Over the last six months, 41 East Ardsley businesses filed customs declarations. It ranks 41 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 22.4% 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
308Import declarations▼ 9.9% on the 6 months before
88Export declarations
−22.4%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
41Trading 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 41 businesses.
★ Most active in East ArdsleyFiled more customs declarations than any other East Ardsley business over the last six months — roughly 29% of the town's total import activity, mostly in dyes, pigments, paints and inks.
Most active business
SHARP BUSINESS SYSTEMS UK PLC
88 import declarations5 export declarationsWF3 *Ch. 32Ch. 37Ch. 44Ch. 49Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include parts and accessories of printers, copying machines and facsimile machines, n.e.s. (excl. of printing machinery used for printing by means of plates, cylinders and other printing components of heading 8442), machines which perform two or more of the functions of printing, copying or facsimile transmission, capable of connecting to an automatic data-processing machine or to a network, processing units for automatic data-processing machines, whether or not containing in the same housing one or two of the following types of unit: storage units, input units, output units (excl. those of heading 8471.41 or 8471.49 and excl. peripheral.
▲ Expected to increase by 3.4% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity88 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity5 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
NEWCOLD LTD
23 import declarationsImports onlyWF3 *Ch. 27Ch. 39Ch. 48Ch. 73Active in 4 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include castors with mountings of base metal, cylindrical roller bearings, incl. cage and roller assemblies (excl. bearings of 8482 10 to 8482 40), 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 increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity23 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity0 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
NEWCOLD UK II LTD
12 import declarationsImports onlyWF3 *Ch. 07Ch. 38Ch. 39Ch. 73Active in 3 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include continuous-action elevators and conveyors, for goods or materials (excl. those for underground use and bucket, belt or pneumatic types), machinery for lifting, handling, loading or unloading, n.e.s., 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 50.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity12 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity0 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
COUNTRY BASKETS IMPORTS LIMI TED
10 import declarations1 export declarationsWF3 *Ch. 06Ch. 39Ch. 44Ch. 46Active 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, artificial flowers, foliage and fruit and parts thereof, and articles made of artificial flowers, foliage or fruit, by binding, glueing, fitting into one another or similar methods (excl. of plastics), christmas articles (excl. candles and electric lighting sets, natural christmas trees and christmas tree stands).
▼ Expected to slow by 56.2% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity10 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity1 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
FACE THE FUTURE ONLINE LIMITED
9 import declarations2 export declarationsWF3 *Ch. 21Ch. 33Ch. 34Ch. 85Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include beauty or make-up preparations and preparations for the care of the skin (other than medicaments), incl. sunscreen or suntan preparations (excl. medicaments, lip and eye make-up preparations, manicure or pedicure preparations and make-up or skin care, preparations for permanent waving or straightening, food preparations, n.e.s..
▲ Expected to increase by 16.7% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity9 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity2 in the last 6 months
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What East Ardsley trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 41 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)Travelling-bags, insulated food or beverage bags, toilet bags, rucksacks, shopping-bags, map-cases, tool bags, sports bags, jewellery boxes, cutlery cases, binocular cases, camera cases, musical instrument cases, gun cases, holsters and similar contaFootwear with outer soles of rubber, plastics or composition leather, with uppers of leather (excl. covering the ankle, incorporating a protective metal toecap, sports footwear, orthopaedic footwear and toy footwear)Waterproof footwear covering the ankle, but not the knee, with outer soles and uppers of rubber or of plastics, the uppers of which are neither fixed to the sole nor assembled by stitching, riveting, nailing, screwing, plugging or similar processes (Footwear with outer soles and uppers of rubber or plastics (excl. covering the ankle or with upper straps or thongs assembled to the sole by means of plugs, waterproof footwear of heading 6401, sports footwear, orthopaedic footwear and toy footwear)Footwear with outer soles of rubber or plastics and uppers of textile materials (excl. sports footwear, incl. tennis shoes, basketball shoes, gym shoes, training shoes and the like, and toy footwear)Chemical products and preparations of the chemical or allied industries, incl. those consisting of mixtures of natural products, n.e.s.Footwear with outer soles of rubber, plastics or composition leather, with uppers of leather, covering the ankle (excl. incorporating a protective metal toecap, sports footwear, orthopaedic footwear and toy footwear)
Common questions about trade in East Ardsley
How many businesses import or export from East Ardsley?
HMRC customs records show 41 businesses in East Ardsley (WF3) filed declarations over the last six months — 308 import declarations and 88 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.
What do East Ardsley businesses import most?
The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all East Ardsley 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), travelling-bags, insulated food or beverage bags, toilet bags, rucksacks, shopping-bags, map-cases, tool bags, sports bags, jewellery boxes, cutlery cases, binocular cases, camera cases, musical instrument cases, gun cases, holsters and similar conta, footwear with outer soles of rubber, plastics or composition leather, with uppers of leather (excl. covering the ankle, incorporating a protective metal toecap, sports footwear, orthopaedic footwear and toy footwear), waterproof footwear covering the ankle, but not the knee, with outer soles and uppers of rubber or of plastics, the uppers of which are neither fixed to the sole nor assembled by stitching, riveting, nailing, screwing, plugging or similar processes (. You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from East Ardsley growing?
Import activity is down 9.9% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 22.4%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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