Over the last six months, 60 Dronfield businesses filed customs declarations. It ranks 14 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 6.2% 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
770Import declarations▼ 7.2% on the 6 months before
533Export declarations
+6.2%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
60Trading 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 60 businesses.
★ Most active in DronfieldFiled more customs declarations than any other Dronfield business over the last six months — roughly 10% of the town's total import activity, mostly in salt, stone and cement.
Most active business
GOLFLANE LTD
79 import declarations83 export declarationsS18 *Ch. 25Ch. 28Ch. 29Ch. 32Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include printing ink, whether or not concentrated or solid (excl. black ink), esters of acrylic acid, black printing ink, whether or not concentrated or solid.
▲ Expected to increase by 6.4% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity79 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity83 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
GRUPO ERIK UK LIMITED
88 import declarationsImports onlyS18 *Ch. 39Ch. 42Ch. 44Ch. 48Active in 5 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, electric luminaires and lighting fittings, n.e.s., statuettes and other ornamental articles, of plastics.
▲ Expected to increase by 106.8% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity88 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity0 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
WILLIAM LEE LTD
39 import declarations39 export declarationsS18 *Ch. 38Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 44Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include articles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire), 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 of machinery for working mineral substances of heading 8474, n.e.s..
▼ Expected to slow by 3.8% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity39 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity39 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
HARRISON-SILVERDALE LIMITED
74 import declarations42 export declarationsS18 *Ch. 39Ch. 56Ch. 58Ch. 68Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include nuts of iron or steel, threaded screws and bolts, of iron or steel, whether or not with their nuts and washers (excl. coach screws and other wood screws, screw hooks and screw rings, self-tapping screws, lag screws, stoppers, plugs and the like, threaded), screws, bolts, nuts and similar articles, threaded, of copper (other than screw hooks, ring- and eyebolts, lag screws, plugs, bungs and the like, with screw thread).
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity74 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity42 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
LAND INSTRUMENTS INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
47 import declarations51 export declarationsS18 *Ch. 39Ch. 48Ch. 49Ch. 64Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include thermometers and pyrometers, not combined with other instruments (excl. liquid-filled thermometers for direct reading), parts and accessories for hydrometers, areometers and similar floating instruments, thermometers, pyrometers, barometers, hygrometers and psychrometers, n.e.s., instruments and apparatus for physical or chemical analysis, using uv, visible or ir optical radiations (excl. spectrometers, spectrophotometers, spectrographs, and gas or smoke analysis apparatus).
▼ Expected to slow by 11.1% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity47 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity51 in the last 6 months
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Every importer and exporter in S18 with monthly activity, 24-month indicators, forecasts, Companies House records, AI research and validated contact reveals.
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What Dronfield trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 60 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.
Threaded screws and bolts, of iron or steel, whether or not with their nuts and washers (excl. coach screws and other wood screws, screw hooks and screw rings, self-tapping screws, lag screws, stoppers, plugs and the like, threaded)Nuts of iron or steelMicrotomes; parts and accessories of instruments and apparatus for physical or chemical analysis, instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking viscosity, porosity, expansion, surface tension or the like, instruments and apparatus for measuringTools for drilling, interchangeable (excl. rock-drilling or earth-boring tools and tools for tapping)Articles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire)Printing ink, whether or not concentrated or solid (excl. black ink)Ferro-silicon, containing by weight > 55% of siliconArticles of plastics and articles of other materials of heading 3901 to 3914, n.e.s (excl. goods of 9619)
Common questions about trade in Dronfield
How many businesses import or export from Dronfield?
HMRC customs records show 60 businesses in Dronfield (S18) filed declarations over the last six months — 770 import declarations and 533 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.
What do Dronfield businesses import most?
The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Dronfield traders the leading goods are threaded screws and bolts, of iron or steel, whether or not with their nuts and washers (excl. coach screws and other wood screws, screw hooks and screw rings, self-tapping screws, lag screws, stoppers, plugs and the like, threaded), nuts of iron or steel, microtomes; parts and accessories of instruments and apparatus for physical or chemical analysis, instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking viscosity, porosity, expansion, surface tension or the like, instruments and apparatus for measuring, tools for drilling, interchangeable (excl. rock-drilling or earth-boring tools and tools for tapping). You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Dronfield growing?
Import activity is down 7.2% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to rise by roughly 6.2%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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