HMRC records show 254 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, electrical machinery and electronics. Looking ahead, our model expects import activity here to ease back by around 8.1% 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
3,280Import declarations▼ 9.7% on the 6 months before
1,027Export declarations
−8.1%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
254Trading 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 254 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
706 import declarations1 export declarationsWS1 *Ch. 02Ch. 05Ch. 12Ch. 14Active in 6 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), spectacles, goggles and the like, corrective, protective or other (excl. spectacles for testing eyesight, sunglasses, contact lenses, spectacle lenses and frames and mountings for spectacles).
▼ Expected to slow by 31.4% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity706 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity1 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
ALANTO LIMITED
34 import declarations55 export declarationsWS2 *Ch. 28Ch. 33Ch. 35Ch. 39Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include plates, sheets, film, foil and strip, of cellular plastic, unworked or merely surface-worked or merely cut into squares or rectangles (excl.those of polymers of styrene, vinyl chloride, polyurethanes and regenerated cellulose, self-adhesive products,, 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.
▲ Expected to increase by 30.0% 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 activity55 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
GEORGE TAYLOR & CO LIFTING GEAR (MIDLA NDS) LTD
125 import declarations46 export declarationsWS2 *Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 54Ch. 56Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include articles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire), articles of iron or steel, forged or stamped, but not further worked, n.e.s. (excl. grinding balls and similar articles for mills), made-up articles of textile materials, incl. dress patterns, n.e.s..
▲ Expected to increase by 12.3% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity125 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity46 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
ALAMGEER FOODS LTD
103 import declarations16 export declarationsWS2 *Ch. 07Ch. 08Ch. 09Ch. 11Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include spices (excl. pepper of the genus piper, fruit of the genus capsicum or of the genus pimenta, vanilla, cinnamon, cinnamontree flowers, clove "wholefruit", clove stems, nutmeg, mace, cardamoms, seeds of anise, badian, fennel, coriander, cumin and cara, salts, incl. table salt and denatured salt, and pure sodium chloride, whether or not in aqueous solution or containing added anti-caking or free-flowing agents; sea water, malt extract; food preparations of flour, groats, meal, starch or malt extract, not containing cocoa or containing < 40% by weight of cocoa calculated on a totally defatted basis, n.e.s. and food preparations of milk, cream, butter milk, sour milk, s.
▲ Expected to increase by 28.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity103 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity16 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
JOSH INTERNATIONAL TRADING L IMITED
116 import declarationsImports onlyWS1 *Ch. 21Ch. 39Ch. 42Ch. 44Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include extracts, essences and concentrates, of tea or mate, and preparations with a basis of these extracts, essences or concentrates, or with a basis of tea or mat, carboys, bottles, flasks, jars, pots, phials and other containers, of glass, of a kind used for the commercial conveyance or packing of goods, and preserving jars, of glass (excl. ampoules, glass inners for containers, with vacuum insulation, perfume, vacuum flasks and other vacuum vessels, and parts thereof (excl. glass inners).
▼ Expected to slow by 100.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity116 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity0 in the last 6 months
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What Walsall trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 254 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 plastics and articles of other materials of heading 3901 to 3914, n.e.s (excl. goods of 9619)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 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 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 v
Common questions about trade in Walsall
How many businesses import or export from Walsall?
HMRC customs records show 254 businesses in Walsall (WS1, WS2, WS5) filed declarations over the last six months — 3,280 import declarations and 1,027 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 plastics and articles of other materials of heading 3901 to 3914, n.e.s (excl. goods of 9619). You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Walsall growing?
Import activity is down 9.7% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 8.1%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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