Over the last six months, 110 Heywood businesses filed customs declarations. It ranks 19 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 3.3% 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
1,858Import declarations▼ 5.9% on the 6 months before
944Export declarations
+3.3%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
110Trading 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 110 businesses.
★ Most active in HeywoodFiled more customs declarations than any other Heywood business over the last six months — roughly 7% of the town's total import activity, mostly in inorganic chemicals.
Most active business
IKONIC TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
137 import declarations124 export declarationsOL10 *Ch. 28Ch. 31Ch. 33Ch. 39Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include storage units for automatic data-processing machines, monitors capable of directly connecting to and designed for use with an automatic data processing machine of heading 8471 (excl. crt, with tv receiver), parts and accessories of automatic data-processing machines or for other machines of heading 8471, n.e.s..
▼ Expected to slow by 4.8% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity137 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity124 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
G J D MANUFACTURING LTD
42 import declarations36 export declarationsOL10 *Ch. 39Ch. 48Ch. 73Ch. 76Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include parts of electric filament or discharge lamps, sealed beam lamp units, ultraviolet or infra-red lamps, arc lamps and led light sources, n.e.s., switches for a voltage <= 1.000 v (excl. relays and automatic circuit breakers), filters, optical, being parts of or fittings for instruments, apparatus and appliances, framed or mounted.
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% 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 activity36 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
BOBST MANCHESTER LTD
156 import declarations96 export declarationsOL10 *Ch. 29Ch. 34Ch. 38Ch. 39Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include plates, sheets, film, foil and strip, of non-cellular polymers of ethylene, not reinforced, laminated, supported or similarly combined with other materials, without backing, unworked or merely surface-worked or merely cut into squares or rectangles (, regulating or controlling instruments and apparatus (excl. hydraulic or pneumatic, manostats, thermostats, and taps, cocks and valves of heading 8481), instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking pressure of liquids or gases (excl. regulators).
▼ Expected to slow by 9.6% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity156 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity96 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
YEARSLEY FOOD LIMITED
223 import declarations18 export declarationsOL10 *Ch. 02Ch. 03Ch. 04Ch. 07Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include vegetables, uncooked or cooked by steaming or by boiling in water, frozen (excl. potatoes, leguminous vegetables, spinach, new zealand spinach, orache spinach, and sweetcorn), 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, ice cream and other edible ice, whether or not containing cocoa.
▲ Expected to increase by 11.5% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity223 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity18 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
INX INTERNATIONAL UK LIMITED
60 import declarations59 export declarationsOL10 *Ch. 23Ch. 28Ch. 29Ch. 32Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include printing ink, whether or not concentrated or solid (excl. black ink), black printing ink, whether or not concentrated or solid, synthetic organic pigments; preparations based on synthetic organic pigments of a kind used to dye fabrics or produce colorant preparations (excl. preparations of heading 3207, 3208, 3209, 3210, 3213 and 3215, and subheading 3204.18).
▲ Expected to increase by 5.9% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity60 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity59 in the last 6 months
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What Heywood trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 110 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.
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 theTricycles, scooters, pedal cars and similar wheeled toys; dolls' carriages; dolls; other toys; reduced-size "scale" recreational models, working or not; puzzles of all kindsVegetables, uncooked or cooked by steaming or by boiling in water, frozen (excl. potatoes, leguminous vegetables, spinach, New Zealand spinach, orache spinach, and sweetcorn)Articles of plastics and articles of other materials of heading 3901 to 3914, n.e.s (excl. goods of 9619)Articles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire)Metal furniture (excl. for offices, seats and medical, surgical, dental or veterinary furniture)Wadding, gauze, bandages and the like, e.g. dressings, adhesive plasters, poultices, impregnated or covered with pharmaceutical substances or put up for retail sale for medical, surgical, dental or veterinary purposes (excl. adhesive dressings and otChandeliers and other electric ceiling or wall lighting fittings (excl. for lighting public open spaces or thoroughfares and those solely for light-emitting diode "LED" light sources)
Common questions about trade in Heywood
How many businesses import or export from Heywood?
HMRC customs records show 110 businesses in Heywood (OL10) filed declarations over the last six months — 1,858 import declarations and 944 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.
What do Heywood businesses import most?
The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Heywood traders the leading goods are 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, tricycles, scooters, pedal cars and similar wheeled toys; dolls' carriages; dolls; other toys; reduced-size "scale" recreational models, working or not; puzzles of all kinds, vegetables, uncooked or cooked by steaming or by boiling in water, frozen (excl. potatoes, leguminous vegetables, spinach, new zealand spinach, orache spinach, and sweetcorn), 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 Heywood growing?
Import activity is down 5.9% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to rise by roughly 3.3%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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