Over the last six months, 12 Whitby businesses filed customs declarations. It ranks 25 of 26 trading locations in North Yorkshire. Most of that activity sits in leather goods, luggage and handbags, toys, games and sports equipment, woven clothing and accessories. Looking ahead, our model expects import activity here to ease back by around 16.7% 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
27Import declarations▼ 41.3% on the 6 months before
15Export declarations
−16.7%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
12Trading 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 12 businesses.
★ Most active in WhitbyFiled more customs declarations than any other Whitby business over the last six months — roughly 11% of the town's total import activity, mostly in rubber and rubber articles.
Most active business
SILVERBACK CHAPS LTD
3 import declarations7 export declarationsYO21 *Ch. 40Ch. 42Ch. 54Ch. 61Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include saddlery and harness for any animal, incl. traces, leads, knee pads, muzzles, saddle cloths, saddlebags, dog coats and the like, of any material (excl. harnesses for children and adults, riding whips and other goods of heading 6602), articles of apparel, of leather or composition leather (excl. clothing accessories, footware and headgear and parts thereof, and goods of chapter 95, e.g. shin guards, fencing masks), clothing accessories of leather or composition leather (excl. gloves, mittens and mitts, belts, bandoliers, footware and headgear and parts thereof, and goods of chapter 95 [e.g. shin guards, fencing masks]).
▲ Expected to increase by 100.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity3 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity7 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
BEEVERS WHITBY LIMITED
2 import declarationsImports onlyYO21 *Ch. 94Active in 2 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 activity2 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity0 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
E BOTHAM & SONS LTD
0 import declarations2 export declarationsYO21 *Ch. 19Active in 2 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include sweet biscuits.
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity0 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity2 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
TUBY LEISURE LTD
2 import declarationsImports onlyYO21 *Ch. 39Ch. 94Ch. 95Ch. 96Active in 1 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include games with screens, flipper and other games, operated by coins, banknotes, bank cards, tokens or by other means of payment (excl. bowling alley equipment), 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, tailors' dummies and other lay figures, automata and other animated displays used for shop window dressing (excl. the articles actually on display, educational models and toy dolls).
▼ Expected to slow by 100.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity2 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity0 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
THORNTON & COLLINS LTD
2 import declarationsImports onlyYO21 *Ch. 42Active in 1 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, 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 slow by 100.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity2 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity0 in the last 6 months
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What Whitby trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 12 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.
Footwear with outer soles of rubber, plastics or composition leather, with uppers of leather, covering the ankle (excl. incorporating a protective metal toecap, sports footwear, orthopaedic footwear and toy footwear)Tricycles, scooters, pedal cars and similar wheeled toys; dolls' carriages; dolls; other toys; reduced-size "scale" recreational models, working or not; puzzles of all kindsSaddlery and harness for any animal, incl. traces, leads, knee pads, muzzles, saddle cloths, saddlebags, dog coats and the like, of any material (excl. harnesses for children and adults, riding whips and other goods of heading 6602)Imitation jewellery (excl. jewellery, of base metal, whether or not clad with silver, gold or platinum)Articles of apparel, of leather or composition leather (excl. clothing accessories, footware and headgear and parts thereof, and goods of chapter 95, e.g. shin guards, fencing masks)Beauty or make-up preparations and preparations for the care of the skin (other than medicaments), incl. sunscreen or suntan preparations (excl. medicaments, lip and eye make-up preparations, manicure or pedicure preparations and make-up or skin careParts and accessories of bodies for tractors, motor vehicles for the transport of ten or more persons, motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of persons, motor vehicles for the transport of goods and special purposSweet biscuits
Common questions about trade in Whitby
How many businesses import or export from Whitby?
HMRC customs records show 12 businesses in Whitby (YO21) filed declarations over the last six months — 27 import declarations and 15 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.
What do Whitby businesses import most?
The most common category is leather goods, luggage and handbags. Across all Whitby traders the leading goods are footwear with outer soles of rubber, plastics or composition leather, with uppers of leather, covering the ankle (excl. incorporating a protective metal toecap, sports footwear, orthopaedic footwear and toy footwear), 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, saddlery and harness for any animal, incl. traces, leads, knee pads, muzzles, saddle cloths, saddlebags, dog coats and the like, of any material (excl. harnesses for children and adults, riding whips and other goods of heading 6602), imitation jewellery (excl. jewellery, of base metal, whether or not clad with silver, gold or platinum). You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Whitby growing?
Import activity is down 41.3% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 16.7%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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