Town trade profile · OL15

Littleborough importers & exporters

Q: How many businesses import or export from Littleborough?

HMRC customs records show 36 businesses in Littleborough (OL15) filed declarations over the last six months — 538 import declarations and 305 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.

Q: What do Littleborough businesses import most?

The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Littleborough traders the leading goods are 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 iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire), storage units for automatic data-processing machines, 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). You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.

Q: Is trade from Littleborough growing?

Import activity is down 23.4% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 2.7%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.

Q: How do I get contact details for Littleborough importers?

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HMRC records show 36 businesses trading internationally from Littleborough over the last six months. It ranks 38 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 2.7% 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

538Import declarations▼ 23.4% on the 6 months before

305Export declarations

−2.7%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data

36Trading 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 36 businesses.

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★ Most active in LittleboroughFiled more customs declarations than any other Littleborough business over the last six months — roughly 15% of the town's total import activity, mostly in printed books, media and stationery.

Most active business

EURO OPTIONS LIMITED

83 import declarations 63 export declarations OL15 *Ch. 49Ch. 62Ch. 73Ch. 82 Active in 5 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include storage units for automatic data-processing machines, parts and accessories of automatic data-processing machines or for other machines of heading 8471, n.e.s., processing units for automatic data-processing machines, whether or not containing in the same housing one or two of the following types of unit: storage units, input units, output units (excl. those of heading 8471.41 or 8471.49 and excl. peripheral.

▲ Expected to increase by 11.6% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity83 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity63 in the last 6 months

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Among the most active

FALCONEX LTD

30 import declarations 12 export declarations OL15 *Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 73Ch. 82 Active in 5 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include gaskets, washers and other seals, of vulcanised rubber (excl. hard rubber and those of cellular rubber), 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), parts of lifts, skip hoists or escalators, n.e.s..

▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity30 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity12 in the last 6 months

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Among the most active

ELLIOTT ABSORBENT PRODUCTS LIMITED

15 import declarations 22 export declarations OL15 *Ch. 35Ch. 38Ch. 39Ch. 48 Active in 5 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include toilet or facial tissue stock, towel or napkin stock and similar paper for household or sanitary purposes, cellulose wadding and webs of cellulose fibres, whether or not creped, crinkled, embossed, perforated, surface-coloured, surface-decorated or p, sanitary towels (pads) and tampons, napkins and napkin liners, and similar articles, of any material, adhesives based on polymers of headings 3901 to 3913 or on rubber (excl. put up for retail sale with a net weight of <= 1 kg).

▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity15 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity22 in the last 6 months

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Among the most active

FOTHERGILL-CRENETTE LTD

18 import declarations 15 export declarations OL15 *Ch. 35Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 54 Active in 5 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include yarn and slivers of glass fibres (excl. in chopped strands of a length of <= 50 mm, and rovings), chemically bonded open fabrics of glass fibres (excl. veils), textile fabrics impregnated, coated, covered or laminated with plastics other than poly"vinyl chloride" or polyurethane (excl. tyre cord fabric of high-tenacity yarn of nylon or other polyamides, polyesters or viscose rayon; wallcoverings of textile.

▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity18 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity15 in the last 6 months

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Among the most active

AMS TECHNICAL (PLASTICS) LTD

10 import declarations 13 export declarations OL15 *Ch. 32Ch. 39Ch. 73Ch. 84 Active in 5 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), injection or compression-type moulds for rubber or plastics, parts of machinery for working rubber or plastics or for the manufacture of products from these materials, n.e.s..

▼ Expected to slow by 25.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity10 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity13 in the last 6 months

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What Littleborough trades

The most frequently declared goods across all 36 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.

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 iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire)Storage units for automatic data-processing machinesPallets, 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)Yarn and slivers of glass fibres (excl. in chopped strands of a length of <= 50 mm, and rovings)Parts and accessories of automatic data-processing machines or for other machines of heading 8471, n.e.s.Nonwovens, whether or not impregnated, coated, covered or laminated, n.e.s., weighing > 25 g/m but <= 70 g/m (excl. of man-made filaments)Toilet or facial tissue stock, towel or napkin stock and similar paper for household or sanitary purposes, cellulose wadding and webs of cellulose fibres, whether or not creped, crinkled, embossed, perforated, surface-coloured, surface-decorated or p

Common questions about trade in Littleborough

How many businesses import or export from Littleborough?

HMRC customs records show 36 businesses in Littleborough (OL15) filed declarations over the last six months — 538 import declarations and 305 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.

What do Littleborough businesses import most?

The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Littleborough traders the leading goods are 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 iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire), storage units for automatic data-processing machines, 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). You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.

Is trade from Littleborough growing?

Import activity is down 23.4% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 2.7%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.

How do I get contact details for Littleborough importers?

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Littleborough importers & exporters

Top 10 businesses by 6-month activity Free tier

EURO OPTIONS LIMITED

FALCONEX LTD

ELLIOTT ABSORBENT PRODUCTS LIMITED

FOTHERGILL-CRENETTE LTD

AMS TECHNICAL (PLASTICS) LTD

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