Over the last six months, 42 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 11.8% 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
345Import declarations▼ 9.7% on the 6 months before
108Export declarations
−11.8%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
42Trading 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 42 businesses.
★ Most active in East ArdsleyFiled more customs declarations than any other East Ardsley business over the last six months — roughly 25% of the town's total import activity, mostly in dyes, pigments, paints and inks.
Most active business
SHARP BUSINESS SYSTEMS UK PLC
85 import declarations7 export declarationsWF3 *Ch. 32Ch. 37Ch. 44Ch. 49Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include monitors capable of directly connecting to and designed for use with an automatic data processing machine of heading 8471 (excl. crt, with tv receiver), wooden furniture for offices (excl. seats), 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).
▲ Expected to increase by 10.5% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity85 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity7 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
FACE THE FUTURE ONLINE LIMITED
8 import declarations2 export declarationsWF3 *Ch. 21Ch. 33Ch. 34Ch. 85Active in 6 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, preparations for use on the hair (excl. shampoos, preparations for permanent waving or straightening and hair lacquers).
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity8 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity2 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
WILLIAM LAMB GROUP LIMITED
63 import declarations6 export declarationsWF3 *Ch. 39Ch. 42Ch. 59Ch. 64Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include 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), 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).
▼ Expected to slow by 26.1% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity63 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity6 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
PRESS PAL SERVICES LTD
62 import declarations1 export declarationsWF3 *Ch. 32Ch. 34Ch. 37Ch. 38Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include nonwovens, whether or not impregnated, coated, covered or laminated, n.e.s., weighing > 70 g/m but <= 150 g/m (excl. of man-made filaments), articles of vulcanised rubber (excl. hard rubber), n.e.s., plates, sheets and strip, of non-cellular rubber.
▲ Expected to increase by 16.7% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity62 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity1 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
CHK GROUP LTD
0 import declarations46 export declarationsWF3 *Ch. 09Ch. 21Ch. 33Ch. 34Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include food preparations, n.e.s., handbags, whether or not with shoulder straps, incl. those without handles, with outer surface of leather, composition leather or patent leather, textile fabrics, felt and felt-lined woven fabrics, coated, covered or laminated with rubber, leather or other material, of a kind used for card clothing, and similar fabrics of a kind used for other technical purposes, incl. narrow fabrics made of v.
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity0 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity46 in the last 6 months
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What East Ardsley trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 42 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)Monitors capable of directly connecting to and designed for use with an automatic data processing machine of heading 8471 (excl. CRT, with TV receiver)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 contaChemical 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 (excl. covering the ankle, incorporating a protective metal toecap, sports footwear, orthopaedic footwear and toy footwear)Wooden furniture for offices (excl. seats)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)Articles of plastics and articles of other materials of heading 3901 to 3914, n.e.s (excl. goods of 9619)
Common questions about trade in East Ardsley
How many businesses import or export from East Ardsley?
HMRC customs records show 42 businesses in East Ardsley (WF3) filed declarations over the last six months — 345 import declarations and 108 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), monitors capable of directly connecting to and designed for use with an automatic data processing machine of heading 8471 (excl. crt, with tv receiver), 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, chemical products and preparations of the chemical or allied industries, incl. those consisting of mixtures of natural products, n.e.s.. You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from East Ardsley 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 11.8%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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