HMRC records show 59 businesses trading internationally from Heysham over the last six months. It ranks 16 of 29 trading locations in Lancashire. 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 ease back by around 1.0% 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
984Import declarations▼ 18.9% on the 6 months before
605Export declarations
−1.0%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
59Trading 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 59 businesses.
★ Most active in HeyshamFiled more customs declarations than any other Heysham business over the last six months — roughly 50% of the town's total import activity, mostly in lac, gums and resins.
Most active business
AVOCADO RESEARCH CHEMICALS LIMITED
488 import declarations302 export declarationsLA3 *Ch. 13Ch. 17Ch. 21Ch. 22Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include saturated acyclic monocarboxylic acids, their anhydrides, halides, peroxides and peroxyacids; their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives (excl. formic acid and acetic acid, mono-, di- or trichloroacetic acids, propionic acid,, 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, organo-sulphur compounds (excl. thiocarbamates and dithiocarbamates, thiuram mono-, di- or tetrasulphides, methionine, 2-(n,n-diethylamino)ethanethiol, bis(2-hydroxyethyl)sulfide (thiodiglycol (inn)), aldicarb [iso], captafol [iso], methamidophos [is.
▲ Expected to increase by 3.2% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity488 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity302 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
TELEPLAN FORSBERG LIMITED
24 import declarations34 export declarationsLA3 *Ch. 42Ch. 84Ch. 85Ch. 90Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include travelling-bags, shopping or tool bags, jewellery boxes, cutlery cases and similar, with outer surface of vulcanised fibre or paperboard; cases for binoculars, cameras, musical instruments, guns, holsters and similar containers with outer surface of.
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity24 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity34 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
LANCASTER GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED
16 import declarations28 export declarationsLA3 *Ch. 84Ch. 85Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include data-processing machines, automatic, portable, weighing <= 10 kg, consisting of at least a central processing unit, a keyboard and a display (excl. peripheral units), data-processing machines, automatic, presented in the form of systems "comprising at least a central processing unit, one input unit and one output unit" (excl. portable weighing <= 10 kg and excl. peripheral units), printers, copying machines and facsimile machines, whether or not combined (excl. those capable of connecting to an automatic data processing machine or to a network and printing machinery used for printing by means of plates, cylinders and other pri.
▲ Expected to increase by 33.3% 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 activity28 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
PYE MOTORS LTD
39 import declarationsImports onlyLA3 *Ch. 27Ch. 39Ch. 85Ch. 87Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of <10 persons, incl. station wagons and racing cars, with only spark-ignition internal combustion reciprocating piston engine of a cylinder capacity <= 1.000 cm (excl. vehic, motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of <10 persons, incl. station wagons and racing cars, with both spark-ignition internal combustion reciprocating piston engine and electric motor as motors for propulsion (exc, motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of <10 persons, incl. station wagons and racing cars, with only electric motor for propulsion (excl. vehicles for travelling on snow and other specially designed vehicles of s.
▼ Expected to slow by 17.6% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity39 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity0 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
FUEL PROOF LTD
13 import declarations21 export declarationsLA3 *Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 73Ch. 74Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include parts of trailers and semi-trailers and other vehicles not mechanically propelled, n.e.s., pumps for liquids, fitted or designed to be fitted with a measuring device (excl. pumps for dispensing fuel or lubricants, of the type used in filling stations or in garages), rotary positive displacement pumps for liquids, power-driven (excl. those of subheading 8413.11 and 8413.19 and fuel, lubricating or cooling medium pumps for internal combustion piston engine).
▼ Expected to slow by 50.0% 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 activity21 in the last 6 months
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What Heysham trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 59 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)Tube or pipe fittings, of iron or steel (excl. cast iron or stainless steel products; flanges; threaded elbows, bends and sleeves; butt welding fittings)Chemical products and preparations of the chemical or allied industries, incl. those consisting of mixtures of natural products, n.e.s.Saturated acyclic monocarboxylic acids, their anhydrides, halides, peroxides and peroxyacids; their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives (excl. formic acid and acetic acid, mono-, di- or trichloroacetic acids, propionic acid,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)Organo-sulphur compounds (excl. thiocarbamates and dithiocarbamates, thiuram mono-, di- or tetrasulphides, methionine, 2-(N,N-Diethylamino)ethanethiol, Bis(2-hydroxyethyl)sulfide (thiodiglycol (INN)), aldicarb [ISO], captafol [ISO], methamidophos [IS
Common questions about trade in Heysham
How many businesses import or export from Heysham?
HMRC customs records show 59 businesses in Heysham (LA3) filed declarations over the last six months — 984 import declarations and 605 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), tube or pipe fittings, of iron or steel (excl. cast iron or stainless steel products; flanges; threaded elbows, bends and sleeves; butt welding fittings), chemical products and preparations of the chemical or allied industries, incl. those consisting of mixtures of natural products, n.e.s.. You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Heysham growing?
Import activity is down 18.9% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 1.0%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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