Town trade profile · M43

Droylsden importers & exporters

Over the last six months, 21 Droylsden businesses filed customs declarations. It ranks 46 of 52 trading locations in Greater Manchester. Most of that activity sits in machinery and mechanical appliances, iron and steel articles, plastics. Looking ahead, our model expects import activity here to ease back by around 11.3% over the next three months.

Refreshed every 24 hours · last run 22 Aug 2026, 20:36HMRC release in view: Jun 26Snapshot: 2026-08-22.1

330Import declarations▼ 1.8% on the 6 months before

237Export declarations

−11.3%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data

21Trading businesses

Top 5 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 21 businesses.

★ Most active in DroylsdenFiled more customs declarations than any other Droylsden business over the last six months — roughly 39% of the town's total import activity, mostly in food preparations.

Most active business

ELCOMETER LIMITED

129 import declarations 125 export declarations M43 *Ch. 21Ch. 28Ch. 35Ch. 38 Active in 6 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include instruments and apparatus for physical or chemical analysis, or for measuring or checking viscosity, porosity, expansion, surface tension or the like, or for measuring or checking quantities of heat, sound or light, n.e.s., instruments for measuring length, for use in the hand, n.e.s., thermometers, liquid-filled, for direct reading, not combined with other instruments.

▼ Expected to slow by 14.1% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity129 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity125 in the last 6 months

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Among the most active

BRIGHT ASSOCIATES LTD

14 import declarations Imports only M43 *Ch. 73Ch. 85Ch. 94Ch. 95 Active in 5 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include articles and equipment for general physical exercise, gymnastics or athletics, metal furniture (excl. for offices, seats and medical, surgical, dental or veterinary furniture), mattress supports for bed frames (excl. spring interiors for seats).

▼ Expected to slow by 33.3% 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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Among the most active

FORWARDPLUS LTD

3 import declarations 8 export declarations M43 *Ch. 34Ch. 39Ch. 61Ch. 62 Active in 3 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include ties, bow ties and cravats of textile materials (excl. of silk, silk waste or man-made fibres, knitted or crocheted), parts and accessories for instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking the flow, level, pressure or other variables of liquids or gases, n.e.s., gears and gearing for machinery (excl. toothed wheels, chain sprockets and other transmission elements presented separately); ball or roller screws; gear boxes and other speed changers, incl. torque converters.

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

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity3 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity8 in the last 6 months

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RODO LIMITED

134 import declarations 85 export declarations M43 *Ch. 30Ch. 34Ch. 39Ch. 40 Active in 6 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include paint, distemper, varnish or similar brushes, paint pads and rollers (excl. artists' and similar brushes of subheading 9603.30), hand tools, incl. glaziers' diamonds, of base metal, n.e.s., footwear, incorporating a protective metal toecap, with outer soles of rubber, plastics, leather or composition leather and uppers of leather (excl. sports footwear and orthopaedic footwear).

▼ Expected to slow by 11.7% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity134 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity85 in the last 6 months

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Among the most active

WISLA NARROW FABRICS LTD

13 import declarations 11 export declarations M43 *Ch. 54Ch. 55Ch. 58Ch. 59 Active in 6 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include textile fabrics impregnated, coated, covered or laminated with plastics other than poly"vinyl chloride" or polyurethane (excl. tyre cord fabric of high-tenacity yarn of nylon or other polyamides, polyesters or viscose rayon; wallcoverings of textile, high-tenacity filament yarn of polyesters (excl. that put up for retail sale), parts and accessories of weaving machines "looms" and their auxiliary machinery, n.e.s..

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

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity13 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity11 in the last 6 months

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What Droylsden trades

The most frequently declared goods across all 21 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.

Paint, distemper, varnish or similar brushes, paint pads and rollers (excl. artists' and similar brushes of subheading 9603.30)Instruments and apparatus for physical or chemical analysis, or for measuring or checking viscosity, porosity, expansion, surface tension or the like, or for measuring or checking quantities of heat, sound or light, n.e.s.Instruments for measuring length, for use in the hand, n.e.s.Articles of plastics and articles of other materials of heading 3901 to 3914, n.e.s (excl. goods of 9619)Thermometers, liquid-filled, for direct reading, not combined with other instrumentsHydrometers, areometers and similar floating instruments, barometers, hygrometers and psychrometers, whether or not combined with each other or with thermometersHand tools, incl. glaziers' diamonds, of base metal, n.e.s.Micrometers, callipers and gauges (excl. gauges without adjustable devices of subheading 9031.80)

Common questions about trade in Droylsden

How many businesses import or export from Droylsden?

HMRC customs records show 21 businesses in Droylsden (M43) filed declarations over the last six months — 330 import declarations and 237 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.

What do Droylsden businesses import most?

The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Droylsden traders the leading goods are paint, distemper, varnish or similar brushes, paint pads and rollers (excl. artists' and similar brushes of subheading 9603.30), instruments and apparatus for physical or chemical analysis, or for measuring or checking viscosity, porosity, expansion, surface tension or the like, or for measuring or checking quantities of heat, sound or light, n.e.s., instruments for measuring length, for use in the hand, n.e.s., articles of plastics and articles of other materials of heading 3901 to 3914, n.e.s (excl. goods of 9619). You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.

Is trade from Droylsden growing?

Import activity is down 1.8% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 11.3%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.

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Droylsden importers & exporters

Top 5 businesses by 6-month activity Free tier

ELCOMETER LIMITED

BRIGHT ASSOCIATES LTD

FORWARDPLUS LTD

RODO LIMITED

WISLA NARROW FABRICS LTD

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