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 ease back by around 4.6% 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
271Import declarations▲ 7.1% on the 6 months before
78Export declarations
−4.6%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
25Trading businesses
Top 10 businesses by 6-month activity Free tier
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★ Most active in ShildonFiled more customs declarations than any other Shildon business over the last six months — roughly 20% of the town's total import activity, mostly in plastics and plastic articles.
Most active business
T&G AUTOMOTIVE LTD
55 import declarations9 export declarationsDL4 *Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 44Ch. 48Active in 5 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, nuts of iron or steel.
▼ Expected to slow by 13.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity55 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity9 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
SOLENTEC LIMITED
17 import declarations10 export declarationsDL4 *Ch. 73Ch. 83Ch. 84Ch. 85Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include base metal mountings and fittings suitable for buildings (excl. locks with keys and hinges), machinery for lifting, handling, loading or unloading, n.e.s..
▲ 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 activity10 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
MAGNECO/METREL U.K. LTD
5 import declarations7 export declarationsDL4 *Ch. 38Ch. 40Ch. 73Ch. 75Active in 4 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include refractory cements, mortars, concretes and similar compositions, incl. dolomite ramming mix (excl. preparations based on graphite or other carbonaceous substances), chemical products and preparations of the chemical or allied industries, incl. those consisting of mixtures of natural products, n.e.s., angles, shapes and sections, of iron or steel, welded.
▼ Expected to slow by 100.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity5 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity7 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
WOODLAND FLOORS LIMITED
10 import declarationsImports onlyDL4 *Ch. 32Ch. 44Ch. 82Ch. 84Active in 4 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include wood, incl. strips and friezes for parquet flooring, not assembled, continuously shaped "tongued, grooved, rebated, chamfered, v-jointed beaded, moulded, rounded or the like" along any of its edges, ends or faces, whether or not planed, sanded or end, bandsaw blades of base metal, oak "quercus spp.", sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or not planed, sanded or end-jointed, of a thickness of > 6 mm.
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity10 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity0 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
AIR HANDLING SYSTEMS LTD
8 import declarationsImports onlyDL4 *Ch. 84Ch. 90Ch. 97Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include heat-exchange units (excl. those used with boilers), parts of machinery, plant and laboratory equipment, whether or not electrically heated, for the treatment of materials by a process involving a change of temperature, and of non-electric instantaneous and storage water heaters, n.e.s., parts of machines and mechanical appliances, n.e.s..
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity8 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity0 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.
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)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 speciHeat-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)Nuts of iron or steelFibreboard 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 sheetsBoard 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
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 — 271 import declarations and 78 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 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), 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, heat-exchange units (excl. those used with boilers). You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Shildon growing?
Import activity is up 7.1% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 4.6%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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