Town trade profile · BB4

Rawtenstall importers & exporters

Over the last six months, 155 Rawtenstall businesses filed customs declarations. It ranks 6 of 29 trading locations in Lancashire. Most of that activity sits in machinery and mechanical appliances, plastics, electrical machinery and electronics. Looking ahead, our model expects import activity here to pick up by around 6.0% over the next three months.

Refreshed every 24 hours · last run 22 Aug 2026, 20:36HMRC release in view: Jun 26Snapshot: 2026-08-22.1

2,217Import declarations▼ 3.4% on the 6 months before

849Export declarations

+6.0%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data

155Trading businesses

Top 5 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 155 businesses.

★ Most active in RawtenstallFiled more customs declarations than any other Rawtenstall business over the last six months — roughly 15% of the town's total import activity, mostly in HS chapter 26.

Most active business

VALMET LIMITED

341 import declarations 39 export declarations BB4 *Ch. 26Ch. 28Ch. 35Ch. 38 Active in 6 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include 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), natural or artificial abrasive powder or grain, on a base of woven textile fabric only, whether or not cut to shape, sewn or otherwise made up, static converters.

▲ Expected to increase by 17.4% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity341 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity39 in the last 6 months

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Among the most active

CARVANSONS EXPORTS LTD

128 import declarations 18 export declarations BB4 *Ch. 15Ch. 22Ch. 29Ch. 30 Active in 6 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include mixtures of odoriferous substances and mixtures, incl. alcoholic solutions, based on one or more of these substances, of a kind used as raw materials in industry (excl. food or drink industries), essential oils, whether or not terpeneless, incl. concretes and absolutes (excl. those of citrus fruit and mint), cyclanic, cyclenic or cycloterpenic alcohols and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives (excl. menthol, cyclohexanol, methylcyclohexanols, dimethylcyclohexanols, sterols and inositols).

▲ Expected to increase by 19.1% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity128 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity18 in the last 6 months

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CAMFIL LTD

105 import declarations 32 export declarations BB4 *Ch. 25Ch. 28Ch. 29Ch. 32 Active in 6 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, bars, rods and solid profiles, of aluminium alloys, n.e.s., parts of machinery and apparatus for filtering or purifying liquids or gases, n.e.s..

▼ Expected to slow by 13.2% 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 activity32 in the last 6 months

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SLINGCO LTD

107 import declarations 84 export declarations BB4 *Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 42Ch. 44 Active in 6 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include articles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire), articles of plastics and articles of other materials of heading 3901 to 3914, n.e.s (excl. goods of 9619), plaited bands, slings and the like, of iron or steel (excl. electrically insulated products).

▲ Expected to increase by 25.5% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity107 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity84 in the last 6 months

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Among the most active

INTERFLOOR LIMITED

112 import declarations 63 export declarations BB4 *Ch. 25Ch. 28Ch. 34Ch. 35 Active in 6 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include plates, sheets, film, foil and strip, of cellular polyurethanes, unworked or merely surface-worked or merely cut into squares or rectangles (excl. self-adhesive products, floor, wall and ceiling coverings of heading 3918 and sterile surgical or denta, articles of aluminium, n.e.s., articles of wood, n.e.s..

▲ Expected to increase by 42.9% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity112 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity63 in the last 6 months

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What Rawtenstall trades

The most frequently declared goods across all 155 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.

Footwear with outer soles and uppers of rubber or plastics (excl. covering the ankle or with upper straps or thongs assembled to the sole by means of plugs, waterproof footwear of heading 6401, sports footwear, orthopaedic footwear and toy footwear)Articles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire)Articles of plastics and articles of other materials of heading 3901 to 3914, n.e.s (excl. goods of 9619)Footwear with outer soles of rubber or plastics and uppers of textile materials (excl. sports footwear, incl. tennis shoes, basketball shoes, gym shoes, training shoes and the like, and toy footwear)Footwear with outer soles of rubber, plastics or composition leather, with uppers of leather (excl. covering the ankle, incorporating a protective metal toecap, sports footwear, orthopaedic footwear and toy footwear)Plates, sheets, film, foil and strip, of cellular polyurethanes, unworked or merely surface-worked or merely cut into squares or rectangles (excl. self-adhesive products, floor, wall and ceiling coverings of heading 3918 and sterile surgical or dentaFootwear with outer soles of rubber, plastics or composition leather, with uppers of leather, covering the ankle (excl. incorporating a protective metal toecap, sports footwear, orthopaedic footwear and toy footwear)Articles of aluminium, n.e.s.

Common questions about trade in Rawtenstall

How many businesses import or export from Rawtenstall?

HMRC customs records show 155 businesses in Rawtenstall (BB4) filed declarations over the last six months — 2,217 import declarations and 849 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.

What do Rawtenstall businesses import most?

The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Rawtenstall traders the leading goods are footwear with outer soles and uppers of rubber or plastics (excl. covering the ankle or with upper straps or thongs assembled to the sole by means of plugs, waterproof footwear of heading 6401, sports footwear, orthopaedic footwear and toy footwear), articles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire), articles of plastics and articles of other materials of heading 3901 to 3914, n.e.s (excl. goods of 9619), footwear with outer soles of rubber or plastics and uppers of textile materials (excl. sports footwear, incl. tennis shoes, basketball shoes, gym shoes, training shoes and the like, and toy footwear). You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.

Is trade from Rawtenstall growing?

Import activity is down 3.4% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to rise by roughly 6.0%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.

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Rawtenstall importers & exporters

Top 5 businesses by 6-month activity Free tier

VALMET LIMITED

CARVANSONS EXPORTS LTD

CAMFIL LTD

SLINGCO LTD

INTERFLOOR LIMITED

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What Rawtenstall trades

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