Over the last six months, 840 Bradford businesses filed customs declarations. That puts it second in West Yorkshire for trade activity. Most of that activity sits in machinery and mechanical appliances, electrical machinery and electronics, plastics. Looking ahead, our model expects import activity here to pick up by around 0.5% over the next three months.
Refreshed every 24 hours · last run 22 Aug 2026, 20:36HMRC release in view: Jun 26Snapshot: 2026-08-22.1
15,005Import declarations▼ 0.7% on the 6 months before
5,886Export declarations
+0.5%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
840Trading businesses
Top 5 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 840 businesses.
★ Most active in BradfordFiled more customs declarations than any other Bradford business over the last six months — roughly 11% of the town's total import activity, mostly in meat.
Most active business
WM MORRISON SUPERMARKETS LIMITED
1716 import declarations586 export declarationsBD3 *Ch. 02Ch. 03Ch. 04Ch. 05Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include 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), 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, sparkling wine of fresh grapes.
▼ Expected to slow by 3.5% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity1716 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity586 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
GARDNER DENVER LTD
386 import declarations234 export declarationsBD5 *Ch. 07Ch. 27Ch. 28Ch. 33Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include air pumps, air or other gas compressors and ventilating or recycling hoods incorporating a fan, whether or not fitted with filters, having a maximum horizontal side > 120 cm (excl. vacuum pumps, hand- or foot-operated air pumps, compressors for refri, instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking the flow or level of liquids (excl. meters and regulators), silencers "mufflers" and exhaust pipes, 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.
▼ Expected to slow by 7.9% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity386 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity234 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
ALLIANCE AUTOMOTIVE PROCUREMENT LIMITED
479 import declarationsImports onlyBD4 *Ch. 27Ch. 34Ch. 38Ch. 39Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include medium oils and preparations, of petroleum or bituminous minerals, not containing biodiesel, n.e.s., brakes and servo-brakes and their parts, 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 speci, 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 21.2% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity479 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity0 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
UNIVAR SOLUTIONS BV
800 import declarations186 export declarationsBD3 *Ch. 04Ch. 07Ch. 11Ch. 12Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include medium oils and preparations, of petroleum or bituminous minerals, not containing biodiesel, n.e.s., chemical products and preparations of the chemical or allied industries, incl. those consisting of mixtures of natural products, n.e.s., polyethers, in primary forms (excl. polyacetals, bis(polyoxyethylene) methylphosphonate and goods of 3002).
▼ Expected to slow by 4.8% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity800 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity186 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
P & B (FOODS) LTD
415 import declarations431 export declarationsBD5 *Ch. 04Ch. 07Ch. 08Ch. 09Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include vegetables, fruit, nuts and other edible parts of plants, prepared or preserved by vinegar or acetic acid (excl. cucumbers and gherkins), cereal flours (excl. wheat, meslin and maize), dried peaches, pears, papaws "papayas", tamarinds and other edible fruits (excl. nuts, bananas, dates, figs, pineapples, avocados, guavas, mangoes, mangosteens, citrus fruit, grapes apricots, prunes and apples, unmixed).
▼ Expected to slow by 2.7% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity415 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity431 in the last 6 months
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What Bradford trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 840 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.
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)Articles of plastics and articles of other materials of heading 3901 to 3914, n.e.s (excl. goods of 9619)Tricycles, scooters, pedal cars and similar wheeled toys; dolls' carriages; dolls; other toys; reduced-size "scale" recreational models, working or not; puzzles of all kindsBread, 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 theArticles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire)Wooden furniture (excl. for offices, kitchens and bedrooms, and seats)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 vMetal furniture (excl. for offices, seats and medical, surgical, dental or veterinary furniture)
Common questions about trade in Bradford
How many businesses import or export from Bradford?
HMRC customs records show 840 businesses in Bradford (BD1, BD10, BD12, BD14) filed declarations over the last six months — 15,005 import declarations and 5,886 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.
What do Bradford businesses import most?
The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Bradford traders the leading goods are 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), articles of plastics and articles of other materials of heading 3901 to 3914, n.e.s (excl. goods of 9619), 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, 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 the. You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Bradford growing?
Import activity is down 0.7% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to rise by roughly 0.5%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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