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38210000 — Prepared culture media for the development or maintenance of micro-org

Commodity code 38210000 covers prepared culture media for the development or maintenance of micro-organisms "incl. viruses and the like" or of plant, h, within HMRC chapter 38 (miscellaneous chemical products). 301 UK businesses filed customs declarations against this code in the last six months, across 62 counties and 180 towns.

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301Businesses trading
62Counties
180Towns
8,558Import declarations

Counties trading under 38210000

Where the businesses using this commodity code are based.

Greater London

19 towns
40 businessesView →

Oxfordshire

7 towns
23 businessesView →

Cambridgeshire

6 towns
16 businessesView →

Greater Manchester

9 towns
13 businessesView →

Surrey

7 towns
11 businessesView →

Aberdeen City

1 town
10 businessesView →

Berkshire

5 towns
9 businessesView →

Nottinghamshire

5 towns
9 businessesView →

Essex

7 towns
9 businessesView →

Cheshire

4 towns
8 businessesView →

Hampshire

5 towns
7 businessesView →

Hertfordshire

3 towns
6 businessesView →

Leicestershire

5 towns
6 businessesView →

Tyne and Wear

2 towns
6 businessesView →

Glasgow City

1 town
6 businessesView →

Suffolk

3 towns
5 businessesView →

West Yorkshire

5 towns
5 businessesView →

West Sussex

5 towns
5 businessesView →

North Yorkshire

2 towns
5 businessesView →

West Midlands

2 towns
5 businessesView →

South Yorkshire

3 towns
5 businessesView →

Dorset

2 towns
4 businessesView →

Gloucestershire

4 towns
4 businessesView →

Northamptonshire

3 towns
4 businessesView →

Businesses importing under 38210000

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Most active business

VWR INTERNATIONAL LTD

Lutterworth, Leicestershire 1225 import declarations 551 export declarations LE17 *Ch. 12Ch. 15Ch. 17Ch. 21 Active 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, carboys, bottles, flasks and similar articles for the conveyance or packaging of goods, of plastics.

▲ Expected to increase by 4.9% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity1225 in the last 6 months
VWR INTERNATIONAL LTD — Jul 24: 196 import declarations (historic)VWR INTERNATIONAL LTD — Aug 24: 200 import declarations (historic)VWR INTERNATIONAL LTD — Sep 24: 177 import declarations (historic)VWR INTERNATIONAL LTD — Oct 24: 209 import declarations (historic)VWR INTERNATIONAL LTD — Nov 24: 203 import declarations (historic)VWR INTERNATIONAL LTD — Dec 24: 178 import declarations (historic)VWR INTERNATIONAL LTD — Jan 25: 192 import declarations (historic)VWR INTERNATIONAL LTD — Feb 25: 181 import declarations (historic)VWR INTERNATIONAL LTD — Mar 25: 197 import declarations (historic)VWR INTERNATIONAL LTD — Apr 25: 188 import declarations (historic)VWR INTERNATIONAL LTD — May 25: 202 import declarations (historic)VWR INTERNATIONAL LTD — Jun 25: 178 import declarations (historic)VWR INTERNATIONAL LTD — Jul 25: 207 import declarations (historic)VWR INTERNATIONAL LTD — Aug 25: 185 import declarations (historic)VWR INTERNATIONAL LTD — Sep 25: 215 import declarations (historic)VWR INTERNATIONAL LTD — Oct 25: 208 import declarations (historic)VWR INTERNATIONAL LTD — Nov 25: 199 import declarations (historic)VWR INTERNATIONAL LTD — Dec 25: 178 import declarations (historic)VWR INTERNATIONAL LTD — Jan 26: 203 import declarations (current 6-month window)VWR INTERNATIONAL LTD — Feb 26: 202 import declarations (current 6-month window)VWR INTERNATIONAL LTD — Mar 26: 210 import declarations (current 6-month window)VWR INTERNATIONAL LTD — Apr 26: 209 import declarations (current 6-month window)VWR INTERNATIONAL LTD — May 26: 191 import declarations (current 6-month window)VWR INTERNATIONAL LTD — Jun 26: 210 import declarations (current 6-month window)VWR INTERNATIONAL LTD — Jul 26: 217 import declarations (modelled forecast)VWR INTERNATIONAL LTD — Aug 26: 194 import declarations (modelled forecast)VWR INTERNATIONAL LTD — Sep 26: 226 import declarations (modelled forecast)
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity551 in the last 6 months
VWR INTERNATIONAL LTD — Jul 24: 105 export declarations (historic)VWR INTERNATIONAL LTD — Aug 24: 102 export declarations (historic)VWR INTERNATIONAL LTD — Sep 24: 95 export declarations (historic)VWR INTERNATIONAL LTD — Oct 24: 119 export declarations (historic)VWR INTERNATIONAL LTD — Nov 24: 95 export declarations (historic)VWR INTERNATIONAL LTD — Dec 24: 90 export declarations (historic)VWR INTERNATIONAL LTD — Jan 25: 88 export declarations (historic)VWR INTERNATIONAL LTD — Feb 25: 93 export declarations (historic)VWR INTERNATIONAL LTD — Mar 25: 114 export declarations (historic)VWR INTERNATIONAL LTD — Apr 25: 87 export declarations (historic)VWR INTERNATIONAL LTD — May 25: 95 export declarations (historic)VWR INTERNATIONAL LTD — Jun 25: 86 export declarations (historic)VWR INTERNATIONAL LTD — Jul 25: 90 export declarations (historic)VWR INTERNATIONAL LTD — Aug 25: 75 export declarations (historic)VWR INTERNATIONAL LTD — Sep 25: 102 export declarations (historic)VWR INTERNATIONAL LTD — Oct 25: 105 export declarations (historic)VWR INTERNATIONAL LTD — Nov 25: 111 export declarations (historic)VWR INTERNATIONAL LTD — Dec 25: 90 export declarations (historic)VWR INTERNATIONAL LTD — Jan 26: 82 export declarations (current 6-month window)VWR INTERNATIONAL LTD — Feb 26: 81 export declarations (current 6-month window)VWR INTERNATIONAL LTD — Mar 26: 100 export declarations (current 6-month window)VWR INTERNATIONAL LTD — Apr 26: 96 export declarations (current 6-month window)VWR INTERNATIONAL LTD — May 26: 85 export declarations (current 6-month window)VWR INTERNATIONAL LTD — Jun 26: 107 export declarations (current 6-month window)VWR INTERNATIONAL LTD — Jul 26: 87 export declarations (modelled forecast)VWR INTERNATIONAL LTD — Aug 26: 72 export declarations (modelled forecast)VWR INTERNATIONAL LTD — Sep 26: 98 export declarations (modelled forecast)
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SCIENTIFIC LABORATORY SUPPLIES LT D

Hessle, East Riding of Yorkshire 393 import declarations 331 export declarations HU13 *Ch. 13Ch. 16Ch. 21Ch. 22 Active in 6 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include carboys, bottles, flasks and similar articles for the conveyance or packaging of goods, of plastics, articles of plastics and articles of other materials of heading 3901 to 3914, n.e.s (excl. goods of 9619).

▲ Expected to increase by 5.6% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity393 in the last 6 months
SCIENTIFIC LABORATORY SUPPLIES LT D — Jul 24: 68 import declarations (historic)SCIENTIFIC LABORATORY SUPPLIES LT D — Aug 24: 57 import declarations (historic)SCIENTIFIC LABORATORY SUPPLIES LT D — Sep 24: 65 import declarations (historic)SCIENTIFIC LABORATORY SUPPLIES LT D — Oct 24: 63 import declarations (historic)SCIENTIFIC LABORATORY SUPPLIES LT D — Nov 24: 61 import declarations (historic)SCIENTIFIC LABORATORY SUPPLIES LT D — Dec 24: 69 import declarations (historic)SCIENTIFIC LABORATORY SUPPLIES LT D — Jan 25: 58 import declarations (historic)SCIENTIFIC LABORATORY SUPPLIES LT D — Feb 25: 50 import declarations (historic)SCIENTIFIC LABORATORY SUPPLIES LT D — Mar 25: 61 import declarations (historic)SCIENTIFIC LABORATORY SUPPLIES LT D — Apr 25: 71 import declarations (historic)SCIENTIFIC LABORATORY SUPPLIES LT D — May 25: 71 import declarations (historic)SCIENTIFIC LABORATORY SUPPLIES LT D — Jun 25: 56 import declarations (historic)SCIENTIFIC LABORATORY SUPPLIES LT D — Jul 25: 68 import declarations (historic)SCIENTIFIC LABORATORY SUPPLIES LT D — Aug 25: 68 import declarations (historic)SCIENTIFIC LABORATORY SUPPLIES LT D — Sep 25: 60 import declarations (historic)SCIENTIFIC LABORATORY SUPPLIES LT D — Oct 25: 62 import declarations (historic)SCIENTIFIC LABORATORY SUPPLIES LT D — Nov 25: 83 import declarations (historic)SCIENTIFIC LABORATORY SUPPLIES LT D — Dec 25: 55 import declarations (historic)SCIENTIFIC LABORATORY SUPPLIES LT D — Jan 26: 62 import declarations (current 6-month window)SCIENTIFIC LABORATORY SUPPLIES LT D — Feb 26: 64 import declarations (current 6-month window)SCIENTIFIC LABORATORY SUPPLIES LT D — Mar 26: 72 import declarations (current 6-month window)SCIENTIFIC LABORATORY SUPPLIES LT D — Apr 26: 68 import declarations (current 6-month window)SCIENTIFIC LABORATORY SUPPLIES LT D — May 26: 64 import declarations (current 6-month window)SCIENTIFIC LABORATORY SUPPLIES LT D — Jun 26: 63 import declarations (current 6-month window)SCIENTIFIC LABORATORY SUPPLIES LT D — Jul 26: 72 import declarations (modelled forecast)SCIENTIFIC LABORATORY SUPPLIES LT D — Aug 26: 72 import declarations (modelled forecast)SCIENTIFIC LABORATORY SUPPLIES LT D — Sep 26: 63 import declarations (modelled forecast)
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity331 in the last 6 months
SCIENTIFIC LABORATORY SUPPLIES LT D — Jul 24: 44 export declarations (historic)SCIENTIFIC LABORATORY SUPPLIES LT D — Aug 24: 24 export declarations (historic)SCIENTIFIC LABORATORY SUPPLIES LT D — Sep 24: 46 export declarations (historic)SCIENTIFIC LABORATORY SUPPLIES LT D — Oct 24: 33 export declarations (historic)SCIENTIFIC LABORATORY SUPPLIES LT D — Nov 24: 36 export declarations (historic)SCIENTIFIC LABORATORY SUPPLIES LT D — Dec 24: 27 export declarations (historic)SCIENTIFIC LABORATORY SUPPLIES LT D — Jan 25: 34 export declarations (historic)SCIENTIFIC LABORATORY SUPPLIES LT D — Feb 25: 52 export declarations (historic)SCIENTIFIC LABORATORY SUPPLIES LT D — Mar 25: 50 export declarations (historic)SCIENTIFIC LABORATORY SUPPLIES LT D — Apr 25: 28 export declarations (historic)SCIENTIFIC LABORATORY SUPPLIES LT D — May 25: 40 export declarations (historic)SCIENTIFIC LABORATORY SUPPLIES LT D — Jun 25: 32 export declarations (historic)SCIENTIFIC LABORATORY SUPPLIES LT D — Jul 25: 39 export declarations (historic)SCIENTIFIC LABORATORY SUPPLIES LT D — Aug 25: 51 export declarations (historic)SCIENTIFIC LABORATORY SUPPLIES LT D — Sep 25: 40 export declarations (historic)SCIENTIFIC LABORATORY SUPPLIES LT D — Oct 25: 39 export declarations (historic)SCIENTIFIC LABORATORY SUPPLIES LT D — Nov 25: 46 export declarations (historic)SCIENTIFIC LABORATORY SUPPLIES LT D — Dec 25: 50 export declarations (historic)SCIENTIFIC LABORATORY SUPPLIES LT D — Jan 26: 56 export declarations (current 6-month window)SCIENTIFIC LABORATORY SUPPLIES LT D — Feb 26: 47 export declarations (current 6-month window)SCIENTIFIC LABORATORY SUPPLIES LT D — Mar 26: 61 export declarations (current 6-month window)SCIENTIFIC LABORATORY SUPPLIES LT D — Apr 26: 57 export declarations (current 6-month window)SCIENTIFIC LABORATORY SUPPLIES LT D — May 26: 51 export declarations (current 6-month window)SCIENTIFIC LABORATORY SUPPLIES LT D — Jun 26: 59 export declarations (current 6-month window)SCIENTIFIC LABORATORY SUPPLIES LT D — Jul 26: 52 export declarations (modelled forecast)SCIENTIFIC LABORATORY SUPPLIES LT D — Aug 26: 68 export declarations (modelled forecast)SCIENTIFIC LABORATORY SUPPLIES LT D — Sep 26: 53 export declarations (modelled forecast)
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OXOID LIMITED

Basingstoke, Hampshire 264 import declarations 256 export declarations RG24 *Ch. 04Ch. 05Ch. 13Ch. 16 Active in 6 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include chemical products and preparations of the chemical or allied industries, incl. those consisting of mixtures of natural products, n.e.s., peptones and their derivatives; other protein substances and their derivatives, n.e.s.; hide powder, whether or not chromed (excl. organic or inorganic compounds of mercury whether or not chemically defined).

▲ Expected to increase by 5.1% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity264 in the last 6 months
OXOID LIMITED — Jul 24: 48 import declarations (historic)OXOID LIMITED — Aug 24: 32 import declarations (historic)OXOID LIMITED — Sep 24: 42 import declarations (historic)OXOID LIMITED — Oct 24: 36 import declarations (historic)OXOID LIMITED — Nov 24: 35 import declarations (historic)OXOID LIMITED — Dec 24: 33 import declarations (historic)OXOID LIMITED — Jan 25: 43 import declarations (historic)OXOID LIMITED — Feb 25: 38 import declarations (historic)OXOID LIMITED — Mar 25: 37 import declarations (historic)OXOID LIMITED — Apr 25: 36 import declarations (historic)OXOID LIMITED — May 25: 44 import declarations (historic)OXOID LIMITED — Jun 25: 43 import declarations (historic)OXOID LIMITED — Jul 25: 44 import declarations (historic)OXOID LIMITED — Aug 25: 34 import declarations (historic)OXOID LIMITED — Sep 25: 39 import declarations (historic)OXOID LIMITED — Oct 25: 37 import declarations (historic)OXOID LIMITED — Nov 25: 39 import declarations (historic)OXOID LIMITED — Dec 25: 33 import declarations (historic)OXOID LIMITED — Jan 26: 46 import declarations (current 6-month window)OXOID LIMITED — Feb 26: 44 import declarations (current 6-month window)OXOID LIMITED — Mar 26: 52 import declarations (current 6-month window)OXOID LIMITED — Apr 26: 43 import declarations (current 6-month window)OXOID LIMITED — May 26: 34 import declarations (current 6-month window)OXOID LIMITED — Jun 26: 45 import declarations (current 6-month window)OXOID LIMITED — Jul 26: 46 import declarations (modelled forecast)OXOID LIMITED — Aug 26: 36 import declarations (modelled forecast)OXOID LIMITED — Sep 26: 41 import declarations (modelled forecast)
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity256 in the last 6 months
OXOID LIMITED — Jul 24: 34 export declarations (historic)OXOID LIMITED — Aug 24: 39 export declarations (historic)OXOID LIMITED — Sep 24: 33 export declarations (historic)OXOID LIMITED — Oct 24: 39 export declarations (historic)OXOID LIMITED — Nov 24: 37 export declarations (historic)OXOID LIMITED — Dec 24: 42 export declarations (historic)OXOID LIMITED — Jan 25: 41 export declarations (historic)OXOID LIMITED — Feb 25: 35 export declarations (historic)OXOID LIMITED — Mar 25: 39 export declarations (historic)OXOID LIMITED — Apr 25: 33 export declarations (historic)OXOID LIMITED — May 25: 37 export declarations (historic)OXOID LIMITED — Jun 25: 43 export declarations (historic)OXOID LIMITED — Jul 25: 42 export declarations (historic)OXOID LIMITED — Aug 25: 38 export declarations (historic)OXOID LIMITED — Sep 25: 38 export declarations (historic)OXOID LIMITED — Oct 25: 40 export declarations (historic)OXOID LIMITED — Nov 25: 35 export declarations (historic)OXOID LIMITED — Dec 25: 39 export declarations (historic)OXOID LIMITED — Jan 26: 38 export declarations (current 6-month window)OXOID LIMITED — Feb 26: 38 export declarations (current 6-month window)OXOID LIMITED — Mar 26: 39 export declarations (current 6-month window)OXOID LIMITED — Apr 26: 44 export declarations (current 6-month window)OXOID LIMITED — May 26: 48 export declarations (current 6-month window)OXOID LIMITED — Jun 26: 49 export declarations (current 6-month window)OXOID LIMITED — Jul 26: 45 export declarations (modelled forecast)OXOID LIMITED — Aug 26: 41 export declarations (modelled forecast)OXOID LIMITED — Sep 26: 41 export declarations (modelled forecast)
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About commodity code 38210000

What goods does commodity code 38210000 cover?

Prepared culture media for the development or maintenance of micro-organisms "incl. viruses and the like" or of plant, h. It sits in HMRC chapter 38, miscellaneous chemical products. Every UK customs declaration carries a code like this one to classify the goods being moved.

How many UK businesses import under 38210000?

301 businesses filed customs declarations against code 38210000 in the last six months, spread across 62 counties and 180 towns, totalling 8,558 import declarations.

Which parts of the UK trade the most under 38210000?

The busiest counties are Greater London (40 businesses), Oxfordshire (23 businesses), Cambridgeshire (16 businesses). Open any county to see the towns and the businesses behind it.