Commodity code 38229000 covers certified reference materials, within HMRC chapter 38 (miscellaneous chemical products). 1,283 UK businesses filed customs declarations against this code in the last six months, across 80 counties and 455 towns.
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1,283Businesses trading
80Counties
455Towns
26,732Import declarations
Counties trading under 38229000
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Most active business
FISHER SCIENTIFIC U.K. LTD
Loughborough, Leicestershire1174 import declarations917 export declarationsLE11 *Ch. 13Ch. 15Ch. 17Ch. 18Active 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, instruments and apparatus for physical or chemical analysis, or for measuring or checking viscosity, porosity, expansion, surface tension or the like, or for measuring or checking quantities of heat, sound or light, n.e.s..
▲ Expected to increase by 4.7% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity1174 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity917 in the last 6 months
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LIFE SAFETY DISTRIBUTION GMBH
Aberdeen City, Aberdeen City398 import declarations428 export declarationsAB10 *Ch. 28Ch. 29Ch. 35Ch. 38Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include gas or smoke analysis apparatus, instruments or apparatus for measuring or checking variables of liquids or gases, n.e.s..
▼ Expected to slow by 3.1% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity398 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity428 in the last 6 months
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XYLEM WATER SOLUTIONS UK LTD
Carlton (Gedling), Nottinghamshire683 import declarations140 export declarationsNG4 *Ch. 28Ch. 29Ch. 31Ch. 32Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include centrifugal pumps, 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), instruments and appliances used in geodesy, topography, hydrography, oceanography, hydrology, meteorology or geophysics (excl. compasses, rangefinders, theodolites, tachymeters "tacheometers", levels and photogrammetrical surveying instruments and ap.
▼ Expected to slow by 1.7% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity683 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity140 in the last 6 months
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Certified reference materials. 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 38229000?
1,283 businesses filed customs declarations against code 38229000 in the last six months, spread across 80 counties and 455 towns, totalling 26,732 import declarations.
Which parts of the UK trade the most under 38229000?
The busiest counties are Greater London (186 businesses), Cambridgeshire (71 businesses), Oxfordshire (60 businesses). Open any county to see the towns and the businesses behind it.