Over the last six months, 197 Shepshed businesses filed customs declarations. It ranks 6 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 11.9% 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
2,687Import declarations▼ 15.1% on the 6 months before
1,519Export declarations
−11.9%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
197Trading 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 197 businesses.
★ Most active in ShepshedFiled more customs declarations than any other Shepshed business over the last six months — roughly 13% of the town's total import activity, mostly in other animal products.
Most active business
SAINT-GOBAIN CONSTRUCTION PRODUCTS UK LI MITED
348 import declarations110 export declarationsLE12 *Ch. 05Ch. 13Ch. 17Ch. 22Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include gypsum; anhydrite, boards, sheets, panels, tiles and similar articles, of plaster or compositions based on plaster, faced or reinforced with paper or paperboard only (excl. ornamented and with plaster agglomerated articles for heat-insulation, sound-insulation or sound, boards, sheets, panels, tiles and similar articles, of plaster or compositions based on plaster (excl. ornamented, faced or reinforced with paper or paperboard only, and with plaster agglomerated articles for heat-insulation, sound-insulation or soun.
▼ Expected to slow by 19.6% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity348 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity110 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
WINBRO GROUP TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
36 import declarations120 export declarationsLE12 *Ch. 35Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 72Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include parts of turbojets or turbopropellers, n.e.s., parts of gas turbines, n.e.s., parts and accessories for machine tools for working material by removing material of headings 8456 to 8461, n.e.s..
▼ Expected to slow by 13.5% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity36 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity120 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
DEVOL KITCHENS LTD
35 import declarations119 export declarationsLE12 *Ch. 32Ch. 34Ch. 39Ch. 40Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include tableware, kitchenware, other household articles and toilet articles, of ceramics other than porcelain or china (excl. baths, bidets, sinks and similar sanitary fixtures, statuettes and other ornamental articles, pots, jars, carboys and similar recep, chandeliers and other electric ceiling or wall lighting fittings, solely for light-emitting diode "led" light sources (excl. for lighting public open spaces or thoroughfares), wooden furniture for kitchens (excl. seats).
▲ Expected to increase by 27.3% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity35 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity119 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
CAMPBELL SCIENTIFIC LIMITED
65 import declarations60 export declarationsLE12 *Ch. 39Ch. 48Ch. 49Ch. 73Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include structures and parts of structures, of aluminium, n.e.s., and plates, rods, profiles, tubes and the like, prepared for use in structures, of aluminium, n.e.s. (excl. prefabricated buildings of heading 9406, doors and windows and their frames and thre, data-processing machines, automatic, portable, weighing <= 10 kg, consisting of at least a central processing unit, a keyboard and a display (excl. peripheral units), trade advertising material, commercial catalogues and the like.
▼ Expected to slow by 22.7% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity65 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity60 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
KCT HOLDINGS LIMITED
81 import declarations27 export declarationsLE12 *Ch. 33Ch. 34Ch. 38Ch. 39Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include cermets and articles thereof, n.e.s.; waste and scrap of cermets (excl. ash and residues containing cermets), tool holders, incl. tool holders for any type of tool for working in the hand, and self-opening dieheads, for machine tools, tools for drilling, interchangeable (excl. rock-drilling or earth-boring tools and tools for tapping).
▼ Expected to slow by 19.7% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity81 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity27 in the last 6 months
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What Shepshed trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 197 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.
Millstones, grindstones, grinding wheels and the like, without frameworks, for sharpening, polishing, trueing or cutting, of agglomerated abrasives or ceramics (excl. of agglomerated synthetic or natural diamond, hand sharpening or polishing stones,Wadding, gauze, bandages and the like, e.g. dressings, adhesive plasters, poultices, impregnated or covered with pharmaceutical substances or put up for retail sale for medical, surgical, dental or veterinary purposes (excl. adhesive dressings and otFloat glass and surface ground or polished glass, in sheets, having an absorbent, reflecting or non-reflecting layer, but not otherwise worked (excl. wired glass)Preparations of a kind used in animal feeding (excl. dog or cat food put up for retail sale)Parts and accessories for machine tools for working material by removing material of headings 8456 to 8461, n.e.s.Wine of fresh grapes, incl. fortified wines, and grape must whose fermentation has been arrested by the addition of alcohol, in containers of <= 2 l (excl. sparkling wine)Float glass and surface ground and polished glass, in sheets, but not otherwise worked (excl. wired glass or glass coloured throughout the mass "body tinted", opacified, flashed or merely surface ground, or glass having an absorbent, reflecting or noChemical products and preparations of the chemical or allied industries, incl. those consisting of mixtures of natural products, n.e.s.
Common questions about trade in Shepshed
How many businesses import or export from Shepshed?
HMRC customs records show 197 businesses in Shepshed (LE12) filed declarations over the last six months — 2,687 import declarations and 1,519 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.
What do Shepshed businesses import most?
The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Shepshed traders the leading goods are millstones, grindstones, grinding wheels and the like, without frameworks, for sharpening, polishing, trueing or cutting, of agglomerated abrasives or ceramics (excl. of agglomerated synthetic or natural diamond, hand sharpening or polishing stones,, wadding, gauze, bandages and the like, e.g. dressings, adhesive plasters, poultices, impregnated or covered with pharmaceutical substances or put up for retail sale for medical, surgical, dental or veterinary purposes (excl. adhesive dressings and ot, float glass and surface ground or polished glass, in sheets, having an absorbent, reflecting or non-reflecting layer, but not otherwise worked (excl. wired glass), 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 Shepshed 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 11.9%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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