Town trade profile · L20 · L30

Bootle (Sefton) importers & exporters

Over the last six months, 133 Bootle (Sefton) businesses filed customs declarations. It ranks 8 of 21 trading locations in Merseyside. 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 pick up by around 7.0% over the next three months.

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1,406Import declarations▼ 5.0% on the 6 months before

650Export declarations

+7.0%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data

133Trading 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 133 businesses.

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★ Most active in Bootle (Sefton)Filed more customs declarations than any other Bootle (Sefton) business over the last six months — roughly 10% of the town's total import activity, mostly in beverages, spirits and vinegar.

Most active business

LLOYD & JONES ENGINEERS LTD

138 import declarations 18 export declarations L20 *Ch. 22Ch. 27Ch. 29Ch. 32 Active in 6 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include 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, tools for drilling, interchangeable (excl. rock-drilling or earth-boring tools and tools for tapping), machines for arc welding of metals, incl. plasma arc welding, neither fully nor partly automatic.

▼ Expected to slow by 3.6% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity138 in the last 6 months

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

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SD GUTHRIE INTERNATIONAL LIVERPOOL REFINERY LIMITED

39 import declarations 13 export declarations L20 *Ch. 15Ch. 21Ch. 29Ch. 38 Active in 6 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include palm oil and its fractions, whether or not refined (excl. chemically modified and crude), edible mixtures or preparations of animal or vegetable fats or oils and edible fractions of different fats or oils (excl. fats, oils and their fractions, partly or wholly hydrogenated, inter-esterified, re-esterified or elaidinised, whether or not re, 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 (.

▼ Expected to slow by 13.3% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

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

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity13 in the last 6 months

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S NORTON & COMPANY LIMITED

63 import declarations 57 export declarations L20 *Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 72Ch. 73 Active in 6 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include waste and scrap, of aluminium (excl. slags, scale and the like from iron and steel production, containing recoverable aluminium in the form of silicates, ingots or other similar unwrought shapes, of remelted waste and scrap, of aluminium, ashes and r, waste and scrap of iron or steel (excl. slag, scale and other waste of the production of iron and steel; radioactive waste and scrap; fragments of pigs, blocks or other primary forms of pig iron or spiegeleisen; waste and scrap of cast iron, alloy st, waste and scrap, of copper (excl. ingots or other similar unwrought shapes, of remelted copper waste and scrap, ashes and residues containing copper, and waste and scrap of primary cells, primary batteries and electric accumulators).

▼ Expected to slow by 16.7% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

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

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity57 in the last 6 months

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Among the most active

THAM BROTHERS LIMITED

79 import declarations Imports only L20 *Ch. 08Ch. 09Ch. 11Ch. 12 Active in 6 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include bread, pastry, cakes, biscuits and other bakers' wares, whether or not containing cocoa; communion wafers, empty cachets of a kind suitable for pharmaceutical use, sealing wafers, rice paper and similar products (excl. crispbread, gingerbread and the, sugar confectionery not containing cocoa, incl. white chocolate (excl. chewing gum), pasta, cooked or otherwise prepared (excl. stuffed).

▲ Expected to increase by 22.2% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity79 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity0 in the last 6 months

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MAST GROUP LIMITED

56 import declarations 22 export declarations L20 *Ch. 13Ch. 21Ch. 29Ch. 30 Active in 6 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include certified reference materials, diagnostic or laboratory reagents on a backing, prepared diagnostic or laboratory reagents whether or not on a backing, whether or not put up in the form of kits (excl. for malaria, for zika and other diseases transmitted by mosquitoes of the genus a, prepared culture media for the development or maintenance of micro-organisms "incl. viruses and the like" or of plant, human or animal cells.

▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity56 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity22 in the last 6 months

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What Bootle (Sefton) trades

The most frequently declared goods across all 133 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)Metal furniture for offices (excl. seats)Waste and scrap, of aluminium (excl. slags, scale and the like from iron and steel production, containing recoverable aluminium in the form of silicates, ingots or other similar unwrought shapes, of remelted waste and scrap, of aluminium, ashes and rChemical products and preparations of the chemical or allied industries, incl. those consisting of mixtures of natural products, n.e.s.Stoppers, lids, caps and other closures, of plasticsArticles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire)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)Fir "Abies spp." and spruce "Picea spp." sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or not planed, sanded or end-jointed, of a thickness of > 6 mm (excl. of S-P-F spruce&pine&fir)

Common questions about trade in Bootle (Sefton)

How many businesses import or export from Bootle (Sefton)?

HMRC customs records show 133 businesses in Bootle (Sefton) (L20, L30) filed declarations over the last six months — 1,406 import declarations and 650 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.

What do Bootle (Sefton) businesses import most?

The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Bootle (Sefton) 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), metal furniture for offices (excl. seats), waste and scrap, of aluminium (excl. slags, scale and the like from iron and steel production, containing recoverable aluminium in the form of silicates, ingots or other similar unwrought shapes, of remelted waste and scrap, of aluminium, ashes and r, 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 Bootle (Sefton) growing?

Import activity is down 5.0% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to rise by roughly 7.0%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.

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Bootle (Sefton) importers & exporters

Top 10 businesses by 6-month activity Free tier

LLOYD & JONES ENGINEERS LTD

SD GUTHRIE INTERNATIONAL LIVERPOOL REFINERY LIMITED

S NORTON & COMPANY LIMITED

THAM BROTHERS LIMITED

MAST GROUP LIMITED

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