Over the last six months, 295 Chorley businesses filed customs declarations. That puts it third in Lancashire for trade activity. 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 10.5% 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
3,101Import declarations▼ 15.7% on the 6 months before
1,692Export declarations
−10.5%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
295Trading 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 295 businesses.
★ Most active in ChorleyFiled more customs declarations than any other Chorley business over the last six months — roughly 11% of the town's total import activity, mostly in soaps, waxes and cleaning products.
Most active business
TVS LOGISTICS INVESTMENT UK LIMITED
326 import declarations247 export declarationsPR6 *Ch. 34Ch. 38Ch. 39Ch. 40Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include articles of vulcanised rubber (excl. hard rubber), n.e.s., brakes and servo-brakes and their parts, 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 speci, drive-axles with differential, whether or not provided with other transmission components, and non-driving axles, and parts thereof, for tractors, motor vehicles for the transport of ten or more persons, motor cars and other motor vehicles principall.
▼ Expected to slow by 6.5% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity326 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity247 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
GA PET FOOD PARTNERS GROUP
90 import declarations31 export declarationsPR7 *Ch. 04Ch. 05Ch. 08Ch. 11Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include dog or cat food, put up for retail sale, preparations of a kind used in animal feeding (excl. dog or cat food put up for retail sale), products of fish or crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates; dead fish, crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates, unfit for human consumption.
▼ Expected to slow by 9.8% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity90 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity31 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
KUKRI SPORTS LTD.
84 import declarations13 export declarationsPR7 *Ch. 42Ch. 60Ch. 61Ch. 62Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include t-shirts, singlets and other vests of textile materials, knitted or crocheted (excl. cotton), men's or boys' trousers, bib and brace overalls, breeches and shorts of synthetic fibres, knitted or crocheted (excl. swimwear and underpants), men's or boys' trousers, bib and brace overalls, breeches and shorts of synthetic fibres (excl. knitted or crocheted, underpants and swimwear).
▲ Expected to increase by 11.4% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity84 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity13 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
BOB ELLIOT & CO. LIMITED
87 import declarationsImports onlyPR7 *Ch. 27Ch. 33Ch. 34Ch. 39Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include pedals and crank-gear, and parts thereof, for bicycles, n.e.s., parts and accessories, for bicycles, n.e.s., wheel rims and spokes, for cycles (excl. for motorcycles).
▼ Expected to slow by 11.1% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity87 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity0 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
MERLIN CYCLES LTD
63 import declarations24 export declarationsPR7 *Ch. 34Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 42Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include parts and accessories, for bicycles, n.e.s., frames and forks, and parts thereof, for cycles, n.e.s. (excl. for motorcycles), brakes, incl. coaster braking hubs and hub brakes, and parts thereof, for cycles (excl. for motorcycles).
▼ Expected to slow by 12.5% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity63 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity24 in the last 6 months
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What Chorley trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 295 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.
Wine of fresh grapes, incl. fortified wines, and grape must whose fermentation has been arrested by the addition of alcohol, in containers of <= 2 l (excl. sparkling wine)Live plants, incl. their roots, and mushroom spawn (excl. bulbs, tubers, tuberous roots, corms, crowns and rhizomes, incl. chicory plants and roots, unrooted cuttings and slips, fruit and nut trees, rhododendrons, azaleas and roses)Wadding, gauze, bandages and the like, e.g. dressings, adhesive plasters, poultices, impregnated or covered with pharmaceutical substances or put up for retail sale for medical, surgical, dental or veterinary purposes (excl. adhesive dressings and otTricycles, scooters, pedal cars and similar wheeled toys; dolls' carriages; dolls; other toys; reduced-size "scale" recreational models, working or not; puzzles of all kindsAppliances 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)Parts and accessories, for bicycles, n.e.s.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 vParts and accessories for machine tools for working material by removing material of headings 8456 to 8461, n.e.s.
Common questions about trade in Chorley
How many businesses import or export from Chorley?
HMRC customs records show 295 businesses in Chorley (PR6, PR7) filed declarations over the last six months — 3,101 import declarations and 1,692 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.
What do Chorley businesses import most?
The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Chorley traders the leading goods are wine of fresh grapes, incl. fortified wines, and grape must whose fermentation has been arrested by the addition of alcohol, in containers of <= 2 l (excl. sparkling wine), live plants, incl. their roots, and mushroom spawn (excl. bulbs, tubers, tuberous roots, corms, crowns and rhizomes, incl. chicory plants and roots, unrooted cuttings and slips, fruit and nut trees, rhododendrons, azaleas and roses), wadding, gauze, bandages and the like, e.g. dressings, adhesive plasters, poultices, impregnated or covered with pharmaceutical substances or put up for retail sale for medical, surgical, dental or veterinary purposes (excl. adhesive dressings and ot, tricycles, scooters, pedal cars and similar wheeled toys; dolls' carriages; dolls; other toys; reduced-size "scale" recreational models, working or not; puzzles of all kinds. You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Chorley 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 soften by roughly 10.5%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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