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Sheffield importers & exporters

Q: How many businesses import or export from Sheffield?

HMRC customs records show 1,265 businesses in Sheffield (S1, S10, S11, S12) filed declarations over the last six months — 14,184 import declarations and 8,599 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.

Q: What do Sheffield businesses import most?

The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Sheffield 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), instruments and appliances used in medical, surgical or veterinary sciences, n.e.s., tools for drilling, interchangeable (excl. rock-drilling or earth-boring tools and tools for tapping). You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.

Q: Is trade from Sheffield growing?

Import activity is down 1.6% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to rise by roughly 1.1%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.

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

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HMRC records show 1,265 businesses trading internationally from Sheffield over the last six months. That makes it the busiest trading location in South Yorkshire. Most of that activity sits in machinery and mechanical appliances, electrical machinery and electronics, plastics. Looking ahead, our model expects import activity here to pick up by around 1.1% 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

14,184Import declarations▼ 1.6% on the 6 months before

8,599Export declarations

+1.1%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data

1,265Trading 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 1,265 businesses.

★ Most active in SheffieldFiled more customs declarations than any other Sheffield business over the last six months — roughly 1% of the town's total import activity, mostly in coffee, tea and spices.

Most active business

PRICECHECK TOILETRIES LIMITED

196 import declarations 398 export declarations S20 *Ch. 09Ch. 10Ch. 11Ch. 17 Active in 6 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include sanitary towels (pads) and tampons, napkins and napkin liners, and similar articles, of any material, perfumes and toilet waters (excl. aftershave lotions, personal deodorants and hair lotions), non-electric razors of base metal.

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

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity196 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity398 in the last 6 months

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Among the most active

OSSILA LTD

133 import declarations 198 export declarations S4 *Ch. 28Ch. 29Ch. 30Ch. 32 Active in 6 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking voltage, current, resistance or electrical power, without recording device (excl. multimeters, and oscilloscopes and oscillographs), polysulphides, polysulphones and other polymers and prepolymers produced by chemical synthesis, n.e.s., in primary forms, float glass and surface ground and polished glass, in sheets, but not otherwise worked (excl. wired glass or glass coloured throughout the mass "body tinted", opacified, flashed or merely surface ground, or glass having an absorbent, reflecting or no.

▲ Expected to increase by 36.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity133 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity198 in the last 6 months

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Among the most active

STAUFF UK LTD

243 import declarations 75 export declarations S4 *Ch. 27Ch. 32Ch. 35Ch. 39 Active in 6 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include threaded elbows, bends and sleeves, of stainless steel (excl. cast or stainless products), tube or pipe fittings, of iron or steel (excl. cast iron or stainless steel products; flanges; threaded elbows, bends and sleeves; butt welding fittings), angles, shapes and sections of stainless steel, 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 activity243 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity75 in the last 6 months

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Among the most active

MASPO LTD

430 import declarations 3 export declarations S9 *Ch. 02Ch. 03Ch. 04Ch. 07 Active in 6 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include 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, cheese (excl. fresh cheese, incl. whey cheese, curd, processed cheese, blue-veined cheese and other cheese containing veins produced by "penicillium roqueforti", and grated or powdered cheese), chocolate and other preparations containing cocoa, in containers or immediate packings of <= 2 kg (excl. in blocks, slabs or bars and cocoa powder).

▼ Expected to slow by 6.3% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity430 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity3 in the last 6 months

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Among the most active

SIG TRADING LTD

300 import declarations 133 export declarations S9 *Ch. 14Ch. 25Ch. 28Ch. 29 Active in 6 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include plates, sheets and strip, of non-cellular rubber, refractory cements, mortars, concretes and similar compositions, incl. dolomite ramming mix (excl. preparations based on graphite or other carbonaceous substances), plates, sheets, film, foil and strip, of non-cellular polymers of ethylene, not reinforced, laminated, supported or similarly combined with other materials, without backing, unworked or merely surface-worked or merely cut into squares or rectangles (.

▼ Expected to slow by 7.2% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity300 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity133 in the last 6 months

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What Sheffield trades

The most frequently declared goods across all 1,265 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)Instruments and appliances used in medical, surgical or veterinary sciences, n.e.s.Tools for drilling, interchangeable (excl. rock-drilling or earth-boring tools and tools for tapping)Other bars and rods of stainless steel, not further worked than cold-formed or cold-finishedKnives and cutting blades, of base metal, for machines or for mechanical appliances (excl. those for metal or wood-working, kitchen appliances or machines used by the food industry and those for agricultural, horticultural or forestry machines)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)Hand tools, incl. glaziers' diamonds, of base metal, n.e.s.

Common questions about trade in Sheffield

How many businesses import or export from Sheffield?

HMRC customs records show 1,265 businesses in Sheffield (S1, S10, S11, S12) filed declarations over the last six months — 14,184 import declarations and 8,599 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.

What do Sheffield businesses import most?

The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Sheffield 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), instruments and appliances used in medical, surgical or veterinary sciences, n.e.s., tools for drilling, interchangeable (excl. rock-drilling or earth-boring tools and tools for tapping). You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.

Is trade from Sheffield growing?

Import activity is down 1.6% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to rise by roughly 1.1%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.

How do I get contact details for Sheffield importers?

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Sheffield importers & exporters

Top 5 businesses by 6-month activity Free tier

PRICECHECK TOILETRIES LIMITED

OSSILA LTD

STAUFF UK LTD

MASPO LTD

SIG TRADING LTD

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What Sheffield trades

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