HMRC records show 31 businesses trading internationally from Ashton-In-Makerfield over the last six months. It ranks 43 of 52 trading locations in Greater Manchester. Most of that activity sits in machinery and mechanical appliances, plastics and plastic articles, iron and steel articles. Looking ahead, our model expects import activity here to pick up by around 21.8% 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
329Import declarations▼ 6.0% on the 6 months before
276Export declarations
+21.8%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
31Trading 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 31 businesses.
★ Most active in Ashton-In-MakerfieldFiled more customs declarations than any other Ashton-In-Makerfield business over the last six months — roughly 0% of the town's total import activity, mostly in meat and edible offal.
Most active business
INTER EUROPE FOODS LIMITED
0 import declarations141 export declarationsWN4 *Ch. 02Ch. 04Ch. 09Ch. 11Active 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, sugar confectionery not containing cocoa, incl. white chocolate (excl. chewing gum), sweet biscuits.
▲ 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 activity141 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
M.G.F. (TRENCH CONSTRUCTION SYSTEMS) LIM ITED
6 import declarations9 export declarationsWN4 *Ch. 40Ch. 72Ch. 73Ch. 84Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include inflatable mattresses and cushions and other inflatable articles, of vulcanised rubber (excl. hard rubber and fenders, boats, rafts and other floating devices, and hygienic or pharmaceutical articles), angles, shapes and sections, of iron or non-alloy steel, from flat-rolled products simply cold-formed or cold-finished (excl. profiled sheet), equipment for scaffolding, shuttering, propping or pit-propping (excl. composite sheetpiling products and formwork panels for poured-in-place concrete, which have the characteristics of moulds).
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity6 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity9 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
COMMERCIAL BRAKE TECH LTD
10 import declarations5 export declarationsWN4 *Ch. 87Ch. 90Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include brakes and servo-brakes and their parts, 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 speci.
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity10 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity5 in the last 6 months
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NORSTROM GROUP LTD
9 import declarations5 export declarationsWN4 *Ch. 38Ch. 84Ch. 90Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include parts of pumps for liquids, n.e.s., chemical products and preparations of the chemical or allied industries, incl. those consisting of mixtures of natural products, n.e.s..
▲ Expected to increase by 25.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity9 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity5 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
PLASTECH LTD
14 import declarationsImports onlyWN4 *Ch. 39Active in 5 of the last 6 months
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity14 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity0 in the last 6 months
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What Ashton-In-Makerfield trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 31 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.
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 theSugar confectionery not containing cocoa, incl. white chocolate (excl. chewing gum)Sweet biscuitsCheese (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)Milk and cream of a fat content by weight of > 1% but <= 6%, not concentrated nor containing added sugar or other sweetening matterChocolate and other preparations containing cocoa, in containers or immediate packings of <= 2 kg (excl. in blocks, slabs or bars and cocoa powder)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)Brakes and servo-brakes and their parts, 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 speci
Common questions about trade in Ashton-In-Makerfield
How many businesses import or export from Ashton-In-Makerfield?
HMRC customs records show 31 businesses in Ashton-In-Makerfield (WN4) filed declarations over the last six months — 329 import declarations and 276 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.
What do Ashton-In-Makerfield businesses import most?
The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Ashton-In-Makerfield traders the leading goods are 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, sugar confectionery not containing cocoa, incl. white chocolate (excl. chewing gum), sweet biscuits, 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). You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Ashton-In-Makerfield growing?
Import activity is down 6.0% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to rise by roughly 21.8%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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