Town trade profile · S18

Dronfield importers & exporters

Q: How many businesses import or export from Dronfield?

HMRC customs records show 53 businesses in Dronfield (S18) filed declarations over the last six months — 592 import declarations and 386 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.

Q: What do Dronfield businesses import most?

The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Dronfield traders the leading goods are ferro-silicon, containing by weight > 55% of silicon, bars and rods of alloy steel other than stainless, not further worked than hot-rolled, hot-drawn or extruded (excl. products of high-speed steel or silico-manganese steel, semi-finished products, flat-rolled products and hot-rolled bars and rods in i, articles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire), nuts of iron or steel. You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.

Over the last six months, 53 Dronfield businesses filed customs declarations. It ranks 15 of 26 trading locations in Derbyshire. Most of that activity sits in machinery and mechanical appliances, plastics and plastic articles, electrical machinery and electronics. Looking ahead, our model expects import activity here to ease back by around 7.2% over the next three months.

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592Import declarations▼ 19.0% on the 6 months before

386Export declarations

−7.2%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data

53Trading businesses

Top 10 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 53 businesses.

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★ Most active in DronfieldFiled more customs declarations than any other Dronfield business over the last six months — roughly 11% of the town's total import activity, mostly in plastics and plastic articles.

Most active business

HARRISON-SILVERDALE LIMITED

63 import declarations 33 export declarations S18 *Ch. 39Ch. 56Ch. 58Ch. 68 Active in 5 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include nuts of iron or steel, narrow woven pile fabrics, incl. terry towelling and similar terry fabrics, and chenille fabrics, with a width of <= 30 cm (excl. labels, badges and similar articles), 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).

▼ Expected to slow by 8.8% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity63 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity33 in the last 6 months

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Among the most active

PADLEY & VENABLES LTD

41 import declarations 19 export declarations S18 *Ch. 39Ch. 48Ch. 56Ch. 61 Active in 5 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include bars and rods of alloy steel other than stainless, not further worked than hot-rolled, hot-drawn or extruded (excl. products of high-speed steel or silico-manganese steel, semi-finished products, flat-rolled products and hot-rolled bars and rods in i, plates, sticks, tips and the like for tools, unmounted, of sintered metal carbides or cermets, hollow drill bars and rods, of alloy or non-alloy steel.

▼ Expected to slow by 4.3% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity41 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity19 in the last 6 months

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Among the most active

WESTBROOK RESOURCES LIMITED

46 import declarations 11 export declarations S18 *Ch. 25Ch. 26Ch. 28Ch. 72 Active in 5 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include ferro-chromium, containing by weight <= 4% of carbon, ferro-chromium, containing by weight > 4% of carbon, silicon containing < 99,99% by weight of silicon.

▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity46 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity11 in the last 6 months

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Among the most active

ARMEG LTD

42 import declarations 6 export declarations S18 *Ch. 39Ch. 69Ch. 72Ch. 73 Active in 5 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include tools for drilling, interchangeable (excl. rock-drilling or earth-boring tools and tools for tapping), plates, sticks, tips and the like for tools, unmounted, of sintered metal carbides or cermets, hand tools, incl. glaziers' diamonds, of base metal, n.e.s..

▼ Expected to slow by 10.5% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity42 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity6 in the last 6 months

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Among the most active

INTELLIGENT FACILITY SOLUTIONS LIMITED

16 import declarations 22 export declarations S18 *Ch. 39Ch. 48Ch. 68Ch. 73 Active in 5 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include sanitary ware, incl. parts thereof (excl. cans, boxes and similar containers of heading 7310, small wall cabinets for medical supplies or toiletries and other furniture of chapter 94, and fittings, complete sinks and washbasins, of stainless steel, c, appliances for pipes, boiler shells, tanks, vats or the like (excl. pressure-reducing valves, valves for the control of pneumatic power transmission, check "non-return" valves and safety or relief valves), toilet paper in rolls of a width of <= 36 cm.

▼ Expected to slow by 30.8% 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 activity22 in the last 6 months

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What Dronfield trades

The most frequently declared goods across all 53 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.

Ferro-silicon, containing by weight > 55% of siliconBars and rods of alloy steel other than stainless, not further worked than hot-rolled, hot-drawn or extruded (excl. products of high-speed steel or silico-manganese steel, semi-finished products, flat-rolled products and hot-rolled bars and rods in iArticles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire)Nuts of iron or steelPlates, sticks, tips and the like for tools, unmounted, of sintered metal carbides or cermetsTools for drilling, interchangeable (excl. rock-drilling or earth-boring tools and tools for tapping)Narrow woven pile fabrics, incl. terry towelling and similar terry fabrics, and chenille fabrics, with a width of <= 30 cm (excl. labels, badges and similar articles)Titanium waste and scrap (excl. ash and residues containing titanium)

Common questions about trade in Dronfield

How many businesses import or export from Dronfield?

HMRC customs records show 53 businesses in Dronfield (S18) filed declarations over the last six months — 592 import declarations and 386 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 ferro-silicon, containing by weight > 55% of silicon, bars and rods of alloy steel other than stainless, not further worked than hot-rolled, hot-drawn or extruded (excl. products of high-speed steel or silico-manganese steel, semi-finished products, flat-rolled products and hot-rolled bars and rods in i, articles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire), nuts of iron or steel. You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.

Is trade from Dronfield growing?

Import activity is down 19.0% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 7.2%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.

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Dronfield importers & exporters

Top 10 businesses by 6-month activity Free tier

HARRISON-SILVERDALE LIMITED

PADLEY & VENABLES LTD

WESTBROOK RESOURCES LIMITED

ARMEG LTD

INTELLIGENT FACILITY SOLUTIONS LIMITED

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