174 businesses in Sunderland appear in HMRC customs records for the last six months. It ranks 4 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 ease back by around 11.1% 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
2,948Import declarations▼ 9.3% on the 6 months before
997Export declarations
−11.1%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
174Trading 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 174 businesses.
★ Most active in SunderlandFiled more customs declarations than any other Sunderland business over the last six months — roughly 35% of the town's total import activity, mostly in salt, stone, plaster and cement.
Most active business
NISSAN MOTOR MANUFACTURING (UK) LIMITED
1023 import declarations184 export declarationsSR5 *Ch. 25Ch. 26Ch. 27Ch. 28Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include 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), drive-axles with differential, whether or not provided with other transmission components, and non-driving axles, and parts thereof, for tractors, motor vehicles for the transport of ten or more persons, motor cars and other motor vehicles principall, nuts of iron or steel.
▼ Expected to slow by 7.4% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity1023 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity184 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
NISSAN TRADING EUROPE LIMITED
147 import declarations26 export declarationsSR5 *Ch. 25Ch. 38Ch. 39Ch. 40Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include parts 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, palladium, unwrought or in powder form, non-threaded articles, of iron or steel.
▼ Expected to slow by 13.2% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity147 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity26 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
SECON SOLAR LIMITED
56 import declarations8 export declarationsSR5 *Ch. 38Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 73Active 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), anti-freezing preparations and prepared de-icing fluids (excl. prepared additives for mineral oils or other liquids used for the same purposes as mineral oils), instantaneous or storage water heaters, non-electric (excl. instantaneous gas water heaters, solar water heaters and boilers or water heaters for central heating).
▼ Expected to slow by 11.1% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity56 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity8 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
EE WHOLESALE (UK) LIMITED
22 import declarations37 export declarationsSR5 *Ch. 04Ch. 07Ch. 08Ch. 09Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include fresh or dried cashew nuts, shelled, fresh or dried guavas, mangoes and mangosteens, black fermented tea and partly fermented tea, whether or not flavoured, in immediate packings of <= 3 kg.
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity22 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity37 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
SNOP UK LTD
50 import declarations9 export declarationsSR5 *Ch. 32Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 48Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include parts and accessories of bodies 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 purpos, articles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire), rods, bars, tubes, profiles and other forms of unvulcanised rubber, incl. mixed rubber, and articles of unvulcanised rubber, incl. mixed rubber (excl. plates, sheets and strip which, apart from basic surface-working, have not been cut, or have merely.
▲ Expected to increase by 13.5% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity50 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity9 in the last 6 months
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Every importer and exporter in SR1 / SR2 / SR3 / SR4 with monthly activity, 24-month indicators, forecasts, Companies House records, AI research and validated contact reveals.
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What Sunderland 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 iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire)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)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)Parts and accessories of bodies 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 purposParts 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 vReciprocating positive displacement pumps for liquids, 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)Drive-axles with differential, whether or not provided with other transmission components, and non-driving axles, and parts thereof, for tractors, motor vehicles for the transport of ten or more persons, motor cars and other motor vehicles principallNuts of iron or steel
Common questions about trade in Sunderland
How many businesses import or export from Sunderland?
HMRC customs records show 174 businesses in Sunderland (SR1, SR2, SR3, SR4) filed declarations over the last six months — 2,948 import declarations and 997 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.
What do Sunderland businesses import most?
The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Sunderland traders the leading goods are articles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire), 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), 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), parts and accessories of bodies 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 purpos. You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Sunderland growing?
Import activity is down 9.3% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 11.1%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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