HMRC records show 152 businesses trading internationally from Brierley Hill over the last six months. It ranks 16 of 27 trading locations 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 4.3% 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
1,696Import declarations▼ 14.3% on the 6 months before
878Export declarations
−4.3%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
152Trading 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 152 businesses.
★ Most active in Brierley HillFiled more customs declarations than any other Brierley Hill business over the last six months — roughly 7% of the town's total import activity, mostly in animal and vegetable fats and oils.
Most active business
APOLLO AEROSPACE COMPONENTS LIMITED
126 import declarations176 export declarationsDY5 *Ch. 15Ch. 21Ch. 27Ch. 39Active 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), nuts of iron or steel, articles of titanium, n.e.s..
▲ Expected to increase by 5.3% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity126 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity176 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
WHS PLASTICS BRIERLEY HILL LTD
61 import declarations20 export declarationsDY5 *Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 48Ch. 72Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include screws, bolts, nuts and similar articles, threaded, of copper (other than screw hooks, ring- and eyebolts, lag screws, plugs, bungs and the like, with screw thread), threaded articles, of iron or steel, n.e.s., bumpers 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 moto.
▼ Expected to slow by 28.9% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity61 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity20 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
BRANDENBURG (UK) LTD
25 import declarations46 export declarationsDY5 *Ch. 33Ch. 35Ch. 38Ch. 39Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include bars, rods and profiles, of non-alloy aluminium, n.e.s., insecticides, put up in forms or packings for retail sale or as preparations or articles (excl. goods of subheadings 3808.52 to 3808.69), injection-moulding machines for working rubber or plastics.
▼ Expected to slow by 31.2% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity25 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity46 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
SSAB EMEA AB
55 import declarations15 export declarationsDY5 *Ch. 72Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include flat-rolled products of alloy steel other than stainless, of a width of >= 600 mm, not further worked than hot-rolled, not in coils (excl. products of silicon-electrical steel), flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy steel, of a width >= 600 mm, not in coils, simply hot-rolled, not clad, plated or coated, of a thickness of > 10 mm, without patterns in relief, flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy steel, of a width of >= 600 mm, not in coils, simply hot-rolled, not clad, plated or coated, of a thickness of >= 4,75 mm but <= 10 mm, without patterns in relief.
▲ Expected to increase by 37.9% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity55 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity15 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
THK GMBH
63 import declarations1 export declarationsDY5 *Ch. 27Ch. 34Ch. 39Ch. 40Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include gears and gearing for machinery (excl. toothed wheels, chain sprockets and other transmission elements presented separately); ball or roller screws; gear boxes and other speed changers, incl. torque converters, ball bearings, parts of machines and mechanical appliances, n.e.s..
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% 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 activity1 in the last 6 months
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What Brierley Hill trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 152 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.
Flat-rolled products of alloy steel other than stainless, of a width of >= 600 mm, not further worked than hot-rolled, not in coils (excl. products of silicon-electrical steel)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)Articles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire)Other bars and rods of stainless steel, not further worked than cold-formed or cold-finishedNuts of iron or steelTricycles, scooters, pedal cars and similar wheeled toys; dolls' carriages; dolls; other toys; reduced-size "scale" recreational models, working or not; puzzles of all kindsLine pipe of a kind used for oil or gas pipelines, seamless, of iron or steel (excl. products of stainless steel or of cast iron)Tubes, pipes and hollow profiles, welded, of circular cross-section, of iron or non-alloy steel (excl. products having internal and external circular cross-sections and an external diameter of > 406,4 mm, or line pipe of a kind used for oil or gas pi
Common questions about trade in Brierley Hill
How many businesses import or export from Brierley Hill?
HMRC customs records show 152 businesses in Brierley Hill (DY5) filed declarations over the last six months — 1,696 import declarations and 878 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.
What do Brierley Hill businesses import most?
The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Brierley Hill traders the leading goods are flat-rolled products of alloy steel other than stainless, of a width of >= 600 mm, not further worked than hot-rolled, not in coils (excl. products of silicon-electrical steel), 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), articles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire), other bars and rods of stainless steel, not further worked than cold-formed or cold-finished. You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Brierley Hill growing?
Import activity is down 14.3% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 4.3%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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