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Doncaster importers & exporters

170 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 and plastic articles. Looking ahead, our model expects import activity here to ease back by around 10.5% 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

2,741Import declarations▼ 13.2% on the 6 months before

1,207Export declarations

−10.5%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data

170Trading 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 170 businesses.

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★ 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 and oils.

Most active business

WABTEC UK LIMITED

453 import declarations 313 export declarations DN4 *Ch. 27Ch. 28Ch. 32Ch. 34 Active in 5 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, 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..

▲ Expected to increase by 15.3% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity453 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity313 in the last 6 months

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Among the most active

WEBASTO THERMO & COMFORT UK LTD

135 import declarations 32 export declarations DN4 *Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 48Ch. 55 Active in 5 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include 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), articles of aluminium, n.e.s., central heating boilers, non-electric (excl. vapour generating boilers and superheated water boilers of heading 8402).

▼ Expected to slow by 11.7% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity135 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity32 in the last 6 months

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Among the most active

MS INTERNATIONAL PLC

74 import declarations 69 export declarations DN4 *Ch. 27Ch. 28Ch. 32Ch. 34 Active in 5 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include semi-finished products of alloy steel other than stainless, sign-plates, nameplates, address-plates and similar plates, numbers, letters and other symbols, of base metal, incl. traffic signs (excl. those of heading 9405, type and the like, and signal boards, signal discs and signal arms for traffic of heading, parts of fork-lift trucks and other works trucks fitted with lifting or handling equipment, n.e.s..

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

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity74 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity69 in the last 6 months

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Among the most active

FCC ENVIRONMENT (UK) LIMITED

115 import declarations 5 export declarations DN4 *Ch. 32Ch. 34Ch. 39Ch. 40 Active in 5 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include parts of machinery of heading 8428, n.e.s., 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), parts of machinery and apparatus for filtering or purifying liquids or gases, n.e.s..

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

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity115 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity5 in the last 6 months

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Among the most active

UNIPART RAIL LIMITED

74 import declarations 17 export declarations DN4 *Ch. 38Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 48 Active in 5 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include air brakes and parts thereof for railway or tramway locomotives or rolling stock, n.e.s., railway or tramway track fixtures and fittings (excl. sleepers of wood, concrete or steel, sections of track and other track fixtures not yet assembled and railway or tramway track construction material); mechanical, incl. electromechanical, signalli, parts of rolling stock of heading 8603, 8604, 8605 or 8606, n.e.s..

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

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity74 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity17 in the last 6 months

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What Doncaster trades

The most frequently declared goods across all 170 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)Air brakes and parts thereof for railway or tramway locomotives or rolling stock, n.e.s.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.Articles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire)Parts of machines and mechanical appliances, n.e.s.Parts of rolling stock of heading 8603, 8604, 8605 or 8606, n.e.s.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 theSausages and similar products, of meat, meat offal, blood or insects; food preparations based on these products

Common questions about trade in Doncaster

How many businesses import or export from Doncaster?

HMRC customs records show 170 businesses in Doncaster (DN1, DN2, DN4) filed declarations over the last six months — 2,741 import declarations and 1,207 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), air brakes and parts thereof for railway or tramway locomotives or rolling stock, n.e.s., 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., articles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire). You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.

Is trade from Doncaster growing?

Import activity is down 13.2% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 10.5%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.

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Doncaster importers & exporters

Top 10 businesses by 6-month activity Free tier

WABTEC UK LIMITED

WEBASTO THERMO & COMFORT UK LTD

MS INTERNATIONAL PLC

FCC ENVIRONMENT (UK) LIMITED

UNIPART RAIL LIMITED

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