Over the last six months, 78 Thornaby-On-Tees businesses filed customs declarations. It ranks 5 of 26 trading locations in North Yorkshire. 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 2.9% 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
1,020Import declarations▼ 14.1% on the 6 months before
553Export declarations
−2.9%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
78Trading 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 78 businesses.
★ Most active in Thornaby-On-TeesFiled more customs declarations than any other Thornaby-On-Tees business over the last six months — roughly 13% of the town's total import activity, mostly in pharmaceuticals.
Most active business
PASS LTD
135 import declarations90 export declarationsTS17 *Ch. 30Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 42Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include electromechanical tools for working in the hand, with self-contained electric motor (excl. saws and drills), parts and accessories for machine tools for working metal without removing material, n.e.s., interchangeable tools for pressing, stamping or punching.
▲ Expected to increase by 1.4% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity135 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity90 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
JOHN MORFIELD LTD
48 import declarations21 export declarationsTS17 *Ch. 30Ch. 35Ch. 37Ch. 38Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include textile products and articles, for technical purposes, specified in note 7 to chapter 59, n.e.s., machinery and apparatus for filtering or purifying gases (excl. isotope separators and intake air filters for internal combustion engines, and catalytic converters and particulate filters for purifying or filtering exhaust gases from internal combust, machinery and apparatus for filtering or purifying liquids (excl. such machinery and apparatus for water and other beverages, oil or petrol-filters for internal combustion engines and artificial kidneys).
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% 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 activity21 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
XL PRECISION TECHNOLOGIES
48 import declarations14 export declarationsTS17 *Ch. 30Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 42Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include tubes, pipes and hollow profiles, welded, of circular cross-section, of stainless steel (excl. products having internal and external circular cross-sections and an external diameter of > 406,4 mm, and products of a kind used for oil or gas pipelines, tubes, pipes and hollow profiles, seamless, of circular cross-section, of stainless steel, cold-drawn or cold-rolled "cold-reduced" (excl. line pipe of a kind used for oil or gas pipelines, casing and tubing of a kind used for drilling for oil or gas, other bars and rods of stainless steel, cold-formed or cold-finished and further worked, or not further worked than forged, or forged, or hot-formed by other means and further worked, n.e.s..
▲ Expected to increase by 20.0% 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 activity14 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
BZ PAINTBALL SUPPLIES LTD
55 import declarations4 export declarationsTS17 *Ch. 27Ch. 28Ch. 39Ch. 40Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include bombs, grenades, torpedos, mines, missiles, and other ammunition and projectiles, and parts thereof, n.e.s. (excl. cartridges), spring, air or gas guns and pistols, truncheons and other non-firearms (excl. swords, cutlasses, bayonettes and similar arms of heading 9307), 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.
▲ Expected to increase by 8.3% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity55 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity4 in the last 6 months
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VIXEN SURFACE TREATMENTS LIMITED
36 import declarations23 export declarationsTS17 *Ch. 28Ch. 34Ch. 39Ch. 40Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include ceramic wares for laboratory, chemical or other technical uses, of porcelain or china (excl. refractory ceramic goods, electrical devices, insulators and other electrical insulating fittings), gloves, mittens and mitts, of vulcanised rubber (excl. of a kind used for medical, surgical, dental or veterinary purposes), 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..
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity36 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity23 in the last 6 months
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What Thornaby-On-Tees trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 78 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.
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)Tricycles, scooters, pedal cars and similar wheeled toys; dolls' carriages; dolls; other toys; reduced-size "scale" recreational models, working or not; puzzles of all kindsParts of valves and similar articles for pipes, boiler shells, tanks, vats or the like, n.e.s.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 orWigs, false beards, eyebrows and eyelashes, switches and the like, of human hair, and articles of human hair, n.e.s.Articles and equipment for sport and outdoor games n.e.s; swimming and paddling poolsTextile products and articles, for technical purposes, specified in Note 7 to chapter 59, n.e.s.Articles of cement, concrete or artificial stone, whether or not reinforced (excl. prefabricated structural components for building or civil engineering, tiles, paving, bricks and the like)
Common questions about trade in Thornaby-On-Tees
How many businesses import or export from Thornaby-On-Tees?
HMRC customs records show 78 businesses in Thornaby-On-Tees (TS17) filed declarations over the last six months — 1,020 import declarations and 553 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.
What do Thornaby-On-Tees businesses import most?
The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Thornaby-On-Tees traders the leading goods are 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), 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, parts of valves and similar articles for pipes, boiler shells, tanks, vats or the like, n.e.s., 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. You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Thornaby-On-Tees growing?
Import activity is down 14.1% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 2.9%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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