HMRC records show 103 businesses trading internationally from Brighouse over the last six months. It ranks 14 of 43 trading locations in West Yorkshire. Most of that activity sits in machinery and mechanical appliances, electrical machinery and electronics, iron and steel articles. Looking ahead, our model expects import activity here to ease back by around 13.2% 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
1,421Import declarations▼ 14.1% on the 6 months before
614Export declarations
−13.2%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
103Trading 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 103 businesses.
★ Most active in BrighouseFiled more customs declarations than any other Brighouse business over the last six months — roughly 10% of the town's total import activity, mostly in plastics and plastic articles.
Most active business
N M A (AGENCIES) LIMITED
140 import declarations1 export declarationsHD6 *Ch. 39Ch. 42Ch. 49Ch. 59Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include saws for working in the hand, with self-contained electric motor, sawing machines for working wood, cork, bone, hard rubber, hard plastics or similar hard materials (excl. machines for working in the hand), electromechanical tools for working in the hand, with self-contained electric motor (excl. saws and drills).
▼ Expected to slow by 3.2% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity140 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity1 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
YORKSHIRE PACKAGING SYSTEMS LTD
70 import declarations12 export declarationsHD6 *Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 42Ch. 48Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include parts of dishwashing machines, packing or wrapping machinery and other machinery and apparatus of heading 8422, n.e.s., packing or wrapping machinery, incl. heat-shrink wrapping machinery (excl. machinery for filling, closing, sealing or labelling bottles, cans, boxes, bags or other containers and machinery for capsuling bottles, jars, tubes and similar containers), fans (excl. table, floor, wall, window, ceiling or roof fans, with a self-contained electric motor of an output <= 125 w).
▲ Expected to increase by 17.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity70 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity12 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
M P SMITH AND CO LIMITED
65 import declarations16 export declarationsHD6 *Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 44Ch. 45Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include base metal mountings and fittings suitable for buildings (excl. locks with keys and hinges), locks of base metal (excl. padlocks and locks for motor vehicles or furniture), articles of aluminium, n.e.s..
▼ Expected to slow by 19.6% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity65 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity16 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
EUROSTAR COMMODITIES LTD
54 import declarations15 export declarationsHD6 *Ch. 10Ch. 11Ch. 19Ch. 20Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include semi-milled or wholly milled rice, whether or not polished or glazed, wheat or meslin flour, groats and meal of wheat.
▼ Expected to slow by 20.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity54 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity15 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
VULKAN INDUSTRIES LTD
53 import declarations7 export declarationsHD6 *Ch. 27Ch. 28Ch. 29Ch. 34Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include articles of vulcanised rubber (excl. hard rubber), n.e.s., clutches and shaft couplings, incl. universal joints, for machinery, toothed wheels, chain sprockets and other transmission elements presented separately; parts of transmission shafts, ball screws, couplings and other articles of heading 8483, n.e.s..
▼ Expected to slow by 9.7% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity53 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity7 in the last 6 months
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What Brighouse trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 103 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.
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)Medium oils and preparations, of petroleum or bituminous minerals, not containing biodiesel, n.e.s.Base metal mountings and fittings suitable for buildings (excl. locks with keys and hinges)Parts of valves and similar articles for pipes, boiler shells, tanks, vats or the like, n.e.s.Sugar confectionery not containing cocoa, incl. white chocolate (excl. chewing gum)Electromechanical tools for working in the hand, with self-contained electric motor (excl. saws and drills)Sweet biscuitsBeer made from malt
Common questions about trade in Brighouse
How many businesses import or export from Brighouse?
HMRC customs records show 103 businesses in Brighouse (HD6) filed declarations over the last six months — 1,421 import declarations and 614 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.
What do Brighouse businesses import most?
The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Brighouse traders the leading goods are 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), medium oils and preparations, of petroleum or bituminous minerals, not containing biodiesel, n.e.s., base metal mountings and fittings suitable for buildings (excl. locks with keys and hinges), parts of valves and similar articles for pipes, boiler shells, tanks, vats or the like, n.e.s.. You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Brighouse growing?
Import activity is down 14.1% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 13.2%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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