Town trade profile · DN22

Retford importers & exporters

Over the last six months, 125 Retford businesses filed customs declarations. It ranks 9 of 21 trading locations in Nottinghamshire. 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 0.0% 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

1,525Import declarations▼ 0.7% on the 6 months before

653Export declarations

+0.0%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data

125Trading 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 125 businesses.

★ Most active in RetfordFiled more customs declarations than any other Retford business over the last six months — roughly 12% of the town's total import activity, mostly in mineral fuels.

Most active business

HEAVY DUTY PARTS LTD

183 import declarations 28 export declarations DN22 *Ch. 27Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 69 Active in 6 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include parts and accessories of bodies 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 purpos, drive-axles with differential, whether or not provided with other transmission components, and non-driving axles, and parts thereof, for tractors, motor vehicles for the transport of ten or more persons, motor cars and other motor vehicles principall, 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.

▲ Expected to increase by 13.1% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity183 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity28 in the last 6 months

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Among the most active

LANGLEY HOLDINGS PLC

86 import declarations 69 export declarations DN22 *Ch. 19Ch. 24Ch. 30Ch. 34 Active in 6 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include bearing housings for machinery, not incorporating ball or roller bearings; plain shaft bearings for machinery, parts of dishwashing machines, packing or wrapping machinery and other machinery and apparatus of heading 8422, n.e.s., refractory cements, mortars, concretes and similar compositions, incl. dolomite ramming mix (excl. preparations based on graphite or other carbonaceous substances).

▼ Expected to slow by 13.7% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity86 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity69 in the last 6 months

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DEA AVIATION LIMITED

84 import declarations 45 export declarations DN22 *Ch. 38Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 44 Active in 6 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include parts of aeroplanes, helicopters or unmanned aircraft, n.e.s. (excl. those for gliders), parts suitable for use solely or principally with internal combustion piston engine for aircraft, n.e.s., instruments and appliances for aeronautical or space navigation (excl. compasses and radio navigational equipment).

▼ Expected to slow by 17.6% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity84 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity45 in the last 6 months

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MILLPLEDGE LTD

88 import declarations 79 export declarations DN22 *Ch. 21Ch. 23Ch. 30Ch. 33 Active in 6 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include wadding, gauze, bandages and the like, e.g. dressings, adhesive plasters, poultices, impregnated or covered with pharmaceutical substances or put up for retail sale for medical, surgical, dental or veterinary purposes (excl. adhesive dressings and ot, adhesive dressings and other articles having an adhesive layer, impregnated or covered with pharmaceutical substances or put up for retail sale for medical, surgical, dental or veterinary purposes, needles, catheters, cannulae and the like, used in medical, surgical, dental or veterinary sciences (excl. syringes, tubular metal needles and needles for sutures).

▲ Expected to increase by 20.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity88 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity79 in the last 6 months

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Among the most active

ICON AEROSPACE TECHNOLOGY LTD

74 import declarations 82 export declarations DN22 *Ch. 28Ch. 29Ch. 32Ch. 34 Active in 6 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include gaskets, washers and other seals, of vulcanised rubber (excl. hard rubber and those of cellular rubber), articles of vulcanised rubber (excl. hard rubber), n.e.s., tubes, pipes and hoses, of vulcanised rubber (excl. hard rubber), reinforced or otherwise combined only with textile materials, without fittings.

▲ Expected to increase by 9.4% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity74 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity82 in the last 6 months

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What Retford trades

The most frequently declared goods across all 125 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.

Articles of plastics and articles of other materials of heading 3901 to 3914, n.e.s (excl. goods of 9619)Gaskets, washers and other seals, of vulcanised rubber (excl. hard rubber and those of cellular rubber)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 vParts and accessories of bodies 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 purposArticles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire)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)Plates, sheets, film, foil and strip, of non-cellular plastics, n.e.s., not reinforced, laminated, supported or similarly combined with other materials, without backing, unworked or merely surface-worked or merely cut into squares or rectangles (exclArticles of vulcanised rubber (excl. hard rubber), n.e.s.

Common questions about trade in Retford

How many businesses import or export from Retford?

HMRC customs records show 125 businesses in Retford (DN22) filed declarations over the last six months — 1,525 import declarations and 653 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.

What do Retford businesses import most?

The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Retford traders the leading goods are articles of plastics and articles of other materials of heading 3901 to 3914, n.e.s (excl. goods of 9619), gaskets, washers and other seals, of vulcanised rubber (excl. hard rubber and those of cellular rubber), 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, parts and accessories of bodies 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 purpos. You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.

Is trade from Retford growing?

Import activity is down 0.7% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to rise by roughly 0.0%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.

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Retford importers & exporters

Top 5 businesses by 6-month activity Free tier

HEAVY DUTY PARTS LTD

LANGLEY HOLDINGS PLC

DEA AVIATION LIMITED

MILLPLEDGE LTD

ICON AEROSPACE TECHNOLOGY LTD

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What Retford trades

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