Over the last six months, 41 Thornton (Wyre) businesses filed customs declarations. It ranks 22 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 9.9% 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
470Import declarations▲ 17.8% on the 6 months before
250Export declarations
+9.9%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
41Trading 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 41 businesses.
★ Most active in Thornton (Wyre)Filed more customs declarations than any other Thornton (Wyre) business over the last six months — roughly 20% of the town's total import activity, mostly in inorganic chemicals.
Most active business
VICTREX MANUFACTURING LIMITED
96 import declarations65 export declarationsFY5 *Ch. 28Ch. 29Ch. 32Ch. 38Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include polyethers, in primary forms (excl. polyacetals, bis(polyoxyethylene) methylphosphonate and goods of 3002), plates, sheets, film, foil and strip, of non-cellular plastics, n.e.s., not reinforced, laminated, supported or similarly combined with other materials, without backing, unworked or merely surface-worked or merely cut into squares or rectangles (excl, monofilament of which any cross-sectional dimension > 1 mm, rods, sticks and profile shapes, of plastics, whether or not surface worked but not further worked (excl. that of polymers of ethylene and vinyl chloride).
▲ Expected to increase by 6.2% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity96 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity65 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
INVIBIO LIMITED
32 import declarations34 export declarationsFY5 *Ch. 32Ch. 39Ch. 48Ch. 59Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include monofilament of which any cross-sectional dimension > 1 mm, rods, sticks and profile shapes, of plastics, whether or not surface worked but not further worked (excl. that of polymers of ethylene and vinyl chloride), plates, sheets, film, foil and strip, of non-cellular plastics, n.e.s., not reinforced, laminated, supported or similarly combined with other materials, without backing, unworked or merely surface-worked or merely cut into squares or rectangles (excl, polyethers, in primary forms (excl. polyacetals, bis(polyoxyethylene) methylphosphonate and goods of 3002).
▲ Expected to increase by 53.8% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity32 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity34 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
CAVITECH SOLUTIONS LTD
33 import declarations31 export declarationsFY5 *Ch. 33Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 72Active in 6 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., injection or compression-type moulds for rubber or plastics, electric heating resistors (excl. those of agglomerated coal and graphite).
▼ Expected to slow by 17.6% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity33 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity31 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
HUGGABLES LIMITED
57 import declarations11 export declarationsFY5 *Ch. 33Ch. 40Ch. 58Ch. 63Active in 6 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, balls (excl. inflatable, tennis balls, golf balls, and table-tennis balls), articles of iron or steel wire, n.e.s..
▼ Expected to slow by 16.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity57 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity11 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
AGC CHEMICALS EUROPE LTD
52 import declarations14 export declarationsFY5 *Ch. 28Ch. 29Ch. 38Ch. 39Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include fluoropolymers of vinyl chloride or of other halogenated olefins, in primary forms (excl. polytetrafluoroethylene), polytetrafluoroethylene, in primary forms, silicon dioxide.
▲ Expected to increase by 6.7% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity52 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity14 in the last 6 months
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What Thornton (Wyre) trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 41 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.
Tricycles, scooters, pedal cars and similar wheeled toys; dolls' carriages; dolls; other toys; reduced-size "scale" recreational models, working or not; puzzles of all kindsMonofilament of which any cross-sectional dimension > 1 mm, rods, sticks and profile shapes, of plastics, whether or not surface worked but not further worked (excl. that of polymers of ethylene and vinyl chloride)Polyethers, in primary forms (excl. polyacetals, bis(polyoxyethylene) methylphosphonate and goods of 3002)Plates, sheets, film, foil and strip, of non-cellular plastics, n.e.s., not reinforced, laminated, supported or similarly combined with other materials, without backing, unworked or merely surface-worked or merely cut into squares or rectangles (exclParts of machinery for working rubber or plastics or for the manufacture of products from these materials, n.e.s.Articles of plastics and articles of other materials of heading 3901 to 3914, n.e.s (excl. goods of 9619)Synthetic monofilament of >= 67 decitex and with a cross sectional dimension of <= 1 mm (excl. of elastomers and polypropylene)Fluoropolymers of vinyl chloride or of other halogenated olefins, in primary forms (excl. polytetrafluoroethylene)
Common questions about trade in Thornton (Wyre)
How many businesses import or export from Thornton (Wyre)?
HMRC customs records show 41 businesses in Thornton (Wyre) (FY5) filed declarations over the last six months — 470 import declarations and 250 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.
What do Thornton (Wyre) businesses import most?
The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Thornton (Wyre) traders the leading goods are 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, monofilament of which any cross-sectional dimension > 1 mm, rods, sticks and profile shapes, of plastics, whether or not surface worked but not further worked (excl. that of polymers of ethylene and vinyl chloride), polyethers, in primary forms (excl. polyacetals, bis(polyoxyethylene) methylphosphonate and goods of 3002), plates, sheets, film, foil and strip, of non-cellular plastics, n.e.s., not reinforced, laminated, supported or similarly combined with other materials, without backing, unworked or merely surface-worked or merely cut into squares or rectangles (excl. You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Thornton (Wyre) growing?
Import activity is up 17.8% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to rise by roughly 9.9%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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