79 businesses in Longbenton appear in HMRC customs records for the last six months. It ranks 5 of 22 trading locations in Tyne and Wear. 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 pick up by around 0.6% over the next three months.
Refreshed every 24 hours · last run 25/08/2026 at 11:41HMRC release in view: Jun 26Snapshot: 2026-08-25.1
1,194Import declarations▲ 0.4% on the 6 months before
842Export declarations
+0.6%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
79Trading 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 79 businesses.
★ Most active in LongbentonFiled more customs declarations than any other Longbenton business over the last six months — roughly 14% of the town's total import activity, mostly in bakery and cereal preparations.
Most active business
MAYBORN (UK) LIMITED
171 import declarations155 export declarationsNE12 *Ch. 19Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 42Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include carboys, bottles, flasks and similar articles for the conveyance or packaging of goods, of plastics, tableware and kitchenware, of plastics, manicure or pedicure sets and instruments, incl. nail files, of base metal (excl. ordinary scissors).
▼ Expected to slow by 3.9% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity171 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity155 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
CLEVA EUROPE LTD
51 import declarationsImports onlyNE12 *Ch. 34Ch. 48Ch. 59Ch. 84Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include vacuum cleaners, incl. dry cleaners and wet vacuum cleaners, with self-contained electric motor ( excl. of a power <= 1 500 w and having a dust bag or other receptacle capacity <= 20 l), mowers for lawns, parks or sports grounds, powered, with the cutting device rotating in a horizontal plane, electromechanical tools for working in the hand, with self-contained electric motor (excl. saws and drills).
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity51 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity0 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
BEL VALVES LIMITED
102 import declarations105 export declarationsNE12 *Ch. 22Ch. 28Ch. 29Ch. 38Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include electrical apparatus for switching electrical circuits, or for making connections to or in electrical circuits, for a voltage <= 1.000 v (excl. fuses, automatic circuit breakers and other apparatus for protecting electrical circuits, relays and other, articles of plastics and articles of other materials of heading 3901 to 3914, n.e.s (excl. goods of 9619), bars, rods and profiles, of copper-zinc base alloys "brass", n.e.s..
▲ Expected to increase by 14.6% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity102 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity105 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
LEICA BIOSYSTEMS NEWCASTLE L IMITED
88 import declarations112 export declarationsNE12 *Ch. 25Ch. 27Ch. 28Ch. 29Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include diagnostic or laboratory reagents on a backing, prepared diagnostic or laboratory reagents whether or not on a backing, whether or not put up in the form of kits (excl. for malaria, for zika and other diseases transmitted by mosquitoes of the genus a, immunological products, put up in measured doses or in forms or packings for retail sale (excl. diagnostic reagents), 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 increase by 10.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity88 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity112 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
BALFOUR BEATTY VINCI JV -HS2 LOT 1 MWCC
64 import declarations93 export declarationsNE12 *Ch. 32Ch. 34Ch. 38Ch. 39Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include structures and parts of structures, of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. bridges and bridge-sections, towers and lattice masts, doors and windows and their frames, thresholds for doors, props and similar equipment for scaffolding, shuttering, propping or, equipment for scaffolding, shuttering, propping or pit-propping (excl. composite sheetpiling products and formwork panels for poured-in-place concrete, which have the characteristics of moulds), lubricant preparations, incl. cutting-oil preparations, bolt or nut release preparations, anti-rust or anti-corrosion preparations and mould-release preparations, based on lubricants and containing petroleum oil or bituminous mineral oil (excl. prepa.
▼ Expected to slow by 42.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity64 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity93 in the last 6 months
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What Longbenton trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 79 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)Locks of base metal (excl. padlocks and locks for motor vehicles or furniture)Carboys, bottles, flasks and similar articles for the conveyance or packaging of goods, of plasticsTravelling-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 contaFolding cartons, boxes and cases, of non-corrugated paper or paperboardElectrical apparatus for switching electrical circuits, or for making connections to or in electrical circuits, for a voltage <= 1.000 V (excl. fuses, automatic circuit breakers and other apparatus for protecting electrical circuits, relays and otherCertified reference materialsSurface-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
Common questions about trade in Longbenton
How many businesses import or export from Longbenton?
HMRC customs records show 79 businesses in Longbenton (NE12) filed declarations over the last six months — 1,194 import declarations and 842 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.
What do Longbenton businesses import most?
The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Longbenton 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), locks of base metal (excl. padlocks and locks for motor vehicles or furniture), carboys, bottles, flasks and similar articles for the conveyance or packaging of goods, of plastics, 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. You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Longbenton growing?
Import activity is up 0.4% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to rise by roughly 0.6%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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