Over the last six months, 98 Stone (Stafford) businesses filed customs declarations. It ranks 9 of 23 trading locations in Staffordshire. 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 1.0% 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
1,661Import declarations▼ 13.6% on the 6 months before
886Export declarations
−1.0%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
98Trading 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 98 businesses.
★ Most active in Stone (Stafford)Filed more customs declarations than any other Stone (Stafford) business over the last six months — roughly 15% of the town's total import activity, mostly in salt, stone, plaster and cement.
Most active business
COLE-PARMER INSTRUMENT COMPANY
245 import declarations239 export declarationsST15 *Ch. 25Ch. 28Ch. 29Ch. 30Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include laboratory, hygienic or pharmaceutical glassware, whether or not graduated or calibrated, having a linear coefficient of expansion <= 5 x 10 -6 per kelvin within a temperature range of 0 c to 300 c (excl. glass of fused quartz or other fused silica,, machinery, plant or laboratory equipment, whether or not electrically heated, for the treatment of materials by a process involving a change of temperature such as heating, cooking, roasting, sterilising, pasteurising, steaming, evaporating, vaporisi, surface-active preparations, washing preparations, incl. auxiliary washing preparations and cleaning preparations (excl. those put up for retail sale, organic surface-active agents, soap and organic surface-active preparations in the form of bars, ca.
▼ Expected to slow by 12.3% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity245 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity239 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
FINDER PLC
67 import declarations20 export declarationsST15 *Ch. 32Ch. 84Ch. 85Ch. 90Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include time switches with clock or watch movement or with synchronous motor, table, floor, wall, window, ceiling or roof fans, with a self-contained electric motor of an output <= 125 w, machinery and apparatus for filtering or purifying gases (excl. isotope separators and intake air filters for internal combustion engines, and catalytic converters and particulate filters for purifying or filtering exhaust gases from internal combust.
▲ Expected to increase by 34.2% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity67 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity20 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
SWITCHTEC LTD
72 import declarations5 export declarationsST15 *Ch. 39Ch. 73Ch. 83Ch. 84Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include air conditioning machines incorporating a refrigerating unit but without a valve for reversal of the cooling-heat cycle (excl. of a kind used for persons in motor vehicles, and self-contained or "split-system" window or wall air conditioning machines, articles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire), parts and accessories for machine tools for working metal without removing material, n.e.s..
▼ Expected to slow by 7.1% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity72 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity5 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
WELLS HOLDING GROUP LIMITED
47 import declarations21 export declarationsST15 *Ch. 28Ch. 29Ch. 32Ch. 33Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include calcium carbonate, amino-alcohols, their ethers and esters; salts thereof (other than those containing > one kind of oxygen function and excl. monoethanolamine, diethanolamine, dextropropoxyphene "inn", their salts, triethanolamine, diethanolammonium perfluorooctane su, knives 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).
▲ Expected to increase by 16.7% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity47 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity21 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
CAPAROL (U.K.) LIMITED
63 import declarations4 export declarationsST15 *Ch. 32Ch. 38Ch. 39Ch. 49Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include paints and varnishes, incl. enamels and lacquers, based on acrylic or vinyl polymers, dispersed or dissolved in an aqueous medium, glaziers' putty, grafting putty, resin cements, caulking compounds and other mastics; painters' fillings, non-refractory surfacing preparations for facades, inside walls, floors, ceilings and the like.
▲ Expected to increase by 8.1% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity63 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity4 in the last 6 months
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What Stone (Stafford) trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 98 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.
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 steelTableware and kitchenware, of porcelain or china (excl. ornamental articles, pots, jars, carboys and similar receptacles for the conveyance or packing of goods, and coffee grinders and spice mills with receptacles made of ceramics and working parts oArticles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire)Tableware, kitchenware, other household articles and toilet articles, of ceramics other than porcelain or china (excl. baths, bidets, sinks and similar sanitary fixtures, statuettes and other ornamental articles, pots, jars, carboys and similar recepParts of machinery and apparatus for filtering or purifying liquids or gases, n.e.s.Parts and accessories of automatic data-processing machines or for other machines of heading 8471, n.e.s.Mixing, kneading, crushing, grinding, screening, sifting, homogenising, emulsifying or stirring machines, n.e.s. (excl. industrial robots)
Common questions about trade in Stone (Stafford)
How many businesses import or export from Stone (Stafford)?
HMRC customs records show 98 businesses in Stone (Stafford) (ST15) filed declarations over the last six months — 1,661 import declarations and 886 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.
What do Stone (Stafford) businesses import most?
The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Stone (Stafford) traders the leading goods are 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, tableware and kitchenware, of porcelain or china (excl. ornamental articles, pots, jars, carboys and similar receptacles for the conveyance or packing of goods, and coffee grinders and spice mills with receptacles made of ceramics and working parts o, articles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire). You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Stone (Stafford) growing?
Import activity is down 13.6% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 1.0%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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