Over the last six months, 74 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 and plastic articles. Looking ahead, our model expects import activity here to ease back by around 13.6% over the next three months.
Refreshed every 24 hours · last run 05/10/2026 at 06:14HMRC release in view: Aug 26Snapshot: 2026-10-04.1
1,120Import declarations▼ 13.6% on the 6 months before
472Export declarations
−13.6%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
74Trading 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 74 businesses.
★ Most active in HindleyFiled more customs declarations than any other Hindley business over the last six months — roughly 28% of the town's total import activity, mostly in animal and vegetable fats and oils.
Most active business
TREMCO CPG UK LIMITED
313 import declarations118 export declarationsWN2 *Ch. 15Ch. 25Ch. 27Ch. 28Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include 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, paints and varnishes based, incl. enamels and lacquers, on synthetic polymers or chemically modified natural polymers, dispersed or dissolved in a non-aqueous medium, and solutions of products of headings 3901 to 3913 in volatile organic solvents, co.
▲ Expected to increase by 1.8% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity313 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity118 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
DOREL HOME FURNISHINGS EUROPE LTD
41 import declarations24 export declarationsWN2 *Ch. 44Ch. 70Ch. 83Ch. 87Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include wooden furniture (excl. for offices, kitchens and bedrooms, and seats), wooden furniture for offices (excl. seats), metal furniture (excl. for offices, seats and medical, surgical, dental or veterinary furniture).
▼ Expected to slow by 29.4% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity41 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity24 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
EUROPEAN DIESEL SERVICES LTD
20 import declarations14 export declarationsWN2 *Ch. 34Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 73Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include parts suitable for use solely or principally with compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine "diesel or semi-diesel engine", n.e.s., bearing housings for machinery, not incorporating ball or roller bearings; plain shaft bearings for machinery, parts of pumps for liquids, n.e.s..
▼ Expected to slow by 21.1% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity20 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity14 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
POLYFAB COATINGS AND SYSTEMS LIMITED
20 import declarations12 export declarationsWN2 *Ch. 38Ch. 39Ch. 56Ch. 63Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include articles of cement, concrete or artificial stone, whether or not reinforced (excl. prefabricated structural components for building or civil engineering, tiles, paving, bricks and the like), open woven fabrics of glass fibres, of a width > 30 cm, chemical products and preparations of the chemical or allied industries, incl. those consisting of mixtures of natural products, n.e.s..
▲ Expected to increase by 7.1% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity20 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity12 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
NAYLER CHEMICALS LTD
21 import declarations5 export declarationsWN2 *Ch. 13Ch. 27Ch. 29Ch. 34Active in 5 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., quaternary ammonium salts and hydroxides (excl. choline and its salts, tetraethylammonium perfluorooctane sulphonate and didecyldimethylammonium perfluorooctane sulphonate), acyclic polyamines and their derivatives; salts thereof (excl. ethylenediamine and hexamethylenediamine, and their salts).
▲ 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 activity5 in the last 6 months
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What Hindley trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 74 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.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 weightThreaded 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)Dog or cat food, put up for retail salePaints and varnishes based, incl. enamels and lacquers, on synthetic polymers or chemically modified natural polymers, dispersed or dissolved in a non-aqueous medium, and solutions of products of headings 3901 to 3913 in volatile organic solvents, coAdhesives based on polymers of headings 3901 to 3913 or on rubber (excl. put up for retail sale with a net weight of <= 1 kg)
Common questions about trade in Hindley
How many businesses import or export from Hindley?
HMRC customs records show 74 businesses in Hindley (WN2) filed declarations over the last six months — 1,120 import declarations and 472 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., glaziers' putty, grafting putty, resin cements, caulking compounds and other mastics; painters' fillings, 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, 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). You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Hindley growing?
Import activity is down 13.6% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 13.6%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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