HMRC records show 175 businesses trading internationally from Scunthorpe over the last six months. That puts it second in Lincolnshire for trade activity. Most of that activity sits in machinery and mechanical appliances, electrical machinery and electronics, iron and steel articles. Looking ahead, our model expects import activity here to pick up by around 2.2% 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
2,439Import declarations▲ 1.8% on the 6 months before
1,357Export declarations
+2.2%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
175Trading 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 175 businesses.
★ Most active in ScunthorpeFiled more customs declarations than any other Scunthorpe business over the last six months — roughly 13% of the town's total import activity, mostly in beverages and spirits.
Most active business
JOTUN PAINTS (EUROPE) LTD
311 import declarations130 export declarationsDN15 *Ch. 22Ch. 25Ch. 26Ch. 27Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include chemical products and preparations of the chemical or allied industries, incl. those consisting of mixtures of natural products, n.e.s., paints and varnishes based, incl. enamels and lacquers, on synthetic polymers or chemically modified natural polymers, dispersed or dissolved in a non-aqueous medium, and solutions of products of headings 3901 to 3913 in volatile organic solvents, co, paints and varnishes, incl. enamels and lacquers, based on acrylic or vinyl polymers, dispersed or dissolved in a non-aqueous medium; solutions based on acrylic or vinyl polymers in volatile organic solvents, containing > 50% solvent by weight.
▲ Expected to increase by 2.1% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity311 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity130 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
UNIQUE UK, INC.
115 import declarations69 export declarationsDN16 *Ch. 21Ch. 28Ch. 33Ch. 34Active 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, trays, dishes, plates, cups and the like, of paper or paperboard (excl. of bamboo paper or bamboo paperboard), household articles and toilet articles, of plastics (excl. tableware, kitchenware, baths, shower-baths, washbasins, bidets, lavatory pans, seats and covers, flushing cisterns and similar sanitary ware).
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity115 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity69 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
CANPACK UK LIMITED
124 import declarations31 export declarationsDN15 *Ch. 27Ch. 32Ch. 34Ch. 37Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include articles for the conveyance or packaging of goods, of plastics (excl. boxes, cases, crates and similar articles; sacks and bags, incl. cones; carboys, bottles, flasks and similar articles; spools, spindles, bobbins and similar supports; stoppers, lid, casks, drums, cans, boxes and similar containers, incl. rigid tubular containers, of aluminium, for any material (other than compressed or liquefied gas), of a capacity of <= 300 l, n.e.s., stoppers, caps and lids, incl. screw caps and pouring stoppers, capsules for bottles, threaded bungs, bung covers, seals and other packing accessories of base metal (excl. crow corks).
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity124 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity31 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
BULTEN LTD
175 import declarations106 export declarationsDN15 *Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 44Ch. 73Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include threaded screws and bolts, of iron or steel, whether or not with their nuts and washers (excl. coach screws and other wood screws, screw hooks and screw rings, self-tapping screws, lag screws, stoppers, plugs and the like, threaded), nuts of iron or steel, self-tapping screws, of iron or steel (excl. wood screws).
▲ Expected to increase by 3.8% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity175 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity106 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
BRITISH STEEL LIMITED
148 import declarations96 export declarationsDN16 *Ch. 25Ch. 26Ch. 27Ch. 28Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include h sections of iron or non-alloy steel, not further worked than hot-rolled, hot-drawn or hot-extruded, of a height >= 80 mm, i sections of iron or non-alloy steel, not further worked than hot-rolled, hot-drawn or hot-extruded, of a height >= 80 mm, tools for drilling, interchangeable (excl. rock-drilling or earth-boring tools and tools for tapping).
▼ Expected to slow by 4.5% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity148 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity96 in the last 6 months
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What Scunthorpe trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 175 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.
Threaded screws and bolts, of iron or steel, whether or not with their nuts and washers (excl. coach screws and other wood screws, screw hooks and screw rings, self-tapping screws, lag screws, stoppers, plugs and the like, threaded)Tricycles, scooters, pedal cars and similar wheeled toys; dolls' carriages; dolls; other toys; reduced-size "scale" recreational models, working or not; puzzles of all kindsNuts of iron or steelChemical products and preparations of the chemical or allied industries, incl. those consisting of mixtures of natural products, n.e.s.Plates, sheets, film, foil and strip, of non-cellular polymers of ethylene, not reinforced, laminated, supported or similarly combined with other materials, without backing, unworked or merely surface-worked or merely cut into squares or rectangles (Self-adhesive plates, sheets, film, foil, tape, strip and other flat shapes, of plastics, in rolls <= 20 cm wideArticles of plastics and articles of other materials of heading 3901 to 3914, n.e.s (excl. goods of 9619)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
Common questions about trade in Scunthorpe
How many businesses import or export from Scunthorpe?
HMRC customs records show 175 businesses in Scunthorpe (DN15, DN16, DN17) filed declarations over the last six months — 2,439 import declarations and 1,357 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.
What do Scunthorpe businesses import most?
The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Scunthorpe traders the leading goods are threaded screws and bolts, of iron or steel, whether or not with their nuts and washers (excl. coach screws and other wood screws, screw hooks and screw rings, self-tapping screws, lag screws, stoppers, plugs and the like, threaded), 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, nuts of iron or steel, chemical products and preparations of the chemical or allied industries, incl. those consisting of mixtures of natural products, n.e.s.. You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Scunthorpe growing?
Import activity is up 1.8% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to rise by roughly 2.2%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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