Over the last six months, 141 Middleton (Rochdale) businesses filed customs declarations. It ranks 15 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 0.5% 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
2,598Import declarations▲ 0.0% on the 6 months before
666Export declarations
−0.5%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
141Trading 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 141 businesses.
★ Most active in Middleton (Rochdale)Filed more customs declarations than any other Middleton (Rochdale) business over the last six months — roughly 11% of the town's total import activity, mostly in soaps, waxes and cleaning products.
Most active business
NORTHERN WHOLESALE TOOLS LIMITED
290 import declarations15 export declarationsM24 *Ch. 34Ch. 35Ch. 39Ch. 40Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include interchangeable tools for hand tools, whether or not power-operated, or for machine tools, n.e.s., hand tools, incl. glaziers' diamonds, of base metal, n.e.s., instruments for measuring length, for use in the hand, n.e.s..
▼ Expected to slow by 8.3% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity290 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity15 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
JCL GLOBAL TRADING LTD
99 import declarationsImports onlyM24 *Ch. 28Ch. 39Ch. 42Ch. 44Active in 3 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, wooden furniture (excl. for offices, kitchens and bedrooms, and seats), flexible tubes, pipes and hoses, of plastics, reinforced or otherwise combined with other materials (excl. those with a burst pressure of >= 27,6 mpa).
▼ Expected to slow by 100.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity99 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity0 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
NOV PROCESS & FLOW TECHNOLOGIES LTD
108 import declarations152 export declarationsM24 *Ch. 34Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 49Active 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), gaskets, washers and other seals, of vulcanised rubber (excl. hard rubber and those of cellular rubber), articles of plastics and articles of other materials of heading 3901 to 3914, n.e.s (excl. goods of 9619).
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity108 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity152 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
LWC DRINKS LIMITED
189 import declarations2 export declarationsM24 *Ch. 20Ch. 22Ch. 39Ch. 70Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include 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), sparkling wine of fresh grapes, beer made from malt.
▲ Expected to increase by 3.4% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity189 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity2 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
VITA CELLULAR FOAMS (UK) LTD
138 import declarations25 export declarationsM24 *Ch. 05Ch. 07Ch. 15Ch. 25Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include plates, sheets, film, foil and strip, of cellular polyurethanes, unworked or merely surface-worked or merely cut into squares or rectangles (excl. self-adhesive products, floor, wall and ceiling coverings of heading 3918 and sterile surgical or denta, polyethers, in primary forms (excl. polyacetals, bis(polyoxyethylene) methylphosphonate and goods of 3002), helical springs, of iron or steel (excl. flat spiral springs, clock and watch springs, springs for sticks and handles of umbrellas or parasols, and shock absorbers of section 17).
▲ Expected to increase by 6.3% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity138 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity25 in the last 6 months
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What Middleton (Rochdale) trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 141 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)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)Articles of bedding and similar furnishing, fitted with springs or stuffed or internally filled with any material or of cellular rubber or plastics (excl. mattress supports, mattresses, sleeping bags, pneumatic or water mattresses, blankets, covers,Interchangeable tools for hand tools, whether or not power-operated, or for machine tools, n.e.s.Gaskets, washers and other seals, of vulcanised rubber (excl. hard rubber and those of cellular rubber)Carpets and other floor coverings, of nylon or other polyamides, tufted "needle punched", whether or not made up (excl. turf)Boards, cabinets and similar combinations of apparatus for electric control or the distribution of electricity, for a voltage <= 1.000 V
Common questions about trade in Middleton (Rochdale)
How many businesses import or export from Middleton (Rochdale)?
HMRC customs records show 141 businesses in Middleton (Rochdale) (M24) filed declarations over the last six months — 2,598 import declarations and 666 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.
What do Middleton (Rochdale) businesses import most?
The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Middleton (Rochdale) 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), 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), articles of bedding and similar furnishing, fitted with springs or stuffed or internally filled with any material or of cellular rubber or plastics (excl. mattress supports, mattresses, sleeping bags, pneumatic or water mattresses, blankets, covers,. You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Middleton (Rochdale) growing?
Import activity is up 0.0% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 0.5%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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