Over the last six months, 174 Shrewsbury businesses filed customs declarations. That puts it third in Shropshire for trade activity. Most of that activity sits in machinery and mechanical appliances, electrical machinery and electronics, optical, photographic and medical instruments. Looking ahead, our model expects import activity here to ease back by around 3.9% 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
1,801Import declarations▼ 9.4% on the 6 months before
530Export declarations
−3.9%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
174Trading 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 174 businesses.
★ Most active in ShrewsburyFiled more customs declarations than any other Shrewsbury business over the last six months — roughly 7% of the town's total import activity, mostly in plastics and plastic articles.
Most active business
CATERPILLAR SHREWSBURY LIMITED
128 import declarations47 export declarationsSY1 *Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 44Ch. 48Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include gears and gearing for machinery (excl. toothed wheels, chain sprockets and other transmission elements presented separately); ball or roller screws; gear boxes and other speed changers, incl. torque converters, parts suitable for use solely or principally with compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine "diesel or semi-diesel engine", n.e.s., fuel, lubricating or cooling medium pumps for internal combustion piston engine.
▲ Expected to increase by 26.5% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity128 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity47 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
MAXPACK GROUP LTD
73 import declarations3 export declarationsSY3 *Ch. 28Ch. 39Ch. 48Ch. 54Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include unbleached kraft paper and paperboard, uncoated, in rolls of a width > 36 cm or in square or rectangular sheets with one side > 36 cm and the other side > 15 cm in the unfolded state, weighing <= 150 g/m (excl. kraftliner, sack kraft paper and goods, paper, paperboard, cellulose wadding and webs of cellulose fibres, in strips or rolls of a width <= 36 cm, in rectangular or square sheets, of which no side > 36 cm in the unfolded state, or cut to shape other than rectangular or square, and articles, packing or wrapping machinery, incl. heat-shrink wrapping machinery (excl. machinery for filling, closing, sealing or labelling bottles, cans, boxes, bags or other containers and machinery for capsuling bottles, jars, tubes and similar containers).
▲ Expected to increase by 7.3% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity73 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity3 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
SOLMEDIA LIMITED
63 import declarations9 export declarationsSY1 *Ch. 27Ch. 29Ch. 32Ch. 38Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include laboratory, hygienic or pharmaceutical glassware, whether or not graduated or calibrated (excl. glass having a linear coefficient of expansion <= 5 x 10 -6 per kelvin within a temperature range of 0 c to 300 c or of fused quartz or other fused silica, filter paper and paperboard, in strips or rolls of a width <= 36 cm, in rectangular or square sheets, of which no side > 36 cm in the unfolded state, or cut to shape other than rectangular or square, diagnostic or laboratory reagents on a backing, prepared diagnostic or laboratory reagents whether or not on a backing, whether or not put up in the form of kits (excl. for malaria, for zika and other diseases transmitted by mosquitoes of the genus a.
▲ Expected to increase by 7.7% 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
ARROW COUNTY SUPPLIES LTD
60 import declarations7 export declarationsSY3 *Ch. 34Ch. 38Ch. 39Ch. 40Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include handkerchiefs, cleansing or facial tissues and towels, of paper pulp, paper, cellulose wadding or webs of cellulose fibres, mops and leather dusters; prepared knots and tufts for broom or brush making; squeegees of rubber or other flexible materials; brooms and brushes, n.e.s., floorcloths, dishcloths, dusters and similar cleaning cloths, of all types of textile materials.
▼ Expected to slow by 8.8% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity60 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity7 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
TECHNI SYSTEMS LIMITED
38 import declarations27 export declarationsSY1 *Ch. 34Ch. 73Ch. 74Ch. 84Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include air pumps, air or other gas compressors and ventilating or recycling hoods incorporating a fan, whether or not fitted with filters, having a maximum horizontal side > 120 cm (excl. vacuum pumps, hand- or foot-operated air pumps, compressors for refri, tanks, casks, drums, cans, boxes and similar containers, of iron or steel, for any material, of a capacity of >= 50 l but <= 300 l, n.e.s. (excl. containers for compressed or liquefied gas, or containers fitted with mechanical or thermal equipment), parts of valves and similar articles for pipes, boiler shells, tanks, vats or the like, n.e.s..
▲ Expected to increase by 133.3% 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 activity27 in the last 6 months
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Every importer and exporter in SY1 / SY2 / SY3 with monthly activity, 24-month indicators, forecasts, Companies House records, AI research and validated contact reveals.
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What Shrewsbury trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 174 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.
Wine of fresh grapes, incl. fortified wines, and grape must whose fermentation has been arrested by the addition of alcohol, in containers of <= 2 l (excl. sparkling wine)Medium oils and preparations, of petroleum or bituminous minerals, not containing biodiesel, n.e.s.Parts of machines and mechanical appliances, n.e.s.Handkerchiefs, cleansing or facial tissues and towels, of paper pulp, paper, cellulose wadding or webs of cellulose fibresSparkling wine of fresh grapesWooden furniture for offices (excl. seats)Pasta, stuffed with meat or other substances, whether or not cooked or otherwise preparedMetal furniture for offices (excl. seats)
Common questions about trade in Shrewsbury
How many businesses import or export from Shrewsbury?
HMRC customs records show 174 businesses in Shrewsbury (SY1, SY2, SY3) filed declarations over the last six months — 1,801 import declarations and 530 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.
What do Shrewsbury businesses import most?
The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Shrewsbury traders the leading goods are wine of fresh grapes, incl. fortified wines, and grape must whose fermentation has been arrested by the addition of alcohol, in containers of <= 2 l (excl. sparkling wine), medium oils and preparations, of petroleum or bituminous minerals, not containing biodiesel, n.e.s., parts of machines and mechanical appliances, n.e.s., handkerchiefs, cleansing or facial tissues and towels, of paper pulp, paper, cellulose wadding or webs of cellulose fibres. You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Shrewsbury growing?
Import activity is down 9.4% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 3.9%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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