380 businesses in Stockport appear in HMRC customs records for the last six months. It ranks 5 of 52 trading locations in Greater Manchester. Most of that activity sits in machinery and mechanical appliances, electrical machinery and electronics, plastics. Looking ahead, our model expects import activity here to pick up by around 2.4% over the next three months.
Refreshed every 24 hours · last run 22 Aug 2026, 20:36HMRC release in view: Jun 26Snapshot: 2026-08-22.1
6,862Import declarations▼ 0.7% on the 6 months before
2,111Export declarations
+2.4%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
380Trading businesses
Top 5 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 380 businesses.
★ Most active in StockportFiled more customs declarations than any other Stockport business over the last six months — roughly 14% of the town's total import activity, mostly in oil seeds.
Most active business
BASF PLC
934 import declarations62 export declarationsSK1 *Ch. 12Ch. 13Ch. 15Ch. 19Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include chemical products and preparations of the chemical or allied industries, incl. those consisting of mixtures of natural products, n.e.s., polyethers, in primary forms (excl. polyacetals, bis(polyoxyethylene) methylphosphonate and goods of 3002), anti-oxidising preparations and other compound stabilisers for rubber or plastics (excl. mixtures of oligomers of 2,2,4-trimethyl-1,2-dihydroquinoline "tmq").
▼ Expected to slow by 2.6% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity934 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity62 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
IMS EURO LIMITED
181 import declarations118 export declarationsSK3 *Ch. 30Ch. 33Ch. 34Ch. 38Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include 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, instruments and appliances used in medical, surgical or veterinary sciences, n.e.s., plates, sheets, film, foil and strip, of non-cellular polymers of ethylene, not reinforced, laminated, supported or similarly combined with other materials, without backing, unworked or merely surface-worked or merely cut into squares or rectangles (.
▼ Expected to slow by 100.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity181 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity118 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
NOVANTA TECHNOLOGIES UK LIMITED
180 import declarations90 export declarationsSK3 *Ch. 27Ch. 28Ch. 34Ch. 35Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include lenses, prisms, mirrors and other optical elements, of any material, unmounted (excl. such elements of glass not optically worked, contact lenses and spectacle lenses), lasers (excl. laser diodes), parts and accessories for lasers and other appliances and instruments, n.e.s. in chapter 90.
▲ Expected to increase by 42.5% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity180 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity90 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
EDINA UK LTD
292 import declarations48 export declarationsSK4 *Ch. 27Ch. 32Ch. 34Ch. 38Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include 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), articles of vulcanised rubber (excl. hard rubber), n.e.s., articles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire).
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity292 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity48 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
DO-IT FOOD INGREDIENTS BV
331 import declarations5 export declarationsSK1 *Ch. 07Ch. 08Ch. 09Ch. 10Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include husked or brown rice, cereal flours (excl. wheat, meslin and maize), semi-milled or wholly milled rice, whether or not polished or glazed.
▲ Expected to increase by 2.4% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity331 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity5 in the last 6 months
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Every importer and exporter in SK1 / SK2 / SK3 / SK4 with monthly activity, 24-month indicators, forecasts, Companies House records, AI research and validated contact reveals.
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What Stockport trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 380 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.
Articles of plastics and articles of other materials of heading 3901 to 3914, n.e.s (excl. goods of 9619)Chemical products and preparations of the chemical or allied industries, incl. those consisting of mixtures of natural products, n.e.s.Articles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire)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 careWadding, 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 otFood preparations, n.e.s.Instruments and appliances used in medical, surgical or veterinary sciences, n.e.s.Polyethers, in primary forms (excl. polyacetals, bis(polyoxyethylene) methylphosphonate and goods of 3002)
Common questions about trade in Stockport
How many businesses import or export from Stockport?
HMRC customs records show 380 businesses in Stockport (SK1, SK2, SK3, SK4) filed declarations over the last six months — 6,862 import declarations and 2,111 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.
What do Stockport businesses import most?
The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Stockport traders the leading goods are articles of plastics and articles of other materials of heading 3901 to 3914, n.e.s (excl. goods of 9619), chemical products and preparations of the chemical or allied industries, incl. those consisting of mixtures of natural products, n.e.s., articles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire), 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. You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Stockport growing?
Import activity is down 0.7% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to rise by roughly 2.4%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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