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York importers & exporters

Q: How many businesses import or export from York?

HMRC customs records show 413 businesses in York (YO1, YO10, YO19, YO23) filed declarations over the last six months — 5,295 import declarations and 1,923 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.

Q: What do York businesses import most?

The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all York traders the leading goods are chocolate and other preparations containing cocoa, in containers or immediate packings of <= 2 kg (excl. in blocks, slabs or bars and cocoa powder), food preparations, n.e.s., 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, sugar confectionery not containing cocoa, incl. white chocolate (excl. chewing gum). You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.

Q: Is trade from York growing?

Import activity is down 4.9% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to rise by roughly 0.1%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.

Q: How do I get contact details for York importers?

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Over the last six months, 413 York businesses filed customs declarations. That puts it second in North Yorkshire for trade activity. Most of that activity sits in machinery and mechanical appliances, electrical machinery and electronics, optical and medical instruments. Looking ahead, our model expects import activity here to pick up by around 0.1% 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

5,295Import declarations▼ 4.9% on the 6 months before

1,923Export declarations

+0.1%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data

413Trading 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 413 businesses.

★ Most active in YorkFiled more customs declarations than any other York business over the last six months — roughly 13% of the town's total import activity, mostly in dairy, eggs and honey.

Most active business

NESTLE UK LTD.

690 import declarations 261 export declarations YO31 *Ch. 04Ch. 05Ch. 07Ch. 08 Active in 6 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include chocolate and other preparations containing cocoa, in containers or immediate packings of <= 2 kg (excl. in blocks, slabs or bars and cocoa powder), sugar confectionery not containing cocoa, incl. white chocolate (excl. chewing gum), non-alcoholic beverages (excl. water, fruit or vegetable juices, milk and beer).

▲ Expected to increase by 4.4% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity690 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity261 in the last 6 months

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Among the most active

GEAR4MUSIC LIMITED

263 import declarations 170 export declarations YO26 *Ch. 29Ch. 34Ch. 38Ch. 39 Active in 6 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include keyboard instruments, the sound of which is produced, or must be amplified, electrically (excl. accordions), accordions and musical instruments without keyboards, the sound of which is produced, or must be amplified, electrically, guitars, harps and other string musical instruments (excl. with keyboard and those played with a bow).

▲ Expected to increase by 5.5% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity263 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity170 in the last 6 months

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Among the most active

EDMUND OPTICS LTD

125 import declarations 108 export declarations YO26 *Ch. 29Ch. 34Ch. 35Ch. 39 Active in 6 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include lenses, prisms, mirrors and other optical elements, of any material, unmounted (excl. such elements of glass not optically worked, contact lenses and spectacle lenses), objective lenses for cameras, projectors or photographic enlargers or reducers, filters, optical, being parts of or fittings for instruments, apparatus and appliances, framed or mounted.

▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity125 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity108 in the last 6 months

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Among the most active

MASPO FOOD LTD

522 import declarations Imports only YO30 *Ch. 02Ch. 03Ch. 04Ch. 07 Active in 6 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include fresh or chilled cuts and edible offal of fowls of the species gallus domesticus, 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), prepared or preserved meat and offal of swine, incl. mixtures (excl. hams, shoulders and cuts thereof, sausages and similar products, finely homogenised preparations put up for retail sale as infant food or for dietetic purpose, in containers of a ne.

▼ Expected to slow by 10.5% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity522 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity0 in the last 6 months

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Among the most active

CYCLOPS ELECTRONICS LIMITED

190 import declarations 246 export declarations YO10 *Ch. 32Ch. 34Ch. 35Ch. 38 Active in 6 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include electrical apparatus for switching electrical circuits, or for making connections to or in electrical circuits, for a voltage <= 1.000 v (excl. fuses, automatic circuit breakers and other apparatus for protecting electrical circuits, relays and other, helical springs, of iron or steel (excl. flat spiral springs, clock and watch springs, springs for sticks and handles of umbrellas or parasols, and shock absorbers of section 17), compounded rubber, unvulcanised, in the form of plates, sheets or strip (excl. rubber compounded with carbon black or silica, and mixtures of natural rubber, balata, gutta-percha, guayule, chicle and similar natural gums containing synthetic rubber o.

▼ Expected to slow by 10.7% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity190 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity246 in the last 6 months

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What York trades

The most frequently declared goods across all 413 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.

Chocolate and other preparations containing cocoa, in containers or immediate packings of <= 2 kg (excl. in blocks, slabs or bars and cocoa powder)Food preparations, n.e.s.Tricycles, scooters, pedal cars and similar wheeled toys; dolls' carriages; dolls; other toys; reduced-size "scale" recreational models, working or not; puzzles of all kindsSugar confectionery not containing cocoa, incl. white chocolate (excl. chewing gum)Articles of plastics and articles of other materials of heading 3901 to 3914, n.e.s (excl. goods of 9619)Instruments and appliances used in medical, surgical or veterinary sciences, n.e.s.Chocolate and other preparations containing cocoa, in blocks, slabs or bars of <= 2 kg (excl. filled)Keyboard instruments, the sound of which is produced, or must be amplified, electrically (excl. accordions)

Common questions about trade in York

How many businesses import or export from York?

HMRC customs records show 413 businesses in York (YO1, YO10, YO19, YO23) filed declarations over the last six months — 5,295 import declarations and 1,923 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.

What do York businesses import most?

The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all York traders the leading goods are chocolate and other preparations containing cocoa, in containers or immediate packings of <= 2 kg (excl. in blocks, slabs or bars and cocoa powder), food preparations, n.e.s., 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, sugar confectionery not containing cocoa, incl. white chocolate (excl. chewing gum). You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.

Is trade from York growing?

Import activity is down 4.9% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to rise by roughly 0.1%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.

How do I get contact details for York importers?

Create an account to see all 413 businesses, open their Companies House records, run AI research on their website and buying signals, and reveal validated email and LinkedIn contacts.

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York importers & exporters

Top 5 businesses by 6-month activity Free tier

NESTLE UK LTD.

GEAR4MUSIC LIMITED

EDMUND OPTICS LTD

MASPO FOOD LTD

CYCLOPS ELECTRONICS LIMITED

408 more York businesses

What York trades

Common questions about trade in York

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