Over the last six months, 45 Urmston businesses filed customs declarations. It ranks 35 of 52 trading locations in Greater Manchester. Most of that activity sits in machinery and mechanical appliances, plastics, electrical machinery and electronics. Looking ahead, our model expects import activity here to ease back by around 6.9% 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
975Import declarations▼ 5.4% on the 6 months before
258Export declarations
−6.9%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
45Trading 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 45 businesses.
★ Most active in UrmstonFiled more customs declarations than any other Urmston business over the last six months — roughly 32% of the town's total import activity, mostly in pharmaceuticals.
Most active business
REGATTA LIMITED
308 import declarations56 export declarationsM41 *Ch. 30Ch. 34Ch. 39Ch. 40Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include men's or boys' trousers, bib and brace overalls, breeches and shorts of synthetic fibres (excl. knitted or crocheted, underpants and swimwear), women's or girls' overcoats, car-coats, capes, cloaks, anoraks, incl. ski jackets, wind-cheaters, wind-jackets and similar articles, of man-made fibres (excl. knitted or crocheted, suits, ensembles, jackets, blazers and trousers), jerseys, pullovers, cardigans, waistcoats and similar articles, of man-made fibres, knitted or crocheted (excl. wadded waistcoats).
▼ Expected to slow by 11.3% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity308 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity56 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
CRAGHOPPERS LIMITED
122 import declarations30 export declarationsM41 *Ch. 42Ch. 61Ch. 62Ch. 63Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include men's or boys' trousers, bib and brace overalls, breeches and shorts of synthetic fibres (excl. knitted or crocheted, underpants and swimwear), women's or girls' trousers, bib and brace overalls, breeches and shorts of synthetic fibres (excl. knitted or crocheted, panties and swimwear), men's or boys' shirts of man-made fibres (excl. knitted or crocheted, nightshirts, singlets and other vests).
▼ Expected to slow by 16.7% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity122 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity30 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
WEDI SYSTEMS (UK) LIMITED
63 import declarations1 export declarationsM41 *Ch. 32Ch. 39Ch. 49Ch. 56Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include building elements for the manufacture of floors, walls, partition walls, ceilings, roofs, etc., of plastics; gutters and accessories of plastics; railings, fences and similar barriers, of plastics; large shelves, for assembly and permanent installati, plates, sheets, film, foil and strip, of cellular polymers of styrene, 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, nonwovens, whether or not impregnated, coated, covered or laminated, n.e.s., of man-made filaments, weighing > 70 g/m but <= 150 g/m.
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity63 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity1 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
HARKE UK LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
145 import declarations62 export declarationsM41 *Ch. 13Ch. 15Ch. 21Ch. 25Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include acrylic polymers, in primary forms (excl. poly"methyl methacrylate"), surface-active preparations, washing preparations, incl. auxiliary washing preparations and cleaning preparations (excl. those put up for retail sale, organic surface-active agents, soap and organic surface-active preparations in the form of bars, ca, chemical products and preparations of the chemical or allied industries, incl. those consisting of mixtures of natural products, n.e.s..
▼ Expected to slow by 6.7% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity145 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity62 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
AVSL GROUP LTD
134 import declarations38 export declarationsM41 *Ch. 29Ch. 34Ch. 39Ch. 42Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include keyboard instruments, the sound of which is produced, or must be amplified, electrically (excl. accordions), base metal mountings and fittings suitable for buildings (excl. locks with keys and hinges), electric luminaires and lighting fittings, n.e.s..
▼ Expected to slow by 3.8% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity134 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity38 in the last 6 months
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What Urmston trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 45 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.
Men's or boys' trousers, bib and brace overalls, breeches and shorts of synthetic fibres (excl. knitted or crocheted, underpants and swimwear)Women's or girls' trousers, bib and brace overalls, breeches and shorts of synthetic fibres (excl. knitted or crocheted, panties and swimwear)Women's or girls' overcoats, car-coats, capes, cloaks, anoraks, incl. ski jackets, wind-cheaters, wind-jackets and similar articles, of man-made fibres (excl. knitted or crocheted, suits, ensembles, jackets, blazers and trousers)Men's or boys' overcoats, car-coats, capes, cloaks, anoraks, incl. ski jackets, wind-cheaters, wind-jackets and similar articles, of man-made fibres (excl. knitted or crocheted, suits, ensembles, jackets, blazers and trousers)Garments of the type described in heading 6201, rubberised or impregnated, coated, covered or laminated with plastics or other substancesGarments of the type described in heading 6202, rubberised or impregnated, coated, covered or laminated with plastics or other substancesWomen's or girls' overcoats, car coats, capes, cloaks, anoraks, incl. ski jackets, windcheaters, wind-jackets and similar articles of man-made fibres, knitted or crocheted (excl. suits, ensembles, jackets, blazers, dresses, skirts, divided skirts, trOvercoats, car coats, capes, cloaks, anoraks, incl. ski jackets, windcheaters, wind-jackets and similar articles of man-made fibres, for men or boys, knitted or crocheted (excl. suits, ensembles, jackets, blazers, bib and brace overalls and trousers)
Common questions about trade in Urmston
How many businesses import or export from Urmston?
HMRC customs records show 45 businesses in Urmston (M41) filed declarations over the last six months — 975 import declarations and 258 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.
What do Urmston businesses import most?
The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Urmston traders the leading goods are men's or boys' trousers, bib and brace overalls, breeches and shorts of synthetic fibres (excl. knitted or crocheted, underpants and swimwear), women's or girls' trousers, bib and brace overalls, breeches and shorts of synthetic fibres (excl. knitted or crocheted, panties and swimwear), women's or girls' overcoats, car-coats, capes, cloaks, anoraks, incl. ski jackets, wind-cheaters, wind-jackets and similar articles, of man-made fibres (excl. knitted or crocheted, suits, ensembles, jackets, blazers and trousers), men's or boys' overcoats, car-coats, capes, cloaks, anoraks, incl. ski jackets, wind-cheaters, wind-jackets and similar articles, of man-made fibres (excl. knitted or crocheted, suits, ensembles, jackets, blazers and trousers). You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Urmston growing?
Import activity is down 5.4% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 6.9%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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