Over the last six months, 132 Derbyshire Dales businesses filed customs declarations. It ranks 8 of 26 trading locations in Derbyshire. Most of that activity sits in machinery and mechanical appliances, electrical machinery and electronics, plastics. Looking ahead, our model expects import activity here to pick up by around 9.0% 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
1,411Import declarations▼ 3.2% on the 6 months before
564Export declarations
+9.0%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
132Trading 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 132 businesses.
★ Most active in Derbyshire DalesFiled more customs declarations than any other Derbyshire Dales business over the last six months — roughly 30% of the town's total import activity, mostly in dairy, eggs and honey.
Most active business
FRANK WRIGHT LTD
417 import declarations57 export declarationsDE6 *Ch. 04Ch. 07Ch. 11Ch. 12Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include preparations of a kind used in animal feeding (excl. dog or cat food put up for retail sale), sulphates (excl. of sodium, magnesium, aluminium, nickel, copper, barium and mercury), vitamins and their derivatives, used primarily as vitamins, unmixed (excl. vitamins a, b1, b2, b3, b5, b6, b12, c, e and their derivatives).
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity417 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity57 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
MASTERMOVER LIMITED
35 import declarations31 export declarationsDE6 *Ch. 39Ch. 61Ch. 65Ch. 68Active 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., parts of fork-lift trucks and other works trucks fitted with lifting or handling equipment, n.e.s., road wheels and parts and accessories thereof, 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.
▲ Expected to increase by 8.7% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity35 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity31 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
BOWMER BOND NARROW FABRICS LTD
36 import declarations29 export declarationsDE6 *Ch. 24Ch. 34Ch. 39Ch. 54Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include narrow woven fabrics of man-made fibres, with a width of <= 30 cm, n.e.s., high-tenacity filament yarn of polyesters (excl. that put up for retail sale), textile fabrics impregnated, coated, covered or laminated with poly"vinyl chloride" (excl. wallcoverings of textile materials impregnated or covered with poly"vinyl chloride"; floor coverings consisting of a textile backing and a top layer or coverin.
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% 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 activity29 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
DAVID MELLOR DESIGN LTD
75 import declarations57 export declarationsS32 *Ch. 34Ch. 39Ch. 42Ch. 44Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include spoons, forks, ladles, skimmers, cake-servers, fish-knives, butter-knives, sugar tongs and similar kitchen or tableware of base metal, not plated with precious metal (excl. sets of articles such as lobster cutters and poultry shears), 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, table, kitchen or other household articles, and parts thereof, of stainless steel (excl. cans, boxes and similar containers of heading 7310; waste baskets; shovels, corkscrews and other articles of the nature of a work implement; articles of cutlery,.
▲ Expected to increase by 16.7% 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 activity57 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
HOWARDSON GROUP LIMITED
16 import declarations64 export declarationsDE6 *Ch. 39Ch. 48Ch. 72Ch. 73Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include brushes constituting parts of machines, appliances or vehicles, knives and cutting blades, of base metal, for agricultural, horticultural or forestry machines (excl. those for wood-working), parts of harvesting machinery, threshing machinery, mowers and machines for cleaning, sorting or grading agricultural produce, n.e.s..
▲ Expected to increase by 33.3% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity16 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity64 in the last 6 months
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What Derbyshire Dales trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 132 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.
Preparations of a kind used in animal feeding (excl. dog or cat food put up for retail sale)Articles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire)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 vSpoons, forks, ladles, skimmers, cake-servers, fish-knives, butter-knives, sugar tongs and similar kitchen or tableware of base metal, not plated with precious metal (excl. sets of articles such as lobster cutters and poultry shears)Parts of machinery for working mineral substances of heading 8474, n.e.s.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 recepArticles of jewellery and parts thereof, of silver, whether or not plated or clad with other precious metal (excl. articles > 100 years old)Inactive yeasts; other dead single-cell micro-organisms (excl. packaged as medicaments)
Common questions about trade in Derbyshire Dales
How many businesses import or export from Derbyshire Dales?
HMRC customs records show 132 businesses in Derbyshire Dales (DE6, S32) filed declarations over the last six months — 1,411 import declarations and 564 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.
What do Derbyshire Dales businesses import most?
The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Derbyshire Dales traders the leading goods are preparations of a kind used in animal feeding (excl. dog or cat food put up for retail sale), articles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire), 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, spoons, forks, ladles, skimmers, cake-servers, fish-knives, butter-knives, sugar tongs and similar kitchen or tableware of base metal, not plated with precious metal (excl. sets of articles such as lobster cutters and poultry shears). You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Derbyshire Dales growing?
Import activity is down 3.2% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to rise by roughly 9.0%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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