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32129000 — Pigments, incl. metallic powders and flakes, dispersed in non-aqueous

Commodity code 32129000 covers pigments, incl. metallic powders and flakes, dispersed in non-aqueous media, in liquid or paste form, of a kind used in, within HMRC chapter 32 (dyes, pigments, paints and inks). 210 UK businesses filed customs declarations against this code in the last six months, across 53 counties and 164 towns.

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210Businesses trading
53Counties
164Towns
4,369Import declarations

Counties trading under 32129000

Where the businesses using this commodity code are based.

Greater London

14 towns
21 businessesView →

Aberdeen City

1 town
17 businessesView →

Greater Manchester

10 towns
11 businessesView →

Essex

9 towns
9 businessesView →

West Yorkshire

8 towns
8 businessesView →

Cheshire

5 towns
8 businessesView →

West Midlands

6 towns
8 businessesView →

Hertfordshire

6 towns
7 businessesView →

Kent

6 towns
7 businessesView →

Lancashire

5 towns
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Hampshire

4 towns
6 businessesView →

Staffordshire

4 towns
6 businessesView →

Surrey

5 towns
5 businessesView →

Derbyshire

4 towns
5 businessesView →

Tyne and Wear

5 towns
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Warwickshire

4 towns
4 businessesView →

Berkshire

4 towns
4 businessesView →

Devon

4 towns
4 businessesView →

Nottinghamshire

3 towns
4 businessesView →

Merseyside

4 towns
4 businessesView →

County Durham

3 towns
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South Yorkshire

4 towns
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Dorset

3 towns
3 businessesView →

Gloucestershire

3 towns
3 businessesView →

Businesses importing under 32129000

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Most active business

LEICA MICROSYSTEMS UK LTD

Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire 343 import declarations 15 export declarations MK14 *Ch. 27Ch. 28Ch. 30Ch. 32 Active in 6 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include optical microscopes (excl. for photomicrography, cinephotomicrography or microprojection, stereoscopic microscopes, binocular microscopes for ophthalmology and instruments, appliances and machines of heading 9031), 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).

▼ Expected to slow by 3.8% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity343 in the last 6 months
LEICA MICROSYSTEMS UK LTD — Jul 24: 55 import declarations (historic)LEICA MICROSYSTEMS UK LTD — Aug 24: 63 import declarations (historic)LEICA MICROSYSTEMS UK LTD — Sep 24: 55 import declarations (historic)LEICA MICROSYSTEMS UK LTD — Oct 24: 58 import declarations (historic)LEICA MICROSYSTEMS UK LTD — Nov 24: 68 import declarations (historic)LEICA MICROSYSTEMS UK LTD — Dec 24: 63 import declarations (historic)LEICA MICROSYSTEMS UK LTD — Jan 25: 58 import declarations (historic)LEICA MICROSYSTEMS UK LTD — Feb 25: 62 import declarations (historic)LEICA MICROSYSTEMS UK LTD — Mar 25: 61 import declarations (historic)LEICA MICROSYSTEMS UK LTD — Apr 25: 48 import declarations (historic)LEICA MICROSYSTEMS UK LTD — May 25: 55 import declarations (historic)LEICA MICROSYSTEMS UK LTD — Jun 25: 56 import declarations (historic)LEICA MICROSYSTEMS UK LTD — Jul 25: 59 import declarations (historic)LEICA MICROSYSTEMS UK LTD — Aug 25: 49 import declarations (historic)LEICA MICROSYSTEMS UK LTD — Sep 25: 49 import declarations (historic)LEICA MICROSYSTEMS UK LTD — Oct 25: 57 import declarations (historic)LEICA MICROSYSTEMS UK LTD — Nov 25: 59 import declarations (historic)LEICA MICROSYSTEMS UK LTD — Dec 25: 64 import declarations (historic)LEICA MICROSYSTEMS UK LTD — Jan 26: 54 import declarations (current 6-month window)LEICA MICROSYSTEMS UK LTD — Feb 26: 70 import declarations (current 6-month window)LEICA MICROSYSTEMS UK LTD — Mar 26: 56 import declarations (current 6-month window)LEICA MICROSYSTEMS UK LTD — Apr 26: 53 import declarations (current 6-month window)LEICA MICROSYSTEMS UK LTD — May 26: 51 import declarations (current 6-month window)LEICA MICROSYSTEMS UK LTD — Jun 26: 59 import declarations (current 6-month window)LEICA MICROSYSTEMS UK LTD — Jul 26: 57 import declarations (modelled forecast)LEICA MICROSYSTEMS UK LTD — Aug 26: 47 import declarations (modelled forecast)LEICA MICROSYSTEMS UK LTD — Sep 26: 47 import declarations (modelled forecast)
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity15 in the last 6 months
LEICA MICROSYSTEMS UK LTD — Jul 24: 8 export declarations (historic)LEICA MICROSYSTEMS UK LTD — Aug 24: 6 export declarations (historic)LEICA MICROSYSTEMS UK LTD — Sep 24: 6 export declarations (historic)LEICA MICROSYSTEMS UK LTD — Oct 24: 4 export declarations (historic)LEICA MICROSYSTEMS UK LTD — Nov 24: 8 export declarations (historic)LEICA MICROSYSTEMS UK LTD — Dec 24: 8 export declarations (historic)LEICA MICROSYSTEMS UK LTD — Jan 25: 3 export declarations (historic)LEICA MICROSYSTEMS UK LTD — Feb 25: 3 export declarations (historic)LEICA MICROSYSTEMS UK LTD — Mar 25: 3 export declarations (historic)LEICA MICROSYSTEMS UK LTD — Apr 25: 3 export declarations (historic)LEICA MICROSYSTEMS UK LTD — May 25: 1 export declarations (historic)LEICA MICROSYSTEMS UK LTD — Jun 25: 2 export declarations (historic)LEICA MICROSYSTEMS UK LTD — Jul 25: 5 export declarations (historic)LEICA MICROSYSTEMS UK LTD — Aug 25: 1 export declarations (historic)LEICA MICROSYSTEMS UK LTD — Sep 25: 2 export declarations (historic)LEICA MICROSYSTEMS UK LTD — Oct 25: 6 export declarations (historic)LEICA MICROSYSTEMS UK LTD — Nov 25: 3 export declarations (historic)LEICA MICROSYSTEMS UK LTD — Dec 25: 3 export declarations (historic)LEICA MICROSYSTEMS UK LTD — Jan 26: 4 export declarations (current 6-month window)LEICA MICROSYSTEMS UK LTD — Feb 26: 1 export declarations (current 6-month window)LEICA MICROSYSTEMS UK LTD — Mar 26: 3 export declarations (current 6-month window)LEICA MICROSYSTEMS UK LTD — Apr 26: 1 export declarations (current 6-month window)LEICA MICROSYSTEMS UK LTD — May 26: 3 export declarations (current 6-month window)LEICA MICROSYSTEMS UK LTD — Jun 26: 3 export declarations (current 6-month window)LEICA MICROSYSTEMS UK LTD — Jul 26: 3 export declarations (modelled forecast)LEICA MICROSYSTEMS UK LTD — Aug 26: 1 export declarations (modelled forecast)LEICA MICROSYSTEMS UK LTD — Sep 26: 1 export declarations (modelled forecast)
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PPG ARCHITECTURAL COATINGS UK LTD

Batley, West Yorkshire 222 import declarations 45 export declarations WF17 *Ch. 25Ch. 27Ch. 28Ch. 29 Active in 6 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, paints and varnishes, incl. enamels and lacquers, based on acrylic or vinyl polymers, dispersed or dissolved in a non-aqueous medium; solutions based on acrylic or vinyl polymers in volatile organic solvents, containing > 50% solvent by weight.

▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity222 in the last 6 months
PPG ARCHITECTURAL COATINGS UK LTD — Jul 24: 38 import declarations (historic)PPG ARCHITECTURAL COATINGS UK LTD — Aug 24: 40 import declarations (historic)PPG ARCHITECTURAL COATINGS UK LTD — Sep 24: 37 import declarations (historic)PPG ARCHITECTURAL COATINGS UK LTD — Oct 24: 38 import declarations (historic)PPG ARCHITECTURAL COATINGS UK LTD — Nov 24: 42 import declarations (historic)PPG ARCHITECTURAL COATINGS UK LTD — Dec 24: 21 import declarations (historic)PPG ARCHITECTURAL COATINGS UK LTD — Jan 25: 34 import declarations (historic)PPG ARCHITECTURAL COATINGS UK LTD — Feb 25: 34 import declarations (historic)PPG ARCHITECTURAL COATINGS UK LTD — Mar 25: 38 import declarations (historic)PPG ARCHITECTURAL COATINGS UK LTD — Apr 25: 37 import declarations (historic)PPG ARCHITECTURAL COATINGS UK LTD — May 25: 35 import declarations (historic)PPG ARCHITECTURAL COATINGS UK LTD — Jun 25: 29 import declarations (historic)PPG ARCHITECTURAL COATINGS UK LTD — Jul 25: 36 import declarations (historic)PPG ARCHITECTURAL COATINGS UK LTD — Aug 25: 33 import declarations (historic)PPG ARCHITECTURAL COATINGS UK LTD — Sep 25: 38 import declarations (historic)PPG ARCHITECTURAL COATINGS UK LTD — Oct 25: 34 import declarations (historic)PPG ARCHITECTURAL COATINGS UK LTD — Nov 25: 29 import declarations (historic)PPG ARCHITECTURAL COATINGS UK LTD — Dec 25: 28 import declarations (historic)PPG ARCHITECTURAL COATINGS UK LTD — Jan 26: 34 import declarations (current 6-month window)PPG ARCHITECTURAL COATINGS UK LTD — Feb 26: 38 import declarations (current 6-month window)PPG ARCHITECTURAL COATINGS UK LTD — Mar 26: 39 import declarations (current 6-month window)PPG ARCHITECTURAL COATINGS UK LTD — Apr 26: 33 import declarations (current 6-month window)PPG ARCHITECTURAL COATINGS UK LTD — May 26: 37 import declarations (current 6-month window)PPG ARCHITECTURAL COATINGS UK LTD — Jun 26: 41 import declarations (current 6-month window)PPG ARCHITECTURAL COATINGS UK LTD — Jul 26: 36 import declarations (modelled forecast)PPG ARCHITECTURAL COATINGS UK LTD — Aug 26: 33 import declarations (modelled forecast)PPG ARCHITECTURAL COATINGS UK LTD — Sep 26: 38 import declarations (modelled forecast)
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity45 in the last 6 months
PPG ARCHITECTURAL COATINGS UK LTD — Jul 24: 4 export declarations (historic)PPG ARCHITECTURAL COATINGS UK LTD — Aug 24: 5 export declarations (historic)PPG ARCHITECTURAL COATINGS UK LTD — Sep 24: 6 export declarations (historic)PPG ARCHITECTURAL COATINGS UK LTD — Oct 24: 7 export declarations (historic)PPG ARCHITECTURAL COATINGS UK LTD — Nov 24: 3 export declarations (historic)PPG ARCHITECTURAL COATINGS UK LTD — Dec 24: 5 export declarations (historic)PPG ARCHITECTURAL COATINGS UK LTD — Jan 25: 2 export declarations (historic)PPG ARCHITECTURAL COATINGS UK LTD — Feb 25: 4 export declarations (historic)PPG ARCHITECTURAL COATINGS UK LTD — Mar 25: 4 export declarations (historic)PPG ARCHITECTURAL COATINGS UK LTD — Apr 25: 5 export declarations (historic)PPG ARCHITECTURAL COATINGS UK LTD — May 25: 4 export declarations (historic)PPG ARCHITECTURAL COATINGS UK LTD — Jun 25: 6 export declarations (historic)PPG ARCHITECTURAL COATINGS UK LTD — Jul 25: 9 export declarations (historic)PPG ARCHITECTURAL COATINGS UK LTD — Aug 25: 8 export declarations (historic)PPG ARCHITECTURAL COATINGS UK LTD — Sep 25: 10 export declarations (historic)PPG ARCHITECTURAL COATINGS UK LTD — Oct 25: 8 export declarations (historic)PPG ARCHITECTURAL COATINGS UK LTD — Nov 25: 7 export declarations (historic)PPG ARCHITECTURAL COATINGS UK LTD — Dec 25: 6 export declarations (historic)PPG ARCHITECTURAL COATINGS UK LTD — Jan 26: 8 export declarations (current 6-month window)PPG ARCHITECTURAL COATINGS UK LTD — Feb 26: 7 export declarations (current 6-month window)PPG ARCHITECTURAL COATINGS UK LTD — Mar 26: 7 export declarations (current 6-month window)PPG ARCHITECTURAL COATINGS UK LTD — Apr 26: 8 export declarations (current 6-month window)PPG ARCHITECTURAL COATINGS UK LTD — May 26: 8 export declarations (current 6-month window)PPG ARCHITECTURAL COATINGS UK LTD — Jun 26: 7 export declarations (current 6-month window)PPG ARCHITECTURAL COATINGS UK LTD — Jul 26: 15 export declarations (modelled forecast)PPG ARCHITECTURAL COATINGS UK LTD — Aug 26: 14 export declarations (modelled forecast)PPG ARCHITECTURAL COATINGS UK LTD — Sep 26: 17 export declarations (modelled forecast)
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STORT CHEMICALS LTD

Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire 244 import declarations 13 export declarations CM23 *Ch. 13Ch. 21Ch. 29Ch. 32 Active in 6 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include pigments, incl. metallic powders and flakes, dispersed in non-aqueous media, in liquid or paste form, of a kind used in the manufacture of paints; colorants and other colouring matter, n.e.s. put up for retail sale, inorganic or mineral colouring matter, n.e.s.; preparations based on inorganic or mineral colouring matter of a kind used for colouring any material or produce colorant preparations, n.e.s. (excl. preparations of heading 3207, 3208, 3209, 3210, 3213.

▲ Expected to increase by 12.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity244 in the last 6 months
STORT CHEMICALS LTD — Jul 24: 32 import declarations (historic)STORT CHEMICALS LTD — Aug 24: 31 import declarations (historic)STORT CHEMICALS LTD — Sep 24: 30 import declarations (historic)STORT CHEMICALS LTD — Oct 24: 42 import declarations (historic)STORT CHEMICALS LTD — Nov 24: 29 import declarations (historic)STORT CHEMICALS LTD — Dec 24: 33 import declarations (historic)STORT CHEMICALS LTD — Jan 25: 28 import declarations (historic)STORT CHEMICALS LTD — Feb 25: 31 import declarations (historic)STORT CHEMICALS LTD — Mar 25: 38 import declarations (historic)STORT CHEMICALS LTD — Apr 25: 35 import declarations (historic)STORT CHEMICALS LTD — May 25: 34 import declarations (historic)STORT CHEMICALS LTD — Jun 25: 30 import declarations (historic)STORT CHEMICALS LTD — Jul 25: 40 import declarations (historic)STORT CHEMICALS LTD — Aug 25: 28 import declarations (historic)STORT CHEMICALS LTD — Sep 25: 32 import declarations (historic)STORT CHEMICALS LTD — Oct 25: 37 import declarations (historic)STORT CHEMICALS LTD — Nov 25: 31 import declarations (historic)STORT CHEMICALS LTD — Dec 25: 30 import declarations (historic)STORT CHEMICALS LTD — Jan 26: 37 import declarations (current 6-month window)STORT CHEMICALS LTD — Feb 26: 31 import declarations (current 6-month window)STORT CHEMICALS LTD — Mar 26: 46 import declarations (current 6-month window)STORT CHEMICALS LTD — Apr 26: 34 import declarations (current 6-month window)STORT CHEMICALS LTD — May 26: 46 import declarations (current 6-month window)STORT CHEMICALS LTD — Jun 26: 50 import declarations (current 6-month window)STORT CHEMICALS LTD — Jul 26: 45 import declarations (modelled forecast)STORT CHEMICALS LTD — Aug 26: 31 import declarations (modelled forecast)STORT CHEMICALS LTD — Sep 26: 36 import declarations (modelled forecast)
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity13 in the last 6 months
STORT CHEMICALS LTD — Jul 24: 3 export declarations (historic)STORT CHEMICALS LTD — Aug 24: 2 export declarations (historic)STORT CHEMICALS LTD — Sep 24: 2 export declarations (historic)STORT CHEMICALS LTD — Oct 24: 0 export declarations (historic)STORT CHEMICALS LTD — Nov 24: 2 export declarations (historic)STORT CHEMICALS LTD — Dec 24: 1 export declarations (historic)STORT CHEMICALS LTD — Jan 25: 0 export declarations (historic)STORT CHEMICALS LTD — Feb 25: 3 export declarations (historic)STORT CHEMICALS LTD — Mar 25: 3 export declarations (historic)STORT CHEMICALS LTD — Apr 25: 0 export declarations (historic)STORT CHEMICALS LTD — May 25: 2 export declarations (historic)STORT CHEMICALS LTD — Jun 25: 1 export declarations (historic)STORT CHEMICALS LTD — Jul 25: 1 export declarations (historic)STORT CHEMICALS LTD — Aug 25: 1 export declarations (historic)STORT CHEMICALS LTD — Sep 25: 5 export declarations (historic)STORT CHEMICALS LTD — Oct 25: 1 export declarations (historic)STORT CHEMICALS LTD — Nov 25: 4 export declarations (historic)STORT CHEMICALS LTD — Dec 25: 1 export declarations (historic)STORT CHEMICALS LTD — Jan 26: 3 export declarations (current 6-month window)STORT CHEMICALS LTD — Feb 26: 3 export declarations (current 6-month window)STORT CHEMICALS LTD — Mar 26: 1 export declarations (current 6-month window)STORT CHEMICALS LTD — Apr 26: 2 export declarations (current 6-month window)STORT CHEMICALS LTD — May 26: 2 export declarations (current 6-month window)STORT CHEMICALS LTD — Jun 26: 2 export declarations (current 6-month window)STORT CHEMICALS LTD — Jul 26: 1 export declarations (modelled forecast)STORT CHEMICALS LTD — Aug 26: 1 export declarations (modelled forecast)STORT CHEMICALS LTD — Sep 26: 7 export declarations (modelled forecast)
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About commodity code 32129000

What goods does commodity code 32129000 cover?

Pigments, incl. metallic powders and flakes, dispersed in non-aqueous media, in liquid or paste form, of a kind used in. It sits in HMRC chapter 32, dyes, pigments, paints and inks. Every UK customs declaration carries a code like this one to classify the goods being moved.

How many UK businesses import under 32129000?

210 businesses filed customs declarations against code 32129000 in the last six months, spread across 53 counties and 164 towns, totalling 4,369 import declarations.

Which parts of the UK trade the most under 32129000?

The busiest counties are Greater London (21 businesses), Aberdeen City (17 businesses), Greater Manchester (11 businesses). Open any county to see the towns and the businesses behind it.