Town trade profile · S60 · S61 · S65

Rotherham importers & exporters

Over the last six months, 279 Rotherham businesses filed customs declarations. That puts it second 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 2.5% 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

3,621Import declarations▼ 2.0% on the 6 months before

2,042Export declarations

−2.5%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data

279Trading 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 279 businesses.

★ Most active in RotherhamFiled more customs declarations than any other Rotherham business over the last six months — roughly 4% of the town's total import activity, mostly in salt, stone and cement.

Most active business

HOTTINGER BRUEL & KJAER UK LIMITED

141 import declarations 154 export declarations S60 *Ch. 25Ch. 27Ch. 35Ch. 38 Active in 6 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include instruments, appliances and machines for measuring or checking, not elsewhere specified in chapter 90 (excl. optical), parts and accessories for machines and appliances for testing the mechanical properties of materials, n.e.s., articles of vulcanised rubber (excl. hard rubber), n.e.s..

▲ Expected to increase by 2.9% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity141 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity154 in the last 6 months

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Among the most active

MOLECULAR DIMENSIONS LTD

137 import declarations 65 export declarations S60 *Ch. 07Ch. 28Ch. 29Ch. 30 Active in 6 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include 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, certified reference materials, parts and accessories for electron microscopes, proton microscopes and diffraction apparatus, n.e.s..

▲ Expected to increase by 16.4% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity137 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity65 in the last 6 months

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COOPER AND TURNER DISTRIBUTION LIMITED

69 import declarations 68 export declarations S60 *Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 48Ch. 63 Active in 6 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), nuts of iron or steel, washers of iron or steel (excl. spring washers and other lock washers).

▲ Expected to increase by 16.7% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

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

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity68 in the last 6 months

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Among the most active

AESSEAL PLC

144 import declarations 114 export declarations S60 *Ch. 21Ch. 27Ch. 30Ch. 33 Active in 6 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include articles of plastics and articles of other materials of heading 3901 to 3914, n.e.s (excl. goods of 9619), gaskets, washers and other seals, of vulcanised rubber (excl. hard rubber and those of cellular rubber), parts of machinery of chapter 84, not intended for a specific purpose, n.e.s..

▼ Expected to slow by 4.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity144 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity114 in the last 6 months

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Among the most active

SCIQUIP LTD

154 import declarations 53 export declarations S60 *Ch. 30Ch. 32Ch. 34Ch. 37 Active in 6 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include articles of plastics and articles of other materials of heading 3901 to 3914, n.e.s (excl. goods of 9619), carboys, bottles, flasks and similar articles for the conveyance or packaging of goods, of plastics, spectrometers, spectrophotometers and spectrographs using optical radiations, such as uv, visible, ir.

▲ Expected to increase by 11.6% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity154 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity53 in the last 6 months

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What Rotherham trades

The most frequently declared goods across all 279 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.

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)Carboys, bottles, flasks, jars, pots, phials and other containers, of glass, of a kind used for the commercial conveyance or packing of goods, and preserving jars, of glass (excl. ampoules, glass inners for containers, with vacuum insulation, perfumeInstruments, appliances and machines for measuring or checking, not elsewhere specified in chapter 90 (excl. optical)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)Gaskets, washers and other seals, of vulcanised rubber (excl. hard rubber and those of cellular rubber)Other bars and rods of stainless steel, not further worked than cold-formed or cold-finishedBars and rods of alloy steel other than stainless, not further worked than hot-rolled, hot-drawn or extruded (excl. products of high-speed steel or silico-manganese steel, semi-finished products, flat-rolled products and hot-rolled bars and rods in i

Common questions about trade in Rotherham

How many businesses import or export from Rotherham?

HMRC customs records show 279 businesses in Rotherham (S60, S61, S65) filed declarations over the last six months — 3,621 import declarations and 2,042 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.

What do Rotherham businesses import most?

The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Rotherham traders the leading goods are 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), carboys, bottles, flasks, jars, pots, phials and other containers, of glass, of a kind used for the commercial conveyance or packing of goods, and preserving jars, of glass (excl. ampoules, glass inners for containers, with vacuum insulation, perfume, instruments, appliances and machines for measuring or checking, not elsewhere specified in chapter 90 (excl. optical). You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.

Is trade from Rotherham growing?

Import activity is down 2.0% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 2.5%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.

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Rotherham importers & exporters

Top 5 businesses by 6-month activity Free tier

HOTTINGER BRUEL & KJAER UK LIMITED

MOLECULAR DIMENSIONS LTD

COOPER AND TURNER DISTRIBUTION LIMITED

AESSEAL PLC

SCIQUIP LTD

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What Rotherham trades

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