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Stafford importers & exporters

312 businesses in Stafford appear in HMRC customs records for the last six months. That puts it second in Staffordshire 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 4.7% 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

4,566Import declarations▼ 9.9% on the 6 months before

2,133Export declarations

−4.7%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data

312Trading 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 312 businesses.

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★ Most active in StaffordFiled more customs declarations than any other Stafford business over the last six months — roughly 9% of the town's total import activity, mostly in mineral fuels and oils.

Most active business

UK GRID SOLUTIONS LIMITED

408 import declarations 300 export declarations ST16 *Ch. 27Ch. 28Ch. 29Ch. 30 Active in 5 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include copper alloy tube or pipe fittings "e.g., couplings, elbows, sleeves", processing units for automatic data-processing machines, whether or not containing in the same housing one or two of the following types of unit: storage units, input units, output units (excl. those of heading 8471.41 or 8471.49 and excl. peripheral, 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).

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

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity408 in the last 6 months

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

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Among the most active

ALTECNIC LTD

140 import declarations 81 export declarations ST16 *Ch. 15Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 42 Active in 5 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include 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), pressure-reducing valves, tubes, pipes and hoses, of vulcanised rubber (excl. hard rubber), reinforced or otherwise combined only with metal, with fittings.

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

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity140 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity81 in the last 6 months

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LELY CENTER MIDLANDS LTD

144 import declarations 25 export declarations ST18 *Ch. 38Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 62 Active in 5 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include 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), agricultural, horticultural, forestry or bee-keeping machinery, n.e.s., parts of milking machines and dairy machinery, n.e.s..

▲ Expected to increase by 23.5% 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 activity25 in the last 6 months

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Among the most active

INTATEC LIMITED

121 import declarations 39 export declarations ST18 *Ch. 15Ch. 22Ch. 39Ch. 40 Active in 5 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include 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), machinery and apparatus for filtering or purifying water, pressure-reducing valves.

▼ Expected to slow by 11.9% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity121 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity39 in the last 6 months

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Among the most active

ELSTER METERING LIMITED

142 import declarations 10 export declarations ST16 *Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 44Ch. 68 Active in 5 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include 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), furnace burners for pulverised solid fuel or gas, incl. combination burners, pressure-reducing valves.

▼ Expected to slow by 13.3% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity142 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity10 in the last 6 months

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What Stafford trades

The most frequently declared goods across all 312 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)Articles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire)Chemical products and preparations of the chemical or allied industries, incl. those consisting of mixtures of natural products, n.e.s.Pressure-reducing valvesMachines and mechanical appliances, n.e.s.Parts and accessories of automatic data-processing machines or for other machines of heading 8471, n.e.s.Corundum, artificial, whether or not chemically definedParts and accessories, for tractors, motor vehicles for the transport of ten or more persons, motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of persons, motor vehicles for the transport of goods and special purpose motor v

Common questions about trade in Stafford

How many businesses import or export from Stafford?

HMRC customs records show 312 businesses in Stafford (ST16, ST17, ST18, ST20) filed declarations over the last six months — 4,566 import declarations and 2,133 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.

What do Stafford businesses import most?

The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Stafford 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), articles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire), chemical products and preparations of the chemical or allied industries, incl. those consisting of mixtures of natural products, n.e.s., pressure-reducing valves. You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.

Is trade from Stafford growing?

Import activity is down 9.9% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 4.7%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.

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Stafford importers & exporters

Top 10 businesses by 6-month activity Free tier

UK GRID SOLUTIONS LIMITED

ALTECNIC LTD

LELY CENTER MIDLANDS LTD

INTATEC LIMITED

ELSTER METERING LIMITED

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What Stafford trades

Common questions about trade in Stafford

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