Over the last six months, 140 Nelson (Pendle) businesses filed customs declarations. It ranks 14 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 6.1% 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
1,198Import declarations▼ 14.1% on the 6 months before
460Export declarations
−6.1%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
140Trading 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 140 businesses.
★ Most active in Nelson (Pendle)Filed more customs declarations than any other Nelson (Pendle) business over the last six months — roughly 16% of the town's total import activity, mostly in meat and edible offal.
Most active business
RICHARD WELLOCK & SONS LIMITED
188 import declarationsImports onlyBB9 *Ch. 02Ch. 04Ch. 07Ch. 08Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include fresh cheese "unripened or uncured cheese", incl. whey cheese, and curd, fresh or chilled fruits of the genus capsicum or pimenta, cheese (excl. fresh cheese, incl. whey cheese, curd, processed cheese, blue-veined cheese and other cheese containing veins produced by "penicillium roqueforti", and grated or powdered cheese).
▼ Expected to slow by 11.6% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity188 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity0 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
INNOVA SOLUTIONS LIMITED
35 import declarations32 export declarationsBB9 *Ch. 35Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 44Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include natural or artificial abrasive powder or grain, on a base of materials other than woven textile fabric only or paper or paperboard only, whether or not cut to shape, sewn or otherwise made up, adhesives based on polymers of headings 3901 to 3913 or on rubber (excl. put up for retail sale with a net weight of <= 1 kg), products suitable for use as glues or adhesives put up for retail sale as glues or adhesives, with a net weight of <= 1 kg.
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity35 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity32 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
NORTHERN MARKETING SERVICES LTD
28 import declarations33 export declarationsBB9 *Ch. 09Ch. 21Ch. 22Ch. 25Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include preparations for perfuming or deodorising rooms, incl. odoriferous preparations used during religious rites (excl. agarbatti and other odoriferous preparations which operate by burning), linear alkylbenzene sulphonic acids and their salts, shampoos.
▲ Expected to increase by 23.5% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity28 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity33 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
NPM BATHROOMS LTD
58 import declarationsImports onlyBB9 *Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 68Ch. 69Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include ceramic sinks, washbasins, washbasin pedestals, baths, bidets, water closet pans, flushing cisterns, urinals and similar sanitary fixtures of porcelain or china (excl. soap dishes, sponge holders, tooth-brush holders, towel hooks and toilet paper hol, fans (excl. table, floor, wall, window, ceiling or roof fans, with a self-contained electric motor of an output <= 125 w), articles of cement, concrete or artificial stone, whether or not reinforced (excl. prefabricated structural components for building or civil engineering, tiles, paving, bricks and the like).
▲ Expected to increase by 9.1% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity58 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity0 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
WHYTE AND IVORY LTD
23 import declarations24 export declarationsBB9 *Ch. 48Ch. 49Ch. 52Ch. 54Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include impregnated, coated or covered textile fabrics; painted canvas being theatrical scenery, studio backcloths or the like, n.e.s., woven fabrics of yarn containing >= 85% by weight of non-textured polyester filaments, incl. monofilament of >= 67 decitex and a maximum diameter of <= 1 mm, plain woven fabrics of cotton, containing predominantly, but < 85% cotton by weight, mixed principally or solely with man-made fibres and weighing <= 200 g/m , dyed.
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity23 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity24 in the last 6 months
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What Nelson (Pendle) trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 140 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.
Travelling-bags, insulated food or beverage bags, toilet bags, rucksacks, shopping-bags, map-cases, tool bags, sports bags, jewellery boxes, cutlery cases, binocular cases, camera cases, musical instrument cases, gun cases, holsters and similar contaTricycles, scooters, pedal cars and similar wheeled toys; dolls' carriages; dolls; other toys; reduced-size "scale" recreational models, working or not; puzzles of all kindsLubricant preparations, incl. cutting-oil preparations, bolt or nut release preparations, anti-rust or anti-corrosion preparations and mould-release preparations, based on lubricants but not containing petroleum oil or bituminous mineral oil (excl. pAppliances 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)Impregnated, coated or covered textile fabrics; painted canvas being theatrical scenery, studio backcloths or the like, n.e.s.Chenille fabrics, of man-made fibres (excl. terry towelling and similar woven terry fabrics, tufted textile fabrics and narrow woven fabrics of heading 5806)Machines and mechanical appliances, n.e.s.Fresh cheese "unripened or uncured cheese", incl. whey cheese, and curd
Common questions about trade in Nelson (Pendle)
How many businesses import or export from Nelson (Pendle)?
HMRC customs records show 140 businesses in Nelson (Pendle) (BB9) filed declarations over the last six months — 1,198 import declarations and 460 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.
What do Nelson (Pendle) businesses import most?
The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Nelson (Pendle) traders the leading goods are travelling-bags, insulated food or beverage bags, toilet bags, rucksacks, shopping-bags, map-cases, tool bags, sports bags, jewellery boxes, cutlery cases, binocular cases, camera cases, musical instrument cases, gun cases, holsters and similar conta, 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, lubricant preparations, incl. cutting-oil preparations, bolt or nut release preparations, anti-rust or anti-corrosion preparations and mould-release preparations, based on lubricants but not containing petroleum oil or bituminous mineral oil (excl. p, 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 Nelson (Pendle) growing?
Import activity is down 14.1% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 6.1%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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