Town trade profile · BD17

Baildon importers & exporters

Over the last six months, 72 Baildon businesses filed customs declarations. It ranks 22 of 43 trading locations in West Yorkshire. 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 7.9% 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

804Import declarations▼ 13.4% on the 6 months before

443Export declarations

−7.9%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data

72Trading 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 72 businesses.

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★ Most active in BaildonFiled more customs declarations than any other Baildon business over the last six months — roughly 9% of the town's total import activity, mostly in bakery and cereal preparations.

Most active business

H C SLINGSBY PLC

73 import declarations 84 export declarations BD17 *Ch. 19Ch. 21Ch. 25Ch. 28 Active in 5 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include metal furniture for offices (excl. seats), vehicles pushed or drawn by hand and other vehicles not mechanically propelled (excl. trailers and semi-trailers), articles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire).

▼ Expected to slow by 9.8% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity73 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity84 in the last 6 months

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Among the most active

LINK DISTRIBUTION (UK) LTD

31 import declarations 44 export declarations BD17 *Ch. 32Ch. 34Ch. 39Ch. 42 Active 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, tables for casino games, automatic bowling alley equipment, and other funfair, table or parlour games, incl. pintables (excl. operated by any means of payment, billiards, video game consoles and machines, and playing cards), playing cards.

▲ Expected to increase by 6.2% 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 activity44 in the last 6 months

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Among the most active

ROWLAND TOOLS LIMITED

48 import declarations 12 export declarations BD17 *Ch. 39Ch. 68Ch. 70Ch. 73 Active in 5 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include vices, clamps and the like (excl. accessories for and parts of machine tools or water-jet cutting machines), knives having other than fixed blades, incl. pruning knives, of base metal (excl. razors), equipment for scaffolding, shuttering, propping or pit-propping (excl. composite sheetpiling products and formwork panels for poured-in-place concrete, which have the characteristics of moulds).

▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity48 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity12 in the last 6 months

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Among the most active

PRODUMAX LTD

33 import declarations 6 export declarations BD17 *Ch. 32Ch. 39Ch. 72Ch. 73 Active in 5 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include parts of aeroplanes, helicopters or unmanned aircraft, n.e.s. (excl. those for gliders), plates, sheets and strip, of aluminium alloys, of a thickness of > 0,2 mm, square or rectangular (excl. expanded plates, sheets and strip), bars, rods, profiles and wire, of nickel alloys, n.e.s. (excl. electrically insulated products).

▼ Expected to slow by 28.6% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity33 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity6 in the last 6 months

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Among the most active

FREIGHT AGENCY LIMITED

5 import declarations 28 export declarations BD17 *Ch. 10Ch. 32Ch. 39Ch. 40 Active in 5 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include paints and varnishes, incl. enamels and lacquers, based on synthetic or chemically modified natural polymers, dispersed or dissolved in an aqueous medium (excl. those based on acrylic or vinyl polymers), compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine "diesel or semi-diesel engine" (excl. engines for marine propulsion and engines for vehicles of chapter 87), table, floor, wall, window, ceiling or roof fans, with a self-contained electric motor of an output <= 125 w.

▼ Expected to slow by 100.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity5 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity28 in the last 6 months

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What Baildon trades

The most frequently declared goods across all 72 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.

Tricycles, scooters, pedal cars and similar wheeled toys; dolls' carriages; dolls; other toys; reduced-size "scale" recreational models, working or not; puzzles of all kindsAppliances 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)Plates, sheets and strip, of aluminium alloys, of a thickness of > 0,2 mm, square or rectangular (excl. expanded plates, sheets and strip)Articles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire)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 vShorn wool, degreased, non-carbonised, neither carded nor combedBall bearingsArticles of vulcanised rubber (excl. hard rubber), n.e.s.

Common questions about trade in Baildon

How many businesses import or export from Baildon?

HMRC customs records show 72 businesses in Baildon (BD17) filed declarations over the last six months — 804 import declarations and 443 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.

What do Baildon businesses import most?

The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Baildon traders the leading goods are 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, 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), plates, sheets and strip, of aluminium alloys, of a thickness of > 0,2 mm, square or rectangular (excl. expanded plates, sheets and strip), articles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire). You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.

Is trade from Baildon growing?

Import activity is down 13.4% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 7.9%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.

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Baildon importers & exporters

Top 10 businesses by 6-month activity Free tier

H C SLINGSBY PLC

LINK DISTRIBUTION (UK) LTD

ROWLAND TOOLS LIMITED

PRODUMAX LTD

FREIGHT AGENCY LIMITED

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What Baildon trades

Common questions about trade in Baildon

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