Over the last six months, 89 Rushden businesses filed customs declarations. It ranks 9 of 14 trading locations in Northamptonshire. 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 12.1% 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
1,329Import declarations▼ 6.1% on the 6 months before
993Export declarations
+12.1%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
89Trading 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 89 businesses.
★ Most active in RushdenFiled more customs declarations than any other Rushden business over the last six months — roughly 13% of the town's total import activity, mostly in mineral fuels and oils.
Most active business
MIDLAND AUTOMATION LTD
169 import declarations348 export declarationsNN10 *Ch. 27Ch. 32Ch. 38Ch. 39Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include instruments, appliances and machines for measuring or checking, not elsewhere specified in chapter 90 (excl. optical), switches for a voltage <= 1.000 v (excl. relays and automatic circuit breakers), instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking pressure of liquids or gases (excl. regulators).
▲ Expected to increase by 20.2% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity169 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity348 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
ALIMAK GROUP UK LTD
38 import declarations16 export declarationsNN10 *Ch. 04Ch. 34Ch. 49Ch. 73Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include lifts and skip hoists, parts of lifts, skip hoists or escalators, n.e.s., parts of machinery of heading 8428, n.e.s..
▲ Expected to increase by 19.2% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity38 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity16 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
HUMANWARE EUROPE LTD
66 import declarations75 export declarationsNN10 *Ch. 42Ch. 48Ch. 49Ch. 84Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include electrical machines and apparatus, having individual functions, n.e.s. in chapter 85, input or output units for automatic data-processing machines, whether or not containing storage units in the same housing, machines which only perform one of the functions of printing, copying or facsimile transmission, capable of connecting to an automatic data processing machine or to a network.
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity66 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity75 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
HALEWOOD ARTISANAL SPIRITS ( UK) LIMITED
53 import declarations76 export declarationsNN10 *Ch. 20Ch. 22Ch. 33Ch. 39Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include whiskies, vodka, ethyl alcohol of an alcoholic strength of < 80% vol, not denatured; spirits and other spirituous beverages (excl. compound alcoholic preparations of a kind used for the manufacture of beverages, spirits obtained by distilling grape wine or grape marc.
▲ Expected to increase by 13.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity53 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity76 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
WYKES ENGINEERING CO (RUSHDEN) LTD
99 import declarations25 export declarationsNN10 *Ch. 27Ch. 28Ch. 34Ch. 38Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include parts suitable for use solely or principally with compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine "diesel or semi-diesel engine", n.e.s., articles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire), articles of plastics and articles of other materials of heading 3901 to 3914, n.e.s (excl. goods of 9619).
▲ Expected to increase by 86.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity99 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity25 in the last 6 months
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What Rushden trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 89 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.
Footwear with outer soles of rubber, plastics or composition leather, with uppers of leather (excl. covering the ankle, incorporating a protective metal toecap, sports footwear, orthopaedic footwear and toy footwear)Footwear with outer soles of rubber, plastics or composition leather, with uppers of leather, covering the ankle (excl. incorporating a protective metal toecap, sports footwear, orthopaedic footwear and toy footwear)Tricycles, scooters, pedal cars and similar wheeled toys; dolls' carriages; dolls; other toys; reduced-size "scale" recreational models, working or not; puzzles of all kindsFootwear with outer soles and uppers of leather, covering the ankle (excl. incorporating a protective metal toecap, sports footwear, orthopaedic footwear and toy footwear)Grain splits leather "incl. parchment-dressed leather", of the whole hides and skins of bovine "incl. buffalo" or equine animals, further prepared after tanning or crusting, without hair on (excl. chamois leather, patent leather and patent laminatedFootwear with outer soles and uppers of leather (excl. covering the ankle, incorporating a protective metal toecap, with uppers which consist of leather straps across the instep and around the big toe, sports footwear, orthopaedic footwear and toy foInstruments, appliances and machines for measuring or checking, not elsewhere specified in chapter 90 (excl. optical)Footwear with outer soles of rubber or plastics and uppers of textile materials (excl. sports footwear, incl. tennis shoes, basketball shoes, gym shoes, training shoes and the like, and toy footwear)
Common questions about trade in Rushden
How many businesses import or export from Rushden?
HMRC customs records show 89 businesses in Rushden (NN10) filed declarations over the last six months — 1,329 import declarations and 993 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.
What do Rushden businesses import most?
The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Rushden traders the leading goods are footwear with outer soles of rubber, plastics or composition leather, with uppers of leather (excl. covering the ankle, incorporating a protective metal toecap, sports footwear, orthopaedic footwear and toy footwear), footwear with outer soles of rubber, plastics or composition leather, with uppers of leather, covering the ankle (excl. incorporating a protective metal toecap, sports footwear, orthopaedic footwear and toy footwear), 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, footwear with outer soles and uppers of leather, covering the ankle (excl. incorporating a protective metal toecap, sports footwear, orthopaedic footwear and toy footwear). You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Rushden growing?
Import activity is down 6.1% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to rise by roughly 12.1%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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