70 businesses in Farnworth appear in HMRC customs records for the last six months. It ranks 39 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 0.0% over the next three months.
Refreshed every 24 hours · last run 25/08/2026 at 11:41HMRC release in view: Jun 26Snapshot: 2026-08-25.1
583Import declarations▼ 3.6% on the 6 months before
288Export declarations
+0.0%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
70Trading businesses
Top 10 businesses by 6-month activity Free tier
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★ Most active in FarnworthFiled more customs declarations than any other Farnworth business over the last six months — roughly 12% of the town's total import activity, mostly in salt, stone, plaster and cement.
Most active business
PENMAN ESTATES LTD
69 import declarations60 export declarationsBL4 *Ch. 25Ch. 28Ch. 39Ch. 44Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include appliances for baking, frying, grilling and cooking and plate warmers, for domestic use, of iron or steel, for gas fuel or for both gas and other fuels (excl. large cooking appliances), stoves, heaters, grates, fires, wash boilers, braziers and similar appliances, of iron or steel, for gas fuel or for both gas and other fuels (excl. cooking appliances, whether or not with oven, separate ovens, plate warmers, central heating boilers,, cast articles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. articles of non-malleable cast iron, and grinding balls and similar articles for mills).
▲ Expected to increase by 8.1% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity69 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity60 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
YM PACKAGING LTD
21 import declarationsImports onlyBL4 *Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 48Ch. 73Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include parts of dishwashing machines, packing or wrapping machinery and other machinery and apparatus of heading 8422, n.e.s., packing or wrapping machinery, incl. heat-shrink wrapping machinery (excl. machinery for filling, closing, sealing or labelling bottles, cans, boxes, bags or other containers and machinery for capsuling bottles, jars, tubes and similar containers), machinery for filling, closing, sealing or labelling bottles, cans, boxes, bags or other containers; machinery for capsuling bottles, jars, tubes and similar containers; machinery for aerating beverages.
▲ 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
FLAMEPROOFINGS LIMITED
56 import declarations35 export declarationsBL4 *Ch. 39Ch. 52Ch. 53Ch. 54Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include impregnated, coated or covered textile fabrics; painted canvas being theatrical scenery, studio backcloths or the like, n.e.s., chenille fabrics, of man-made fibres (excl. terry towelling and similar woven terry fabrics, tufted textile fabrics and narrow woven fabrics of heading 5806), woven fabrics of yarn containing >= 85% synthetic filament by weight, incl. monofilament of >= 67 decitex and a maximum diameter of <= 1 mm, dyed (excl. those of polyester, nylon or other polyamide filaments or monofilaments, and of mixtures of textu.
▲ Expected to increase by 9.4% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity56 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity35 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
BACKER HEATROD LIMITED
59 import declarations23 export declarationsBL4 *Ch. 25Ch. 38Ch. 39Ch. 44Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include tubes, pipes and hollow profiles, welded, of circular cross-section, of stainless steel (excl. products having internal and external circular cross-sections and an external diameter of > 406,4 mm, and products of a kind used for oil or gas pipelines, parts of electric water heaters, immersion heaters, space-heating apparatus and soil-heating apparatus, hairdressing apparatus and hand dryers, electro-thermic appliances of a kind used for domestic purposes and electric heating resistors, n.e.s., parts suitable for use solely or principally with the apparatus of heading 8535, 8536 or 8537, n.e.s. (excl. boards, panels, consoles, desks, cabinets and other bases for the goods of heading 8537, not equipped with their apparatus).
▲ Expected to increase by 11.5% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity59 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity23 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
COSATTO LIMITED
23 import declarations23 export declarationsBL4 *Ch. 42Ch. 61Ch. 66Ch. 87Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include baby carriages and parts thereof, n.e.s., seats, n.e.s., upholstered seats, with metal frames (excl. seats for aircraft or motor vehicles, swivel seats with variable height adjustments and medical, dental or surgical furniture).
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity23 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity23 in the last 6 months
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What Farnworth trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 70 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.
Fresh or chilled cuts and edible offal of fowls of the species Gallus domesticusImpregnated, coated or covered textile fabrics; painted canvas being theatrical scenery, studio backcloths or the like, n.e.s.Chenille fabrics, of man-made fibres (excl. terry towelling and similar woven terry fabrics, tufted textile fabrics and narrow woven fabrics of heading 5806)Baby carriages and parts thereof, n.e.s.Articles and equipment for general physical exercise, gymnastics or athleticsCeramic flags and paving, hearth or wall tiles, of a water absorption coefficient by weight <= 0,5 % (excl. refractory, mosaic cubes and finishing ceramics)Seats, n.e.s.Polystyrene, in primary forms (excl. expansible)
Common questions about trade in Farnworth
How many businesses import or export from Farnworth?
HMRC customs records show 70 businesses in Farnworth (BL4) filed declarations over the last six months — 583 import declarations and 288 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.
What do Farnworth businesses import most?
The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Farnworth traders the leading goods are fresh or chilled cuts and edible offal of fowls of the species gallus domesticus, impregnated, coated or covered textile fabrics; painted canvas being theatrical scenery, studio backcloths or the like, n.e.s., chenille fabrics, of man-made fibres (excl. terry towelling and similar woven terry fabrics, tufted textile fabrics and narrow woven fabrics of heading 5806), baby carriages and parts thereof, n.e.s.. You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Farnworth growing?
Import activity is down 3.6% 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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