HMRC records show 170 businesses trading internationally from Longton over the last six months. It ranks 17 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 2.1% 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
996Import declarations▼ 15.7% on the 6 months before
468Export declarations
+2.1%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
170Trading 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 170 businesses.
★ Most active in LongtonFiled more customs declarations than any other Longton business over the last six months — roughly 0% of the town's total import activity, mostly in machinery and mechanical appliances.
Most active business
AUTO SALVAGE INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
0 import declarations77 export declarationsPR4 *Ch. 84Ch. 85Ch. 86Ch. 87Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include seats for motor vehicles, containers, incl. containers for the transport of fluids, specially designed and equipped for carriage by one or more modes of transport, 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.
▼ Expected to slow by 100.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity0 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity77 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
TRILANCO LIMITED
29 import declarations19 export declarationsPR4 *Ch. 15Ch. 23Ch. 29Ch. 30Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include depilatories and other perfumery, toilet or cosmetic preparations, n.e.s., waterproof footwear incorporating a protective metal toecap, with outer soles and uppers of rubber or of plastics, the uppers of which are neither fixed to the sole nor assembled by stitching, riveting, nailing, screwing, plugging or similar processe, waterproof footwear covering the ankle, but not the knee, with outer soles and uppers of rubber or of plastics, the uppers of which are neither fixed to the sole nor assembled by stitching, riveting, nailing, screwing, plugging or similar processes (.
▼ Expected to slow by 15.4% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity29 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity19 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
SPRINGFIELDS FUELS LTD
27 import declarations10 export declarationsPR4 *Ch. 38Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 48Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include containers, incl. containers for the transport of fluids, specially designed and equipped for carriage by one or more modes of transport, tubes, pipes and hollow profiles, seamless, of circular cross-section, of stainless steel, not cold-drawn or cold-rolled "cold-reduced" (excl. line pipe of a kind used for oil or gas pipelines or of a kind used for drilling for oil or gas), preparations based on graphite or other carbon in the form of pastes, blocks, plates or other semi-manufactures (excl. carbonaceous pastes for electrodes and similar pastes for furnace linings).
▼ Expected to slow by 13.6% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity27 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity10 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
NATURES AID LTD
19 import declarations17 export declarationsPR4 *Ch. 05Ch. 11Ch. 12Ch. 13Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include food preparations, n.e.s., coconut oil and its fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified (excl. crude), fats and oils of fish and their fractions, whether or not refined (excl. liver oils and chemically modified).
▼ Expected to slow by 36.8% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity19 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity17 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
WELL STUFFED TOYS LLP
3 import declarations26 export declarationsPR4 *Ch. 04Ch. 33Ch. 34Ch. 39Active in 4 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include 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, tables for casino games, automatic bowling alley equipment, and other funfair, table or parlour games, incl. pintables (excl. operated by any means of payment, billiards, video game consoles and machines, and playing cards), articles and equipment for general physical exercise, gymnastics or athletics.
▲ Expected to increase by 36.4% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity3 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity26 in the last 6 months
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What Longton trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 170 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.
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)Prepared or preserved meat and offal of swine, incl. mixtures (excl. hams, shoulders and cuts thereof, sausages and similar products, finely homogenised preparations put up for retail sale as infant food or for dietetic purpose, in containers of a neMeat or offal of fowls of the species "Gallus domesticus", prepared or preserved (excl. sausages and similar products, finely homogenised preparations put up for retail sale as infant food or for dietetic purposes, in containers of a net weight of <=Tricycles, scooters, pedal cars and similar wheeled toys; dolls' carriages; dolls; other toys; reduced-size "scale" recreational models, working or not; puzzles of all kindsFood preparations, n.e.s.Fresh or chilled cabbages, kohlrabi, kale and similar edible brassicas (excl. cauliflowers, headed broccoli and Brussels sprouts)Fresh or chilled fruits of the genus Capsicum or PimentaFans (excl. table, floor, wall, window, ceiling or roof fans, with a self-contained electric motor of an output <= 125 W)
Common questions about trade in Longton
How many businesses import or export from Longton?
HMRC customs records show 170 businesses in Longton (PR4) filed declarations over the last six months — 996 import declarations and 468 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.
What do Longton businesses import most?
The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Longton traders the leading goods are 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), prepared or preserved meat and offal of swine, incl. mixtures (excl. hams, shoulders and cuts thereof, sausages and similar products, finely homogenised preparations put up for retail sale as infant food or for dietetic purpose, in containers of a ne, meat or offal of fowls of the species "gallus domesticus", prepared or preserved (excl. sausages and similar products, finely homogenised preparations put up for retail sale as infant food or for dietetic purposes, in containers of a net weight of <=, 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 Longton 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 rise by roughly 2.1%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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