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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 — 4,555 import declarations and 1,665 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 15.5% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 8.6%. 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, photographic and medical instruments. Looking ahead, our model expects import activity here to ease back by around 8.6% over the next three months.

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4,555Import declarations▼ 15.5% on the 6 months before

1,665Export declarations

−8.6%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data

413Trading 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 413 businesses.

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★ 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.

601 import declarations 214 export declarations YO31 *Ch. 04Ch. 05Ch. 07Ch. 08 Active in 5 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 slow by 4.6% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity601 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity214 in the last 6 months

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Among the most active

LEADING SOLVENT SUPPLIES LIMITED

61 import declarations 58 export declarations YO26 *Ch. 22Ch. 27Ch. 29Ch. 32 Active in 5 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include paints and varnishes based, incl. enamels and lacquers, on synthetic polymers or chemically modified natural polymers, dispersed or dissolved in a non-aqueous medium, and solutions of products of headings 3901 to 3913 in volatile organic solvents, co, lubricant preparations, incl. cutting-oil preparations, bolt or nut release preparations, anti-rust or anti-corrosion preparations and mould-release preparations, based on lubricants and containing petroleum oil or bituminous mineral oil (excl. prepa, bituminous mastics, cut-backs and other bituminous mixtures based on natural asphalt, on natural bitumen, on petroleum bitumen, on mineral tar or on mineral tar pitch.

▼ Expected to slow by 7.7% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity61 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity58 in the last 6 months

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Among the most active

PAVERS LTD

105 import declarations 1 export declarations YO26 *Ch. 39Ch. 42Ch. 44Ch. 48 Active in 5 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include footwear with outer soles of rubber, plastics or composition leather, with uppers of leather (excl. covering the ankle, incorporating a protective metal toecap, sports footwear, orthopaedic footwear and toy footwear), footwear with outer soles and uppers of rubber or plastics (excl. covering the ankle or with upper straps or thongs assembled to the sole by means of plugs, waterproof footwear of heading 6401, sports footwear, orthopaedic footwear and toy footwear), 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).

▼ Expected to slow by 16.2% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity105 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity1 in the last 6 months

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Among the most active

VARLINK LIMITED

68 import declarations 31 export declarations YO19 *Ch. 39Ch. 42Ch. 48Ch. 49 Active in 5 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include parts and accessories of non-electronic calculators for accounting machines, cash registers or other machines, incorporating a calculating device, of heading 8470, n.e.s., parts and accessories of automatic data-processing machines or for other machines of heading 8471, n.e.s., machines which only perform one of the functions of printing, copying or facsimile transmission, capable of connecting to an automatic data processing machine or to a network.

▼ Expected to slow by 19.5% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity68 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity31 in the last 6 months

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Among the most active

TELEDYNE INSTRUMENTS INC

70 import declarations 10 export declarations YO10 *Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 44Ch. 70 Active in 5 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include machinery and apparatus for filtering or purifying liquids (excl. such machinery and apparatus for water and other beverages, oil or petrol-filters for internal combustion engines and artificial kidneys), reciprocating positive displacement pumps for liquids, power-driven (excl. those of subheading 8413.11 and 8413,19, fuel, lubricating or cooling medium pumps for internal combustion piston engine and concrete pumps), parts of pumps for liquids, n.e.s..

▲ Expected to increase by 15.8% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity70 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity10 in the last 6 months

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403 more York businesses

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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)Chocolate and other preparations containing cocoa, in blocks, slabs or bars of <= 2 kg (excl. filled)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)Keyboard instruments, the sound of which is produced, or must be amplified, electrically (excl. accordions)Non-alcoholic beverages (excl. water, fruit or vegetable juices, milk and beer)

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 — 4,555 import declarations and 1,665 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 15.5% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 8.6%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.

How do I get contact details for York importers?

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York importers & exporters

Top 10 businesses by 6-month activity Free tier

NESTLE UK LTD.

LEADING SOLVENT SUPPLIES LIMITED

PAVERS LTD

VARLINK LIMITED

TELEDYNE INSTRUMENTS INC

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What York trades

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