373 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. Looking ahead, our model expects import activity here to pick up by around 3.8% over the next three months.
Refreshed every 24 hours · last run 22 Aug 2026, 20:36HMRC release in view: Jun 26Snapshot: 2026-08-22.1
5,426Import declarations▲ 1.7% on the 6 months before
2,330Export declarations
+3.8%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
373Trading businesses
Top 5 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 373 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.
Most active business
MERCEDES AMG HIGH PERFORMANCE POWERTRAINS LIMITED
398 import declarations193 export declarationsNN6 *Ch. 27Ch. 28Ch. 29Ch. 32Active in 6 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), 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, 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..
▼ Expected to slow by 8.3% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity398 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity193 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
DEMATIC LIMITED
316 import declarations32 export declarationsOX17 *Ch. 32Ch. 34Ch. 39Ch. 40Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include 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, boards, cabinets and similar combinations of apparatus for electric control or the distribution of electricity, for a voltage <= 1.000 v, ac motors, multi-phase, of an output > 750 w but <= 75 kw.
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity316 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity32 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
BLUE SKIES HOLDINGS LIMITED
50 import declarations207 export declarationsNN6 *Ch. 06Ch. 07Ch. 08Ch. 20Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include surface-active preparations, washing preparations, incl. auxiliary washing preparations and cleaning preparations (excl. those put up for retail sale, organic surface-active agents, soap and organic surface-active preparations in the form of bars, ca, boxes, cases, crates and similar articles for the conveyance or packaging of goods, of plastics, fresh tamarinds, cashew apples, jackfruit, lychees, sapodillo plums, passion fruit, carambola, pitahaya and other edible fruit (excl. nuts, bananas, dates, figs, pineapples, avocados, guavas, mangoes, mangosteens, papaws "papayas", citrus fruit, grap.
▼ Expected to slow by 13.6% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity50 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity207 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
CPL AROMAS LTD
306 import declarations200 export declarationsNN6 *Ch. 13Ch. 15Ch. 21Ch. 26Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include essential oils, whether or not terpeneless, incl. concretes and absolutes (excl. those of citrus fruit and mint), mixtures of odoriferous substances and mixtures, incl. alcoholic solutions, based on one or more of these substances, of a kind used as raw materials in industry (excl. food or drink industries), cyclanic, cyclenic or cycloterpenic ketones, without other oxygen function (excl. cyclohexanone, methylcyclohexanones, ionones and methylionones).
▲ Expected to increase by 7.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity306 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity200 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
HELLA LTD
323 import declarations42 export declarationsOX17 *Ch. 38Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 48Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include luminaires and lighting fittings, solely for light-emitting diode "led" light sources, n.e.s., 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).
▲ Expected to increase by 9.3% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity323 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity42 in the last 6 months
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What West Northamptonshire trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 373 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)Articles of plastics and articles of other materials of heading 3901 to 3914, n.e.s (excl. goods of 9619)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 vArticles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire)Instruments, appliances and machines for measuring or checking, not elsewhere specified in chapter 90 (excl. optical)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)Parts of aeroplanes, helicopters or unmanned aircraft, n.e.s. (excl. those for gliders)Boards, cabinets and similar combinations of apparatus for electric control or the distribution of electricity, for a voltage <= 1.000 V
Common questions about trade in West Northamptonshire
How many businesses import or export from West Northamptonshire?
HMRC customs records show 373 businesses in West Northamptonshire (NN6, NN7, OX17) filed declarations over the last six months — 5,426 import declarations and 2,330 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), articles of plastics and articles of other materials of heading 3901 to 3914, n.e.s (excl. goods of 9619), 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, 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 up 1.7% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to rise by roughly 3.8%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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