Over the last six months, 87 Melksham businesses filed customs declarations. That puts it second in Wiltshire for trade activity. 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 3.8% 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
1,934Import declarations▼ 20.0% on the 6 months before
1,160Export declarations
−3.8%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
87Trading 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 87 businesses.
★ Most active in MelkshamFiled more customs declarations than any other Melksham business over the last six months — roughly 31% of the town's total import activity, mostly in salt, stone, plaster and cement.
Most active business
KNORR-BREMSE RAIL SYSTEMS (UK) LTD
594 import declarations400 export declarationsSN12 *Ch. 25Ch. 28Ch. 34Ch. 35Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include threaded screws and bolts, of iron or steel, whether or not with their nuts and washers (excl. coach screws and other wood screws, screw hooks and screw rings, self-tapping screws, lag screws, stoppers, plugs and the like, threaded), air brakes and parts thereof for railway or tramway locomotives or rolling stock, n.e.s., 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).
▼ Expected to slow by 8.5% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity594 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity400 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
C & P MEDICAL TRADING LIMITED
77 import declarations11 export declarationsSN12 *Ch. 02Ch. 11Ch. 30Ch. 33Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include wadding, gauze, bandages and the like, e.g. dressings, adhesive plasters, poultices, impregnated or covered with pharmaceutical substances or put up for retail sale for medical, surgical, dental or veterinary purposes (excl. adhesive dressings and ot, adhesive dressings and other articles having an adhesive layer, impregnated or covered with pharmaceutical substances or put up for retail sale for medical, surgical, dental or veterinary purposes, sterile surgical catgut, similar sterile suture materials, incl. sterile absorbable surgical or dental yarns, and sterile tissue adhesives for surgical wound closure; sterile laminaria and sterile laminaria tents; sterile absorbable surgical or denta.
▼ Expected to slow by 8.7% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity77 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity11 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
HALF MOON BAY LTD
58 import declarations22 export declarationsSN12 *Ch. 39Ch. 42Ch. 44Ch. 48Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include tableware, kitchenware, other household articles and toilet articles, of ceramics other than porcelain or china (excl. baths, bidets, sinks and similar sanitary fixtures, statuettes and other ornamental articles, pots, jars, carboys and similar recep, 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, statuettes and other ornamental ceramic articles, n.e.s. (excl. of porcelain or china).
▲ Expected to increase by 35.5% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity58 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity22 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
G PLAN UPHOLSTERY LTD
63 import declarations8 export declarationsSN12 *Ch. 41Ch. 42Ch. 49Ch. 52Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include grain splits leather "incl. parchment-dressed leather", of the whole hides and skins of bovine "incl. buffalo" or equine animals, further prepared after tanning or crusting, without hair on (excl. chamois leather, patent leather and patent laminated, composition leather based on leather or leather fibre, in slabs, sheets or strip, whether or not in rolls, articles for interior furnishing, of synthetic fibres (excl. knitted or crocheted, blankets and travelling rugs, bedlinen, table linen, toilet linen, kitchen linen, curtains, incl. drapes, interior blinds, curtain or bed valances, bedspreads, lampsha.
▲ Expected to increase by 11.1% 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 activity8 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
BGL RIEBER LTD
67 import declarations2 export declarationsSN12 *Ch. 33Ch. 39Ch. 44Ch. 49Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include table, kitchen or other household articles, and parts thereof, of stainless steel (excl. cans, boxes and similar containers of heading 7310; waste baskets; shovels, corkscrews and other articles of the nature of a work implement; articles of cutlery,, machinery, plant and equipment for making hot drinks or for cooking or heating food (excl. domestic appliances), parts of machinery, plant and laboratory equipment, whether or not electrically heated, for the treatment of materials by a process involving a change of temperature, and of non-electric instantaneous and storage water heaters, n.e.s..
▼ Expected to slow by 10.3% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity67 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity2 in the last 6 months
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What Melksham trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 87 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.
Threaded screws and bolts, of iron or steel, whether or not with their nuts and washers (excl. coach screws and other wood screws, screw hooks and screw rings, self-tapping screws, lag screws, stoppers, plugs and the like, threaded)Cheese (excl. fresh cheese, incl. whey cheese, curd, processed cheese, blue-veined cheese and other cheese containing veins produced by "Penicillium roqueforti", and grated or powdered cheese)Air brakes and parts thereof for railway or tramway locomotives or rolling stock, n.e.s.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)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 contaArticles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire)Woven fabrics of yarn containing >= 85% by weight of textured polyester filaments, incl. monofilament of >= 67 decitex and a maximum diameter of <= 1 mm, dyedMeat of swine, salted, in brine, dried or smoked (excl. hams, shoulders and cuts thereof, with bone in, and bellies and cuts thereof)
Common questions about trade in Melksham
How many businesses import or export from Melksham?
HMRC customs records show 87 businesses in Melksham (SN12) filed declarations over the last six months — 1,934 import declarations and 1,160 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.
What do Melksham businesses import most?
The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Melksham traders the leading goods are threaded screws and bolts, of iron or steel, whether or not with their nuts and washers (excl. coach screws and other wood screws, screw hooks and screw rings, self-tapping screws, lag screws, stoppers, plugs and the like, threaded), cheese (excl. fresh cheese, incl. whey cheese, curd, processed cheese, blue-veined cheese and other cheese containing veins produced by "penicillium roqueforti", and grated or powdered cheese), air brakes and parts thereof for railway or tramway locomotives or rolling stock, n.e.s., 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). You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Melksham growing?
Import activity is down 20.0% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 3.8%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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