360 businesses in West Northamptonshire appear in HMRC customs records for the last six months. That puts it third in Northamptonshire for trade activity. 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 4.7% 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
4,577Import declarations▼ 13.9% on the 6 months before
1,985Export declarations
−4.7%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
360Trading 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 360 businesses.
★ Most active in West NorthamptonshireFiled more customs declarations than any other West Northamptonshire business over the last six months — roughly 7% of the town's total import activity, mostly in mineral fuels and oils.
Most active business
MERCEDES AMG HIGH PERFORMANCE POWERTRAINS LIMITED
335 import declarations160 export declarationsNN6 *Ch. 27Ch. 28Ch. 29Ch. 32Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include 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), toothed wheels, chain sprockets and other transmission elements presented separately; parts of transmission shafts, ball screws, couplings and other articles of heading 8483, n.e.s., transmission shafts, incl. cam shafts and crank shafts, and cranks.
▼ Expected to slow by 15.7% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity335 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity160 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
TYROLIT LIMITED
149 import declarations61 export declarationsNN6 *Ch. 28Ch. 32Ch. 39Ch. 40Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include millstones, grindstones, grinding wheels and the like, without frameworks, for sharpening, polishing, trueing or cutting, of agglomerated abrasives or ceramics (excl. of agglomerated synthetic or natural diamond, hand sharpening or polishing stones,, interchangeable tools for hand tools, whether or not power-operated, or for machine tools, n.e.s., 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.
▲ Expected to increase by 7.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity149 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity61 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
CITY PLUMBING SUPPLIES HOLDINGS LTD
191 import declarations7 export declarationsNN6 *Ch. 32Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 44Active in 5 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), parts of central heating boilers, n.e.s., radiators for central heating, non-electrically heated, and parts thereof, of iron other than cast iron or steel (excl. parts, elsewhere specified or included, and central-heating boilers).
▲ Expected to increase by 11.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity191 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity7 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
MEMENTO EXCLUSIVES LIMITED
52 import declarations112 export declarationsNN7 *Ch. 22Ch. 32Ch. 34Ch. 37Active 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, wooden frames for paintings, photographs, mirrors or similar objects, of tropical wood, hats and other headgear, knitted or crocheted, or made up from lace, felt or other textile fabric, in the piece (but not in strips), whether or not lined or trimmed; hairnets of any material, whether or not lined or trimmed (excl. headgear for animal.
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity52 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity112 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
POLISH VILLAGE BREAD LTD
134 import declarations3 export declarationsNN6 *Ch. 04Ch. 08Ch. 11Ch. 12Active in 5 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, malt extract; food preparations of flour, groats, meal, starch or malt extract, not containing cocoa or containing < 40% by weight of cocoa calculated on a totally defatted basis, n.e.s. and food preparations of milk, cream, butter milk, sour milk, s, wheat or meslin flour.
▼ Expected to slow by 11.8% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity134 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity3 in the last 6 months
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What West Northamptonshire trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 360 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.
Wine of fresh grapes, incl. fortified wines, and grape must whose fermentation has been arrested by the addition of alcohol, in containers of <= 2 l (excl. sparkling wine)Parts and accessories, for tractors, motor vehicles for the transport of ten or more persons, motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of persons, motor vehicles for the transport of goods and special purpose motor vLive 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)Articles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire)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 kindsMillstones, grindstones, grinding wheels and the like, without frameworks, for sharpening, polishing, trueing or cutting, of agglomerated abrasives or ceramics (excl. of agglomerated synthetic or natural diamond, hand sharpening or polishing stones,Essential oils, whether or not terpeneless, incl. concretes and absolutes (excl. those of citrus fruit and mint)
Common questions about trade in West Northamptonshire
How many businesses import or export from West Northamptonshire?
HMRC customs records show 360 businesses in West Northamptonshire (NN6, NN7, OX17) filed declarations over the last six months — 4,577 import declarations and 1,985 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.
What do West Northamptonshire businesses import most?
The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all West Northamptonshire traders the leading goods are wine of fresh grapes, incl. fortified wines, and grape must whose fermentation has been arrested by the addition of alcohol, in containers of <= 2 l (excl. sparkling wine), parts and accessories, for tractors, motor vehicles for the transport of ten or more persons, motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of persons, motor vehicles for the transport of goods and special purpose motor v, live 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), articles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire). You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from West Northamptonshire growing?
Import activity is down 13.9% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 4.7%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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