200 businesses in Lancaster appear in HMRC customs records for the last six months. It ranks 8 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 ease back by around 4.8% 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
1,773Import declarations▼ 14.8% on the 6 months before
715Export declarations
−4.8%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
200Trading businesses
Top 10 businesses by 6-month activity Free tier
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★ Most active in LancasterFiled more customs declarations than any other Lancaster business over the last six months — roughly 5% of the town's total import activity, mostly in miscellaneous food preparations.
Most active business
GVS FILTER TECHNOLOGY UK LTD
91 import declarations64 export declarationsLA1 *Ch. 21Ch. 30Ch. 32Ch. 33Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include machinery and apparatus for filtering or purifying gases (excl. isotope separators and intake air filters for internal combustion engines, and catalytic converters and particulate filters for purifying or filtering exhaust gases from internal combust, nonwovens, whether or not impregnated, coated, covered or laminated, n.e.s., weighing > 70 g/m but <= 150 g/m (excl. of man-made filaments), nonwovens, whether or not impregnated, coated, covered or laminated, n.e.s., weighing > than 150 g/m (excl. of man-made filaments).
▼ Expected to slow by 6.4% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity91 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity64 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
STORTH LIMITED
79 import declarations28 export declarationsLA6 *Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 56Ch. 64Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include pumps for liquids, power-driven (excl. those of subheading 8413.11 and 8413.19, fuel, lubricating or cooling medium pumps for internal combustion piston engine, concrete pumps, general reciprocating or rotary positive displacement pumps and centrifug, parts of pumps for liquids, n.e.s., articles of aluminium, n.e.s..
▲ Expected to increase by 13.6% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity79 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity28 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
METAMARK (UK) LIMITED
67 import declarations36 export declarationsLA1 *Ch. 29Ch. 32Ch. 34Ch. 35Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include self-adhesive paper and paperboard, surface-coloured, surface-decorated or printed, in rolls or in square or rectangular sheets, of any size (excl. goods of heading 4810), paper and paperboard, surface-coloured, surface-decorated or printed, coated, impregnated or covered with artificial resins or plastics, in rolls or in square or rectangular sheets, of any size (excl. bleached and weighing > 150 g/m , and adhesives), paper and paperboard used for writing, printing or other graphic purposes, not containing fibres obtained by a mechanical or chemi-mechanical process or of which <= 10% by weight of the total fibre content consists of such fibres, coated on one or bo.
▲ Expected to increase by 18.4% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity67 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity36 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
CONNECT 2 CLEANROOMS LIMITED
38 import declarations53 export declarationsLA2 *Ch. 33Ch. 34Ch. 38Ch. 39Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include gloves, mittens and mitts, of vulcanised rubber (excl. of a kind used for medical, surgical, dental or veterinary purposes), floorcloths, dishcloths, dusters and similar cleaning cloths, of all types of textile materials, paper, cellulose wadding or webs of cellulose fibres, of a kind used for household or sanitary purposes, in rolls of a width <= 36 cm, or cut to size or shape; articles of paper pulp, paper, cellulose wadding or webs of cellulose fibres for household.
▼ Expected to slow by 12.5% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity38 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity53 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
GASTRONOMY PLUS LTD
47 import declarations41 export declarationsLA2 *Ch. 27Ch. 39Ch. 42Ch. 44Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include bricks, blocks, tiles and other ceramic goods of siliceous fossil meals, e.g. kieselguhr, tripolite or diatomite, or of similar siliceous earths, bamboo charcoal, incl. shell or nut charcoal, whether or not agglomerated (excl. used as a medicament, mixed with incense, activated bamboo charcoal and in the form of crayons), tableware, kitchenware, other household articles and toilet articles, of ceramics other than porcelain or china (excl. baths, bidets, sinks and similar sanitary fixtures, statuettes and other ornamental articles, pots, jars, carboys and similar recep.
▲ Expected to increase by 6.7% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity47 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity41 in the last 6 months
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What Lancaster trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 200 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)Articles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire)Sparkling wine of fresh grapesAppliances 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)Mustard flour and meal, whether or not prepared, and mustardPaper and paperboard, surface-coloured, surface-decorated or printed, coated, impregnated or covered with artificial resins or plastics, in rolls or in square or rectangular sheets, of any size (excl. bleached and weighing > 150 g/m , and adhesives)Structures and parts of structures, of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. bridges and bridge-sections, towers and lattice masts, doors and windows and their frames, thresholds for doors, props and similar equipment for scaffolding, shuttering, propping orParts of trailers and semi-trailers and other vehicles not mechanically propelled, n.e.s.
Common questions about trade in Lancaster
How many businesses import or export from Lancaster?
HMRC customs records show 200 businesses in Lancaster (LA1, LA2, LA6) filed declarations over the last six months — 1,773 import declarations and 715 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.
What do Lancaster businesses import most?
The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Lancaster 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), articles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire), sparkling wine of fresh grapes, 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). You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Lancaster growing?
Import activity is down 14.8% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 4.8%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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