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 13.7% 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
304Import declarations▼ 17.6% on the 6 months before
171Export declarations
−13.7%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 53% of the town's total import activity, mostly in pharmaceuticals.
Most active business
DAYES LIMITED
162 import declarations80 export declarationsIP16 *Ch. 30Ch. 33Ch. 34Ch. 38Active in 5 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 wood (excl. of bamboo or tropical wood, and interior fittings, ornaments, coopers' products, tableware and kitchenware components of wood, brushes, brooms and hand sieves).
▼ Expected to slow by 10.7% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity162 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity80 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
D.I.G. CORRUGATED MACHINERY LTD
2 import declarations6 export declarationsIP16 *Ch. 73Ch. 84Ch. 85Ch. 87Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include parts of machinery for making up paper pulp, paper or paperboard, n.e.s., electromechanical tools for working in the hand, with self-contained electric motor (excl. saws and drills), parts of machinery for making or finishing paper or paperboard, n.e.s..
▼ Expected to slow by 33.3% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity2 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity6 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
IR-ENTERTAINMENT LTD
0 import declarations8 export declarationsIP16 *Ch. 85Ch. 90Ch. 94Ch. 96Active in 1 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include luminaires and lighting fittings, solely for light-emitting diode "led" light sources, n.e.s., monopods, bipods, tripods and similar articles.
▼ Expected to slow by 100.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity0 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity8 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
RIDLEY RECYCLING LTD
7 import declarationsImports onlyIP16 *Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 73Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include articles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire), solid or cushion tyres, interchangeable tyre treads and tyre flaps, of rubber, rods, tubes and profile shapes, of non-cellular rubber.
▼ Expected to slow by 42.9% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity7 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity0 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
FEEL GOOD WOOD LIMITED
5 import declarations1 export declarationsIP16 *Ch. 44Ch. 92Ch. 94Active in 3 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include wood, sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or not planed, sanded or end-jointed, of a thickness of > 6 mm (excl. tropical wood, coniferous wood, oak "quercus spp.", beech "fagus spp.", maple "acer spp.", cherry "prunus spp.", ash "fr, tropical wood, sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or not planed, sanded or end-jointed, of a thickness of > 6 mm (excl. virola, mahogany "swietenia spp.", imbuia, balsa, teak, dark red meranti, light red meranti, meranti bakau, whi, maple "acer spp.", sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or not planed, sanded or end-jointed, of a thickness of > 6 mm.
▲ Expected to increase by 125.0% 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 activity1 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, perfumeMops 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.Sunflower seeds, whether or not brokenTableware and kitchenware, of wood (excl. of bamboo or tropical wood, and interior fittings, ornaments, coopers' products, tableware and kitchenware components of wood, brushes, brooms and hand sieves)Parts and accessories of motorcycles, incl. mopeds, n.e.s.Shaving brushes, hair brushes, nail brushes, eyelash brushes and other brushes for use on the person (excl. tooth brushes)Parts of seats, not of wood, n.e.s.Sweet potatoes, fresh, chilled, frozen or dried, whether or not sliced or in the form of pellets
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 — 304 import declarations and 171 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, 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., sunflower seeds, whether or not broken, tableware and kitchenware, of wood (excl. of bamboo or tropical wood, and interior fittings, ornaments, coopers' products, tableware and kitchenware components of wood, brushes, brooms and hand sieves). You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Leiston growing?
Import activity is down 17.6% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 13.7%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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