HMRC records show 99 businesses trading internationally from Melton over the last six months. It ranks 16 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 5.2% 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
1,017Import declarations▼ 3.1% on the 6 months before
282Export declarations
+5.2%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
99Trading 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 99 businesses.
★ Most active in MeltonFiled more customs declarations than any other Melton business over the last six months — roughly 25% of the town's total import activity, mostly in meat.
Most active business
MARS PETCARE UK
254 import declarations40 export declarationsLE14 *Ch. 02Ch. 04Ch. 05Ch. 07Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include dog or cat food, put up for retail sale, preparations of a kind used in animal feeding (excl. dog or cat food put up for retail sale), plates, sheets, film, foil and strip, of non-cellular polymers of ethylene, not reinforced, laminated, supported or similarly combined with other materials, without backing, unworked or merely surface-worked or merely cut into squares or rectangles (.
▼ Expected to slow by 12.3% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity254 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity40 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
DIRECT TRADE BAG COMPANY LTD
30 import declarations19 export declarationsLE14 *Ch. 39Ch. 42Ch. 48Ch. 49Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include handbags, whether or not with shoulder straps, incl. those without handles, with outer surface of plastic sheeting or textile materials, sacks and bags, incl. cones, of polymers of ethylene, sacks and bags, incl. cones, of paper, paperboard, cellulose wadding or webs of cellulose fibres (excl. those having a base of a width of >= 40 cm, and record sleeves).
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity30 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity19 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
FLEXACHEM U.K. LIMITED
40 import declarations6 export declarationsLE14 *Ch. 39Ch. 73Ch. 83Ch. 84Active in 6 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), centrifugal pumps, power-driven (excl. those of subheading 8413.11 and 8413.19, fuel, lubricating or cooling medium pumps for internal combustion piston engine and concrete pumps), parts of valves and similar articles for pipes, boiler shells, tanks, vats or the like, n.e.s..
▲ Expected to increase by 22.2% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity40 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity6 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
MARS FOOD UK LIMITED
161 import declarations4 export declarationsLE14 *Ch. 02Ch. 04Ch. 07Ch. 08Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include vegetables, uncooked or cooked by steaming or by boiling in water, frozen (excl. potatoes, leguminous vegetables, spinach, new zealand spinach, orache spinach, and sweetcorn), semi-milled or wholly milled rice, whether or not polished or glazed, sacks and bags, incl. cones, of plastics (excl. those of polymers of ethylene).
▲ Expected to increase by 11.4% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity161 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity4 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
FUNBIKES LIMITED
54 import declarationsImports onlyLE14 *Ch. 40Ch. 42Ch. 61Ch. 64Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include motorcycles, incl. mopeds, with reciprocating internal combustion piston engine of a cylinder capacity > 50 cm but <= 250 cm, motorcycles, incl. mopeds, and cycles fitted with an auxiliary motor, with electric motor for propulsion, motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of <10 persons, incl. station wagons and racing cars, with only electric motor for propulsion (excl. vehicles for travelling on snow and other specially designed vehicles of s.
▲ Expected to increase by 14.3% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity54 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity0 in the last 6 months
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What Melton trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 99 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.
Dog or cat food, put up for retail saleCheese (excl. fresh cheese, incl. whey cheese, curd, processed cheese, blue-veined cheese and other cheese containing veins produced by "Penicillium roqueforti", and grated or powdered cheese)Wooden furniture (excl. for offices, kitchens and bedrooms, and seats)Vegetables, uncooked or cooked by steaming or by boiling in water, frozen (excl. potatoes, leguminous vegetables, spinach, New Zealand spinach, orache spinach, and sweetcorn)Preparations of a kind used in animal feeding (excl. dog or cat food put up for retail sale)Preparations for sauces and prepared sauces; mixed condiments and seasonings (excl. soya sauce, tomato ketchup and other tomato sauces, mustard, and mustard flour and meal)Live plants, incl. their roots, and mushroom spawn (excl. bulbs, tubers, tuberous roots, corms, crowns and rhizomes, incl. chicory plants and roots, unrooted cuttings and slips, fruit and nut trees, rhododendrons, azaleas and roses)Sacks and bags, incl. cones, of polymers of ethylene
Common questions about trade in Melton
How many businesses import or export from Melton?
HMRC customs records show 99 businesses in Melton (LE14) filed declarations over the last six months — 1,017 import declarations and 282 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.
What do Melton businesses import most?
The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Melton traders the leading goods are dog or cat food, put up for retail sale, cheese (excl. fresh cheese, incl. whey cheese, curd, processed cheese, blue-veined cheese and other cheese containing veins produced by "penicillium roqueforti", and grated or powdered cheese), wooden furniture (excl. for offices, kitchens and bedrooms, and seats), vegetables, uncooked or cooked by steaming or by boiling in water, frozen (excl. potatoes, leguminous vegetables, spinach, new zealand spinach, orache spinach, and sweetcorn). You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Melton growing?
Import activity is down 3.1% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to rise by roughly 5.2%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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