65 businesses in Shaftesbury appear in HMRC customs records for the last six months. It ranks 12 of 20 trading locations in Dorset. 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 pick up by around 0.0% 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
358Import declarations▼ 16.0% on the 6 months before
278Export declarations
+0.0%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
65Trading 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 65 businesses.
★ Most active in ShaftesburyFiled more customs declarations than any other Shaftesbury business over the last six months — roughly 29% of the town's total import activity, mostly in animal and vegetable fats and oils.
Most active business
NIWAKI LTD
103 import declarations31 export declarationsSP7 *Ch. 15Ch. 38Ch. 39Ch. 40Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include articles of lead, n.e.s., handbags, whether or not with shoulder straps, incl. those without handles, with outer surface of plastic sheeting or textile materials, 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.
▲ Expected to increase by 11.5% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity103 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity31 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
ROTRON POWER LTD
18 import declarations16 export declarationsSP7 *Ch. 84Ch. 85Ch. 87Ch. 88Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include propellers and rotors and parts thereof, for aircraft, n.e.s., spark-ignition reciprocating or rotary internal combustion piston engine, for aircraft, rotary positive displacement pumps for liquids, power-driven (excl. those of subheading 8413.11 and 8413.19 and fuel, lubricating or cooling medium pumps for internal combustion piston engine).
▲ Expected to increase by 80.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity18 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity16 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
FOOD LYNX INTERNATIONAL FOOD SERVICES LI MITED
0 import declarations30 export declarationsSP7 *Ch. 02Ch. 03Ch. 04Ch. 09Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include bread, pastry, cakes, biscuits and other bakers' wares, whether or not containing cocoa; communion wafers, empty cachets of a kind suitable for pharmaceutical use, sealing wafers, rice paper and similar products (excl. crispbread, gingerbread and the, sausages and similar products, of meat, meat offal, blood or insects; food preparations based on these products, cheese (excl. fresh cheese, incl. whey cheese, curd, processed cheese, blue-veined cheese and other cheese containing veins produced by "penicillium roqueforti", and grated or powdered cheese).
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity0 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity30 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
BLACKMORE VALE FARM CREAM LTD
21 import declarationsImports onlySP7 *Ch. 39Ch. 44Ch. 83Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include stoppers, caps and lids, incl. screw caps and pouring stoppers, capsules for bottles, threaded bungs, bung covers, seals and other packing accessories of base metal (excl. crow corks), pallets, box pallets and other load boards, of wood; pallet collars of wood (excl. containers specially designed and equipped for one or more modes of transport).
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity21 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity0 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
SOUTHERN FILTERS (DORSET)
18 import declarations2 export declarationsSP7 *Ch. 39Ch. 48Ch. 56Ch. 84Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include nonwovens, whether or not impregnated, coated, covered or laminated, n.e.s., weighing > than 150 g/m (excl. of man-made filaments), parts of machinery and apparatus for filtering or purifying liquids or gases, n.e.s., nonwovens, whether or not impregnated, coated, covered or laminated, n.e.s., weighing > 70 g/m but <= 150 g/m (excl. of man-made filaments).
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity18 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity2 in the last 6 months
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What Shaftesbury trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 65 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.
Articles of lead, n.e.s.Bread, pastry, cakes, biscuits and other bakers' wares, whether or not containing cocoa; communion wafers, empty cachets of a kind suitable for pharmaceutical use, sealing wafers, rice paper and similar products (excl. crispbread, gingerbread and theTravelling-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)Parts of machinery and apparatus for filtering or purifying liquids or gases, n.e.s.Handbags, whether or not with shoulder straps, incl. those without handles, with outer surface of plastic sheeting or textile materialsParts of aeroplanes, helicopters or unmanned aircraft, n.e.s. (excl. those for gliders)Spades and shovels, with working parts of base metal
Common questions about trade in Shaftesbury
How many businesses import or export from Shaftesbury?
HMRC customs records show 65 businesses in Shaftesbury (SP7) filed declarations over the last six months — 358 import declarations and 278 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.
What do Shaftesbury businesses import most?
The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Shaftesbury traders the leading goods are articles of lead, n.e.s., bread, pastry, cakes, biscuits and other bakers' wares, whether or not containing cocoa; communion wafers, empty cachets of a kind suitable for pharmaceutical use, sealing wafers, rice paper and similar products (excl. crispbread, gingerbread and the, 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). You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Shaftesbury growing?
Import activity is down 16.0% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to rise by roughly 0.0%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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