HMRC records show 93 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 and plastic articles. Looking ahead, our model expects import activity here to ease back by around 3.5% 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
865Import declarations▼ 15.6% on the 6 months before
253Export declarations
−3.5%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
93Trading 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 93 businesses.
★ Most active in MeltonFiled more customs declarations than any other Melton business over the last six months — roughly 24% of the town's total import activity, mostly in meat and edible offal.
Most active business
MARS PETCARE UK
211 import declarations34 export declarationsLE14 *Ch. 02Ch. 04Ch. 05Ch. 07Active in 5 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), sugars in solid form, incl. invert sugar and chemically pure maltose, and sugar and sugar syrup blends containing in the dry state 50% by weight of fructose, not flavoured or coloured, artificial honey, whether or not mixed with natural honey and car.
▼ Expected to slow by 20.4% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity211 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity34 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
DIRECT TRADE BAG COMPANY LTD
30 import declarations11 export declarationsLE14 *Ch. 39Ch. 42Ch. 48Ch. 49Active in 5 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 paper, paperboard, cellulose wadding or webs of cellulose fibres (excl. those having a base of a width of >= 40 cm, and record sleeves), 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 conta.
▲ 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 activity11 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
BLUSTREAM LTD
15 import declarations17 export declarationsLE14 *Ch. 83Ch. 84Ch. 85Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include base metal mountings, fittings and similar articles (excl. locks with keys, clasps and frames with clasps incorporating locks, hinges, castors and mountings and fittings suitable for buildings, motor vehicles or furniture).
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity15 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity17 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
BE FURNITURE LTD
29 import declarations1 export declarationsLE14 *Ch. 39Ch. 48Ch. 59Ch. 63Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include cartons, boxes and cases, of corrugated paper or paperboard, wooden furniture (excl. for offices, kitchens and bedrooms, and seats), seats, with metal frames (excl. upholstered, swivel seats with variable height adjustments and medical, dental or surgical furniture).
▲ Expected to increase by 12.5% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity29 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity1 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
LONG CLAWSON DAIRY LTD
6 import declarations23 export declarationsLE14 *Ch. 04Ch. 20Ch. 27Ch. 30Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include 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), blue-veined cheese and other cheese containing veins produced by "penicillium roqueforti", paraffin wax, microcrystalline petroleum wax, slack wax, ozokerite, lignite wax, peat wax, other mineral waxes, and similar products obtained by synthesis or by other processes, whether or not coloured (excl. petroleum jelly and paraffin wax containi.
▲ Expected to increase by 18.2% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity6 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity23 in the last 6 months
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What Melton trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 93 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)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)Semi-milled or wholly milled rice, whether or not polished or glazedTomato ketchup and other tomato sauces
Common questions about trade in Melton
How many businesses import or export from Melton?
HMRC customs records show 93 businesses in Melton (LE14) filed declarations over the last six months — 865 import declarations and 253 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), 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). You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Melton growing?
Import activity is down 15.6% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 3.5%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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