149 businesses in Blaby and Whetstone appear in HMRC customs records for the last six months. It ranks 11 of 19 trading locations in Leicestershire. Most of that activity sits in machinery and mechanical appliances, electrical machinery and electronics, plastics. Looking ahead, our model expects import activity here to pick up by around 4.2% over the next three months.
Refreshed every 24 hours · last run 22 Aug 2026, 20:36HMRC release in view: Jun 26Snapshot: 2026-08-22.1
2,057Import declarations▼ 7.5% on the 6 months before
1,048Export declarations
+4.2%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
149Trading businesses
Top 5 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 149 businesses.
★ Most active in Blaby and WhetstoneFiled more customs declarations than any other Blaby and Whetstone business over the last six months — roughly 19% of the town's total import activity, mostly in dyes and pigments.
Most active business
O E M AUTOMATIC LIMITED
384 import declarations59 export declarationsLE8 *Ch. 32Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 48Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include switches for a voltage <= 1.000 v (excl. relays and automatic circuit breakers), motors of an output <= 37,5 w, electrical apparatus for switching electrical circuits, or for making connections to or in electrical circuits, for a voltage <= 1.000 v (excl. fuses, automatic circuit breakers and other apparatus for protecting electrical circuits, relays and other.
▲ Expected to increase by 1.7% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity384 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity59 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
SMITH BROTHERS STORES LTD
106 import declarations5 export declarationsLE8 *Ch. 32Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 73Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include butt welding tube or pipe fittings of stainless steel (excl. cast products), 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), tube or pipe fittings of stainless steel (excl. cast products, flanges, threaded elbows, bends and sleeves and butt weldings fittings).
▲ Expected to increase by 13.2% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity106 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity5 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
CVI LASER LTD
77 import declarations14 export declarationsLE8 *Ch. 27Ch. 28Ch. 32Ch. 34Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include lenses, prisms, mirrors and other optical elements, of any material, unmounted (excl. such elements of glass not optically worked, contact lenses and spectacle lenses), lenses, prisms, mirrors and other optical elements, mounted, of any material, being parts of or fittings for instruments or apparatus (excl. objective lenses for cameras, projectors or photographic enlargers or reducers, such elements of glass not op, sulphides (excl. sodium); polysulphides, whether or not chemically defined (excl. inorganic or organic compounds of mercury whether or not chemically defined).
▲ Expected to increase by 24.4% 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 activity14 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
PYRAMID POSTERS LTD
124 import declarations129 export declarationsLE8 *Ch. 30Ch. 33Ch. 35Ch. 39Active in 6 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, registers, account books, notebooks, order books, receipt books, letter pads, memorandum pads, diaries and similar articles, of paper or paperboard, parts of ball-point pens, felt-tipped and other porous-tipped pens and markers, fountain pens and propelling pencils n.e.s, pencil-holders, pen-holders and the like, and duplicating stylos.
▲ Expected to increase by 12.7% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity124 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity129 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
COBA AUTOMOTIVE (UK) LIMITED
78 import declarations98 export declarationsLE8 *Ch. 22Ch. 35Ch. 39Ch. 40Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include monofilament of which any cross-sectional dimension > 1 mm, rods, sticks and profile shapes, of plastics, whether or not surface worked but not further worked (excl. that of polymers of ethylene and vinyl chloride), rubber, unvulcanised, compounded with carbon black or silica, in primary forms or in plates, sheets or strip, self-adhesive plates, sheets, film, foil, tape, strip and other flat shapes, of plastics, in rolls <= 20 cm wide.
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity78 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity98 in the last 6 months
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What Blaby and Whetstone trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 149 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.
Articles of plastics and articles of other materials of heading 3901 to 3914, n.e.s (excl. goods of 9619)Monofilament of which any cross-sectional dimension > 1 mm, rods, sticks and profile shapes, of plastics, whether or not surface worked but not further worked (excl. that of polymers of ethylene and vinyl chloride)Tricycles, scooters, pedal cars and similar wheeled toys; dolls' carriages; dolls; other toys; reduced-size "scale" recreational models, working or not; puzzles of all kindsInstruments and apparatus for measuring or checking pressure of liquids or gases (excl. regulators)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)Switches for a voltage <= 1.000 V (excl. relays and automatic circuit breakers)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)Parts and accessories for machine tools for working material by removing material of headings 8456 to 8461, n.e.s.
Common questions about trade in Blaby and Whetstone
How many businesses import or export from Blaby and Whetstone?
HMRC customs records show 149 businesses in Blaby and Whetstone (LE8) filed declarations over the last six months — 2,057 import declarations and 1,048 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.
What do Blaby and Whetstone businesses import most?
The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Blaby and Whetstone traders the leading goods are articles of plastics and articles of other materials of heading 3901 to 3914, n.e.s (excl. goods of 9619), monofilament of which any cross-sectional dimension > 1 mm, rods, sticks and profile shapes, of plastics, whether or not surface worked but not further worked (excl. that of polymers of ethylene and vinyl chloride), 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, instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking pressure of liquids or gases (excl. regulators). You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Blaby and Whetstone growing?
Import activity is down 7.5% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to rise by roughly 4.2%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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