Over the last six months, 40 Pickering businesses filed customs declarations. It ranks 17 of 26 trading locations in North Yorkshire. Most of that activity sits in electrical machinery and electronics, machinery and mechanical appliances, optical, photographic and medical instruments. Looking ahead, our model expects import activity here to pick up by around 0.0% 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
176Import declarations▼ 14.1% on the 6 months before
162Export declarations
+0.0%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
40Trading 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 40 businesses.
★ Most active in PickeringFiled more customs declarations than any other Pickering business over the last six months — roughly 17% of the town's total import activity, mostly in plastics and plastic articles.
Most active business
IF CARDBOARD CREATIONS LIMITED
30 import declarations68 export declarationsYO18 *Ch. 39Ch. 42Ch. 44Ch. 48Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include ball-point pens, 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, 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 4.5% 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 activity68 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
CONTRACT PRODUCTION LTD
7 import declarations4 export declarationsYO18 *Ch. 39Ch. 74Ch. 84Ch. 85Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include copper alloy foil, not backed, of a thickness of <= 0,15 mm (excl. stamping foils of heading 3212, metal yarns and metallised yarns and foil made up as christmas tree decorating material), air pumps, air or other gas compressors and ventilating or recycling hoods incorporating a fan, whether or not fitted with filters, having a maximum horizontal side > 120 cm (excl. vacuum pumps, hand- or foot-operated air pumps, compressors for refri, continuous-action elevators and conveyors for goods or materials, belt type (excl. those for underground use).
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity7 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity4 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
CLOUDBASE POSITIONING LTD
4 import declarations7 export declarationsYO18 *Ch. 85Ch. 90Active in 5 of the last 6 months
▼ Expected to slow by 100.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity4 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity7 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
PAPER AND CANVAS LTD
9 import declarations1 export declarationsYO18 *Ch. 32Ch. 44Ch. 48Ch. 59Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include coniferous wood, incl. strips and friezes for parquet flooring, not assembled, continuously shaped "tongued, grooved, rebated, chamfered, v-jointed beaded, moulded, rounded or the like" along any of its edges, ends or faces, whether or not planed, sa, textile fabrics impregnated, coated, covered or laminated with plastics other than poly"vinyl chloride" or polyurethane (excl. tyre cord fabric of high-tenacity yarn of nylon or other polyamides, polyesters or viscose rayon; wallcoverings of textile, impregnated, coated or covered textile fabrics; painted canvas being theatrical scenery, studio backcloths or the like, n.e.s..
▲ Expected to increase by 50.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity9 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity1 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
JMD TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
4 import declarations5 export declarationsYO18 *Ch. 76Ch. 85Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include bars, rods and solid profiles, of aluminium alloys, n.e.s., aluminium foil, backed, of a thickness (excl. any backing) of <= 0,2 mm (excl. stamping foils of heading 3212, and foil made up as christmas tree decorating material).
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity4 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity5 in the last 6 months
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What Pickering trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 40 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.
Preparations of a kind used in animal feeding (excl. dog or cat food put up for retail sale)Ball-point pensSwedes, mangolds, fodder roots, hay, lucerne "alfalfa", clover, sainfoin, forage kale, lupines, vetches and similar forage products, whether or not in the form of pellets (excl. lucerne "alfalfa" meal and pellets)Dog or cat food, put up for retail saleTricycles, scooters, pedal cars and similar wheeled toys; dolls' carriages; dolls; other toys; reduced-size "scale" recreational models, working or not; puzzles of all kindsLighting strings of a kind used for Christmas trees, solely for light-emitting diode "LED" light sourcesTubes, pipes and hoses, of vulcanised rubber (excl. hard rubber), not reinforced or otherwise combined with other materials, with fittingsParts of pulley tackles and hoists (other than skip hoists), winches, capstans and jacks, n.e.s.
Common questions about trade in Pickering
How many businesses import or export from Pickering?
HMRC customs records show 40 businesses in Pickering (YO18) filed declarations over the last six months — 176 import declarations and 162 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.
What do Pickering businesses import most?
The most common category is electrical machinery and electronics. Across all Pickering traders the leading goods are preparations of a kind used in animal feeding (excl. dog or cat food put up for retail sale), ball-point pens, swedes, mangolds, fodder roots, hay, lucerne "alfalfa", clover, sainfoin, forage kale, lupines, vetches and similar forage products, whether or not in the form of pellets (excl. lucerne "alfalfa" meal and pellets), dog or cat food, put up for retail sale. You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Pickering growing?
Import activity is down 14.1% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to rise by roughly 0.0%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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