Over the last six months, 170 Westmorland and Furness businesses filed customs declarations. It ranks 4 of 25 trading locations in Cumbria. 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 2.0% over the next three months.
Refreshed every 24 hours · last run 22 Aug 2026, 20:36HMRC release in view: Jun 26Snapshot: 2026-08-22.1
1,196Import declarations▲ 5.7% on the 6 months before
330Export declarations
−2.0%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
170Trading 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 170 businesses.
★ Most active in Westmorland and FurnessFiled more customs declarations than any other Westmorland and Furness business over the last six months — roughly 17% of the town's total import activity, mostly in salt, stone and cement.
Most active business
LYON EQUIPMENT LTD
203 import declarations19 export declarationsCA10 *Ch. 25Ch. 27Ch. 38Ch. 39Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include travelling-bags, insulated food or beverage bags, toilet bags, rucksacks, shopping-bags, map-cases, tool bags, sports bags, jewellery boxes, cutlery cases, binocular cases, camera cases, musical instrument cases, gun cases, holsters and similar conta, articles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire), footwear with outer soles of rubber, plastics or composition leather, with uppers of leather, covering the ankle (excl. incorporating a protective metal toecap, sports footwear, orthopaedic footwear and toy footwear).
▲ Expected to increase by 25.9% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity203 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity19 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
PELTA MEDICAL PAPERS LIMITED
36 import declarations23 export declarationsLA7 *Ch. 11Ch. 35Ch. 39Ch. 47Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include kraft paper and paperboard, uncoated, in rolls of a width > 36 cm or in square or rectangular sheets with one side > 36 cm and the other side > 15 cm in the unfolded state, weighing <= 150 g/m (excl. unbleached, kraftliner, sack kraft paper and good, dextrins and other modified starches, e.g. pregelatinised or esterified starches, semi-bleached or bleached coniferous chemical wood pulp, soda or sulphate (excl. dissolving grades).
▲ Expected to increase by 166.7% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity36 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity23 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
MEINDL UK LTD
45 import declarations5 export declarationsLA7 *Ch. 34Ch. 61Ch. 63Ch. 64Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include footwear with outer soles of rubber, plastics or composition leather, with uppers of leather, covering the ankle (excl. incorporating a protective metal toecap, sports footwear, orthopaedic footwear and toy footwear), footwear with outer soles of rubber, plastics or composition leather, with uppers of leather (excl. covering the ankle, incorporating a protective metal toecap, sports footwear, orthopaedic footwear and toy footwear), sports footwear, incl. tennis shoes, basketball shoes, gym shoes, training shoes and the like, with outer soles of rubber or plastics and uppers of textile materials.
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity45 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity5 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
OUT OF EDEN LIMITED
78 import declarationsImports onlyCA17 *Ch. 33Ch. 34Ch. 39Ch. 40Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include shampoos, bedlinen of cotton (excl. printed, knitted or crocheted), organic surface-active products and preparations for washing the skin, in the form of liquid or cream and put up for retail sale, whether or not containing soap.
▼ Expected to slow by 23.5% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity78 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity0 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
SOLO SPORTS UK HOLDINGS LTD
61 import declarationsImports onlyLA10 *Ch. 33Ch. 34Ch. 39Ch. 42Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include men's or boys' swimwear of synthetic fibres, knitted or crocheted, travelling-bags, insulated food or beverage bags, toilet bags, rucksacks, shopping-bags, map-cases, tool bags, sports bags, jewellery boxes, cutlery cases, binocular cases, camera cases, musical instrument cases, gun cases, holsters and similar conta, women's or girls' swimwear of synthetic fibres, knitted or crocheted.
▼ Expected to slow by 10.3% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity61 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity0 in the last 6 months
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What Westmorland and Furness trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 170 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.
Travelling-bags, insulated food or beverage bags, toilet bags, rucksacks, shopping-bags, map-cases, tool bags, sports bags, jewellery boxes, cutlery cases, binocular cases, camera cases, musical instrument cases, gun cases, holsters and similar contaLive plants, incl. their roots, and mushroom spawn (excl. bulbs, tubers, tuberous roots, corms, crowns and rhizomes, incl. chicory plants and roots, unrooted cuttings and slips, fruit and nut trees, rhododendrons, azaleas and roses)Beauty or make-up preparations and preparations for the care of the skin (other than medicaments), incl. sunscreen or suntan preparations (excl. medicaments, lip and eye make-up preparations, manicure or pedicure preparations and make-up or skin careArticles of plastics and articles of other materials of heading 3901 to 3914, n.e.s (excl. goods of 9619)Footwear with outer soles of rubber, plastics or composition leather, with uppers of leather (excl. covering the ankle, incorporating a protective metal toecap, sports footwear, orthopaedic footwear and toy footwear)Made-up articles of textile materials, incl. dress patterns, n.e.s.Footwear with outer soles of rubber, plastics or composition leather, with uppers of leather, covering the ankle (excl. incorporating a protective metal toecap, sports footwear, orthopaedic footwear and toy footwear)Kraft paper and paperboard, uncoated, in rolls of a width > 36 cm or in square or rectangular sheets with one side > 36 cm and the other side > 15 cm in the unfolded state, weighing <= 150 g/m (excl. unbleached, kraftliner, sack kraft paper and good
Common questions about trade in Westmorland and Furness
How many businesses import or export from Westmorland and Furness?
HMRC customs records show 170 businesses in Westmorland and Furness (CA10, CA17, CA9, LA10) filed declarations over the last six months — 1,196 import declarations and 330 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.
What do Westmorland and Furness businesses import most?
The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Westmorland and Furness traders the leading goods are travelling-bags, insulated food or beverage bags, toilet bags, rucksacks, shopping-bags, map-cases, tool bags, sports bags, jewellery boxes, cutlery cases, binocular cases, camera cases, musical instrument cases, gun cases, holsters and similar conta, live plants, incl. their roots, and mushroom spawn (excl. bulbs, tubers, tuberous roots, corms, crowns and rhizomes, incl. chicory plants and roots, unrooted cuttings and slips, fruit and nut trees, rhododendrons, azaleas and roses), beauty or make-up preparations and preparations for the care of the skin (other than medicaments), incl. sunscreen or suntan preparations (excl. medicaments, lip and eye make-up preparations, manicure or pedicure preparations and make-up or skin care, 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 Westmorland and Furness growing?
Import activity is up 5.7% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 2.0%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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