Over the last six months, 56 Westhoughton businesses filed customs declarations. It ranks 24 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 8.2% 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
1,605Import declarations▼ 18.7% on the 6 months before
477Export declarations
−8.2%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
56Trading 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 56 businesses.
★ Most active in WesthoughtonFiled more customs declarations than any other Westhoughton business over the last six months — roughly 35% of the town's total import activity, mostly in miscellaneous food preparations.
Most active business
KRONES UK LTD
568 import declarations32 export declarationsBL5 *Ch. 21Ch. 22Ch. 25Ch. 27Active in 5 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), gears and gearing for machinery (excl. toothed wheels, chain sprockets and other transmission elements presented separately); ball or roller screws; gear boxes and other speed changers, incl. torque converters, 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).
▼ Expected to slow by 7.1% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity568 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity32 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
STATESIDE FOODS LTD
77 import declarations6 export declarationsBL5 *Ch. 04Ch. 08Ch. 11Ch. 16Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include hams of swine and cuts thereof, prepared or preserved, parts of machinery for the industrial preparation or manufacture of food or drink, n.e.s., wheat or meslin flour.
▼ Expected to slow by 13.2% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity77 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity6 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
BAUER MEDIA OUTDOOR TECHNIC LIMITED
52 import declarations7 export declarationsBL5 *Ch. 21Ch. 39Ch. 83Ch. 84Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include data-processing machines, automatic, comprising in the same housing at least a central processing unit, and one input unit and one output unit, whether or not combined (excl. portable weighing <= 10 kg and excl. those presented in the form of systems, parts and accessories equally suitable for use with machines of two or more of the headings 8470 to 8472, n.e.s., storage units for automatic data-processing machines.
▼ Expected to slow by 14.3% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity52 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity7 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
LASH HOUSE LIMITED
36 import declarations20 export declarationsBL5 *Ch. 30Ch. 32Ch. 33Ch. 34Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include products suitable for use as glues or adhesives put up for retail sale as glues or adhesives, with a net weight of <= 1 kg, false beards, eyebrows and eyelashes, switches and the like, of synthetic textile materials (excl. complete wigs), preparations for use on the hair (excl. shampoos, preparations for permanent waving or straightening and hair lacquers).
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity36 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity20 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
HOWORTH AIR TECHNOLOGY LTD
16 import declarations39 export declarationsBL5 *Ch. 30Ch. 38Ch. 39Ch. 40Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include articles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire), fans (excl. table, floor, wall, window, ceiling or roof fans, with a self-contained electric motor of an output <= 125 w), machinery and apparatus for filtering or purifying gases (excl. isotope separators and intake air filters for internal combustion engines, and catalytic converters and particulate filters for purifying or filtering exhaust gases from internal combust.
▼ Expected to slow by 33.3% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity16 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity39 in the last 6 months
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What Westhoughton trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 56 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.
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)Gears and gearing for machinery (excl. toothed wheels, chain sprockets and other transmission elements presented separately); ball or roller screws; gear boxes and other speed changers, incl. torque convertersMachines and mechanical appliances, n.e.s.Transmission shafts, incl. cam shafts and crank shafts, and cranksToothed wheels, chain sprockets and other transmission elements presented separately; parts of transmission shafts, ball screws, couplings and other articles of heading 8483, n.e.s.Articles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire)Pressure-reducing valvesValves for oleohydraulic or pneumatic transmission
Common questions about trade in Westhoughton
How many businesses import or export from Westhoughton?
HMRC customs records show 56 businesses in Westhoughton (BL5) filed declarations over the last six months — 1,605 import declarations and 477 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.
What do Westhoughton businesses import most?
The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Westhoughton traders the leading goods are 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), gears and gearing for machinery (excl. toothed wheels, chain sprockets and other transmission elements presented separately); ball or roller screws; gear boxes and other speed changers, incl. torque converters, machines and mechanical appliances, n.e.s., transmission shafts, incl. cam shafts and crank shafts, and cranks. You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Westhoughton growing?
Import activity is down 18.7% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 8.2%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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