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Ashton-Under-Lyne importers & exporters

Q: How many businesses import or export from Ashton-Under-Lyne?

HMRC customs records show 104 businesses in Ashton-Under-Lyne (OL6, OL7) filed declarations over the last six months — 911 import declarations and 413 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.

Q: What do Ashton-Under-Lyne businesses import most?

The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Ashton-Under-Lyne traders the leading goods are sewing thread of synthetic filaments, whether or not put up for retail sale, 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, inorganic or mineral colouring matter, n.e.s.; preparations based on inorganic or mineral colouring matter of a kind used for colouring any material or produce colorant preparations, n.e.s. (excl. preparations of heading 3207, 3208, 3209, 3210, 3213, men's or boys' underpants and briefs of cotton, knitted or crocheted. You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.

Q: Is trade from Ashton-Under-Lyne growing?

Import activity is down 9.1% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 9.3%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.

Q: How do I get contact details for Ashton-Under-Lyne importers?

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104 businesses in Ashton-Under-Lyne appear in HMRC customs records for the last six months. It ranks 30 of 52 trading locations in Greater Manchester. 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 9.3% 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

911Import declarations▼ 9.1% on the 6 months before

413Export declarations

−9.3%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data

104Trading 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 104 businesses.

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★ Most active in Ashton-Under-LyneFiled more customs declarations than any other Ashton-Under-Lyne business over the last six months — roughly 13% of the town's total import activity, mostly in other animal products.

Most active business

SCAPA UK LIMITED

121 import declarations 63 export declarations OL7 *Ch. 05Ch. 27Ch. 29Ch. 30 Active in 5 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include adhesive tape of rubberised textile fabrics, of a width of <= 20 cm (excl. that impregnated or coated with pharmaceutical substances or put up for retail sale for medical, surgical, dental or veterinary purposes), self-adhesive paper and paperboard, surface-coloured, surface-decorated or printed, in rolls or in square or rectangular sheets, of any size (excl. goods of heading 4810), rubberised textile fabrics (excl. knitted or crocheted textile fabrics, adhesive tape of a width of <= 20 cm, and tyre cord fabric of high-tenacity yarn of nylon or other polyamides, polyesters or viscose rayon).

▼ Expected to slow by 8.2% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity121 in the last 6 months

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

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Among the most active

UK POWERTECH LTD

35 import declarations 7 export declarations OL6 *Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 73Ch. 74 Active in 5 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include threaded articles, of iron or steel, n.e.s., agricultural or horticultural mechanical appliances, whether or not hand-operated, for projecting or dispersing liquids or powders (excl. sprayers), unwrought lead, containing by weight antimony as the principal other element.

▼ Expected to slow by 12.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity35 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity7 in the last 6 months

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Among the most active

CARDOX INTERNATIONAL LIMITED

5 import declarations 36 export declarations OL6 *Ch. 25Ch. 29Ch. 38Ch. 40 Active in 5 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include earth moving machinery, not self-propelled, n.e.s., machines and mechanical appliances, n.e.s., oxalic acid, its salts and esters (excl. inorganic or organic compounds of mercury).

▼ Expected to slow by 100.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity5 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity36 in the last 6 months

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Among the most active

RAHIM & SONS LIMITED

27 import declarations 5 export declarations OL7 *Ch. 61Ch. 62Ch. 65 Active in 5 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include men's or boys' underpants and briefs of cotton, knitted or crocheted, t-shirts, singlets and other vests of cotton, knitted or crocheted, men's or boys' bathrobes, dressing gowns and similar articles of cotton, knitted or crocheted.

▼ Expected to slow by 33.3% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity27 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity5 in the last 6 months

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ABBEY MASTERBATCH LTD

26 import declarations 5 export declarations OL6 *Ch. 28Ch. 29Ch. 32Ch. 34 Active in 5 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include inorganic or mineral colouring matter, n.e.s.; preparations based on inorganic or mineral colouring matter of a kind used for colouring any material or produce colorant preparations, n.e.s. (excl. preparations of heading 3207, 3208, 3209, 3210, 3213, carbon "carbon blacks and other forms of carbon", n.e.s., palmitic acid, stearic acid, their salts and esters.

▼ Expected to slow by 10.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity26 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity5 in the last 6 months

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What Ashton-Under-Lyne trades

The most frequently declared goods across all 104 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.

Sewing thread of synthetic filaments, whether or not put up for retail saleHats 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 animalInorganic or mineral colouring matter, n.e.s.; preparations based on inorganic or mineral colouring matter of a kind used for colouring any material or produce colorant preparations, n.e.s. (excl. preparations of heading 3207, 3208, 3209, 3210, 3213Men's or boys' underpants and briefs of cotton, knitted or crochetedSweet biscuitsT-shirts, singlets and other vests of cotton, knitted or crochetedAnti-oxidising preparations and other compound stabilisers for rubber or plastics (excl. mixtures of oligomers of 2,2,4-trimethyl-1,2-dihydroquinoline "TMQ")Self-adhesive paper and paperboard, surface-coloured, surface-decorated or printed, in rolls or in square or rectangular sheets, of any size (excl. goods of heading 4810)

Common questions about trade in Ashton-Under-Lyne

How many businesses import or export from Ashton-Under-Lyne?

HMRC customs records show 104 businesses in Ashton-Under-Lyne (OL6, OL7) filed declarations over the last six months — 911 import declarations and 413 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.

What do Ashton-Under-Lyne businesses import most?

The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Ashton-Under-Lyne traders the leading goods are sewing thread of synthetic filaments, whether or not put up for retail sale, 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, inorganic or mineral colouring matter, n.e.s.; preparations based on inorganic or mineral colouring matter of a kind used for colouring any material or produce colorant preparations, n.e.s. (excl. preparations of heading 3207, 3208, 3209, 3210, 3213, men's or boys' underpants and briefs of cotton, knitted or crocheted. You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.

Is trade from Ashton-Under-Lyne growing?

Import activity is down 9.1% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 9.3%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.

How do I get contact details for Ashton-Under-Lyne importers?

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Ashton-Under-Lyne importers & exporters

Top 10 businesses by 6-month activity Free tier

SCAPA UK LIMITED

UK POWERTECH LTD

CARDOX INTERNATIONAL LIMITED

RAHIM & SONS LIMITED

ABBEY MASTERBATCH LTD

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