HMRC records show 80 businesses trading internationally from Market Drayton over the last six months. It ranks 4 of 13 trading locations in Shropshire. 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 7.0% 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
963Import declarations▼ 17.2% on the 6 months before
244Export declarations
−7.0%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
80Trading 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 80 businesses.
★ Most active in Market DraytonFiled more customs declarations than any other Market Drayton business over the last six months — roughly 44% of the town's total import activity, mostly in dairy, eggs and honey.
Most active business
MULLER UK & IRELAND GROUP LLP
420 import declarations25 export declarationsTF9 *Ch. 04Ch. 07Ch. 08Ch. 09Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include frozen fruit and nuts, uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water, whether or not sweetened (excl. strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, mulberries, loganberries, black, white or red currants and gooseberries), chocolate and other food preparations containing cocoa, in blocks, slabs or bars weighing > 2 kg or in liquid, paste, powder, granular or other bulk form, in containers or immediate packings of a content > 2 kg (excl. cocoa powder), chocolate and other preparations containing cocoa, in containers or immediate packings of <= 2 kg (excl. in blocks, slabs or bars and cocoa powder).
▼ Expected to slow by 2.2% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity420 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity25 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
COUNTRY INTERESTS LIMITED
38 import declarations1 export declarationsTF9 *Ch. 42Ch. 61Ch. 62Ch. 63Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include men's or boys' trousers, bib and brace overalls, breeches and shorts of synthetic fibres (excl. knitted or crocheted, underpants and swimwear), men's or boys' overcoats, car-coats, capes, cloaks, anoraks, incl. ski jackets, wind-cheaters, wind-jackets and similar articles, of man-made fibres (excl. knitted or crocheted, suits, ensembles, jackets, blazers and trousers), men's or boys' shirts of man-made fibres (excl. knitted or crocheted, nightshirts, singlets and other vests).
▲ Expected to increase by 33.3% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity38 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity1 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
P S HIGGINS ELECTRICAL SERVICES LTD
33 import declarationsImports onlyTF9 *Ch. 39Ch. 84Ch. 85Ch. 90Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include poultry-keeping machinery (excl. machines for sorting or grading eggs, poultry pickers of heading 8438 and incubators and brooders), fans (excl. table, floor, wall, window, ceiling or roof fans, with a self-contained electric motor of an output <= 125 w), parts of poultry-keeping machinery or poultry incubators and brooders, n.e.s..
▲ Expected to increase by 17.6% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity33 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity0 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
HEWITT JEWELLERY EQUIPMENT LIMITED
19 import declarations12 export declarationsTF9 *Ch. 25Ch. 34Ch. 39Ch. 68Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include glass or metal polishes, whether or not in the form of paper, wadding, felt, nonwovens, cellular plastics or cellular rubber, impregnated, coated or covered with such preparations, plasters consisting of calcined gypsum or calcium sulphate, whether or not coloured, with or without small quantities of accelerators or retarders, casting machines of a kind used in metallurgy or in metal foundries.
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity19 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity12 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
INTEGRATED PACKING SERVICES LIMITED
25 import declarations5 export declarationsTF9 *Ch. 04Ch. 08Ch. 10Ch. 19Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include articles of aluminium, n.e.s., prepared foods obtained from unroasted cereal flakes or from mixtures of unroasted cereal flakes and roasted cereal flakes or swelled cereals, mixtures of nuts or dried fruits.
▼ Expected to slow by 16.7% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity25 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity5 in the last 6 months
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What Market Drayton trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 80 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.
Yogurt, whether or not flavoured or containing added sugar or other sweetening matter, fruit, nuts, cocoa, chocolate, spices, coffee, plants, cereals or bakers' waresFood preparations, 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 dishwashing machines, packing or wrapping machinery and other machinery and apparatus of heading 8422, n.e.s.Products consisting of natural milk constituents, whether or not sweetened, n.e.s.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, sFrozen fruit and nuts, uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water, whether or not sweetened (excl. strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, mulberries, loganberries, black, white or red currants and gooseberries)Chocolate and other food preparations containing cocoa, in blocks, slabs or bars weighing > 2 kg or in liquid, paste, powder, granular or other bulk form, in containers or immediate packings of a content > 2 kg (excl. cocoa powder)
Common questions about trade in Market Drayton
How many businesses import or export from Market Drayton?
HMRC customs records show 80 businesses in Market Drayton (TF9) filed declarations over the last six months — 963 import declarations and 244 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.
What do Market Drayton businesses import most?
The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Market Drayton traders the leading goods are yogurt, whether or not flavoured or containing added sugar or other sweetening matter, fruit, nuts, cocoa, chocolate, spices, coffee, plants, cereals or bakers' wares, food preparations, 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 dishwashing machines, packing or wrapping machinery and other machinery and apparatus of heading 8422, n.e.s.. You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Market Drayton growing?
Import activity is down 17.2% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 7.0%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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