Over the last six months, 2,660 Birmingham businesses filed customs declarations. That makes it the busiest trading location in West Midlands. 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 8.0% 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
30,569Import declarations▼ 17.5% on the 6 months before
11,784Export declarations
−8.0%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
2,660Trading 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 2,660 businesses.
★ Most active in BirminghamFiled more customs declarations than any other Birmingham business over the last six months — roughly 3% of the town's total import activity, mostly in meat and edible offal.
Most active business
MARION TRADING LIMITED
1008 import declarations1 export declarationsB8 *Ch. 02Ch. 03Ch. 04Ch. 05Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include cheese (excl. fresh cheese, incl. whey cheese, curd, processed cheese, blue-veined cheese and other cheese containing veins produced by "penicillium roqueforti", and grated or powdered cheese), wine of fresh grapes, incl. fortified wines, and grape must whose fermentation has been arrested by the addition of alcohol, in containers of <= 2 l (excl. sparkling wine), frozen cuts and edible offal of fowls of the species gallus domesticus.
▼ Expected to slow by 1.9% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity1008 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity1 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
SAIC MOTOR INTERNATIONAL UK LTD
307 import declarations53 export declarationsB31 *Ch. 38Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 56Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include gear boxes and parts thereof, 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, 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, suspension systems and parts thereof, incl. shock-absorbers, 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 transpor.
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity307 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity53 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
BEESWIFT LTD
218 import declarations140 export declarationsB6 *Ch. 21Ch. 25Ch. 30Ch. 32Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include gloves, mittens and mitts, impregnated, coated, covered or laminated with plastics or rubber, knitted or crocheted, safety headgear, whether or not lined or trimmed, t-shirts, singlets and other vests of textile materials, knitted or crocheted (excl. cotton).
▼ Expected to slow by 5.9% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity218 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity140 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
ARTIFEX INTERIOR SYSTEMS LIM ITED
302 import declarations48 export declarationsB37 *Ch. 28Ch. 32Ch. 34Ch. 35Active 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, textile fabrics impregnated, coated, covered or laminated with polyurethane (excl. wallcoverings of textile materials impregnated or covered with polyurethane; floor coverings consisting of a textile backing and a top layer or covering of polyurethan, containers, incl. containers for the transport of fluids, specially designed and equipped for carriage by one or more modes of transport.
▼ Expected to slow by 11.6% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity302 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity48 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
MAYFLEX UK LIMITED
247 import declarations92 export declarationsB6 *Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 44Ch. 49Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include articles of aluminium, n.e.s., 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, input or output units for automatic data-processing machines, whether or not containing storage units in the same housing.
▼ Expected to slow by 6.3% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity247 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity92 in the last 6 months
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What Birmingham trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 2,660 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.
Articles of jewellery and parts thereof, of precious metal other than silver, whether or not plated or clad with precious metal (excl. articles > 100 years old)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)Food preparations, n.e.s.Bread, pastry, cakes, biscuits and other bakers' wares, whether or not containing cocoa; communion wafers, empty cachets of a kind suitable for pharmaceutical use, sealing wafers, rice paper and similar products (excl. crispbread, gingerbread and theParts 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 vThreaded 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)Tricycles, scooters, pedal cars and similar wheeled toys; dolls' carriages; dolls; other toys; reduced-size "scale" recreational models, working or not; puzzles of all kinds
Common questions about trade in Birmingham
How many businesses import or export from Birmingham?
HMRC customs records show 2,660 businesses in Birmingham (B1, B10, B11, B12) filed declarations over the last six months — 30,569 import declarations and 11,784 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.
What do Birmingham businesses import most?
The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Birmingham traders the leading goods are articles of jewellery and parts thereof, of precious metal other than silver, whether or not plated or clad with precious metal (excl. articles > 100 years old), 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), food preparations, n.e.s.. You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Birmingham growing?
Import activity is down 17.5% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 8.0%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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