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Leicester importers & exporters

Q: How many businesses import or export from Leicester?

HMRC customs records show 1,284 businesses in Leicester (LE1, LE2, LE3, LE4) filed declarations over the last six months — 10,358 import declarations and 4,394 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.

Q: What do Leicester businesses import most?

The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Leicester traders the leading goods are women's or girls' dresses of synthetic fibres, knitted or crocheted (excl. petticoats), t-shirts, singlets and other vests of cotton, knitted or crocheted, 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, jerseys, pullovers, cardigans, waistcoats and similar articles, of cotton, knitted or crocheted (excl. wadded waistcoats). You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.

Q: Is trade from Leicester growing?

Import activity is down 15.1% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 5.9%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.

Q: How do I get contact details for Leicester importers?

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1,284 businesses in Leicester appear in HMRC customs records for the last six months. That makes it the busiest trading location in Leicestershire. Most of that activity sits in machinery and mechanical appliances, plastics and plastic articles, electrical machinery and electronics. Looking ahead, our model expects import activity here to ease back by around 5.9% over the next three months.

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10,358Import declarations▼ 15.1% on the 6 months before

4,394Export declarations

−5.9%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data

1,284Trading 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 1,284 businesses.

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★ Most active in LeicesterFiled more customs declarations than any other Leicester business over the last six months — roughly 3% of the town's total import activity, mostly in salt, stone, plaster and cement.

Most active business

METTLER-TOLEDO LIMITED

325 import declarations 69 export declarations LE4 *Ch. 25Ch. 28Ch. 29Ch. 31 Active in 5 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include weighing machine weights of all kinds; parts of weighing machinery, n.e.s., weighing machinery having a maximum weighing capacity <= 30 kg (excl. balances of a sensitivity of 5 cg or better, personal weighing machines, household scales, scales for continuous weighing of goods on conveyors, constant weight scales and scales f, machines which only perform one of the functions of printing, copying or facsimile transmission, capable of connecting to an automatic data processing machine or to a network.

▲ Expected to increase by 4.8% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity325 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity69 in the last 6 months

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Among the most active

VIKING OFFICE UK LIMITED

43 import declarations 152 export declarations LE4 *Ch. 09Ch. 17Ch. 18Ch. 19 Active in 5 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include metal furniture for offices (excl. seats), ball-point pens, slates and boards, with writing or drawing surfaces, whether or not framed.

▲ Expected to increase by 47.4% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity43 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity152 in the last 6 months

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Among the most active

S P S TECHNOLOGIES LTD

87 import declarations 80 export declarations LE4 *Ch. 29Ch. 32Ch. 34Ch. 35 Active in 5 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include articles of titanium, n.e.s., nuts of iron or steel, interchangeable tools for pressing, stamping or punching.

▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity87 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity80 in the last 6 months

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Among the most active

BH TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED

142 import declarations 24 export declarations LE5 *Ch. 37Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 42 Active in 5 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include photographic plates and film in the flat, sensitised, unexposed, for x-ray (excl. of paper, paperboard and textiles), preparation of chemicals for photographic uses, incl. unmixed products put up in measured portions or put up for retail sale in a form ready for use (excl. varnishes, glues, adhesives and similar preparations, sensitising emulsions and salts and prec, photographic film in rolls, unexposed, for x-ray (excl. of paper, paperboard or textiles).

▼ Expected to slow by 100.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity142 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity24 in the last 6 months

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Among the most active

RAMON HOLDINGS LIMITED

99 import declarations 57 export declarations LE4 *Ch. 33Ch. 34Ch. 39Ch. 40 Active in 5 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include mops and leather dusters; prepared knots and tufts for broom or brush making; squeegees of rubber or other flexible materials; brooms and brushes, n.e.s., floorcloths, dishcloths, dusters and similar cleaning cloths, of all types of textile materials, natural or artificial abrasive powder or grain, on a base of materials other than woven textile fabric only or paper or paperboard only, whether or not cut to shape, sewn or otherwise made up.

▼ Expected to slow by 10.5% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity99 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity57 in the last 6 months

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What Leicester trades

The most frequently declared goods across all 1,284 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.

Women's or girls' dresses of synthetic fibres, knitted or crocheted (excl. petticoats)T-shirts, singlets and other vests of cotton, knitted or crochetedTricycles, scooters, pedal cars and similar wheeled toys; dolls' carriages; dolls; other toys; reduced-size "scale" recreational models, working or not; puzzles of all kindsJerseys, pullovers, cardigans, waistcoats and similar articles, of cotton, knitted or crocheted (excl. wadded waistcoats)Special garments for professional, sporting or other purposes, n.e.s., of man-made fibres, knitted or crochetedWomen's or girls' blouses, shirts and shirt-blouses of man-made fibres, knitted or crocheted (excl. T-shirts and vests)Jerseys, pullovers, cardigans, waistcoats and similar articles, of man-made fibres, knitted or crocheted (excl. wadded waistcoats)T-shirts, singlets and other vests of textile materials, knitted or crocheted (excl. cotton)

Common questions about trade in Leicester

How many businesses import or export from Leicester?

HMRC customs records show 1,284 businesses in Leicester (LE1, LE2, LE3, LE4) filed declarations over the last six months — 10,358 import declarations and 4,394 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.

What do Leicester businesses import most?

The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Leicester traders the leading goods are women's or girls' dresses of synthetic fibres, knitted or crocheted (excl. petticoats), t-shirts, singlets and other vests of cotton, knitted or crocheted, 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, jerseys, pullovers, cardigans, waistcoats and similar articles, of cotton, knitted or crocheted (excl. wadded waistcoats). You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.

Is trade from Leicester growing?

Import activity is down 15.1% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 5.9%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.

How do I get contact details for Leicester importers?

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Leicester importers & exporters

Top 10 businesses by 6-month activity Free tier

METTLER-TOLEDO LIMITED

VIKING OFFICE UK LIMITED

S P S TECHNOLOGIES LTD

BH TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED

RAMON HOLDINGS LIMITED

1,274 more Leicester businesses

What Leicester trades

Common questions about trade in Leicester

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