Town trade profile · OL13

Bacup importers & exporters

35 businesses in Bacup appear in HMRC customs records for the last six months. It ranks 22 of 29 trading locations in Lancashire. Most of that activity sits in machinery and mechanical appliances, furniture, bedding, lighting and signs, plastics and plastic articles. Looking ahead, our model expects import activity here to ease back by around 13.8% 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

498Import declarations▼ 7.6% on the 6 months before

123Export declarations

−13.8%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.

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★ Most active in BacupFiled more customs declarations than any other Bacup business over the last six months — roughly 10% of the town's total import activity, mostly in pharmaceuticals.

Most active business

ORTHOPLASTICS LTD

50 import declarations 31 export declarations OL13 *Ch. 30Ch. 39Ch. 81Ch. 82 Active in 5 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include interchangeable tools for turning, 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), articles of titanium, n.e.s..

▲ Expected to increase by 10.7% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity50 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity31 in the last 6 months

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J & J ORMEROD PLC

42 import declarations 3 export declarations OL13 *Ch. 39Ch. 68Ch. 69Ch. 70 Active in 5 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include base metal mountings, fittings and similar articles suitable for furniture (excl. locks with keys, hinges and castors), hinges of all kinds, of base metal, articles of aluminium, n.e.s..

▼ Expected to slow by 14.3% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity42 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity3 in the last 6 months

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CORE INDUSTRIAL SOLUTIONS LTD

35 import declarations 2 export declarations OL13 *Ch. 27Ch. 34Ch. 39Ch. 40 Active in 5 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include parts of machines and mechanical appliances, n.e.s., machinery and apparatus for filtering or purifying liquids (excl. such machinery and apparatus for water and other beverages, oil or petrol-filters for internal combustion engines and artificial kidneys), machines and mechanical appliances, n.e.s..

▼ Expected to slow by 35.7% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity35 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity2 in the last 6 months

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CALDERBROOK WOODWORKING MACHINERY LIMITED

23 import declarations 6 export declarations OL13 *Ch. 40Ch. 68Ch. 73Ch. 82 Active in 5 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include bending or assembling machines for working wood, cork, bone, hard rubber, hard plastics or similar hard materials (excl. machines for working in the hand and machining centres), machine tools for working wood, cork, bone, hard rubber, hard plastics or similar hard materials (excl. machines for working in the hand, machines of subheadings 8465.10 and 8465.20, sawing machines, planing, milling or moulding "by cutting" machines, sawing machines for working wood, cork, bone, hard rubber, hard plastics or similar hard materials (excl. machines for working in the hand).

▼ Expected to slow by 14.3% 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 activity6 in the last 6 months

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Among the most active

MATPARTS LIMITED

15 import declarations 9 export declarations OL13 *Ch. 27Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 73 Active in 5 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include furniture, bases and covers for sewing machines and parts thereof; other parts of sewing machines, sewing machines, industrial type (excl. automatic units), knives and cutting blades, of base metal, for machines or for mechanical appliances (excl. those for metal or wood-working, kitchen appliances or machines used by the food industry and those for agricultural, horticultural or forestry machines).

▼ Expected to slow by 33.3% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity15 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity9 in the last 6 months

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What Bacup trades

The most frequently declared goods across all 35 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.

Footwear with outer soles and uppers of rubber or plastics (excl. covering the ankle or with upper straps or thongs assembled to the sole by means of plugs, waterproof footwear of heading 6401, sports footwear, orthopaedic footwear and toy footwear)Footwear with outer soles of rubber, plastics or composition leather, with uppers of leather (excl. covering the ankle, incorporating a protective metal toecap, sports footwear, orthopaedic footwear and toy footwear)Footwear with outer soles of rubber, plastics or composition leather, with uppers of leather, covering the ankle (excl. incorporating a protective metal toecap, sports footwear, orthopaedic footwear and toy footwear)Footwear with outer soles of rubber or plastics and uppers of textile materials (excl. sports footwear, incl. tennis shoes, basketball shoes, gym shoes, training shoes and the like, and toy footwear)Footwear with uppers of textile materials (excl. with outer soles of rubber, plastics, leather or composition leather, orthopaedic footwear and toy footwear)Water-skis, surfboards and other water-sport equipment (other than sailboards)Waterproof footwear covering the ankle, but not the knee, with outer soles and uppers of rubber or of plastics, the uppers of which are neither fixed to the sole nor assembled by stitching, riveting, nailing, screwing, plugging or similar processes (Footwear covering the ankle, with outer soles and uppers of rubber or plastics (excl. waterproof footwear of heading 6401, sports footwear, orthopaedic footwear and toy footwear)

Common questions about trade in Bacup

How many businesses import or export from Bacup?

HMRC customs records show 35 businesses in Bacup (OL13) filed declarations over the last six months — 498 import declarations and 123 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.

What do Bacup businesses import most?

The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Bacup traders the leading goods are footwear with outer soles and uppers of rubber or plastics (excl. covering the ankle or with upper straps or thongs assembled to the sole by means of plugs, waterproof footwear of heading 6401, sports footwear, orthopaedic footwear and toy footwear), footwear with outer soles of rubber, plastics or composition leather, with uppers of leather (excl. covering the ankle, incorporating a protective metal toecap, sports footwear, orthopaedic footwear and toy footwear), footwear with outer soles of rubber, plastics or composition leather, with uppers of leather, covering the ankle (excl. incorporating a protective metal toecap, sports footwear, orthopaedic footwear and toy footwear), footwear with outer soles of rubber or plastics and uppers of textile materials (excl. sports footwear, incl. tennis shoes, basketball shoes, gym shoes, training shoes and the like, and toy footwear). You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.

Is trade from Bacup growing?

Import activity is down 7.6% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 13.8%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.

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Bacup importers & exporters

Top 10 businesses by 6-month activity Free tier

ORTHOPLASTICS LTD

J & J ORMEROD PLC

CORE INDUSTRIAL SOLUTIONS LTD

CALDERBROOK WOODWORKING MACHINERY LIMITED

MATPARTS LIMITED

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What Bacup trades

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