Over the last six months, 129 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 9.0% 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
2,183Import declarations▼ 17.3% on the 6 months before
560Export declarations
−9.0%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
129Trading 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 129 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
238 import declarations12 export declarationsM24 *Ch. 34Ch. 35Ch. 39Ch. 40Active in 5 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., tools for drilling, interchangeable (excl. rock-drilling or earth-boring tools and tools for tapping).
▼ Expected to slow by 11.3% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity238 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity12 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
M&A MATTING UK, LTD
87 import declarations46 export declarationsM24 *Ch. 28Ch. 29Ch. 32Ch. 34Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include carpets and other floor coverings, of nylon or other polyamides, tufted "needle punched", whether or not made up (excl. turf), carpets and other floor coverings, of man-made textile materials, tufted "needle punched", whether or not made up (excl. of nylon or other polyamides, and turf), carpet tiles of vegetable textile materials or coarse animal hair, tufted "needle punched", whether or not made up.
▼ Expected to slow by 10.3% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity87 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity46 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
ROBERT MCBRIDE LTD
93 import declarations13 export declarationsM24 *Ch. 28Ch. 29Ch. 32Ch. 33Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include surface-active preparations, washing preparations, auxiliary washing preparations and cleaning preparations put up for retail sale (excl. organic surface-active agents, soap and organic surface-active preparations in the form of bars, cakes, moulded, scouring pastes and powders and other scouring preparations, whether or not in the form of paper, wadding, felt, nonwovens, cellular plastics or cellular rubber, impregnated, coated or covered with such preparations, mixtures of odoriferous substances and mixtures, incl. alcoholic solutions, based on one or more of these substances, of a kind used as raw materials in industry (excl. food or drink industries).
▲ Expected to increase by 5.3% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity93 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity13 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
COMFY QUILTS LIMITED
91 import declarations12 export declarationsM24 *Ch. 05Ch. 32Ch. 38Ch. 39Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include paper, paperboard, cellulose wadding and webs of cellulose fibres, in strips or rolls of a width <= 36 cm, in rectangular or square sheets, of which no side > 36 cm in the unfolded state, or cut to shape other than rectangular or square, and articles, bedlinen of man-made fibres (excl. printed, knitted or crocheted), made-up articles of textile materials, incl. dress patterns, n.e.s..
▼ Expected to slow by 4.4% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity91 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity12 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
TECHNICAL TEXTILE SERVICES LTD
67 import declarations22 export declarationsM24 *Ch. 28Ch. 33Ch. 34Ch. 38Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include nonwovens, whether or not impregnated, coated, covered or laminated, n.e.s., of man-made filaments, weighing > 25 g/m but <= 70 g/m, nonwovens, whether or not impregnated, coated, covered or laminated, n.e.s., of man-made filaments, weighing > 70 g/m but <= 150 g/m, nonwovens, whether or not impregnated, coated, covered or laminated, n.e.s., of synthetic or man-made filaments, weighing <= 25 g/m.
▲ Expected to increase by 12.1% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity67 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity22 in the last 6 months
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What Middleton (Rochdale) trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 129 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 iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire)Interchangeable tools for hand tools, whether or not power-operated, or for machine tools, n.e.s.Carpets and other floor coverings, of nylon or other polyamides, tufted "needle punched", whether or not made up (excl. turf)Sparkling wine of fresh grapesNonwovens, whether or not impregnated, coated, covered or laminated, n.e.s., of man-made filaments, weighing > 25 g/m but <= 70 g/mNonwovens, whether or not impregnated, coated, covered or laminated, n.e.s., of man-made filaments, weighing > 70 g/m but <= 150 g/mArticles of graphite or carbon, for non-electrical purposes (excl. carbon fibres and articles of carbon fibres)
Common questions about trade in Middleton (Rochdale)
How many businesses import or export from Middleton (Rochdale)?
HMRC customs records show 129 businesses in Middleton (Rochdale) (M24) filed declarations over the last six months — 2,183 import declarations and 560 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 iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire), interchangeable tools for hand tools, whether or not power-operated, or for machine tools, n.e.s., carpets and other floor coverings, of nylon or other polyamides, tufted "needle punched", whether or not made up (excl. turf). You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Middleton (Rochdale) growing?
Import activity is down 17.3% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 9.0%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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