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38229000 — Certified reference materials

Commodity code 38229000 covers certified reference materials, within HMRC chapter 38 (miscellaneous chemical products). 1,278 UK businesses filed customs declarations against this code in the last six months, across 80 counties and 425 towns.

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1,278Businesses trading
80Counties
425Towns
16,167Import declarations

Counties trading under 38229000

Where the businesses using this commodity code are based.

Greater London

31 towns
191 businessesView →

Cambridgeshire

10 towns
78 businessesView →

Oxfordshire

10 towns
57 businessesView →

Greater Manchester

19 towns
50 businessesView →

Cheshire

12 towns
49 businessesView →

Aberdeen City

1 town
45 businessesView →

Essex

15 towns
36 businessesView →

West Midlands

10 towns
36 businessesView →

Hertfordshire

14 towns
32 businessesView →

Hampshire

16 towns
31 businessesView →

Berkshire

9 towns
27 businessesView →

Kent

13 towns
27 businessesView →

Surrey

13 towns
25 businessesView →

West Yorkshire

16 towns
25 businessesView →

Nottinghamshire

7 towns
24 businessesView →

North Yorkshire

7 towns
21 businessesView →

Merseyside

7 towns
21 businessesView →

Leicestershire

8 towns
21 businessesView →

Buckinghamshire

10 towns
18 businessesView →

South Yorkshire

6 towns
18 businessesView →

Staffordshire

8 towns
17 businessesView →

Glasgow City

1 town
17 businessesView →

Norfolk

6 towns
16 businessesView →

Bedfordshire

8 towns
16 businessesView →

Businesses importing under 38229000

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Most active business

THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER

Manchester, Greater Manchester 265 import declarations 37 export declarations M13 *Ch. 01Ch. 05Ch. 23Ch. 25 Active in 5 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include nucleic acids and their salts, whether or not chemically defined; heterocyclic compounds (excl. with oxygen only or with nitrogen hetero-atom[s] only, compounds containing in the structure an unfused thiazole ring or a benzothiazole or phenothiazine, antisera and other blood fractions.

▼ Expected to slow by 7.8% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity265 in the last 6 months
THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER — Sep 24: 34 import declarations (historic)THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER — Oct 24: 52 import declarations (historic)THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER — Nov 24: 53 import declarations (historic)THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER — Dec 24: 36 import declarations (historic)THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER — Jan 25: 50 import declarations (historic)THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER — Feb 25: 39 import declarations (historic)THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER — Mar 25: 49 import declarations (historic)THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER — Apr 25: 54 import declarations (historic)THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER — May 25: 47 import declarations (historic)THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER — Jun 25: 40 import declarations (historic)THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER — Jul 25: 53 import declarations (historic)THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER — Aug 25: 49 import declarations (historic)THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER — Sep 25: 35 import declarations (historic)THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER — Oct 25: 41 import declarations (historic)THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER — Nov 25: 39 import declarations (historic)THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER — Dec 25: 52 import declarations (historic)THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER — Jan 26: 38 import declarations (historic)THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER — Feb 26: 40 import declarations (historic)THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER — Mar 26: 54 import declarations (current 6-month window)THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER — Apr 26: 51 import declarations (current 6-month window)THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER — May 26: 61 import declarations (current 6-month window)THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER — Jun 26: 46 import declarations (current 6-month window)THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER — Jul 26: 53 import declarations (current 6-month window)THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER — Aug 26: 0 import declarations (current 6-month window)THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER — Sep 26: 32 import declarations (modelled forecast)THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER — Oct 26: 38 import declarations (modelled forecast)THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER — Nov 26: 36 import declarations (modelled forecast)
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity37 in the last 6 months
THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER — Sep 24: 10 export declarations (historic)THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER — Oct 24: 5 export declarations (historic)THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER — Nov 24: 9 export declarations (historic)THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER — Dec 24: 9 export declarations (historic)THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER — Jan 25: 6 export declarations (historic)THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER — Feb 25: 5 export declarations (historic)THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER — Mar 25: 10 export declarations (historic)THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER — Apr 25: 11 export declarations (historic)THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER — May 25: 5 export declarations (historic)THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER — Jun 25: 5 export declarations (historic)THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER — Jul 25: 16 export declarations (historic)THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER — Aug 25: 10 export declarations (historic)THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER — Sep 25: 7 export declarations (historic)THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER — Oct 25: 6 export declarations (historic)THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER — Nov 25: 4 export declarations (historic)THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER — Dec 25: 5 export declarations (historic)THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER — Jan 26: 5 export declarations (historic)THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER — Feb 26: 9 export declarations (historic)THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER — Mar 26: 12 export declarations (current 6-month window)THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER — Apr 26: 8 export declarations (current 6-month window)THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER — May 26: 6 export declarations (current 6-month window)THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER — Jun 26: 6 export declarations (current 6-month window)THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER — Jul 26: 5 export declarations (current 6-month window)THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER — Aug 26: 0 export declarations (current 6-month window)THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER — Sep 26: 5 export declarations (modelled forecast)THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER — Oct 26: 4 export declarations (modelled forecast)THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER — Nov 26: 3 export declarations (modelled forecast)
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Among the most active

VEOLIA WATER TECHNOLOGIES & SOLUTIONS UN ITED KINGDOM

Peterborough, Cambridgeshire 238 import declarations 36 export declarations PE2 *Ch. 21Ch. 25Ch. 27Ch. 28 Active in 5 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., separate chemically defined non-halogenated organo-phosphorous derivatives, n.e.s..

▼ Expected to slow by 9.6% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity238 in the last 6 months
VEOLIA WATER TECHNOLOGIES & SOLUTIONS UN ITED KINGDOM — Sep 24: 51 import declarations (historic)VEOLIA WATER TECHNOLOGIES & SOLUTIONS UN ITED KINGDOM — Oct 24: 41 import declarations (historic)VEOLIA WATER TECHNOLOGIES & SOLUTIONS UN ITED KINGDOM — Nov 24: 50 import declarations (historic)VEOLIA WATER TECHNOLOGIES & SOLUTIONS UN ITED KINGDOM — Dec 24: 51 import declarations (historic)VEOLIA WATER TECHNOLOGIES & SOLUTIONS UN ITED KINGDOM — Jan 25: 45 import declarations (historic)VEOLIA WATER TECHNOLOGIES & SOLUTIONS UN ITED KINGDOM — Feb 25: 53 import declarations (historic)VEOLIA WATER TECHNOLOGIES & SOLUTIONS UN ITED KINGDOM — Mar 25: 52 import declarations (historic)VEOLIA WATER TECHNOLOGIES & SOLUTIONS UN ITED KINGDOM — Apr 25: 52 import declarations (historic)VEOLIA WATER TECHNOLOGIES & SOLUTIONS UN ITED KINGDOM — May 25: 44 import declarations (historic)VEOLIA WATER TECHNOLOGIES & SOLUTIONS UN ITED KINGDOM — Jun 25: 43 import declarations (historic)VEOLIA WATER TECHNOLOGIES & SOLUTIONS UN ITED KINGDOM — Jul 25: 47 import declarations (historic)VEOLIA WATER TECHNOLOGIES & SOLUTIONS UN ITED KINGDOM — Aug 25: 43 import declarations (historic)VEOLIA WATER TECHNOLOGIES & SOLUTIONS UN ITED KINGDOM — Sep 25: 45 import declarations (historic)VEOLIA WATER TECHNOLOGIES & SOLUTIONS UN ITED KINGDOM — Oct 25: 52 import declarations (historic)VEOLIA WATER TECHNOLOGIES & SOLUTIONS UN ITED KINGDOM — Nov 25: 49 import declarations (historic)VEOLIA WATER TECHNOLOGIES & SOLUTIONS UN ITED KINGDOM — Dec 25: 42 import declarations (historic)VEOLIA WATER TECHNOLOGIES & SOLUTIONS UN ITED KINGDOM — Jan 26: 49 import declarations (historic)VEOLIA WATER TECHNOLOGIES & SOLUTIONS UN ITED KINGDOM — Feb 26: 43 import declarations (historic)VEOLIA WATER TECHNOLOGIES & SOLUTIONS UN ITED KINGDOM — Mar 26: 52 import declarations (current 6-month window)VEOLIA WATER TECHNOLOGIES & SOLUTIONS UN ITED KINGDOM — Apr 26: 48 import declarations (current 6-month window)VEOLIA WATER TECHNOLOGIES & SOLUTIONS UN ITED KINGDOM — May 26: 45 import declarations (current 6-month window)VEOLIA WATER TECHNOLOGIES & SOLUTIONS UN ITED KINGDOM — Jun 26: 46 import declarations (current 6-month window)VEOLIA WATER TECHNOLOGIES & SOLUTIONS UN ITED KINGDOM — Jul 26: 47 import declarations (current 6-month window)VEOLIA WATER TECHNOLOGIES & SOLUTIONS UN ITED KINGDOM — Aug 26: 0 import declarations (current 6-month window)VEOLIA WATER TECHNOLOGIES & SOLUTIONS UN ITED KINGDOM — Sep 26: 41 import declarations (modelled forecast)VEOLIA WATER TECHNOLOGIES & SOLUTIONS UN ITED KINGDOM — Oct 26: 47 import declarations (modelled forecast)VEOLIA WATER TECHNOLOGIES & SOLUTIONS UN ITED KINGDOM — Nov 26: 44 import declarations (modelled forecast)
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity36 in the last 6 months
VEOLIA WATER TECHNOLOGIES & SOLUTIONS UN ITED KINGDOM — Sep 24: 3 export declarations (historic)VEOLIA WATER TECHNOLOGIES & SOLUTIONS UN ITED KINGDOM — Oct 24: 5 export declarations (historic)VEOLIA WATER TECHNOLOGIES & SOLUTIONS UN ITED KINGDOM — Nov 24: 12 export declarations (historic)VEOLIA WATER TECHNOLOGIES & SOLUTIONS UN ITED KINGDOM — Dec 24: 4 export declarations (historic)VEOLIA WATER TECHNOLOGIES & SOLUTIONS UN ITED KINGDOM — Jan 25: 5 export declarations (historic)VEOLIA WATER TECHNOLOGIES & SOLUTIONS UN ITED KINGDOM — Feb 25: 4 export declarations (historic)VEOLIA WATER TECHNOLOGIES & SOLUTIONS UN ITED KINGDOM — Mar 25: 7 export declarations (historic)VEOLIA WATER TECHNOLOGIES & SOLUTIONS UN ITED KINGDOM — Apr 25: 6 export declarations (historic)VEOLIA WATER TECHNOLOGIES & SOLUTIONS UN ITED KINGDOM — May 25: 5 export declarations (historic)VEOLIA WATER TECHNOLOGIES & SOLUTIONS UN ITED KINGDOM — Jun 25: 6 export declarations (historic)VEOLIA WATER TECHNOLOGIES & SOLUTIONS UN ITED KINGDOM — Jul 25: 7 export declarations (historic)VEOLIA WATER TECHNOLOGIES & SOLUTIONS UN ITED KINGDOM — Aug 25: 2 export declarations (historic)VEOLIA WATER TECHNOLOGIES & SOLUTIONS UN ITED KINGDOM — Sep 25: 8 export declarations (historic)VEOLIA WATER TECHNOLOGIES & SOLUTIONS UN ITED KINGDOM — Oct 25: 11 export declarations (historic)VEOLIA WATER TECHNOLOGIES & SOLUTIONS UN ITED KINGDOM — Nov 25: 1 export declarations (historic)VEOLIA WATER TECHNOLOGIES & SOLUTIONS UN ITED KINGDOM — Dec 25: 24 export declarations (historic)VEOLIA WATER TECHNOLOGIES & SOLUTIONS UN ITED KINGDOM — Jan 26: 6 export declarations (historic)VEOLIA WATER TECHNOLOGIES & SOLUTIONS UN ITED KINGDOM — Feb 26: 4 export declarations (historic)VEOLIA WATER TECHNOLOGIES & SOLUTIONS UN ITED KINGDOM — Mar 26: 8 export declarations (current 6-month window)VEOLIA WATER TECHNOLOGIES & SOLUTIONS UN ITED KINGDOM — Apr 26: 7 export declarations (current 6-month window)VEOLIA WATER TECHNOLOGIES & SOLUTIONS UN ITED KINGDOM — May 26: 4 export declarations (current 6-month window)VEOLIA WATER TECHNOLOGIES & SOLUTIONS UN ITED KINGDOM — Jun 26: 8 export declarations (current 6-month window)VEOLIA WATER TECHNOLOGIES & SOLUTIONS UN ITED KINGDOM — Jul 26: 9 export declarations (current 6-month window)VEOLIA WATER TECHNOLOGIES & SOLUTIONS UN ITED KINGDOM — Aug 26: 0 export declarations (current 6-month window)VEOLIA WATER TECHNOLOGIES & SOLUTIONS UN ITED KINGDOM — Sep 26: 11 export declarations (modelled forecast)VEOLIA WATER TECHNOLOGIES & SOLUTIONS UN ITED KINGDOM — Oct 26: 15 export declarations (modelled forecast)VEOLIA WATER TECHNOLOGIES & SOLUTIONS UN ITED KINGDOM — Nov 26: 1 export declarations (modelled forecast)
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THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH

City of Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh 189 import declarations 45 export declarations EH1 *Ch. 01Ch. 05Ch. 07Ch. 23 Active in 5 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include nucleic acids and their salts, whether or not chemically defined; heterocyclic compounds (excl. with oxygen only or with nitrogen hetero-atom[s] only, compounds containing in the structure an unfused thiazole ring or a benzothiazole or phenothiazine, antisera and other blood fractions.

▼ Expected to slow by 12.1% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity189 in the last 6 months
THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH — Sep 24: 31 import declarations (historic)THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH — Oct 24: 35 import declarations (historic)THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH — Nov 24: 33 import declarations (historic)THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH — Dec 24: 30 import declarations (historic)THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH — Jan 25: 41 import declarations (historic)THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH — Feb 25: 45 import declarations (historic)THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH — Mar 25: 39 import declarations (historic)THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH — Apr 25: 55 import declarations (historic)THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH — May 25: 34 import declarations (historic)THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH — Jun 25: 44 import declarations (historic)THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH — Jul 25: 40 import declarations (historic)THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH — Aug 25: 44 import declarations (historic)THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH — Sep 25: 29 import declarations (historic)THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH — Oct 25: 41 import declarations (historic)THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH — Nov 25: 37 import declarations (historic)THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH — Dec 25: 36 import declarations (historic)THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH — Jan 26: 39 import declarations (historic)THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH — Feb 26: 43 import declarations (historic)THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH — Mar 26: 29 import declarations (current 6-month window)THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH — Apr 26: 44 import declarations (current 6-month window)THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH — May 26: 35 import declarations (current 6-month window)THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH — Jun 26: 46 import declarations (current 6-month window)THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH — Jul 26: 35 import declarations (current 6-month window)THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH — Aug 26: 0 import declarations (current 6-month window)THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH — Sep 26: 25 import declarations (modelled forecast)THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH — Oct 26: 36 import declarations (modelled forecast)THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH — Nov 26: 33 import declarations (modelled forecast)
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity45 in the last 6 months
THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH — Sep 24: 7 export declarations (historic)THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH — Oct 24: 3 export declarations (historic)THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH — Nov 24: 7 export declarations (historic)THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH — Dec 24: 12 export declarations (historic)THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH — Jan 25: 5 export declarations (historic)THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH — Feb 25: 9 export declarations (historic)THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH — Mar 25: 7 export declarations (historic)THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH — Apr 25: 12 export declarations (historic)THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH — May 25: 6 export declarations (historic)THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH — Jun 25: 5 export declarations (historic)THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH — Jul 25: 6 export declarations (historic)THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH — Aug 25: 4 export declarations (historic)THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH — Sep 25: 4 export declarations (historic)THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH — Oct 25: 8 export declarations (historic)THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH — Nov 25: 8 export declarations (historic)THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH — Dec 25: 3 export declarations (historic)THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH — Jan 26: 5 export declarations (historic)THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH — Feb 26: 5 export declarations (historic)THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH — Mar 26: 9 export declarations (current 6-month window)THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH — Apr 26: 13 export declarations (current 6-month window)THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH — May 26: 3 export declarations (current 6-month window)THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH — Jun 26: 13 export declarations (current 6-month window)THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH — Jul 26: 7 export declarations (current 6-month window)THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH — Aug 26: 0 export declarations (current 6-month window)THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH — Sep 26: 4 export declarations (modelled forecast)THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH — Oct 26: 8 export declarations (modelled forecast)THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH — Nov 26: 8 export declarations (modelled forecast)
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About commodity code 38229000

What goods does commodity code 38229000 cover?

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?

1,278 businesses filed customs declarations against code 38229000 in the last six months, spread across 80 counties and 425 towns, totalling 16,167 import declarations.

Which parts of the UK trade the most under 38229000?

The busiest counties are Greater London (191 businesses), Cambridgeshire (78 businesses), Oxfordshire (57 businesses). Open any county to see the towns and the businesses behind it.