23 businesses in Leiston appear in HMRC customs records for the last six months. It ranks 15 of 20 trading locations in Suffolk. Most of that activity sits in machinery and mechanical appliances, electrical machinery and electronics, furniture, bedding, lighting and signs. Looking ahead, our model expects import activity here to ease back by around 6.1% over the next three months.
Refreshed every 24 hours · last run 25/08/2026 at 11:41HMRC release in view: Jun 26Snapshot: 2026-08-25.1
352Import declarations▼ 8.6% on the 6 months before
208Export declarations
−6.1%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
23Trading 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 23 businesses.
★ Most active in LeistonFiled more customs declarations than any other Leiston business over the last six months — roughly 56% of the town's total import activity, mostly in pharmaceuticals.
Most active business
DAYES LIMITED
197 import declarations98 export declarationsIP16 *Ch. 30Ch. 33Ch. 34Ch. 38Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include carboys, bottles, flasks, jars, pots, phials and other containers, of glass, of a kind used for the commercial conveyance or packing of goods, and preserving jars, of glass (excl. ampoules, glass inners for containers, with vacuum insulation, perfume, mops and leather dusters; prepared knots and tufts for broom or brush making; squeegees of rubber or other flexible materials; brooms and brushes, n.e.s., tableware and kitchenware, of plastics.
▼ Expected to slow by 6.1% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity197 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity98 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
L F GEATER & SONS LTD
6 import declarationsImports onlyIP16 *Ch. 06Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include 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).
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity6 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity0 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
HOWARTH WINTERBROOK LTD
78 import declarations27 export declarationsIP16 *Ch. 05Ch. 07Ch. 10Ch. 11Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include sunflower seeds, whether or not broken, sweet potatoes, fresh, chilled, frozen or dried, whether or not sliced or in the form of pellets, dried, shelled peas "pisum sativum", whether or not skinned or split.
▼ Expected to slow by 11.1% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity78 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity27 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
NEWTON AUTOMATIVE LIMITED
5 import declarations42 export declarationsIP16 *Ch. 13Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 41Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include parts of seats, not of wood, n.e.s., carpets and other floor coverings, of nylon or other polyamides, tufted "needle punched", whether or not made up (excl. turf), parts and accessories, 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 purpose motor v.
▲ Expected to increase by 100.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity5 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity42 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
DAVID SILVER SPARES LIMITED
11 import declarations15 export declarationsIP16 *Ch. 40Ch. 68Ch. 69Ch. 70Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include parts and accessories of motorcycles, incl. mopeds, n.e.s., motorcycles, incl. mopeds, with reciprocating internal combustion piston engine of a cylinder capacity > 250 cm but <= 500 cm, motorcycles, incl. mopeds, with reciprocating internal combustion piston engine of a cylinder capacity > 500 cm but <= 800 cm.
▼ Expected to slow by 36.4% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity11 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity15 in the last 6 months
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What Leiston trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 23 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.
Carboys, bottles, flasks, jars, pots, phials and other containers, of glass, of a kind used for the commercial conveyance or packing of goods, and preserving jars, of glass (excl. ampoules, glass inners for containers, with vacuum insulation, perfumeParts and accessories of motorcycles, incl. mopeds, n.e.s.Mops and leather dusters; prepared knots and tufts for broom or brush making; squeegees of rubber or other flexible materials; brooms and brushes, n.e.s.Tableware and kitchenware, of plasticsTable, kitchen or other household articles, and parts thereof, of stainless steel (excl. cans, boxes and similar containers of heading 7310; waste baskets; shovels, corkscrews and other articles of the nature of a work implement; articles of cutlery,Table, kitchen or other household articles, and parts thereof, of iron other than cast iron or steel other than stainless (excl. enamelled articles; cans, boxes and similar containers of heading 7310; waste baskets; shovels and other articles of theSpoons, forks, ladles, skimmers, cake-servers, fish-knives, butter-knives, sugar tongs and similar kitchen or tableware of base metal, not plated with precious metal (excl. sets of articles such as lobster cutters and poultry shears)Parts of seats, not of wood, n.e.s.
Common questions about trade in Leiston
How many businesses import or export from Leiston?
HMRC customs records show 23 businesses in Leiston (IP16) filed declarations over the last six months — 352 import declarations and 208 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.
What do Leiston businesses import most?
The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Leiston traders the leading goods are carboys, bottles, flasks, jars, pots, phials and other containers, of glass, of a kind used for the commercial conveyance or packing of goods, and preserving jars, of glass (excl. ampoules, glass inners for containers, with vacuum insulation, perfume, parts and accessories of motorcycles, incl. mopeds, n.e.s., mops and leather dusters; prepared knots and tufts for broom or brush making; squeegees of rubber or other flexible materials; brooms and brushes, n.e.s., tableware and kitchenware, of plastics. You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Leiston growing?
Import activity is down 8.6% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 6.1%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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