HMRC records show 129 businesses trading internationally from Lutterworth over the last six months. It ranks 10 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 4.6% 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
1,947Import declarations▼ 12.7% on the 6 months before
1,029Export declarations
−4.6%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
129Trading 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 129 businesses.
★ Most active in LutterworthFiled more customs declarations than any other Lutterworth business over the last six months — roughly 54% of the town's total import activity, mostly in oil seeds and industrial plants.
Most active business
VWR INTERNATIONAL LTD
1052 import declarations468 export declarationsLE17 *Ch. 12Ch. 15Ch. 17Ch. 21Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include carboys, bottles, flasks, jars, pots, phials and other containers, of glass, of a kind used for the commercial conveyance or packing of goods, and preserving jars, of glass (excl. ampoules, glass inners for containers, with vacuum insulation, perfume, made-up articles of textile materials, incl. dress patterns, n.e.s., floorcloths, dishcloths, dusters and similar cleaning cloths, of all types of textile materials.
▼ Expected to slow by 1.8% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity1052 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity468 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
MED RACE TECHNOLOGIES LTD
5 import declarations38 export declarationsLE17 *Ch. 40Ch. 61Ch. 72Ch. 73Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include threaded screws and bolts, of iron or steel, whether or not with their nuts and washers (excl. coach screws and other wood screws, screw hooks and screw rings, self-tapping screws, lag screws, stoppers, plugs and the like, threaded), parts suitable for use solely or principally with spark-ignition internal combustion piston engine, n.e.s., angles, shapes and sections, of iron or non-alloy steel, cold-formed or cold-finished and further worked, or hot-forged, or hot-formed by other means and further worked, n.e.s. (excl. from flat-rolled products).
▲ Expected to increase by 66.7% 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 activity38 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
LIFEPLAN PRODUCTS LTD
32 import declarations9 export declarationsLE17 *Ch. 07Ch. 09Ch. 10Ch. 12Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include food preparations, n.e.s., vegetable saps and extracts (excl. liquorice, hops, opium and ephedra), vitamins and their derivatives, used primarily as vitamins, unmixed (excl. vitamins a, b1, b2, b3, b5, b6, b12, c, e and their derivatives).
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity32 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity9 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
IN-STORE INITIATIVES LTD
25 import declarations15 export declarationsLE17 *Ch. 39Ch. 48Ch. 49Ch. 73Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include wooden furniture (excl. for offices, kitchens and bedrooms, and seats), metal furniture (excl. for offices, seats and medical, surgical, dental or veterinary furniture), data-processing machines, automatic, comprising in the same housing at least a central processing unit, and one input unit and one output unit, whether or not combined (excl. portable weighing <= 10 kg and excl. those presented in the form of systems.
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% 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 activity15 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
VICARY PLANT SPARES UK LIMITED
22 import declarations17 export declarationsLE17 *Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 70Ch. 73Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include parts of machinery of heading 8426, 8429 and 8430, n.e.s., hydraulic power engines and motors, linear acting "cylinders", laminated safety glass, of size and shape suitable for incorporation in motor vehicles, aircraft, spacecraft, vessels and other vehicles (excl. multiple-walled insulating units of glass).
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity22 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity17 in the last 6 months
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What Lutterworth trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 129 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.
Carboys, bottles, flasks, jars, pots, phials and other containers, of glass, of a kind used for the commercial conveyance or packing of goods, and preserving jars, of glass (excl. ampoules, glass inners for containers, with vacuum insulation, perfumeMade-up articles of textile materials, incl. dress patterns, n.e.s.Chemical products and preparations of the chemical or allied industries, incl. those consisting of mixtures of natural products, n.e.s.Articles of aluminium, n.e.s.Floorcloths, dishcloths, dusters and similar cleaning cloths, of all types of textile materialsArticles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire)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)Oak "Quercus spp.", sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or not planed, sanded or end-jointed, of a thickness of > 6 mm
Common questions about trade in Lutterworth
How many businesses import or export from Lutterworth?
HMRC customs records show 129 businesses in Lutterworth (LE17) filed declarations over the last six months — 1,947 import declarations and 1,029 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.
What do Lutterworth businesses import most?
The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Lutterworth traders the leading goods are carboys, bottles, flasks, jars, pots, phials and other containers, of glass, of a kind used for the commercial conveyance or packing of goods, and preserving jars, of glass (excl. ampoules, glass inners for containers, with vacuum insulation, perfume, made-up articles of textile materials, incl. dress patterns, n.e.s., chemical products and preparations of the chemical or allied industries, incl. those consisting of mixtures of natural products, n.e.s., articles of aluminium, n.e.s.. You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Lutterworth growing?
Import activity is down 12.7% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 4.6%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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