HMRC records show 50 businesses trading internationally from Oswestry over the last six months. It ranks 9 of 13 trading locations in Shropshire. Most of that activity sits in machinery and mechanical appliances, vehicles and vehicle parts, optical, photographic and medical instruments. Looking ahead, our model expects import activity here to pick up by around 1.5% 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
313Import declarations▲ 13.8% on the 6 months before
104Export declarations
+1.5%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
50Trading 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 50 businesses.
★ Most active in OswestryFiled more customs declarations than any other Oswestry business over the last six months — roughly 24% of the town's total import activity, mostly in plastics and plastic articles.
Most active business
BLACK COUNTRY METAL WORKS LIMITED
75 import declarations5 export declarationsSY11 *Ch. 39Ch. 42Ch. 44Ch. 48Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include table, kitchen or other household articles, and parts thereof, of iron other than cast iron or steel other than stainless (excl. enamelled articles; cans, boxes and similar containers of heading 7310; waste baskets; shovels and other articles of the, statuettes and other ornaments, of base metal, not plated with precious metal (excl. works of art, collectors' pieces and antiques), seats, with metal frames (excl. upholstered, swivel seats with variable height adjustments and medical, dental or surgical furniture).
▲ Expected to increase by 92.3% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity75 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity5 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
GWR FASTENERS LIMITED
4 import declarations9 export declarationsSY11 *Ch. 73Ch. 74Ch. 76Ch. 81Active in 5 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), washers of iron or steel (excl. spring washers and other lock washers), nails, tacks, staples, screws, bolts, nuts, screw hooks, rivets, cotters, cotter pins, washers and similar articles, of aluminium (excl. staples in strips, plugs, bungs and the like, threaded).
▲ Expected to increase by 100.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity4 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity9 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
ALUROLL LTD
32 import declarations5 export declarationsSY11 *Ch. 32Ch. 39Ch. 63Ch. 69Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include articles of aluminium, n.e.s., articles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire), hollow profiles of aluminium alloys, n.e.s..
▼ Expected to slow by 20.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity32 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity5 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
EVMET LIMITED
0 import declarations35 export declarationsSY11 *Ch. 72Ch. 74Ch. 76Ch. 79Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include waste and scrap, of aluminium (excl. slags, scale and the like from iron and steel production, containing recoverable aluminium in the form of silicates, ingots or other similar unwrought shapes, of remelted waste and scrap, of aluminium, ashes and r, waste and scrap of stainless steel (excl. radioactive, and waste and scrap of batteries and electric accumulators), waste and scrap of iron or steel (excl. slag, scale and other waste of the production of iron and steel; radioactive waste and scrap; fragments of pigs, blocks or other primary forms of pig iron or spiegeleisen; waste and scrap of cast iron, alloy st.
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity0 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity35 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
MED EQUUS LTD
20 import declarations8 export declarationsSY11 *Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 42Ch. 73Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include instruments and appliances used in medical, surgical or veterinary sciences, n.e.s., electronic integrated circuits as processors and controllers, whether or not combined with memories, converters, logic circuits, amplifiers, clock and timing circuits, or other circuits, monitors capable of directly connecting to and designed for use with an automatic data processing machine of heading 8471 (excl. crt, with tv receiver).
▲ Expected to increase by 16.7% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity20 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity8 in the last 6 months
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What Oswestry trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 50 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.
Instruments and appliances used in medical, surgical or veterinary sciences, n.e.s.Waste and scrap, of aluminium (excl. slags, scale and the like from iron and steel production, containing recoverable aluminium in the form of silicates, ingots or other similar unwrought shapes, of remelted waste and scrap, of aluminium, ashes and rMeat or offal of fowls of the species "Gallus domesticus", prepared or preserved (excl. sausages and similar products, finely homogenised preparations put up for retail sale as infant food or for dietetic purposes, in containers of a net weight of <=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 vNon-plasticised poly"vinyl chloride", in primary forms, mixed with other substancesArticles of aluminium, n.e.s.Articles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire)Table, kitchen or other household articles, and parts thereof, of iron other than cast iron or steel other than stainless (excl. enamelled articles; cans, boxes and similar containers of heading 7310; waste baskets; shovels and other articles of the
Common questions about trade in Oswestry
How many businesses import or export from Oswestry?
HMRC customs records show 50 businesses in Oswestry (SY11) filed declarations over the last six months — 313 import declarations and 104 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.
What do Oswestry businesses import most?
The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Oswestry traders the leading goods are instruments and appliances used in medical, surgical or veterinary sciences, n.e.s., waste and scrap, of aluminium (excl. slags, scale and the like from iron and steel production, containing recoverable aluminium in the form of silicates, ingots or other similar unwrought shapes, of remelted waste and scrap, of aluminium, ashes and r, meat or offal of fowls of the species "gallus domesticus", prepared or preserved (excl. sausages and similar products, finely homogenised preparations put up for retail sale as infant food or for dietetic purposes, in containers of a net weight of <=, 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. You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Oswestry growing?
Import activity is up 13.8% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to rise by roughly 1.5%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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