HMRC records show 46 businesses trading internationally from Carnforth over the last six months. It ranks 25 of 29 trading locations in Lancashire. Most of that activity sits in machinery and mechanical appliances, electrical machinery and electronics, vehicles and vehicle parts. Looking ahead, our model expects import activity here to pick up by around 6.1% 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
283Import declarations▼ 8.4% on the 6 months before
137Export declarations
+6.1%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
46Trading 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 46 businesses.
★ Most active in CarnforthFiled more customs declarations than any other Carnforth business over the last six months — roughly 18% of the town's total import activity, mostly in organic chemicals.
Most active business
HAVWOODS LTD
50 import declarations30 export declarationsLA5 *Ch. 29Ch. 32Ch. 35Ch. 38Active 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, flooring panels, multilayer, assembled, of wood other than bamboo (excl. for mosaic floors), metallised wood and other densified wood in blocks, plates, strips or profile shapes.
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% 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 activity30 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
STRONGDOR LIMITED
16 import declarations5 export declarationsLA5 *Ch. 32Ch. 35Ch. 39Ch. 40Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include 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, co, paper and paperboard, creped, crinkled, embossed or perforated, in rolls of a width > 36 cm or in square or rectangular sheets with one side > 36 cm and the other side > 15 cm in the unfolded state (excl. sack kraft and other kraft paper, and goods o, 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 16.7% 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 activity5 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
BUSINESS LINES LTD
13 import declarations8 export declarationsLA5 *Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 70Ch. 73Active 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), glass beads, imitation pearls, imitation precious or semi-precious stones and similar glass smallwares, and articles thereof (excl. imitation jewellery); glass eyes (excl. prosthetic articles); statuettes and other ornaments of lamp-worked glass (exc, road wheels and parts and accessories thereof, for tractors, motor vehicles for the transport of ten or more persons, motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of persons, motor vehicles for the transport of goods and.
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity13 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity8 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
ABACUS CREATIVE RESOURCES LT D
20 import declarationsImports onlyLA5 *Ch. 32Ch. 35Ch. 37Ch. 39Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include artist's, student's or signboard painter's colours, modifying tints, amusement colours and the like, in tablets, tubes, jars, bottles, pans or similar packages (excl. those in sets), printing plates, cylinders and other printing components; plates, cylinders and lithographic stones, prepared for printing purposes, e.g. planed, grained or polished, pencils and crayons, with leads encased in a sheath.
▲ Expected to increase by 33.3% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity20 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity0 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
DENNIS BARNFIELD LTD
8 import declarations9 export declarationsLA5 *Ch. 40Ch. 84Ch. 85Ch. 87Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include dumpers for off-highway use, parts and accessories, for tractors, motor vehicles for the transport of ten or more persons, motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of persons, motor vehicles for the transport of goods and special purpose motor v, buckets, shovels, grabs and grips for machinery of heading 8426, 8429 and 8430.
▲ Expected to increase by 25.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity8 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity9 in the last 6 months
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What Carnforth trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 46 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.
Flooring panels, multilayer, assembled, of wood other than bamboo (excl. for mosaic floors)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 endPrefabricated buildings, whether or not complete or already assembled (excl. of wood, and modular building units of steel)Metallised wood and other densified wood in blocks, plates, strips or profile shapesWood charcoal, whether or not agglomerated (excl. of bamboo or shell or nut, charcoal used as a medicament, charcoal mixed with incense, activated charcoal and charcoal in the form of crayons)Parts and accessories, for tractors, motor vehicles for the transport of ten or more persons, motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of persons, motor vehicles for the transport of goods and special purpose motor vBread, 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 theSilicon dioxide
Common questions about trade in Carnforth
How many businesses import or export from Carnforth?
HMRC customs records show 46 businesses in Carnforth (LA5) filed declarations over the last six months — 283 import declarations and 137 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.
What do Carnforth businesses import most?
The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Carnforth traders the leading goods are flooring panels, multilayer, assembled, of wood other than bamboo (excl. for mosaic floors), 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, prefabricated buildings, whether or not complete or already assembled (excl. of wood, and modular building units of steel), metallised wood and other densified wood in blocks, plates, strips or profile shapes. You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Carnforth growing?
Import activity is down 8.4% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to rise by roughly 6.1%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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