Over the last six months, 23 Astwood Bank businesses filed customs declarations. It ranks 16 of 16 trading locations in Worcestershire. Most of that activity sits in machinery and mechanical appliances, iron and steel articles, electrical machinery and electronics. Looking ahead, our model expects import activity here to ease back by around 9.4% 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
87Import declarations▼ 19.4% on the 6 months before
33Export declarations
−9.4%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
23Trading 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 23 businesses.
★ Most active in Astwood BankFiled more customs declarations than any other Astwood Bank business over the last six months — roughly 29% of the town's total import activity, mostly in oil seeds and industrial plants.
Most active business
ULULA LTD
25 import declarations2 export declarationsB96 *Ch. 12Ch. 16Ch. 19Ch. 20Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include food preparations for infant use, put up for retail sale, of flour, groats, meal, starch or malt extract, not containing cocoa or containing < 40% by weight of cocoa calculated on a totally defatted basis, n.e.s. and of milk, sour cream, whey, yogurt, food preparations consisting of finely homogenised mixtures of two or more basic ingredients, such as meat, fish, vegetables or fruit, put up for retail sale as infant food or for dietetic purposes, in containers of <= 250 g, mineral waters and aerated waters, not containing added sugar, other sweetening matter or flavoured.
▲ Expected to increase by 42.9% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity25 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity2 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
KALKOMAT LIMITED
6 import declarationsImports onlyB96 *Ch. 85Ch. 90Ch. 95Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include games with screens, flipper and other games, operated by coins, banknotes, bank cards, tokens or by other means of payment (excl. bowling alley equipment).
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity6 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity0 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
RECOTHERM LTD
5 import declarationsImports onlyB96 *Ch. 33Ch. 84Ch. 85Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include heat-exchange units (excl. those used with boilers), mixtures of odoriferous substances and mixtures, incl. alcoholic solutions, based on one or more of these substances, of a kind used as raw materials in industry (excl. food or drink industries).
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity5 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity0 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
DAVID HART (ALCESTER) LTD
1 import declarations4 export declarationsB96 *Ch. 27Ch. 38Active in 4 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include artificial graphite (excl. retort graphite, retort carbon and goods of artificial graphite, incl. refractory materials based on artificial graphite), petroleum bitumen, preparations based on graphite or other carbon in the form of pastes, blocks, plates or other semi-manufactures (excl. carbonaceous pastes for electrodes and similar pastes for furnace linings).
▼ Expected to slow by 100.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity1 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity4 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
VULCO SPRING AND PRESSWORK CO LTD
0 import declarations5 export declarationsB96 *Ch. 72Ch. 73Ch. 83Ch. 85Active in 4 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy steel, of a width of < 600 mm, hot-rolled or cold-rolled "cold-reduced", painted, varnished or coated with plastics.
▲ 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 activity5 in the last 6 months
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What Astwood Bank trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 23 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.
Food preparations for infant use, put up for retail sale, of flour, groats, meal, starch or malt extract, not containing cocoa or containing < 40% by weight of cocoa calculated on a totally defatted basis, n.e.s. and of milk, sour cream, whey, yogurtGames with screens, flipper and other games, operated by coins, banknotes, bank cards, tokens or by other means of payment (excl. bowling alley equipment)Parts of machinery of heading 8426, 8429 and 8430, n.e.s.Heat-exchange units (excl. those used with boilers)Printed matter, n.e.s.Food preparations consisting of finely homogenised mixtures of two or more basic ingredients, such as meat, fish, vegetables or fruit, put up for retail sale as infant food or for dietetic purposes, in containers of <= 250 gPressure-reducing valvesLine fishing tackle n.e.s; fish landing nets, butterfly nets and similar nets; decoys and similar hunting or shooting requisites (excl. decoy calls of all kinds and stuffed birds of heading 9705)
Common questions about trade in Astwood Bank
How many businesses import or export from Astwood Bank?
HMRC customs records show 23 businesses in Astwood Bank (B96) filed declarations over the last six months — 87 import declarations and 33 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.
What do Astwood Bank businesses import most?
The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Astwood Bank traders the leading goods are food preparations for infant use, put up for retail sale, of flour, groats, meal, starch or malt extract, not containing cocoa or containing < 40% by weight of cocoa calculated on a totally defatted basis, n.e.s. and of milk, sour cream, whey, yogurt, games with screens, flipper and other games, operated by coins, banknotes, bank cards, tokens or by other means of payment (excl. bowling alley equipment), parts of machinery of heading 8426, 8429 and 8430, n.e.s., heat-exchange units (excl. those used with boilers). You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Astwood Bank growing?
Import activity is down 19.4% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 9.4%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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