Over the last six months, 146 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 and plastic articles, electrical machinery and electronics. Looking ahead, our model expects import activity here to ease back by around 5.4% 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
1,907Import declarations▼ 13.4% on the 6 months before
719Export declarations
−5.4%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
146Trading 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 146 businesses.
★ Most active in RawtenstallFiled more customs declarations than any other Rawtenstall business over the last six months — roughly 17% of the town's total import activity, mostly in metal ores and ash.
Most active business
VALMET LIMITED
321 import declarations35 export declarationsBB4 *Ch. 26Ch. 28Ch. 35Ch. 38Active in 5 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, parts of non-electrical engines and motors, n.e.s..
▲ Expected to increase by 8.6% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity321 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity35 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
SOLOMON COMMERCIALS LTD
67 import declarations26 export declarationsBB4 *Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 58Ch. 72Active 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., hinges of all kinds, of base metal, locks used for motor vehicles, of base metal.
▼ Expected to slow by 12.2% 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 activity26 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
AUDIO VISUAL INTELLIGENCE LTD
66 import declarations9 export declarationsBB4 *Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 73Ch. 83Active 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), units for automatic data-processing machines (excl. processing units, input or output units and storage units), articles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire).
▲ Expected to increase by 36.8% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity66 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity9 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
FLEXIPOL PACKAGING LIMITED
62 import declarations7 export declarationsBB4 *Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 48Ch. 56Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include parts of machinery for working rubber or plastics or for the manufacture of products from these materials, n.e.s., machinery for working rubber or plastics or for the manufacture of products from these materials, not specified or included elsewhere in this chapter, knives and cutting blades, of base metal, for machines or for mechanical appliances (excl. those for metal or wood-working, kitchen appliances or machines used by the food industry and those for agricultural, horticultural or forestry machines).
▲ Expected to increase by 7.1% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity62 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity7 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
TOTAL VIBRATION SOLUTIONS LTD
43 import declarations23 export declarationsBB4 *Ch. 29Ch. 32Ch. 39Ch. 40Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include plates, sheets and strip, of non-cellular rubber, floor coverings and mats, of vulcanised rubber (excl. hard rubber), with chamfered sides, rounded corners or shaped edges or otherwise worked (excl. those simply cut to rectangular or square shape and goods of cellular rubber), 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 or.
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity43 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity23 in the last 6 months
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What Rawtenstall trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 146 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)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)Articles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire)Needleloom felt and stitch-bonded fibre fabrics, whether or not impregnated, coated, covered or laminated, n.e.s.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)Footwear 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)Footwear with uppers of textile materials (excl. with outer soles of rubber, plastics, leather or composition leather, orthopaedic footwear and toy footwear)
Common questions about trade in Rawtenstall
How many businesses import or export from Rawtenstall?
HMRC customs records show 146 businesses in Rawtenstall (BB4) filed declarations over the last six months — 1,907 import declarations and 719 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), 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), articles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire). You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Rawtenstall growing?
Import activity is down 13.4% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 5.4%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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