HMRC records show 249 businesses trading internationally from Walsall over the last six months. It ranks 11 of 27 trading locations in West Midlands. Most of that activity sits in machinery and mechanical appliances, plastics and plastic articles, iron and steel articles. Looking ahead, our model expects import activity here to ease back by around 17.7% 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
2,633Import declarations▼ 26.2% on the 6 months before
865Export declarations
−17.7%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
249Trading 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 249 businesses.
★ Most active in WalsallFiled more customs declarations than any other Walsall business over the last six months — roughly 22% of the town's total import activity, mostly in meat and edible offal.
Most active business
POUNDLAND LTD
580 import declarations1 export declarationsWS1 *Ch. 02Ch. 05Ch. 12Ch. 14Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include 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, sugar confectionery not containing cocoa, incl. white chocolate (excl. chewing gum), trays, dishes, plates, cups and the like, of paper or paperboard (excl. of bamboo paper or bamboo paperboard).
▼ Expected to slow by 43.3% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity580 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity1 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
POLISH BAKERY MAZOWSZE LTD.
78 import declarations1 export declarationsWS2 *Ch. 04Ch. 11Ch. 12Ch. 15Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include food preparations, n.e.s., cereal flours (excl. wheat, meslin and maize), fresh cheese "unripened or uncured cheese", incl. whey cheese, and curd.
▼ Expected to slow by 5.7% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity78 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity1 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
POWER UTILITIES LTD
34 import declarations45 export declarationsWS2 *Ch. 34Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 44Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include nonwovens, whether or not impregnated, coated, covered or laminated, n.e.s., of man-made filaments, weighing > 25 g/m but <= 70 g/m, parts of machinery and apparatus for filtering or purifying liquids or gases, n.e.s., 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 4.3% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity34 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity45 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
HOWARD BUTLER LTD
45 import declarations33 export declarationsWS1 *Ch. 29Ch. 32Ch. 39Ch. 40Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include jerseys, pullovers, cardigans, waistcoats and similar articles, of cotton, knitted or crocheted (excl. wadded waistcoats), men's or boys' underpants and briefs of cotton, knitted or crocheted, articles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire).
▼ Expected to slow by 9.7% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity45 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity33 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
ALANTO LIMITED
31 import declarations43 export declarationsWS2 *Ch. 28Ch. 33Ch. 35Ch. 39Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include trunks, suitcases, vanity cases, executive-cases, briefcases, school satchels and similar containers, with outer surface of plastics or textile materials, plates, sheets and strip of cellular rubber, adhesives based on polymers of headings 3901 to 3913 or on rubber (excl. put up for retail sale with a net weight of <= 1 kg).
▲ Expected to increase by 15.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity31 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity43 in the last 6 months
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What Walsall trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 249 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.
Saddlery and harness for any animal, incl. traces, leads, knee pads, muzzles, saddle cloths, saddlebags, dog coats and the like, of any material (excl. harnesses for children and adults, riding whips and other goods of heading 6602)Articles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire)Tricycles, scooters, pedal cars and similar wheeled toys; dolls' carriages; dolls; other toys; reduced-size "scale" recreational models, working or not; puzzles of all kindsArticles of vulcanised rubber (excl. hard rubber), 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 theSweet biscuitsStructures 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 orFood preparations, n.e.s.
Common questions about trade in Walsall
How many businesses import or export from Walsall?
HMRC customs records show 249 businesses in Walsall (WS1, WS2, WS5) filed declarations over the last six months — 2,633 import declarations and 865 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.
What do Walsall businesses import most?
The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Walsall traders the leading goods are saddlery and harness for any animal, incl. traces, leads, knee pads, muzzles, saddle cloths, saddlebags, dog coats and the like, of any material (excl. harnesses for children and adults, riding whips and other goods of heading 6602), articles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire), 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, articles of vulcanised rubber (excl. hard rubber), n.e.s.. You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Walsall growing?
Import activity is down 26.2% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 17.7%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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