Over the last six months, 17 Hale (Trafford) businesses filed customs declarations. It ranks 48 of 52 trading locations in Greater Manchester. Most of that activity sits in machinery and mechanical appliances, electrical machinery and electronics, iron and steel articles. Looking ahead, our model expects import activity here to ease back by around 13.9% 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
356Import declarations▼ 14.4% on the 6 months before
81Export declarations
−13.9%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
17Trading 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 17 businesses.
★ Most active in Hale (Trafford)Filed more customs declarations than any other Hale (Trafford) business over the last six months — roughly 38% of the town's total import activity, mostly in dairy, eggs and honey.
Most active business
DNATA CATERING UK LIMITED
134 import declarations46 export declarationsM90 *Ch. 04Ch. 09Ch. 12Ch. 16Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include meat or offal of fowls of the species "gallus domesticus", prepared or preserved (excl. sausages and similar products, finely homogenised preparations put up for retail sale as infant food or for dietetic purposes, in containers of a net weight of <=, perfumes and toilet waters (excl. aftershave lotions, personal deodorants and hair lotions), lip make-up preparations.
▼ Expected to slow by 6.5% 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 activity46 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
GEISTLICH SONS LTD
35 import declarations12 export declarationsM90 *Ch. 30Ch. 39Ch. 42Ch. 49Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include dried glands and other organs for organo-therapeutic uses, whether or not powdered; heparin and its salts; other human or animal substances prepared for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, n.e.s., medicaments consisting of mixed or unmixed products for therapeutic or prophylactic purposes, put up in measured doses "incl. those for transdermal administration" or in forms or packings for retail sale (excl. containing antibiotics, hormones or ste, sterile surgical catgut, similar sterile suture materials, incl. sterile absorbable surgical or dental yarns, and sterile tissue adhesives for surgical wound closure; sterile laminaria and sterile laminaria tents; sterile absorbable surgical or denta.
▲ Expected to increase by 21.4% 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 activity12 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
FOOD-BRIDGE GB LIMITED
37 import declarationsImports onlyM90 *Ch. 02Ch. 16Ch. 19Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include meat or offal of fowls of the species "gallus domesticus", prepared or preserved (excl. sausages and similar products, finely homogenised preparations put up for retail sale as infant food or for dietetic purposes, in containers of a net weight of <=, meat and edible offal, salted, in brine, dried or smoked, and edible flours and meals of meat and meat offal (excl. meat of bovine animals and swine and meat and edible offal of primates, whales, dolphins and porpoises "mammals of the order cetacea",, 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.
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity37 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity0 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
MOVE ONLINE RETAIL LTD
54 import declarations10 export declarationsM90 *Ch. 39Ch. 42Ch. 61Ch. 62Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include footwear with outer soles and uppers of leather (excl. covering the ankle, incorporating a protective metal toecap, with uppers which consist of leather straps across the instep and around the big toe, sports footwear, orthopaedic footwear and toy fo, special garments for professional, sporting or other purposes, n.e.s., of man-made fibres, knitted or crocheted, footwear with outer soles of rubber, plastics or composition leather, with uppers of leather (excl. covering the ankle, incorporating a protective metal toecap, sports footwear, orthopaedic footwear and toy footwear).
▼ Expected to slow by 35.8% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity54 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity10 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
MAG AIRPORT LIMITED
46 import declarations5 export declarationsM90 *Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 49Ch. 56Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include electrical signalling, safety or traffic control equipment (excl. that for railways or tramways and mechanical or electromechanical equipment of heading 8608), parts of electrical signalling, safety or traffic control equipment, n.e.s., threaded screws and bolts, of iron or steel, whether or not with their nuts and washers (excl. coach screws and other wood screws, screw hooks and screw rings, self-tapping screws, lag screws, stoppers, plugs and the like, threaded).
▼ Expected to slow by 20.7% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity46 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity5 in the last 6 months
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What Hale (Trafford) trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 17 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.
Meat or offal of fowls of the species "Gallus domesticus", prepared or preserved (excl. sausages and similar products, finely homogenised preparations put up for retail sale as infant food or for dietetic purposes, in containers of a net weight of <=Dried glands and other organs for organo-therapeutic uses, whether or not powdered; heparin and its salts; other human or animal substances prepared for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, n.e.s.Medicaments consisting of mixed or unmixed products for therapeutic or prophylactic purposes, put up in measured doses "incl. those for transdermal administration" or in forms or packings for retail sale (excl. containing antibiotics, hormones or steBread, 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 thePerfumes and toilet waters (excl. aftershave lotions, personal deodorants and hair lotions)Footwear with outer soles and uppers of leather (excl. covering the ankle, incorporating a protective metal toecap, with uppers which consist of leather straps across the instep and around the big toe, sports footwear, orthopaedic footwear and toy foSpecial garments for professional, sporting or other purposes, n.e.s., of man-made fibres, knitted or crochetedSterile surgical catgut, similar sterile suture materials, incl. sterile absorbable surgical or dental yarns, and sterile tissue adhesives for surgical wound closure; sterile laminaria and sterile laminaria tents; sterile absorbable surgical or denta
Common questions about trade in Hale (Trafford)
How many businesses import or export from Hale (Trafford)?
HMRC customs records show 17 businesses in Hale (Trafford) (M90) filed declarations over the last six months — 356 import declarations and 81 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.
What do Hale (Trafford) businesses import most?
The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Hale (Trafford) traders the leading goods are meat or offal of fowls of the species "gallus domesticus", prepared or preserved (excl. sausages and similar products, finely homogenised preparations put up for retail sale as infant food or for dietetic purposes, in containers of a net weight of <=, dried glands and other organs for organo-therapeutic uses, whether or not powdered; heparin and its salts; other human or animal substances prepared for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, n.e.s., medicaments consisting of mixed or unmixed products for therapeutic or prophylactic purposes, put up in measured doses "incl. those for transdermal administration" or in forms or packings for retail sale (excl. containing antibiotics, hormones or ste, 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. You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Hale (Trafford) growing?
Import activity is down 14.4% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 13.9%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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