Town trade profile · ST13

Leek importers & exporters

Q: Is trade from Leek growing?

Import activity is down 9.6% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 5.1%. 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 and plastic articles, electrical machinery and electronics. Looking ahead, our model expects import activity here to ease back by around 5.1% 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

1,022Import declarations▼ 9.6% on the 6 months before

381Export declarations

−5.1%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data

86Trading 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 86 businesses.

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★ 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

49 import declarations 44 export declarations ST13 *Ch. 29Ch. 34Ch. 38Ch. 39 Active in 5 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 13.6% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity49 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity44 in the last 6 months

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Among the most active

J & F EXPORT SERVICES LTD

63 import declarations 4 export declarations ST13 *Ch. 25Ch. 28Ch. 34Ch. 38 Active in 5 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include appliances for pipes, boiler shells, tanks, vats or the like (excl. pressure-reducing valves, valves for the control of pneumatic power transmission, check "non-return" valves and safety or relief valves), parts of machinery and apparatus for filtering or purifying liquids or gases, n.e.s., machinery and apparatus for filtering or purifying water.

▲ Expected to increase by 18.2% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity63 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity4 in the last 6 months

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Among the most active

ORNUA CO-OPERATIVE LIMITED

64 import declarations 2 export declarations ST13 *Ch. 04Ch. 19Ch. 21Ch. 35 Active in 5 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include 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), butter (excl. dehydrated butter and ghee), milk and cream in solid forms, of a fat content by weight of > 1,5%, unsweetened.

▼ Expected to slow by 8.3% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity64 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity2 in the last 6 months

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Among the most active

MARLING LEEK LTD

34 import declarations 22 export declarations ST13 *Ch. 39Ch. 42Ch. 48Ch. 54 Active in 5 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include narrow woven fabrics of man-made fibres, with a width of <= 30 cm, n.e.s., high-tenacity filament yarn of polyesters (excl. that put up for retail sale), clasps, frames with clasps without locks, buckles and buckle-clasps, of base metal, for clothing, footwear, handbags, travel goods or other made-up articles, incl. parts of articles of heading 8308, of base metal (excl. hooks, eyes, eyelets and tubul.

▼ Expected to slow by 10.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity34 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity22 in the last 6 months

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Among the most active

J BOURNE TRACTORS LTD

47 import declarations Imports only ST13 *Ch. 84Ch. 87 Active in 5 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include buckets, shovels, grabs and grips for machinery of heading 8426, 8429 and 8430, harrows, scarifiers, cultivators, weeders and hoes for use in agriculture, horticulture or forestry (excl. disc harrows), agricultural or horticultural sprayers (excl. portable).

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

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity47 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity0 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.

Narrow woven fabrics of man-made fibres, with a width of <= 30 cm, n.e.s.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)Acetic acidWhey and modified whey, whether or not concentrated or containing added sugar or other sweetening matterMilk and cream in solid forms, of a fat content by weight of > 1,5%, unsweetenedGlycerol

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 — 1,022 import declarations and 381 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 narrow woven fabrics of man-made fibres, with a width of <= 30 cm, n.e.s., 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). You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.

Is trade from Leek growing?

Import activity is down 9.6% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 5.1%. 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 10 businesses by 6-month activity Free tier

ESTERCHEM LIMITED

J & F EXPORT SERVICES LTD

ORNUA CO-OPERATIVE LIMITED

MARLING LEEK LTD

J BOURNE TRACTORS LTD

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What Leek trades

Common questions about trade in Leek

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