Over the last six months, 90 Prestwich businesses filed customs declarations. It ranks 45 of 52 trading locations in Greater Manchester. Most of that activity sits in plastics and plastic articles, machinery and mechanical appliances, woven clothing and accessories. Looking ahead, our model expects import activity here to ease back by around 17.8% 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
388Import declarations▼ 30.3% on the 6 months before
165Export declarations
−17.8%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
90Trading 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 90 businesses.
★ Most active in PrestwichFiled more customs declarations than any other Prestwich business over the last six months — roughly 19% of the town's total import activity, mostly in plastics and plastic articles.
Most active business
ACCESSORY WORLD (GG) LIMITED
75 import declarations2 export declarationsM25 *Ch. 39Ch. 42Ch. 48Ch. 52Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include women's or girls' skirts and divided skirts of synthetic fibres (excl. knitted or crocheted and petticoats), hats and other headgear, knitted or crocheted, or made up from lace, felt or other textile fabric, in the piece (but not in strips), whether or not lined or trimmed; hairnets of any material, whether or not lined or trimmed (excl. headgear for animal, women's or girls' skirts and divided skirts of synthetic fibres, knitted or crocheted (excl. petticoats).
▼ Expected to slow by 13.6% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity75 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity2 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
DURA HOSE & FITTINGS LTD
12 import declarations9 export declarationsM25 *Ch. 12Ch. 40Ch. 73Ch. 74Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include tubes, pipes and hoses, of vulcanised rubber (excl. hard rubber), reinforced or otherwise combined with materials other than metal or textile materials, without fittings, tubes, pipes and hoses, of vulcanised rubber (excl. hard rubber), reinforced or otherwise combined only with textile materials, without fittings, aluminium tube or pipe fittings "e.g., couplings, elbows, sleeves".
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity12 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity9 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
THE HEATPACK COMPANY MANUFAC TURINGLTD
7 import declarations9 export declarationsM25 *Ch. 10Ch. 29Ch. 30Ch. 33Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include wheat and meslin (excl. seed for sowing, and durum wheat), cotton, neither carded nor combed, wadding, gauze, bandages and the like, e.g. dressings, adhesive plasters, poultices, impregnated or covered with pharmaceutical substances or put up for retail sale for medical, surgical, dental or veterinary purposes (excl. adhesive dressings and ot.
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity7 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity9 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
MARDAV SOLUTIONS LTD
7 import declarations9 export declarationsM25 *Ch. 85Ch. 90Ch. 94Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include parts of furniture, of wood, n.e.s. (excl. of seats or medical, surgical, dental or veterinary furniture).
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity7 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity9 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
KCM TRADING LLC
15 import declarationsImports onlyM25 *Ch. 33Ch. 34Ch. 82Ch. 95Active in 4 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include tricycles, scooters, pedal cars and similar wheeled toys; dolls' carriages; dolls; other toys; reduced-size "scale" recreational models, working or not; puzzles of all kinds, 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 care, soap and organic surface-active products and preparations, in the form of bars, cakes, moulded pieces or shapes, and paper, wadding, felt and nonwovens, impregnated, coated or covered with soap or detergent (excl. those for toilet use, incl. medicate.
▲ Expected to increase by 75.0% 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 activity0 in the last 6 months
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What Prestwich trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 90 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.
Tricycles, scooters, pedal cars and similar wheeled toys; dolls' carriages; dolls; other toys; reduced-size "scale" recreational models, working or not; puzzles of all kindsCheese (excl. fresh cheese, incl. whey cheese, curd, processed cheese, blue-veined cheese and other cheese containing veins produced by "Penicillium roqueforti", and grated or powdered cheese)Articles of jewellery and parts thereof, of precious metal other than silver, whether or not plated or clad with precious metal (excl. articles > 100 years old)Pocket-watches and the like, incl. stop-watches, with hand or automatic winding (excl. of precious metal or of metal clad with precious metal)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 careWrist-watches, whether or not incorporating a stop-watch facility, electrically operated, with mechanical display only (excl. of precious metal or of metal clad with precious metal)Modelling pastes, incl. those put up for children's amusement; preparations known as "dental wax" or as "dental impression compounds", put up in sets, in packings for retail sale or in plates, horseshoe shapes, sticks or similar forms; other preparatTravelling-bags, insulated food or beverage bags, toilet bags, rucksacks, shopping-bags, map-cases, tool bags, sports bags, jewellery boxes, cutlery cases, binocular cases, camera cases, musical instrument cases, gun cases, holsters and similar conta
Common questions about trade in Prestwich
How many businesses import or export from Prestwich?
HMRC customs records show 90 businesses in Prestwich (M25) filed declarations over the last six months — 388 import declarations and 165 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.
What do Prestwich businesses import most?
The most common category is plastics and plastic articles. Across all Prestwich traders the leading goods are tricycles, scooters, pedal cars and similar wheeled toys; dolls' carriages; dolls; other toys; reduced-size "scale" recreational models, working or not; puzzles of all kinds, cheese (excl. fresh cheese, incl. whey cheese, curd, processed cheese, blue-veined cheese and other cheese containing veins produced by "penicillium roqueforti", and grated or powdered cheese), articles of jewellery and parts thereof, of precious metal other than silver, whether or not plated or clad with precious metal (excl. articles > 100 years old), pocket-watches and the like, incl. stop-watches, with hand or automatic winding (excl. of precious metal or of metal clad with precious metal). You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Prestwich growing?
Import activity is down 30.3% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 17.8%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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