or export from Peterlee?
HMRC customs records show 54 businesses in Peterlee (SR8) filed declarations over the last six months — 942 import declarations and 269 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.
What do Peterlee businesses import most?
The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Peterlee traders the leading goods are gaskets, washers and other seals, of vulcanised rubber (excl. hard rubber and those of cellular rubber), articles of plastics and articles of other materials of heading 3901 to 3914, n.e.s (excl. goods of 9619), parts and accessories, 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 special purpose motor v, instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking voltage, current, resistance or electrical power, without recording device (excl. multimeters, and oscilloscopes and oscillographs). You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Peterlee growing?
Import activity is down 0.6% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 1.5%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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