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Birkenhead importers & exporters

HMRC records show 198 businesses trading internationally from Birkenhead over the last six months. That puts it third in Merseyside for trade activity. 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 pick up by around 4.9% over the next three months.

Refreshed every 24 hours · last run 25/08/2026 at 11:41HMRC release in view: Jun 26Snapshot: 2026-08-25.1

2,468Import declarations▲ 0.5% on the 6 months before

1,600Export declarations

+4.9%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data

198Trading 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 198 businesses.

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★ Most active in BirkenheadFiled more customs declarations than any other Birkenhead business over the last six months — roughly 11% of the town's total import activity, mostly in cereals.

Most active business

SURVITEC GROUP LTD

280 import declarations 370 export declarations CH41 *Ch. 10Ch. 17Ch. 19Ch. 21 Active in 6 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include boxes, cases, crates and similar articles for the conveyance or packaging of goods, of plastics, articles of plastics and articles of other materials of heading 3901 to 3914, n.e.s (excl. goods of 9619), textile fabrics impregnated, coated, covered or laminated with polyurethane (excl. wallcoverings of textile materials impregnated or covered with polyurethane; floor coverings consisting of a textile backing and a top layer or covering of polyurethan.

▼ Expected to slow by 8.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity280 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity370 in the last 6 months

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Among the most active

3GK LTD

10 import declarations 75 export declarations CH41 *Ch. 09Ch. 29Ch. 32Ch. 38 Active in 6 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include paints and varnishes, incl. enamels and lacquers, based on polyesters, dispersed or dissolved in a non-aqueous medium; solutions based on polyesters in volatile organic solvents, containing > 50% solvent by weight, twine, cordage, ropes and cables, whether or not plaited or braided and whether or not impregnated, coated, covered or sheathed with rubber or plastics (excl. that of synthetic fibres and of sisal or other textile fibres of the genus agave), 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 slow by 25.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity10 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity75 in the last 6 months

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Among the most active

EINHELL (UK) LIMITED

258 import declarations 71 export declarations CH49 *Ch. 28Ch. 39Ch. 42Ch. 44 Active in 6 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include electromechanical tools for working in the hand, with self-contained electric motor (excl. saws and drills), saws for working in the hand, with self-contained electric motor, drills of all kinds for working in the hand, with self-contained electric motor.

▲ Expected to increase by 4.8% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity258 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity71 in the last 6 months

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Among the most active

FAIVELEY TRANSPORT BIRKENHEAD LIMITED

185 import declarations 30 export declarations CH41 *Ch. 28Ch. 35Ch. 38Ch. 39 Active in 6 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include air brakes and parts thereof for railway or tramway locomotives or rolling stock, n.e.s., brakes (other than air brakes), and parts thereof, for railway or tramway locomotives or rolling stock, n.e.s., gaskets, washers and other seals, of vulcanised rubber (excl. hard rubber and those of cellular rubber).

▲ Expected to increase by 10.7% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity185 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity30 in the last 6 months

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Among the most active

CAMMELL LAIRD SHIPREPAIRERS & SHIPBUILDERS LTD

129 import declarations 14 export declarations CH41 *Ch. 28Ch. 29Ch. 33Ch. 38 Active in 6 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include 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, parts of non-electrical engines and motors, n.e.s., parts of machinery and apparatus for filtering or purifying liquids or gases, n.e.s..

▲ Expected to increase by 38.5% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity129 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity14 in the last 6 months

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188 more Birkenhead businesses

Every importer and exporter in CH41 / CH42 / CH43 / CH49 with monthly activity, 24-month indicators, forecasts, Companies House records, AI research and validated contact reveals.

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What Birkenhead trades

The most frequently declared goods across all 198 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.

Articles of plastics and articles of other materials of heading 3901 to 3914, n.e.s (excl. goods of 9619)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)Parts of: air or vacuum pumps, air or other gas compressors, fans and ventilating or recycling hoods incorporating a fan, and gas-tight biological safety cabinets, n.e.s.Electromechanical tools for working in the hand, with self-contained electric motor (excl. saws and drills)Articles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire)Instruments, appliances and machines for measuring or checking, not elsewhere specified in chapter 90 (excl. optical)Medium density fibreboard "MDF" of wood, of a thickness > 9 mmInstruments and appliances used in medical, surgical or veterinary sciences, n.e.s.

Common questions about trade in Birkenhead

How many businesses import or export from Birkenhead?

HMRC customs records show 198 businesses in Birkenhead (CH41, CH42, CH43, CH49) filed declarations over the last six months — 2,468 import declarations and 1,600 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.

What do Birkenhead businesses import most?

The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Birkenhead traders the leading goods are articles of plastics and articles of other materials of heading 3901 to 3914, n.e.s (excl. goods of 9619), 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), parts of: air or vacuum pumps, air or other gas compressors, fans and ventilating or recycling hoods incorporating a fan, and gas-tight biological safety cabinets, n.e.s., electromechanical tools for working in the hand, with self-contained electric motor (excl. saws and drills). You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.

Is trade from Birkenhead growing?

Import activity is up 0.5% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to rise by roughly 4.9%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.

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Birkenhead importers & exporters

Top 10 businesses by 6-month activity Free tier

SURVITEC GROUP LTD

3GK LTD

EINHELL (UK) LIMITED

FAIVELEY TRANSPORT BIRKENHEAD LIMITED

CAMMELL LAIRD SHIPREPAIRERS & SHIPBUILDERS LTD

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