Over the last six months, 16 Groby businesses filed customs declarations. It ranks 18 of 19 trading locations in Leicestershire. Most of that activity sits in electrical machinery and electronics, optical and medical instruments, machinery and mechanical appliances. Looking ahead, our model expects import activity here to ease back by around 16.5% 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
338Import declarations▼ 29.4% on the 6 months before
330Export declarations
−16.5%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
16Trading 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 16 businesses.
★ Most active in GrobyFiled more customs declarations than any other Groby business over the last six months — roughly 84% of the town's total import activity, mostly in inorganic chemicals.
Most active business
DRUCK LTD
283 import declarations284 export declarationsLE6 *Ch. 28Ch. 32Ch. 34Ch. 37Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking pressure of liquids or gases (excl. regulators), chemical elements and compounds doped for use in electronics, in the form of discs, wafers, cylinders, rods or similar forms, or cut into discs, wafers or similar forms, whether or not polished or with a uniform epitaxial coating (excl. elements that, instruments, appliances and machines for measuring or checking, not elsewhere specified in chapter 90 (excl. optical).
▼ Expected to slow by 18.1% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity283 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity284 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
SARA COLETTE HIBBERD
3 import declarations5 export declarationsLE6 *Ch. 39Ch. 84Ch. 85Active in 4 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include cathode-ray tube monitors "crt" capable of directly connecting to and designed for use with an automatic data processing machine of heading 8471 (excl. with tv receiver), parts of fire extinguishers, spray guns and similar appliances, steam or sand blasting machines and similar jet projecting machines and machinery and apparatus for projecting, dispersing or spraying liquids or powders, n.e.s., polyamides, in primary forms (excl. polyamides-6, -11, -12, -6,6, -6,9, -6,10 and -6,12).
▼ Expected to slow by 100.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity3 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity5 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
SPECIALIST BLADE COMPANY LTD
3 import declarationsImports onlyLE6 *Ch. 82Active in 3 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include interchangeable tools for milling, knives and cutting blades, of base metal, for machines or for mechanical appliances (excl. those for metal or wood-working, kitchen appliances or machines used by the food industry and those for agricultural, horticultural or forestry machines).
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity3 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity0 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
ECCEL TECHNOLOGY LTD
16 import declarations24 export declarationsLE6 *Ch. 39Ch. 48Ch. 84Ch. 85Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include cards incorporating one or more electronic integrated circuits "smart cards", electronic integrated circuits (excl. such as processors, controllers, memories and amplifiers), microtomes; parts and accessories of instruments and apparatus for physical or chemical analysis, instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking viscosity, porosity, expansion, surface tension or the like, instruments and apparatus for measuring.
▲ Expected to increase by 16.7% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity16 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity24 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
WESTERMANS INTERNATIONAL LTD
21 import declarations14 export declarationsLE6 *Ch. 74Ch. 82Ch. 83Ch. 84Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include machines for arc welding of metals, incl. plasma arc welding, neither fully nor partly automatic, parts of machines and apparatus for soldering or welding or for hot spraying of metals, metal carbides or cermets, n.e.s. (excl. wire bonders of a kind used for the manufacture of semiconductor devices), fully or partly automatic machines for arc welding of metals, incl. plasma arc welding.
▼ Expected to slow by 13.3% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity21 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity14 in the last 6 months
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What Groby trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 16 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.
Instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking pressure of liquids or gases (excl. regulators)Chemical elements and compounds doped for use in electronics, in the form of discs, wafers, cylinders, rods or similar forms, or cut into discs, wafers or similar forms, whether or not polished or with a uniform epitaxial coating (excl. elements thatInstruments, appliances and machines for measuring or checking, not elsewhere specified in chapter 90 (excl. optical)Parts and accessories for instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking the flow, level, pressure or other variables of liquids or gases, n.e.s.Regulating or controlling instruments and apparatus (excl. hydraulic or pneumatic, manostats, thermostats, and taps, cocks and valves of heading 8481)Parts and accessories for regulating or controlling instruments and apparatus, n.e.s.Articles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire)Hydraulic or pneumatic regulating or controlling instruments and apparatus (excl. manostats and taps, cocks and valves of heading 8481)
Common questions about trade in Groby
How many businesses import or export from Groby?
HMRC customs records show 16 businesses in Groby (LE6) filed declarations over the last six months — 338 import declarations and 330 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.
What do Groby businesses import most?
The most common category is electrical machinery and electronics. Across all Groby traders the leading goods are instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking pressure of liquids or gases (excl. regulators), chemical elements and compounds doped for use in electronics, in the form of discs, wafers, cylinders, rods or similar forms, or cut into discs, wafers or similar forms, whether or not polished or with a uniform epitaxial coating (excl. elements that, instruments, appliances and machines for measuring or checking, not elsewhere specified in chapter 90 (excl. optical), parts and accessories for instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking the flow, level, pressure or other variables of liquids or gases, n.e.s.. You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Groby growing?
Import activity is down 29.4% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 16.5%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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