HMRC records show 503 businesses trading internationally from Bolton (Bolton) over the last six months. It ranks 9 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 pick up by around 0.3% 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
3,708Import declarations▼ 13.7% on the 6 months before
1,461Export declarations
+0.3%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
503Trading 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 503 businesses.
★ Most active in Bolton (Bolton)Filed more customs declarations than any other Bolton (Bolton) business over the last six months — roughly 7% of the town's total import activity, mostly in mineral fuels and oils.
Most active business
WEPA UK LIMITED
244 import declarations25 export declarationsBL1 *Ch. 27Ch. 33Ch. 34Ch. 35Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include pulps of fibres derived from recovered "waste and scrap" paper or paperboard, toilet or facial tissue stock, towel or napkin stock and similar paper for household or sanitary purposes, cellulose wadding and webs of cellulose fibres, whether or not creped, crinkled, embossed, perforated, surface-coloured, surface-decorated or p, paper and paperboard, uncoated, in rolls of a width > 36 cm or in square or rectangular sheets with one side > 36 cm and the other side > 15 cm in the unfolded state, weighing >= 225 g/m , n.e.s..
▲ Expected to increase by 52.9% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity244 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity25 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
SPORTAX LIMITED
47 import declarations33 export declarationsBL1 *Ch. 27Ch. 32Ch. 39Ch. 42Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include 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, ties, bow ties, cravats and other made-up clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted, n.e.s. (excl. shawls, scarves, mufflers, mantillas, veils and the like), inflatable balls.
▲ Expected to increase by 16.1% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity47 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity33 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
PARIS ST DENIS AERO UK LTD
48 import declarations31 export declarationsBL2 *Ch. 72Ch. 73Ch. 74Ch. 75Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include other bars and rods of stainless steel, not further worked than cold-formed or cold-finished, 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, bars and rods of alloy steel other than stainless, not further worked than cold-formed or cold-finished (excl. products of high-speed steel or silico-manganese steel, semi-finished products, flat-rolled products and hot-rolled bars and rods in irregu.
▲ Expected to increase by 155.6% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity48 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity31 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
WARBURTONS LTD
63 import declarations13 export declarationsBL1 *Ch. 11Ch. 19Ch. 39Ch. 40Active 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, waffles and wafers, parts of machinery for the industrial preparation or manufacture of food or drink, n.e.s..
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% 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 activity13 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
ASSEMBLY SOLUTIONS LIMITED
42 import declarations32 export declarationsBL3 *Ch. 35Ch. 39Ch. 42Ch. 73Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include parts of pumps for liquids, n.e.s., tools for working in the hand, pneumatic, rotary type, incl. combined rotary-percussion, parts of pneumatic tools for working in the hand, n.e.s..
▼ Expected to slow by 8.7% 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 activity32 in the last 6 months
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Every importer and exporter in BL1 / BL2 / BL3 / BL7 with monthly activity, 24-month indicators, forecasts, Companies House records, AI research and validated contact reveals.
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What Bolton (Bolton) trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 503 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.
Products containing nicotine, intended for inhalation without combustion (excl. containing tobacco or reconstituted tobacco)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 careMotor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of <10 persons, incl. station wagons and racing cars, with only spark-ignition internal combustion reciprocating piston engine of a cylinder capacity > 1.500 cm but <= 3.000Travelling-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 contaArticles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire)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 theArticles of aluminium, n.e.s.Tables for casino games, automatic bowling alley equipment, and other funfair, table or parlour games, incl. pintables (excl. operated by any means of payment, billiards, video game consoles and machines, and playing cards)
Common questions about trade in Bolton (Bolton)
How many businesses import or export from Bolton (Bolton)?
HMRC customs records show 503 businesses in Bolton (Bolton) (BL1, BL2, BL3, BL7) filed declarations over the last six months — 3,708 import declarations and 1,461 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.
What do Bolton (Bolton) businesses import most?
The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Bolton (Bolton) traders the leading goods are products containing nicotine, intended for inhalation without combustion (excl. containing tobacco or reconstituted tobacco), 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, motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of <10 persons, incl. station wagons and racing cars, with only spark-ignition internal combustion reciprocating piston engine of a cylinder capacity > 1.500 cm but <= 3.000, 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. You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Bolton (Bolton) growing?
Import activity is down 13.7% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to rise by roughly 0.3%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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