82 businesses in Irlam appear in HMRC customs records for the last six months. It ranks 14 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 7.4% 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
2,091Import declarations▼ 8.2% on the 6 months before
1,036Export declarations
−7.4%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
82Trading 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 82 businesses.
★ Most active in IrlamFiled more customs declarations than any other Irlam business over the last six months — roughly 5% of the town's total import activity, mostly in organic chemicals.
Most active business
AZENTA UK LTD
102 import declarations194 export declarationsM44 *Ch. 29Ch. 30Ch. 34Ch. 35Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include machines and mechanical appliances, n.e.s., parts of machines and mechanical appliances, n.e.s., articles of aluminium, n.e.s..
▼ Expected to slow by 27.1% 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 activity194 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
MEDELA UK LTD
97 import declarations13 export declarationsM44 *Ch. 30Ch. 33Ch. 39Ch. 40Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include vacuum pumps, hand pumps for liquids (excl. those of subheading 8413.11 and 8413.19), brassieres of all types of textile materials, whether or not elasticated, incl. knitted or crocheted.
▼ Expected to slow by 10.2% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity97 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity13 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
PONT PACKAGING LIMITED
66 import declarations44 export declarationsM44 *Ch. 39Ch. 44Ch. 69Ch. 70Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include carboys, bottles, flasks, jars, pots, phials and other containers, of glass, of a kind used for the commercial conveyance or packing of goods, and preserving jars, of glass (excl. ampoules, glass inners for containers, with vacuum insulation, perfume, stoppers, caps and lids, incl. screw caps and pouring stoppers, capsules for bottles, threaded bungs, bung covers, seals and other packing accessories of base metal (excl. crow corks), pallets, box pallets and other load boards, of wood; pallet collars of wood (excl. containers specially designed and equipped for one or more modes of transport).
▼ Expected to slow by 7.7% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity66 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity44 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
DWYER INSTRUMENTS UK, LLC
66 import declarations39 export declarationsM44 *Ch. 33Ch. 40Ch. 73Ch. 84Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include hand-operated or foot-operated air pumps, appliances for pipes, boiler shells, tanks, vats or the like (excl. pressure-reducing valves, valves for the control of pneumatic power transmission, check "non-return" valves and safety or relief valves), articles of vulcanised rubber (excl. hard rubber), n.e.s..
▲ Expected to increase by 6.8% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity66 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity39 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
ANTONELLI BROS LTD
94 import declarations4 export declarationsM44 *Ch. 13Ch. 15Ch. 17Ch. 18Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include food preparations, n.e.s., chocolate and other food preparations containing cocoa, in blocks, slabs or bars weighing > 2 kg or in liquid, paste, powder, granular or other bulk form, in containers or immediate packings of a content > 2 kg (excl. cocoa powder), chocolate and other preparations containing cocoa, in containers or immediate packings of <= 2 kg (excl. in blocks, slabs or bars and cocoa powder).
▼ Expected to slow by 10.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity94 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity4 in the last 6 months
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What Irlam trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 82 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.
Wine of fresh grapes, incl. fortified wines, and grape must whose fermentation has been arrested by the addition of alcohol, in containers of <= 2 l (excl. sparkling wine)Carboys, bottles, flasks, jars, pots, phials and other containers, of glass, of a kind used for the commercial conveyance or packing of goods, and preserving jars, of glass (excl. ampoules, glass inners for containers, with vacuum insulation, perfumeWine of fresh grapes, incl. fortified wines, and grape must whose fermentation has been arrested by the addition of alcohol, in containers of > 10 l (excl. sparkling wine)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, coChemical products and preparations of the chemical or allied industries, incl. those consisting of mixtures of natural products, n.e.s.Beauty or make-up preparations and preparations for the care of the skin (other than medicaments), incl. sunscreen or suntan preparations (excl. medicaments, lip and eye make-up preparations, manicure or pedicure preparations and make-up or skin careArticles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire)Printing ink, whether or not concentrated or solid (excl. black ink)
Common questions about trade in Irlam
How many businesses import or export from Irlam?
HMRC customs records show 82 businesses in Irlam (M44) filed declarations over the last six months — 2,091 import declarations and 1,036 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.
What do Irlam businesses import most?
The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Irlam traders the leading goods are wine of fresh grapes, incl. fortified wines, and grape must whose fermentation has been arrested by the addition of alcohol, in containers of <= 2 l (excl. sparkling wine), carboys, bottles, flasks, jars, pots, phials and other containers, of glass, of a kind used for the commercial conveyance or packing of goods, and preserving jars, of glass (excl. ampoules, glass inners for containers, with vacuum insulation, perfume, wine of fresh grapes, incl. fortified wines, and grape must whose fermentation has been arrested by the addition of alcohol, in containers of > 10 l (excl. sparkling wine), 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. You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Irlam growing?
Import activity is down 8.2% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 7.4%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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