174 businesses in Lichfield appear in HMRC customs records for the last six months. It ranks 8 of 23 trading locations in Staffordshire. 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 0.5% 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
2,809Import declarations▼ 0.2% on the 6 months before
1,132Export declarations
−0.5%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
174Trading 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 174 businesses.
★ Most active in LichfieldFiled more customs declarations than any other Lichfield business over the last six months — roughly 11% of the town's total import activity, mostly in dyes and pigments.
Most active business
NEWELL EUROPE SARL
304 import declarations116 export declarationsWS13 *Ch. 32Ch. 33Ch. 34Ch. 35Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include ball-point pens, mops and leather dusters; prepared knots and tufts for broom or brush making; squeegees of rubber or other flexible materials; brooms and brushes, n.e.s., self-adhesive plates, sheets, film, foil, tape, strip and other flat shapes, of plastics, in rolls <= 20 cm wide.
▲ Expected to increase by 4.4% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity304 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity116 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
ROXANE UK LTD
153 import declarations20 export declarationsWS13 *Ch. 22Ch. 27Ch. 34Ch. 38Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include 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 (, mineral waters and aerated waters, not containing added sugar, other sweetening matter or flavoured, stoppers, lids, caps and other closures, of plastics.
▼ Expected to slow by 21.1% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity153 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity20 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
PEDROLLO DISTRIBUTION LIMITED
166 import declarations7 export declarationsWS13 *Ch. 25Ch. 28Ch. 38Ch. 39Active in 6 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), parts of machinery and apparatus for filtering or purifying liquids or gases, n.e.s., instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking pressure of liquids or gases (excl. regulators).
▲ Expected to increase by 19.2% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity166 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity7 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
MASTEEL (UK) LIMITED
136 import declarations63 export declarationsWS13 *Ch. 38Ch. 72Ch. 73Ch. 74Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include flat-rolled products of alloy steel other than stainless, of a width of >= 600 mm, not further worked than hot-rolled, not in coils (excl. products of silicon-electrical steel), flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy steel, of a width >= 600 mm, not in coils, simply hot-rolled, not clad, plated or coated, of a thickness of > 10 mm, without patterns in relief, flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy steel, of a width of >= 600 mm, not in coils, simply hot-rolled, not clad, plated or coated, of a thickness of >= 4,75 mm but <= 10 mm, without patterns in relief.
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity136 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity63 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
KYOCERA UNIMERCO TOOLING LIMITED
158 import declarations25 export declarationsWS13 *Ch. 34Ch. 39Ch. 48Ch. 49Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include tools for drilling, interchangeable (excl. rock-drilling or earth-boring tools and tools for tapping), plates, sticks, tips and the like for tools, unmounted, of sintered metal carbides or cermets, interchangeable tools for milling.
▲ Expected to increase by 8.2% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity158 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity25 in the last 6 months
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169 more Lichfield businesses
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What Lichfield trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 174 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)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)Ball-point pensPlates, 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 (Carboys, bottles, flasks and similar articles for the conveyance or packaging of goods, of plasticsFlat-rolled products of alloy steel other than stainless, of a width of >= 600 mm, not further worked than hot-rolled, not in coils (excl. products of silicon-electrical steel)Machines and mechanical appliances, n.e.s.
Common questions about trade in Lichfield
How many businesses import or export from Lichfield?
HMRC customs records show 174 businesses in Lichfield (WS13, WS14) filed declarations over the last six months — 2,809 import declarations and 1,132 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.
What do Lichfield businesses import most?
The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Lichfield 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), 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), ball-point pens. You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Lichfield growing?
Import activity is down 0.2% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 0.5%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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