Over the last six months, 98 Walkden businesses filed customs declarations. It ranks 18 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 pick up by around 3.7% 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
2,131Import declarations▲ 1.4% on the 6 months before
779Export declarations
+3.7%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
98Trading 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 98 businesses.
★ Most active in WalkdenFiled more customs declarations than any other Walkden business over the last six months — roughly 10% of the town's total import activity, mostly in mineral fuels.
Most active business
THE WILKINSON CORPORATION LTD
216 import declarations89 export declarationsM28 *Ch. 27Ch. 29Ch. 38Ch. 39Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include breathing appliances and gas masks, incl. parts and accessories (excl. protective masks having neither mechanical parts nor replaceable filters, and artificial respiration or other therapeutic respiration apparatus), air pumps, air or other gas compressors and ventilating or recycling hoods incorporating a fan, whether or not fitted with filters, having a maximum horizontal side > 120 cm (excl. vacuum pumps, hand- or foot-operated air pumps, compressors for refri, wire of silico-manganese steel, in coils (excl. bars and rods).
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity216 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity89 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
LIMAR TRADING LIMITED
187 import declarationsImports onlyM28 *Ch. 27Ch. 30Ch. 32Ch. 34Active in 6 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, articles and equipment for general physical exercise, gymnastics or athletics, articles of plastics and articles of other materials of heading 3901 to 3914, n.e.s (excl. goods of 9619).
▼ Expected to slow by 5.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity187 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity0 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
EMERSON AUTOMATION FLUID CON TROL &PNEU MATICS UK LIMITED
157 import declarations4 export declarationsM28 *Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 48Ch. 49Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include appliances for pipes, boiler shells, tanks, vats or the like (excl. pressure-reducing valves, valves for the control of pneumatic power transmission, check "non-return" valves and safety or relief valves), pressure-reducing valves, switches for a voltage <= 1.000 v (excl. relays and automatic circuit breakers).
▼ Expected to slow by 19.6% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity157 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity4 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
ONLINE HOME SHOP LIMITED
275 import declarations1 export declarationsM28 *Ch. 34Ch. 38Ch. 39Ch. 40Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include travelling-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, blankets and travelling rugs of synthetic fibres (excl. electric, table covers, bedspreads and articles of bedding and similar furnishing of heading 9404), wooden furniture (excl. for offices, kitchens and bedrooms, and seats).
▲ Expected to increase by 42.9% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity275 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity1 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
LVMH WATCH & JEWELLERY (UK) LIMITED
151 import declarations57 export declarationsM28 *Ch. 34Ch. 39Ch. 42Ch. 44Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include travelling-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, wrist-watches, whether or not incorporating a stop-watch facility, with automatic winding (excl. of precious metal or of metal clad with precious metal), wrist-watches of precious metal or of metal clad with precious metal, whether or not incorporating a stop-watch facility, with automatic winding (excl. with backs made of steel).
▼ Expected to slow by 18.1% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity151 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity57 in the last 6 months
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What Walkden trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 98 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)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)Appliances for pipes, boiler shells, tanks, vats or the like (excl. pressure-reducing valves, valves for the control of pneumatic power transmission, check "non-return" valves and safety or relief valves)Travelling-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 contaHousehold articles and toilet articles, of plastics (excl. tableware, kitchenware, baths, shower-baths, washbasins, bidets, lavatory pans, seats and covers, flushing cisterns and similar sanitary ware)Hand tools, incl. glaziers' diamonds, of base metal, n.e.s.Safety or relief valves
Common questions about trade in Walkden
How many businesses import or export from Walkden?
HMRC customs records show 98 businesses in Walkden (M28) filed declarations over the last six months — 2,131 import declarations and 779 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.
What do Walkden businesses import most?
The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Walkden 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), 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), appliances for pipes, boiler shells, tanks, vats or the like (excl. pressure-reducing valves, valves for the control of pneumatic power transmission, check "non-return" valves and safety or relief valves). You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Walkden growing?
Import activity is up 1.4% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to rise by roughly 3.7%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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