141 businesses in Ilkeston appear in HMRC customs records for the last six months. It ranks 8 of 26 trading locations in Derbyshire. Most of that activity sits in machinery and mechanical appliances, electrical machinery and electronics, plastics and plastic articles. Looking ahead, our model expects import activity here to ease back by around 11.8% 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
1,103Import declarations▼ 12.3% on the 6 months before
550Export declarations
−11.8%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
141Trading 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 141 businesses.
★ Most active in IlkestonFiled more customs declarations than any other Ilkeston business over the last six months — roughly 6% of the town's total import activity, mostly in oil seeds and industrial plants.
Most active business
WELEDA (UK) LTD
62 import declarations24 export declarationsDE7 *Ch. 12Ch. 13Ch. 15Ch. 17Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include 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, personal deodorants and antiperspirants, 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 increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity62 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity24 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
W BALL & SONS (HOLDINGS) LTD
28 import declarations27 export declarationsDE7 *Ch. 39Ch. 50Ch. 51Ch. 52Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include unbleached or bleached warp knit fabrics of synthetic fibres "incl. those made on galloon knitting machines", of a width of > 30 cm (excl. those containing by weight >= 5% of elastomeric yarn or rubber thread, and pile fabrics, incl. "long pile", loo, dyed warp knit fabrics of synthetic fibres "incl. those made on galloon knitting machines", of a width of > 30 cm (excl. those containing by weight >= 5% of elastomeric yarn or rubber thread, and pile fabrics, incl. "long pile", looped pile fabrics,, unbleached or bleached fabrics, knitted or crocheted, of synthetic fibres, of a width of > 30 cm (excl. warp knit fabrics "incl. those made on galloon knitting machines", those containing by weight >= 5% of elastomeric yarn or rubber thread, and pile.
▲ Expected to increase by 14.3% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity28 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity27 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
AGFA OFFSET NV
43 import declarations5 export declarationsDE7 *Ch. 28Ch. 29Ch. 32Ch. 33Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include preparation of chemicals for photographic uses, incl. unmixed products put up in measured portions or put up for retail sale in a form ready for use (excl. varnishes, glues, adhesives and similar preparations, sensitising emulsions and salts and prec, photographic plates and film in the flat, sensitised, unexposed, with any side > 255 mm, parts of machinery, apparatus and equipment for preparing or making printing plates, cylinders or other printing components, n.e.s..
▼ Expected to slow by 11.1% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity43 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity5 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
T W ENGINEERING CO LTD
44 import declarationsImports onlyDE7 *Ch. 32Ch. 35Ch. 39Ch. 40Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include tarpaulins, awnings and sunblinds of textile materials (excl. of synthetic fibres and flat covers of light fabrics made up as tarpaulins), plates, sheets and strip, of non-alloy aluminium, of a thickness of > 0,2 mm (other than square or rectangular), hand tools, incl. glaziers' diamonds, of base metal, n.e.s..
▼ Expected to slow by 20.7% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity44 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity0 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
WOEHNER (U.K.) LIMITED
43 import declarations1 export declarationsDE7 *Ch. 74Ch. 84Ch. 85Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include bars, rods and profiles, of refined copper, n.e.s., hoods incorporating a fan, whether or not fitted with filters, having a maximum horizontal side <= 120 cm.
▲ Expected to increase by 71.4% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity43 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity1 in the last 6 months
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What Ilkeston trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 141 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.
Salts, incl. table salt and denatured salt, and pure sodium chloride, whether or not in aqueous solution or containing added anti-caking or free-flowing agents; sea waterTrays, dishes, plates, cups and the like, of paper or paperboard (excl. of bamboo paper or bamboo paperboard)Hats and other headgear, knitted or crocheted, or made up from lace, felt or other textile fabric, in the piece (but not in strips), whether or not lined or trimmed; hairnets of any material, whether or not lined or trimmed (excl. headgear for animalChenille fabrics, of man-made fibres (excl. terry towelling and similar woven terry fabrics, tufted textile fabrics and narrow woven fabrics of heading 5806)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 careInk, whether or not concentrated or solid (excl. printing ink)Parts and accessories of printers, copying machines and facsimile machines, n.e.s. (excl. of printing machinery used for printing by means of plates, cylinders and other printing components of heading 8442)Waste and scrap of iron or steel (excl. slag, scale and other waste of the production of iron and steel; radioactive waste and scrap; fragments of pigs, blocks or other primary forms of pig iron or spiegeleisen; waste and scrap of cast iron, alloy st
Common questions about trade in Ilkeston
How many businesses import or export from Ilkeston?
HMRC customs records show 141 businesses in Ilkeston (DE7) filed declarations over the last six months — 1,103 import declarations and 550 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.
What do Ilkeston businesses import most?
The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Ilkeston traders the leading goods are salts, incl. table salt and denatured salt, and pure sodium chloride, whether or not in aqueous solution or containing added anti-caking or free-flowing agents; sea water, trays, dishes, plates, cups and the like, of paper or paperboard (excl. of bamboo paper or bamboo paperboard), hats and other headgear, knitted or crocheted, or made up from lace, felt or other textile fabric, in the piece (but not in strips), whether or not lined or trimmed; hairnets of any material, whether or not lined or trimmed (excl. headgear for animal, chenille fabrics, of man-made fibres (excl. terry towelling and similar woven terry fabrics, tufted textile fabrics and narrow woven fabrics of heading 5806). You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Ilkeston growing?
Import activity is down 12.3% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 11.8%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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