HMRC records show 168 businesses trading internationally from Southport over the last six months. It ranks 6 of 21 trading locations in Merseyside. Most of that activity sits in electrical machinery and electronics, machinery and mechanical appliances, optical, photographic and medical instruments. Looking ahead, our model expects import activity here to pick up by around 2.5% 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
1,734Import declarations▼ 1.1% on the 6 months before
645Export declarations
+2.5%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
168Trading 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 168 businesses.
★ Most active in SouthportFiled more customs declarations than any other Southport business over the last six months — roughly 16% of the town's total import activity, mostly in meat and edible offal.
Most active business
BFS GROUP LIMITED
284 import declarations138 export declarationsPR9 *Ch. 02Ch. 03Ch. 04Ch. 07Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include vegetables, uncooked or cooked by steaming or by boiling in water, frozen (excl. potatoes, leguminous vegetables, spinach, new zealand spinach, orache spinach, and sweetcorn), 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, cheese (excl. fresh cheese, incl. whey cheese, curd, processed cheese, blue-veined cheese and other cheese containing veins produced by "penicillium roqueforti", and grated or powdered cheese).
▲ Expected to increase by 6.3% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity284 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity138 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
CHEMICALS LIMITED
25 import declarations12 export declarationsPR8 *Ch. 27Ch. 28Ch. 29Ch. 32Active 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., polyethers, in primary forms (excl. polyacetals, bis(polyoxyethylene) methylphosphonate and goods of 3002), separate chemically defined organo-inorganic compounds (excl. organo-sulphur, mercury, tetramethyl lead, tetraethyl lead and tributyltin compounds, and organo-phosphorous derivatives).
▲ Expected to increase by 25.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity25 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity12 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
NATIONWIDE PRODUCE LIMITED
349 import declarations30 export declarationsPR9 *Ch. 07Ch. 08Ch. 09Ch. 10Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include fresh or chilled vegetables n.e.s., fresh or chilled potatoes (excl. seed), fresh or chilled salad beetroot, salsify, celeriac, radishes and similar edible roots (excl. carrots and turnips).
▲ Expected to increase by 14.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity349 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity30 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
SNOWDON & BRIDGE LIMITED
124 import declarationsImports onlyPR8 *Ch. 08Ch. 15Ch. 18Ch. 19Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include vinegar, fermented vinegar and substitutes for vinegar obtained from acetic acid, citrus fruit, prepared or preserved, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or spirit, n.e.s., 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.
▲ Expected to increase by 7.7% 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 activity0 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
AQUA CURE LIMITED
48 import declarations40 export declarationsPR9 *Ch. 28Ch. 29Ch. 34Ch. 38Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include 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), fittings, e.g. joints, elbows, flanges, of plastics, for tubes, pipes and hoses, machinery and apparatus for filtering or purifying water.
▲ Expected to increase by 115.4% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity48 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity40 in the last 6 months
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Every importer and exporter in PR8 / PR9 with monthly activity, 24-month indicators, forecasts, Companies House records, AI research and validated contact reveals.
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What Southport trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 168 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.
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 theMixtures of odoriferous substances and mixtures, incl. alcoholic solutions, with a basis of one or more of these substances, of a kind used in the food and drink industries; other preparations based on odoriferous substances, of a kind used for the mVegetables, uncooked or cooked by steaming or by boiling in water, frozen (excl. potatoes, leguminous vegetables, spinach, New Zealand spinach, orache spinach, and sweetcorn)Printed books, brochures and similar printed matter (excl. those in single sheets; dictionaries, encyclopaedias, periodicals and publications which are essentially devoted to advertising)Tomatoes, fresh or chilledLive plants, incl. their roots, and mushroom spawn (excl. bulbs, tubers, tuberous roots, corms, crowns and rhizomes, incl. chicory plants and roots, unrooted cuttings and slips, fruit and nut trees, rhododendrons, azaleas and roses)Instruments, appliances and machines for measuring or checking, not elsewhere specified in chapter 90 (excl. optical)Instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking pressure of liquids or gases (excl. regulators)
Common questions about trade in Southport
How many businesses import or export from Southport?
HMRC customs records show 168 businesses in Southport (PR8, PR9) filed declarations over the last six months — 1,734 import declarations and 645 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.
What do Southport businesses import most?
The most common category is electrical machinery and electronics. Across all Southport traders the leading goods are 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, mixtures of odoriferous substances and mixtures, incl. alcoholic solutions, with a basis of one or more of these substances, of a kind used in the food and drink industries; other preparations based on odoriferous substances, of a kind used for the m, vegetables, uncooked or cooked by steaming or by boiling in water, frozen (excl. potatoes, leguminous vegetables, spinach, new zealand spinach, orache spinach, and sweetcorn), printed books, brochures and similar printed matter (excl. those in single sheets; dictionaries, encyclopaedias, periodicals and publications which are essentially devoted to advertising). You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Southport growing?
Import activity is down 1.1% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to rise by roughly 2.5%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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