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Sheffield importers & exporters

HMRC records show 1,198 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 and plastic articles. Looking ahead, our model expects import activity here to ease back by around 7.7% 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

11,918Import declarations▼ 15.7% on the 6 months before

7,219Export declarations

−7.7%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data

1,198Trading 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 1,198 businesses.

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★ 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

163 import declarations 323 export declarations S20 *Ch. 09Ch. 10Ch. 11Ch. 17 Active in 5 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), surface-active preparations, washing preparations, auxiliary washing preparations and cleaning preparations put up for retail sale (excl. organic surface-active agents, soap and organic surface-active preparations in the form of bars, cakes, moulded.

▼ Expected to slow by 10.7% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity163 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity323 in the last 6 months

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Among the most active

GLOBAL LIFE SCIENCES SOLUTIONS MANUFACTURING UK LTD

146 import declarations 103 export declarations S9 *Ch. 21Ch. 27Ch. 28Ch. 29 Active in 5 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include enzymes and prepared enzymes, n.e.s. (excl. rennet and concentrates thereof), glass fibres and articles thereof, n.e.s., nucleic acids and their salts, whether or not chemically defined; heterocyclic compounds (excl. with oxygen only or with nitrogen hetero-atom[s] only, compounds containing in the structure an unfused thiazole ring or a benzothiazole or phenothiazine.

▼ Expected to slow by 19.8% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity146 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity103 in the last 6 months

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Among the most active

ARTHREX LTD

183 import declarations 62 export declarations S9 *Ch. 18Ch. 30Ch. 31Ch. 38 Active in 5 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include sterile surgical catgut, similar sterile suture materials, incl. sterile absorbable surgical or dental yarns, and sterile tissue adhesives for surgical wound closure; sterile laminaria and sterile laminaria tents; sterile absorbable surgical or denta, machines which only perform one of the functions of printing, copying or facsimile transmission, capable of connecting to an automatic data processing machine or to a network, typewriter or similar ribbons, inked or otherwise prepared for giving impressions, whether or not on spools or in cartridges.

▼ Expected to slow by 2.8% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity183 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity62 in the last 6 months

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Among the most active

NEILL TOOLS LTD

125 import declarations 110 export declarations S4 *Ch. 32Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 42 Active in 5 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include hand tools, incl. glaziers' diamonds, of base metal, n.e.s., spades and shovels, with working parts of base metal, hedge shears, two-handed pruning shears and similar two-handed shears, with working parts of base metal.

▼ Expected to slow by 23.1% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity125 in the last 6 months

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

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Among the most active

CERATIZIT UK & IRELAND LTD

138 import declarations 62 export declarations S9 *Ch. 17Ch. 39Ch. 42Ch. 48 Active in 5 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include interchangeable tools for milling, tools for drilling, interchangeable (excl. rock-drilling or earth-boring tools and tools for tapping), tool holders, incl. tool holders for any type of tool for working in the hand, and self-opening dieheads, for machine tools.

▼ Expected to slow by 3.3% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

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

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity62 in the last 6 months

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What Sheffield trades

The most frequently declared goods across all 1,198 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.

Articles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire)Other bars and rods of stainless steel, not further worked than cold-formed or cold-finishedTravelling-bags, insulated food or beverage bags, toilet bags, rucksacks, shopping-bags, map-cases, tool bags, sports bags, jewellery boxes, cutlery cases, binocular cases, camera cases, musical instrument cases, gun cases, holsters and similar contaArticles and equipment for sport and outdoor games n.e.s; swimming and paddling poolsBars, rods, profiles and wire, of nickel alloys, n.e.s. (excl. electrically insulated products)Bars and rods of alloy steel other than stainless, not further worked than cold-formed or cold-finished (excl. products of high-speed steel or silico-manganese steel, semi-finished products, flat-rolled products and hot-rolled bars and rods in irreguTricycles, scooters, pedal cars and similar wheeled toys; dolls' carriages; dolls; other toys; reduced-size "scale" recreational models, working or not; puzzles of all kindsBars 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 Sheffield

How many businesses import or export from Sheffield?

HMRC customs records show 1,198 businesses in Sheffield (S1, S10, S11, S12) filed declarations over the last six months — 11,918 import declarations and 7,219 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 iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire), other bars and rods of stainless steel, not further worked than cold-formed or cold-finished, travelling-bags, insulated food or beverage bags, toilet bags, rucksacks, shopping-bags, map-cases, tool bags, sports bags, jewellery boxes, cutlery cases, binocular cases, camera cases, musical instrument cases, gun cases, holsters and similar conta, articles and equipment for sport and outdoor games n.e.s; swimming and paddling pools. You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.

Is trade from Sheffield growing?

Import activity is down 15.7% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 7.7%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.

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Sheffield importers & exporters

Top 10 businesses by 6-month activity Free tier

PRICECHECK TOILETRIES LIMITED

GLOBAL LIFE SCIENCES SOLUTIONS MANUFACTURING UK LTD

ARTHREX LTD

NEILL TOOLS LTD

CERATIZIT UK & IRELAND LTD

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What Sheffield trades

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