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 and plastic articles. 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 25/08/2026 at 11:41HMRC release in view: Jun 26Snapshot: 2026-08-25.1
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 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 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 and oils.
Most active business
HEAVY DUTY PARTS LTD
183 import declarations28 export declarationsDN22 *Ch. 27Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 69Active 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
IMA DAIRY & FOOD UK LIMITED
63 import declarations9 export declarationsDN22 *Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 72Ch. 73Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include parts of dishwashing machines, packing or wrapping machinery and other machinery and apparatus of heading 8422, n.e.s., articles of plastics and articles of other materials of heading 3901 to 3914, n.e.s (excl. goods of 9619), interchangeable tools for pressing, stamping or punching.
▼ Expected to slow by 18.8% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity63 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity9 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
MILLPLEDGE LTD
88 import declarations79 export declarationsDN22 *Ch. 21Ch. 23Ch. 30Ch. 33Active 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 declarations82 export declarationsDN22 *Ch. 28Ch. 29Ch. 32Ch. 34Active 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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Among the most active
LANGLEY HOLDINGS PLC
86 import declarations69 export declarationsDN22 *Ch. 19Ch. 24Ch. 30Ch. 34Active 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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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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