25 businesses in Shildon appear in HMRC customs records for the last six months. It ranks 15 of 21 trading locations in County Durham. Most of that activity sits in machinery and mechanical appliances, electrical machinery and electronics, iron and steel articles. Looking ahead, our model expects import activity here to pick up by around 2.2% 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
321Import declarations▲ 28.9% on the 6 months before
90Export declarations
+2.2%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
25Trading 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 25 businesses.
★ Most active in ShildonFiled more customs declarations than any other Shildon business over the last six months — roughly 21% of the town's total import activity, mostly in plastics.
Most active business
T&G AUTOMOTIVE LTD
66 import declarations11 export declarationsDL4 *Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 44Ch. 48Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include parts of trailers and semi-trailers and other vehicles not mechanically propelled, n.e.s., 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, containers of iron or steel, for compressed or liquefied gas (excl. containers specifically constructed or equipped for one or more types of transport).
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% 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 activity11 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
CREATECITY LTD
50 import declarationsImports onlyDL4 *Ch. 39Ch. 44Ch. 48Ch. 51Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include carpets and other floor coverings, of man-made textile materials, tufted "needle punched", whether or not made up (excl. of nylon or other polyamides, and turf), floor coverings, whether or not self-adhesive, in rolls or in the form of tiles, and wall or ceiling coverings "in rolls with a width of >= 45 cm, consisting of a layer of plastics fixed permanently on a backing of any material other than paper, the, fibreboard of wood or other ligneous materials, whether or not agglomerated with resins or other organic bonding agents, of a density of > 0,8 g/cm (excl. medium density fibreboard "mdf"; particle board, whether or not bonded with one or more sheets.
▼ Expected to slow by 4.2% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity50 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity0 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
BIGNALL GROUP LTD
30 import declarations13 export declarationsDL4 *Ch. 35Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 73Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include structures and parts of structures, of aluminium, n.e.s., and plates, rods, profiles, tubes and the like, prepared for use in structures, of aluminium, n.e.s. (excl. prefabricated buildings of heading 9406, doors and windows and their frames and thre, hat-racks, hat-pegs, brackets and similar fixtures of base metal, articles of plastics and articles of other materials of heading 3901 to 3914, n.e.s (excl. goods of 9619).
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity30 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity13 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
CRD DEVICES LIMITED
59 import declarations11 export declarationsDL4 *Ch. 82Ch. 83Ch. 84Ch. 85Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include jacks and hoists of a kind used for raising vehicles, not hydraulic, parts of ball or roller bearings (excl. balls, needles and rollers), n.e.s., dc motors of an output > 37,5 w but <= 750 w and dc generators of an output <= 750 w (excl. photovoltaic generators).
▼ Expected to slow by 13.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity59 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity11 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
WILSONART LTD
43 import declarations15 export declarationsDL4 *Ch. 32Ch. 35Ch. 39Ch. 40Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include plates, sheets, film, foil and strip, of plastics, reinforced, laminated, supported or similarly combined with other materials, unworked or merely surface-worked or merely cut into squares or rectangles (excl. of cellular plastic; self-adhesive produ, particle board of wood, whether or not agglomerated with resins or other organic binding substances (excl. oriented strand board and waferboard, fibreboard and cellular wood panels), board of bagasse, bamboo or cereal straw particles or other ligneous materials, whether or not agglomerated with resins or other organic binding substances (excl. of wood, and fibreboard, cellular wood panels, veneered panels, panels of ligneous mate.
▲ Expected to increase by 22.2% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity43 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity15 in the last 6 months
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What Shildon trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 25 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.
Parts of trailers and semi-trailers and other vehicles not mechanically propelled, n.e.s.Carpets and other floor coverings, of man-made textile materials, tufted "needle punched", whether or not made up (excl. of nylon or other polyamides, and turf)DC motors of an output > 37,5 W but <= 750 W and DC generators of an output <= 750 W (excl. photovoltaic generators)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 speciPlates, sheets, film, foil and strip, of plastics, reinforced, laminated, supported or similarly combined with other materials, unworked or merely surface-worked or merely cut into squares or rectangles (excl. of cellular plastic; self-adhesive produHeat-exchange units (excl. those used with boilers)Particle board of wood, whether or not agglomerated with resins or other organic binding substances (excl. oriented strand board and waferboard, fibreboard and cellular wood panels)Containers of iron or steel, for compressed or liquefied gas (excl. containers specifically constructed or equipped for one or more types of transport)
Common questions about trade in Shildon
How many businesses import or export from Shildon?
HMRC customs records show 25 businesses in Shildon (DL4) filed declarations over the last six months — 321 import declarations and 90 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.
What do Shildon businesses import most?
The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Shildon traders the leading goods are parts of trailers and semi-trailers and other vehicles not mechanically propelled, n.e.s., carpets and other floor coverings, of man-made textile materials, tufted "needle punched", whether or not made up (excl. of nylon or other polyamides, and turf), dc motors of an output > 37,5 w but <= 750 w and dc generators of an output <= 750 w (excl. photovoltaic generators), 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. You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Shildon growing?
Import activity is up 28.9% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to rise by roughly 2.2%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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