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Doncaster importers & exporters

Q: How many businesses import or export from Doncaster?

HMRC customs records show 171 businesses in Doncaster (DN1, DN2, DN4) filed declarations over the last six months — 3,234 import declarations and 1,454 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.

Q: What do Doncaster businesses import most?

The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Doncaster traders the leading goods are appliances for pipes, boiler shells, tanks, vats or the like (excl. pressure-reducing valves, valves for the control of pneumatic power transmission, check "non-return" valves and safety or relief valves), articles of plastics and articles of other materials of heading 3901 to 3914, n.e.s (excl. goods of 9619), articles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire), air brakes and parts thereof for railway or tramway locomotives or rolling stock, n.e.s.. You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.

Q: Is trade from Doncaster growing?

Import activity is down 0.4% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 2.1%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.

Q: How do I get contact details for Doncaster importers?

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171 businesses in Doncaster appear in HMRC customs records for the last six months. That puts it third in South Yorkshire for trade activity. Most of that activity sits in machinery and mechanical appliances, electrical machinery and electronics, plastics. Looking ahead, our model expects import activity here to ease back by around 2.1% over the next three months.

Refreshed every 24 hours · last run 22 Aug 2026, 20:36HMRC release in view: Jun 26Snapshot: 2026-08-22.1

3,234Import declarations▼ 0.4% on the 6 months before

1,454Export declarations

−2.1%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data

171Trading businesses

Top 5 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 171 businesses.

★ Most active in DoncasterFiled more customs declarations than any other Doncaster business over the last six months — roughly 17% of the town's total import activity, mostly in mineral fuels.

Most active business

WABTEC UK LIMITED

542 import declarations 360 export declarations DN4 *Ch. 27Ch. 28Ch. 32Ch. 34 Active in 6 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include air brakes and parts thereof for railway or tramway locomotives or rolling stock, n.e.s., bearing housings for machinery, not incorporating ball or roller bearings; plain shaft bearings for machinery, 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).

▲ Expected to increase by 53.3% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity542 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity360 in the last 6 months

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Among the most active

BRIDON INTERNATIONAL LTD

108 import declarations 110 export declarations DN4 *Ch. 19Ch. 26Ch. 27Ch. 32 Active in 6 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include stranded wire, ropes and cables, of iron or steel (excl. electrically insulated products and twisted fencing wire and barbed wire), articles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire), wire of iron or non-alloy steel, in coils, plated or coated with zinc (excl. bars and rods).

▼ Expected to slow by 21.3% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity108 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity110 in the last 6 months

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Among the most active

WEBASTO THERMO & COMFORT UK LTD

169 import declarations 35 export declarations DN4 *Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 55Ch. 73 Active in 6 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include boards, cabinets and similar combinations of apparatus for electric control or the distribution of electricity, for a voltage <= 1.000 v, articles of aluminium, n.e.s., centrifugal pumps, power-driven (excl. those of subheading 8413.11 and 8413.19, fuel, lubricating or cooling medium pumps for internal combustion piston engine and concrete pumps).

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

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity169 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity35 in the last 6 months

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Among the most active

AALBERTS INTEGRATED PIPING SYSTEM LIMITE D

177 import declarations 138 export declarations DN4 *Ch. 27Ch. 28Ch. 34Ch. 38 Active in 6 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include appliances for pipes, boiler shells, tanks, vats or the like (excl. pressure-reducing valves, valves for the control of pneumatic power transmission, check "non-return" valves and safety or relief valves), tube or pipe fittings of stainless steel (excl. cast products, flanges, threaded elbows, bends and sleeves and butt weldings fittings), threaded elbows, bends and sleeves of stainless steel (excl. cast products).

▼ Expected to slow by 15.9% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity177 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity138 in the last 6 months

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Among the most active

EXPO FOODS (MIDLANDS) LTD

253 import declarations Imports only DN4 *Ch. 03Ch. 04Ch. 07Ch. 08 Active in 6 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include bread, pastry, cakes, biscuits and other bakers' wares, whether or not containing cocoa; communion wafers, empty cachets of a kind suitable for pharmaceutical use, sealing wafers, rice paper and similar products (excl. crispbread, gingerbread and the, sweet biscuits, prepared or preserved meat and offal of swine, incl. mixtures (excl. hams, shoulders and cuts thereof, sausages and similar products, finely homogenised preparations put up for retail sale as infant food or for dietetic purpose, in containers of a ne.

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

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity253 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity0 in the last 6 months

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166 more Doncaster businesses

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What Doncaster trades

The most frequently declared goods across all 171 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.

Appliances for pipes, boiler shells, tanks, vats or the like (excl. pressure-reducing valves, valves for the control of pneumatic power transmission, check "non-return" valves and safety or relief valves)Articles of plastics and articles of other materials of heading 3901 to 3914, n.e.s (excl. goods of 9619)Articles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire)Air brakes and parts thereof for railway or tramway locomotives or rolling stock, n.e.s.Stranded wire, ropes and cables, of iron or steel (excl. electrically insulated products and twisted fencing wire and barbed wire)Axles, for electrical purposes, and wheels and parts thereof for railway or tramway locomotives or rolling stock; parts of bogies and bissel-bogies, n.e.s.Parts of machines and mechanical appliances, n.e.s.Gaskets, washers and other seals, of vulcanised rubber (excl. hard rubber and those of cellular rubber)

Common questions about trade in Doncaster

How many businesses import or export from Doncaster?

HMRC customs records show 171 businesses in Doncaster (DN1, DN2, DN4) filed declarations over the last six months — 3,234 import declarations and 1,454 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.

What do Doncaster businesses import most?

The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Doncaster traders the leading goods are appliances for pipes, boiler shells, tanks, vats or the like (excl. pressure-reducing valves, valves for the control of pneumatic power transmission, check "non-return" valves and safety or relief valves), articles of plastics and articles of other materials of heading 3901 to 3914, n.e.s (excl. goods of 9619), articles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire), air brakes and parts thereof for railway or tramway locomotives or rolling stock, n.e.s.. You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.

Is trade from Doncaster growing?

Import activity is down 0.4% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 2.1%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.

How do I get contact details for Doncaster importers?

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Doncaster importers & exporters

Top 5 businesses by 6-month activity Free tier

WABTEC UK LIMITED

BRIDON INTERNATIONAL LTD

WEBASTO THERMO & COMFORT UK LTD

AALBERTS INTEGRATED PIPING SYSTEM LIMITE D

EXPO FOODS (MIDLANDS) LTD

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What Doncaster trades

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