Over the last six months, 78 Hindley businesses filed customs declarations. It ranks 28 of 52 trading locations in Greater Manchester. Most of that activity sits in machinery and mechanical appliances, electrical machinery and electronics, plastics. Looking ahead, our model expects import activity here to ease back by around 4.5% 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
1,345Import declarations▲ 1.4% on the 6 months before
557Export declarations
−4.5%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
78Trading 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 78 businesses.
★ Most active in HindleyFiled more customs declarations than any other Hindley business over the last six months — roughly 30% of the town's total import activity, mostly in animal and vegetable fats.
Most active business
TREMCO CPG UK LIMITED
400 import declarations137 export declarationsWN2 *Ch. 15Ch. 25Ch. 27Ch. 28Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include chemical products and preparations of the chemical or allied industries, incl. those consisting of mixtures of natural products, n.e.s., paints and varnishes, incl. enamels and lacquers, based on acrylic or vinyl polymers, dispersed or dissolved in a non-aqueous medium; solutions based on acrylic or vinyl polymers in volatile organic solvents, containing > 50% solvent by weight, glaziers' putty, grafting putty, resin cements, caulking compounds and other mastics; painters' fillings.
▲ Expected to increase by 12.6% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity400 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity137 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
ELECTRIUM SALES LIMITED
102 import declarations33 export declarationsWN2 *Ch. 39Ch. 48Ch. 61Ch. 73Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include apparatus for protecting electrical circuits for a voltage <= 1.000 v (excl. fuses and automatic circuit breakers), electrical apparatus for switching electrical circuits, or for making connections to or in electrical circuits, for a voltage <= 1.000 v (excl. fuses, automatic circuit breakers and other apparatus for protecting electrical circuits, relays and other, automatic circuit breakers for a voltage <= 1.000 v.
▼ Expected to slow by 10.8% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity102 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity33 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
CONTITECH UNITED KINGDOM LIMITED
77 import declarations40 export declarationsWN2 *Ch. 14Ch. 34Ch. 39Ch. 40Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include articles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire), spools, cops, bobbins and similar supports, of plastics, textile yarn, strip and the like of heading 5404 and 5405, impregnated, coated, covered or sheathed with rubber or plastics (excl. imitation catgut, thread and cord with fish-hook attachments or otherwise put up as fishing line).
▼ Expected to slow by 5.7% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity77 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity40 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
IDEM SAFETY SWITCHES LIMITED
95 import declarations79 export declarationsWN2 *Ch. 22Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 49Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include switches for a voltage <= 1.000 v (excl. relays and automatic circuit breakers), stranded wire, ropes and cables, of iron or steel (excl. electrically insulated products and twisted fencing wire and barbed wire), articles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire).
▼ Expected to slow by 11.1% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity95 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity79 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
G2S LIMITED
144 import declarations6 export declarationsWN2 *Ch. 63Ch. 73Ch. 84Ch. 85Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include electric ovens, cookers, cooking plates and boiling rings, electric grillers and roasters, for domestic use (excl. space-heating stoves and microwave ovens), household refrigerators, compression-type, furniture "chests, cabinets, display counters, show-cases and the like" for storage and display, incorporating refrigerating or freezing equipment (excl. combined refrigerator-freezers with separate external doors, household refrigerators and freezer.
▲ Expected to increase by 7.5% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity144 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity6 in the last 6 months
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What Hindley trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 78 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.
Chemical products and preparations of the chemical or allied industries, incl. those consisting of mixtures of natural products, 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)Articles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire)Glaziers' putty, grafting putty, resin cements, caulking compounds and other mastics; painters' fillingsPaints and varnishes, incl. enamels and lacquers, based on acrylic or vinyl polymers, dispersed or dissolved in a non-aqueous medium; solutions based on acrylic or vinyl polymers in volatile organic solvents, containing > 50% solvent by weightElectric ovens, cookers, cooking plates and boiling rings, electric grillers and roasters, for domestic use (excl. space-heating stoves and microwave ovens)Articles of plastics and articles of other materials of heading 3901 to 3914, n.e.s (excl. goods of 9619)Self-adhesive plates, sheets, film, foil, tape, strip and other flat shapes, of plastics, in rolls <= 20 cm wide
Common questions about trade in Hindley
How many businesses import or export from Hindley?
HMRC customs records show 78 businesses in Hindley (WN2) filed declarations over the last six months — 1,345 import declarations and 557 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.
What do Hindley businesses import most?
The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Hindley traders the leading goods are chemical products and preparations of the chemical or allied industries, incl. those consisting of mixtures of natural products, 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), articles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire), glaziers' putty, grafting putty, resin cements, caulking compounds and other mastics; painters' fillings. You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Hindley growing?
Import activity is up 1.4% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 4.5%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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