Town trade profile · ST13

Leek importers & exporters

Q: How many businesses import or export from Leek?

HMRC customs records show 86 businesses in Leek (ST13) filed declarations over the last six months — 1,209 import declarations and 442 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.

Q: What do Leek businesses import most?

The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Leek traders the leading goods are made-up articles of textile materials, incl. dress patterns, n.e.s., narrow woven fabrics of man-made fibres, with a width of <= 30 cm, n.e.s., articles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire), 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). You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.

Q: Is trade from Leek growing?

Import activity is up 5.4% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to rise by roughly 5.0%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.

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

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Over the last six months, 86 Leek businesses filed customs declarations. It ranks 10 of 23 trading locations in Staffordshire. Most of that activity sits in machinery and mechanical appliances, plastics, electrical machinery and electronics. Looking ahead, our model expects import activity here to pick up by around 5.0% 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

1,209Import declarations▲ 5.4% on the 6 months before

442Export declarations

+5.0%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data

86Trading 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 86 businesses.

★ Most active in LeekFiled more customs declarations than any other Leek business over the last six months — roughly 5% of the town's total import activity, mostly in organic chemicals.

Most active business

ESTERCHEM LIMITED

58 import declarations 53 export declarations ST13 *Ch. 29Ch. 32Ch. 34Ch. 38 Active in 6 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include butanoic acids, pentanoic acids, their salts and esters, non-ionic organic surface-active agents, whether or not put up for retail sale (excl. soap), saturated acyclic monocarboxylic acids, their anhydrides, halides, peroxides and peroxyacids; their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives (excl. formic acid and acetic acid, mono-, di- or trichloroacetic acids, propionic acid,.

▼ Expected to slow by 12.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

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

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity53 in the last 6 months

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Among the most active

F BALL AND CO LIMITED

55 import declarations 36 export declarations ST13 *Ch. 07Ch. 25Ch. 29Ch. 32 Active in 6 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include acrylic polymers, in primary forms (excl. poly"methyl methacrylate"), refractory cements, mortars, concretes and similar compositions, incl. dolomite ramming mix (excl. preparations based on graphite or other carbonaceous substances), adhesives based on polymers of headings 3901 to 3913 or on rubber (excl. put up for retail sale with a net weight of <= 1 kg).

▼ Expected to slow by 11.5% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity55 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity36 in the last 6 months

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Among the most active

KEY PLANT AUTOMATION LIMITED

45 import declarations 36 export declarations ST13 *Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 49Ch. 72 Active in 6 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include machinery for lifting, handling, loading or unloading, n.e.s., parts of machines and apparatus for soldering or welding or for hot spraying of metals, metal carbides or cermets, n.e.s. (excl. wire bonders of a kind used for the manufacture of semiconductor devices), parts of machinery of heading 8428, n.e.s..

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

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity45 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity36 in the last 6 months

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Among the most active

ETERNIS FINE CHEMICALS UK LI MITED

71 import declarations 26 export declarations ST13 *Ch. 29Ch. 38Ch. 84 Active in 6 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include acyclic aldehydes, without other oxygen function (excl. methanal [formaldehyde] and ethanal [acetaldehyde]), esters of salicylic acid and their salts (excl. o-acetylsalicylic acid, its salts and esters), esters of acetic acid (excl. ethyl, vinyl, n-butyl and dinoseb [iso] acetates).

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

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity71 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity26 in the last 6 months

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Among the most active

ALLICIO NUTRITION LIMITED

82 import declarations 10 export declarations ST13 *Ch. 04Ch. 11Ch. 13Ch. 17 Active in 6 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include mixtures of odoriferous substances and mixtures, incl. alcoholic solutions, with a basis of one or more of these substances, of a kind used in the food and drink industries; other preparations based on odoriferous substances, of a kind used for the m, whey and modified whey, whether or not concentrated or containing added sugar or other sweetening matter, food preparations, n.e.s..

▲ Expected to increase by 27.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity82 in the last 6 months

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

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What Leek trades

The most frequently declared goods across all 86 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.

Made-up articles of textile materials, incl. dress patterns, n.e.s.Narrow woven fabrics of man-made fibres, with a width of <= 30 cm, n.e.s.Articles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire)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)Food preparations, n.e.s.Esters of acetic acid (excl. ethyl, vinyl, n-butyl and dinoseb [ISO] acetates)Articles of plastics and articles of other materials of heading 3901 to 3914, n.e.s (excl. goods of 9619)Stoppers, lids, caps and other closures, of plastics

Common questions about trade in Leek

How many businesses import or export from Leek?

HMRC customs records show 86 businesses in Leek (ST13) filed declarations over the last six months — 1,209 import declarations and 442 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.

What do Leek businesses import most?

The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Leek traders the leading goods are made-up articles of textile materials, incl. dress patterns, n.e.s., narrow woven fabrics of man-made fibres, with a width of <= 30 cm, n.e.s., articles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire), 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). You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.

Is trade from Leek growing?

Import activity is up 5.4% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to rise by roughly 5.0%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.

How do I get contact details for Leek importers?

Create an account to see all 86 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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Leek importers & exporters

Top 5 businesses by 6-month activity Free tier

ESTERCHEM LIMITED

F BALL AND CO LIMITED

KEY PLANT AUTOMATION LIMITED

ETERNIS FINE CHEMICALS UK LI MITED

ALLICIO NUTRITION LIMITED

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What Leek trades

Common questions about trade in Leek

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