774 businesses in Liverpool appear in HMRC customs records for the last six months. That makes it the busiest trading location in Merseyside. 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 ease back by around 8.5% 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
12,669Import declarations▼ 22.4% on the 6 months before
3,301Export declarations
−8.5%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
774Trading 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 774 businesses.
★ Most active in LiverpoolFiled more customs declarations than any other Liverpool business over the last six months — roughly 16% of the town's total import activity, mostly in dairy, eggs and honey.
Most active business
B & M RETAIL LTD
1998 import declarations23 export declarationsL24 *Ch. 04Ch. 05Ch. 06Ch. 07Active in 5 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, tableware, kitchenware, other household articles and toilet articles, of ceramics other than porcelain or china (excl. baths, bidets, sinks and similar sanitary fixtures, statuettes and other ornamental articles, pots, jars, carboys and similar recep, dog or cat food, put up for retail sale.
▼ Expected to slow by 6.3% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity1998 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity23 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
BENROSS MARKETING LIMITED
206 import declarations100 export declarationsL24 *Ch. 27Ch. 30Ch. 38Ch. 39Active in 5 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, table, kitchen or other household articles, and parts thereof, of stainless steel (excl. cans, boxes and similar containers of heading 7310; waste baskets; shovels, corkscrews and other articles of the nature of a work implement; articles of cutlery,, machinery, plant and equipment for making hot drinks or for cooking or heating food (excl. domestic appliances).
▼ Expected to slow by 17.8% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity206 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity100 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
STADLER RAIL SERVICE UK LIMI TED
217 import declarations35 export declarationsL3 *Ch. 32Ch. 35Ch. 39Ch. 40Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include axles, for electrical purposes, and wheels and parts thereof for railway or tramway locomotives or rolling stock; parts of bogies and bissel-bogies, n.e.s., parts of rolling stock of heading 8603, 8604, 8605 or 8606, n.e.s., 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).
▼ Expected to slow by 14.3% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity217 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity35 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
PLADIS (UK) LIMITED
171 import declarations55 export declarationsL7 *Ch. 09Ch. 10Ch. 11Ch. 12Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include sweet biscuits, 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, waffles and wafers.
▲ Expected to increase by 1.6% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity171 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity55 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
KILLER INK LTD
83 import declarations139 export declarationsL24 *Ch. 27Ch. 28Ch. 30Ch. 32Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include ink, whether or not concentrated or solid (excl. printing ink), beauty or make-up preparations and preparations for the care of the skin (other than medicaments), incl. sunscreen or suntan preparations (excl. medicaments, lip and eye make-up preparations, manicure or pedicure preparations and make-up or skin care, adhesive dressings and other articles having an adhesive layer, impregnated or covered with pharmaceutical substances or put up for retail sale for medical, surgical, dental or veterinary purposes.
▼ Expected to slow by 19.1% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity83 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity139 in the last 6 months
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What Liverpool trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 774 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 kindsBread, 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 theFood preparations, n.e.s.Tableware, kitchenware, other household articles and toilet articles, of ceramics other than porcelain or china (excl. baths, bidets, sinks and similar sanitary fixtures, statuettes and other ornamental articles, pots, jars, carboys and similar recepSweet biscuitsTravelling-bags, insulated food or beverage bags, toilet bags, rucksacks, shopping-bags, map-cases, tool bags, sports bags, jewellery boxes, cutlery cases, binocular cases, camera cases, musical instrument cases, gun cases, holsters and similar contaT-shirts, singlets and other vests of cotton, knitted or crochetedJerseys, pullovers, cardigans, waistcoats and similar articles, of cotton, knitted or crocheted (excl. wadded waistcoats)
Common questions about trade in Liverpool
How many businesses import or export from Liverpool?
HMRC customs records show 774 businesses in Liverpool (L1, L11, L12, L13) filed declarations over the last six months — 12,669 import declarations and 3,301 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.
What do Liverpool businesses import most?
The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Liverpool 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, 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, food preparations, n.e.s., tableware, kitchenware, other household articles and toilet articles, of ceramics other than porcelain or china (excl. baths, bidets, sinks and similar sanitary fixtures, statuettes and other ornamental articles, pots, jars, carboys and similar recep. You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Liverpool growing?
Import activity is down 22.4% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 8.5%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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