139 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 and plastic articles. Looking ahead, our model expects import activity here to ease back by around 6.3% 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
1,720Import declarations▼ 21.0% on the 6 months before
904Export declarations
−6.3%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
139Trading 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 139 businesses.
★ Most active in Blaby and WhetstoneFiled more customs declarations than any other Blaby and Whetstone business over the last six months — roughly 20% of the town's total import activity, mostly in dyes, pigments, paints and inks.
Most active business
O E M AUTOMATIC LIMITED
340 import declarations66 export declarationsLE8 *Ch. 32Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 48Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include 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), 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, parts of valves and similar articles for pipes, boiler shells, tanks, vats or the like, n.e.s..
▼ Expected to slow by 3.2% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity340 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity66 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
CVI LASER LTD
60 import declarations14 export declarationsLE8 *Ch. 28Ch. 32Ch. 34Ch. 38Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include parts and accessories for machine tools for working material by removing material of headings 8456 to 8461, n.e.s., sulphides (excl. sodium); polysulphides, whether or not chemically defined (excl. inorganic or organic compounds of mercury whether or not chemically defined), articles of niobium "columbium", gallium, indium, vanadium and germanium, 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 activity60 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity14 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
R.J. BINNIE LIMITED
64 import declarations4 export declarationsLE8 *Ch. 34Ch. 39Ch. 52Ch. 54Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include sewing thread of synthetic filaments, whether or not put up for retail sale, slide fasteners (excl. fitted with chain scoops of base metal), nails, tacks, drawing pins, corrugated nails, staples and similar articles of iron or steel, whether or not with heads of other material (excl. such articles with heads of copper and staples in strips).
▼ Expected to slow by 17.2% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity64 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity4 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
COBA INTERNATIONAL LTD
47 import declarations19 export declarationsLE8 *Ch. 28Ch. 32Ch. 38Ch. 39Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include floor coverings and mats, of vulcanised rubber (excl. hard rubber), with chamfered sides, rounded corners or shaped edges or otherwise worked (excl. those simply cut to rectangular or square shape and goods of cellular rubber), paint, distemper, varnish or similar brushes, paint pads and rollers (excl. artists' and similar brushes of subheading 9603.30), bars, rods and profiles, of copper-zinc base alloys "brass", 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 activity47 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity19 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
COBA EUROPE LTD
9 import declarations45 export declarationsLE8 *Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 48Ch. 56Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include carpets and other floor coverings, of nylon or other polyamides, tufted "needle punched", whether or not made up (excl. turf), carpets and other textile floor coverings, whether or not made up (excl. knotted, woven or tufted "needle punched", and of felt), sets of assorted articles of knives of heading 8211; sets in which there is a higher number of knives of heading 8211 than of any other article.
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% 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 activity45 in the last 6 months
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What Blaby and Whetstone trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 139 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.
Tricycles, scooters, pedal cars and similar wheeled toys; dolls' carriages; dolls; other toys; reduced-size "scale" recreational models, working or not; puzzles of all kindsAppliances 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)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.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, covering the ankle (excl. incorporating a protective metal toecap, sports footwear, orthopaedic footwear and toy footwear)Parts of machines and mechanical appliances, n.e.s.Nonwovens, whether or not impregnated, coated, covered or laminated, n.e.s., weighing > than 150 g/m (excl. of man-made filaments)
Common questions about trade in Blaby and Whetstone
How many businesses import or export from Blaby and Whetstone?
HMRC customs records show 139 businesses in Blaby and Whetstone (LE8) filed declarations over the last six months — 1,720 import declarations and 904 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 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, 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), 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.. You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Blaby and Whetstone growing?
Import activity is down 21.0% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 6.3%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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