HMRC records show 35 businesses trading internationally from Blackwood over the last six months. It ranks 8 of 18 trading locations in Gwent. Most of that activity sits in machinery and mechanical appliances, plastics and plastic articles, electrical machinery and electronics. Looking ahead, our model expects import activity here to pick up by around 8.7% 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
597Import declarations▼ 15.7% on the 6 months before
156Export declarations
+8.7%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
35Trading 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 35 businesses.
★ Most active in BlackwoodFiled more customs declarations than any other Blackwood business over the last six months — roughly 42% of the town's total import activity, mostly in dyes, pigments, paints and inks.
Most active business
NORDAM EUROPE LIMITED
252 import declarations21 export declarationsNP12 *Ch. 32Ch. 34Ch. 35Ch. 38Active 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), articles of aluminium, n.e.s., 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 increase by 11.8% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity252 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity21 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
FRONTIER PLASTICS LTD
0 import declarations33 export declarationsNP12 *Ch. 21Ch. 29Ch. 34Ch. 38Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include 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, nonwovens, whether or not impregnated, coated, covered or laminated, n.e.s., of synthetic or man-made filaments, weighing <= 25 g/m, organic surface-active products and preparations for washing the skin, in the form of liquid or cream and put up for retail sale, whether or not containing soap.
▼ Expected to slow by 66.7% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity0 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity33 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
APPLIED NUTRITIONAL RESEARCH LTD
23 import declarations5 export declarationsNP12 *Ch. 04Ch. 13Ch. 17Ch. 18Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include bread, pastry, cakes, biscuits and other bakers' wares, whether or not containing cocoa; communion wafers, empty cachets of a kind suitable for pharmaceutical use, sealing wafers, rice paper and similar products (excl. crispbread, gingerbread and the, natural gum arabic, cartons, boxes and cases, of corrugated paper or paperboard.
▲ Expected to increase by 18.8% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity23 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity5 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
I.G. DOORS LTD
22 import declarations3 export declarationsNP12 *Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 44Ch. 49Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include wood, incl. strips and friezes for parquet flooring, not assembled, continuously shaped "tongued, grooved, rebated, chamfered, v-jointed beaded, moulded, rounded or the like" along any of its edges, ends or faces, whether or not planed, sanded or end, base metal mountings and fittings suitable for buildings (excl. locks with keys and hinges), parts and accessories for machine tools for working wood, cork, bone, hard rubber, hard plastics or similar hard materials, n.e.s..
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity22 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity3 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
MOTION29 LIMITED
10 import declarations3 export declarationsNP12 *Ch. 84Ch. 85Ch. 94Active in 3 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include parts and accessories of printing machinery used for printing by means of plates, cylinders and other printing components of heading 8442.
▼ Expected to slow by 42.9% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity10 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity3 in the last 6 months
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What Blackwood trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 35 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.
Articles of aluminium, n.e.s.Articles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire)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)Parts of machinery for making up paper pulp, paper or paperboard, n.e.s.Paints and varnishes based, incl. enamels and lacquers, on synthetic polymers or chemically modified natural polymers, dispersed or dissolved in a non-aqueous medium, and solutions of products of headings 3901 to 3913 in volatile organic solvents, coNuts of iron or steelBearing housings for machinery, not incorporating ball or roller bearings; plain shaft bearings for machineryArticles of titanium, n.e.s.
Common questions about trade in Blackwood
How many businesses import or export from Blackwood?
HMRC customs records show 35 businesses in Blackwood (NP12) filed declarations over the last six months — 597 import declarations and 156 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.
What do Blackwood businesses import most?
The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Blackwood traders the leading goods are articles of aluminium, n.e.s., articles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire), 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), parts of machinery for making up paper pulp, paper or paperboard, n.e.s.. You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Blackwood growing?
Import activity is down 15.7% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to rise by roughly 8.7%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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