HMRC records show 62 businesses trading internationally from Heysham over the last six months. It ranks 15 of 29 trading locations in Lancashire. 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 pick up by around 5.2% over the next three months.
Refreshed every 24 hours · last run 25/08/2026 at 11:41HMRC release in view: Jun 26Snapshot: 2026-08-25.1
1,195Import declarations▲ 2.0% on the 6 months before
693Export declarations
+5.2%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
62Trading 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 62 businesses.
★ Most active in HeyshamFiled more customs declarations than any other Heysham business over the last six months — roughly 49% of the town's total import activity, mostly in lac, gums and resins.
Most active business
AVOCADO RESEARCH CHEMICALS LIMITED
584 import declarations363 export declarationsLA3 *Ch. 13Ch. 17Ch. 21Ch. 22Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include chemical products and preparations of the chemical or allied industries, incl. those consisting of mixtures of natural products, n.e.s., heterocyclic compounds with nitrogen hetero-atom[s] only (excl. those containing an unfused pyrazole, imidazole, pyridine or triazine ring, whether or not hydrogenated, a quinoline or isoquinoline ring-system, not further fused, whether or not hydrog, separate chemically defined organo-inorganic compounds (excl. organo-sulphur, mercury, tetramethyl lead, tetraethyl lead and tributyltin compounds, and organo-phosphorous derivatives).
▲ Expected to increase by 5.4% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity584 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity363 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
DST GROUP LIMITED
26 import declarations9 export declarationsLA3 *Ch. 35Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 44Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include tube or pipe fittings, of iron or steel (excl. cast iron or stainless steel products; flanges; threaded elbows, bends and sleeves; butt welding fittings), tubes, pipes and hoses, of vulcanised rubber (excl. hard rubber), reinforced or otherwise combined only with metal, with fittings, 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 65.2% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity26 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity9 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
CLDN RORO LTD
105 import declarations1 export declarationsLA3 *Ch. 35Ch. 38Ch. 39Ch. 40Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include parts suitable for use solely or principally with compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine "diesel or semi-diesel engine", n.e.s., parts of centrifuges, incl. centrifugal dryers, n.e.s., articles of plastics and articles of other materials of heading 3901 to 3914, n.e.s (excl. goods of 9619).
▲ Expected to increase by 47.6% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity105 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity1 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
OPTIMUM COATINGS LTD
71 import declarations13 export declarationsLA3 *Ch. 28Ch. 32Ch. 34Ch. 38Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include spectacle lenses of materials other than glass, parts and accessories for machine tools for working stone, ceramics, concrete, asbestos-cement or like mineral materials or for cold-working glass, n.e.s., lenses, prisms, mirrors and other optical elements, of any material, unmounted (excl. such elements of glass not optically worked, contact lenses and spectacle lenses).
▲ Expected to increase by 9.7% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity71 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity13 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
LANCASTER FASTENER CO LTD
36 import declarations37 export declarationsLA3 *Ch. 39Ch. 70Ch. 73Ch. 74Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include self-tapping screws, of iron or steel (excl. wood screws), 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), threaded articles, of iron or steel, n.e.s..
▼ Expected to slow by 15.0% 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 activity37 in the last 6 months
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What Heysham trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 62 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.
Self-tapping screws, of iron or steel (excl. wood screws)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)Chemical products and preparations of the chemical or allied industries, incl. those consisting of mixtures of natural products, n.e.s.Articles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire)Tube or pipe fittings, of iron or steel (excl. cast iron or stainless steel products; flanges; threaded elbows, bends and sleeves; butt welding fittings)Prefabricated buildings, whether or not complete or already assembled (excl. of wood, and modular building units of steel)Heterocyclic compounds with nitrogen hetero-atom[s] only (excl. those containing an unfused pyrazole, imidazole, pyridine or triazine ring, whether or not hydrogenated, a quinoline or isoquinoline ring-system, not further fused, whether or not hydrogAmino-acids and their esters; salts thereof (excl. those with > one kind of oxygen function, lysine and its esters, and salts thereof, and glutamic acid, anthranilic acid, tilidine "INN", and salts thereof)
Common questions about trade in Heysham
How many businesses import or export from Heysham?
HMRC customs records show 62 businesses in Heysham (LA3) filed declarations over the last six months — 1,195 import declarations and 693 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.
What do Heysham businesses import most?
The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Heysham traders the leading goods are self-tapping screws, of iron or steel (excl. wood screws), 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), chemical products and preparations of the chemical or allied industries, incl. those consisting of mixtures of natural products, n.e.s., articles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire). You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Heysham growing?
Import activity is up 2.0% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to rise by roughly 5.2%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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