Town trade profile · SY8

Ludlow importers & exporters

HMRC records show 70 businesses trading internationally from Ludlow over the last six months. It ranks 5 of 13 trading locations in Shropshire. Most of that activity sits in machinery and mechanical appliances, vehicles and vehicle parts, plastics and plastic articles. Looking ahead, our model expects import activity here to ease back by around 3.3% 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

683Import declarations▼ 2.0% on the 6 months before

203Export declarations

−3.3%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data

70Trading 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 70 businesses.

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★ Most active in LudlowFiled more customs declarations than any other Ludlow business over the last six months — roughly 27% of the town's total import activity, mostly in plastics and plastic articles.

Most active business

HOLLOWAYS OF LUDLOW LTD

185 import declarations 14 export declarations SY8 *Ch. 39Ch. 42Ch. 44Ch. 48 Active in 5 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include chandeliers and other electric ceiling or wall lighting fittings, solely for light-emitting diode "led" light sources (excl. for lighting public open spaces or thoroughfares), statuettes and other ornamental ceramic articles, n.e.s. (excl. of porcelain or china), carpets and other floor coverings, of wool or fine animal hair, woven, not tufted or flocked, of pile construction, not made up (excl. kelem, schumacks, karamanie and similar hand-woven rugs).

▲ Expected to increase by 9.9% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity185 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity14 in the last 6 months

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Among the most active

TRULY (UK) LTD

18 import declarations 9 export declarations SY8 *Ch. 17Ch. 18Ch. 19Ch. 21 Active in 5 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include sugar confectionery not containing cocoa, incl. white chocolate (excl. chewing gum), chocolate and other preparations containing cocoa, in containers or immediate packings of <= 2 kg (excl. in blocks, slabs or bars and cocoa powder), refined cane or beet sugar, containing added flavouring or colouring, in solid form.

▼ Expected to slow by 23.1% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity18 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity9 in the last 6 months

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RUPERT BEVAN LIMITED

10 import declarations 13 export declarations SY8 *Ch. 41Ch. 42Ch. 48Ch. 49 Active in 5 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include glass mirrors, framed (excl. rear-view mirrors for vehicles, optical mirrors, optically processed, and mirrors of an age of > 100 years), wooden furniture (excl. for offices, kitchens and bedrooms, and seats), glass mirrors, unframed (excl. rear-view mirrors for vehicles, optical mirrors, optically worked, mirrors > 100 years old).

▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity10 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity13 in the last 6 months

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Among the most active

FILTREC UK LTD

16 import declarations 6 export declarations SY8 *Ch. 59Ch. 84Ch. 90 Active in 5 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include parts of machinery and apparatus for filtering or purifying liquids or gases, n.e.s., machinery and apparatus for filtering or purifying liquids (excl. such machinery and apparatus for water and other beverages, oil or petrol-filters for internal combustion engines and artificial kidneys), machinery and apparatus for filtering or purifying gases (excl. isotope separators and intake air filters for internal combustion engines, and catalytic converters and particulate filters for purifying or filtering exhaust gases from internal combust.

▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity16 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity6 in the last 6 months

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Among the most active

MARCHES BIOGAS LIMITED

13 import declarations 6 export declarations SY8 *Ch. 84Ch. 85Ch. 90Ch. 94 Active in 4 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include fans (excl. table, floor, wall, window, ceiling or roof fans, with a self-contained electric motor of an output <= 125 w), parts of machinery and apparatus for filtering or purifying liquids or gases, n.e.s., continuous-action elevators and conveyors, for goods or materials (excl. those for underground use and bucket, belt or pneumatic types).

▲ Expected to increase by 125.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity13 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity6 in the last 6 months

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What Ludlow trades

The most frequently declared goods across all 70 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.

Sugar confectionery not containing cocoa, incl. white chocolate (excl. chewing gum)Articles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire)Rotary positive displacement pumps for liquids, power-driven (excl. those of subheading 8413.11 and 8413.19 and fuel, lubricating or cooling medium pumps for internal combustion piston engine)Parts of harvesting machinery, threshing machinery, mowers and machines for cleaning, sorting or grading agricultural produce, n.e.s.Chocolate and other preparations containing cocoa, in containers or immediate packings of <= 2 kg (excl. in blocks, slabs or bars and cocoa powder)Parts of machinery and apparatus for filtering or purifying liquids or gases, n.e.s.Mowers, incl. cutter bars for tractor mounting (excl. mowers for lawns, parks or sports grounds)Glass mirrors, framed (excl. rear-view mirrors for vehicles, optical mirrors, optically processed, and mirrors of an age of > 100 years)

Common questions about trade in Ludlow

How many businesses import or export from Ludlow?

HMRC customs records show 70 businesses in Ludlow (SY8) filed declarations over the last six months — 683 import declarations and 203 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.

What do Ludlow businesses import most?

The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Ludlow traders the leading goods are sugar confectionery not containing cocoa, incl. white chocolate (excl. chewing gum), articles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire), rotary positive displacement pumps for liquids, power-driven (excl. those of subheading 8413.11 and 8413.19 and fuel, lubricating or cooling medium pumps for internal combustion piston engine), parts of harvesting machinery, threshing machinery, mowers and machines for cleaning, sorting or grading agricultural produce, n.e.s.. You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.

Is trade from Ludlow growing?

Import activity is down 2.0% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 3.3%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.

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Ludlow importers & exporters

Top 10 businesses by 6-month activity Free tier

HOLLOWAYS OF LUDLOW LTD

TRULY (UK) LTD

RUPERT BEVAN LIMITED

FILTREC UK LTD

MARCHES BIOGAS LIMITED

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