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49011000 — Printed books, brochures and similar printed matter, in single sheets,

Commodity code 49011000 covers printed books, brochures and similar printed matter, in single sheets, whether or not folded (excl. periodicals and publ, within HMRC chapter 49 (printed books, media and stationery). 1,302 UK businesses filed customs declarations against this code in the last six months, across 76 counties and 445 towns.

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1,302Businesses trading
76Counties
445Towns
5,371Import declarations

Counties trading under 49011000

Where the businesses using this commodity code are based.

Greater London

32 towns
369 businessesView →

Aberdeen City

1 town
67 businessesView →

Kent

22 towns
40 businessesView →

Essex

20 towns
39 businessesView →

West Yorkshire

16 towns
37 businessesView →

Oxfordshire

14 towns
34 businessesView →

Leicestershire

7 towns
34 businessesView →

City of London

1 town
33 businessesView →

Hampshire

17 towns
33 businessesView →

West Midlands

7 towns
31 businessesView →

Surrey

20 towns
29 businessesView →

Hertfordshire

14 towns
26 businessesView →

Greater Manchester

12 towns
25 businessesView →

Buckinghamshire

10 towns
24 businessesView →

Berkshire

9 towns
23 businessesView →

West Sussex

12 towns
22 businessesView →

Suffolk

10 towns
21 businessesView →

Wiltshire

10 towns
20 businessesView →

Somerset

10 towns
20 businessesView →

Norfolk

9 towns
18 businessesView →

East Sussex

7 towns
18 businessesView →

Lancashire

12 towns
18 businessesView →

Cambridgeshire

10 towns
17 businessesView →

Cheshire

7 towns
16 businessesView →

Businesses importing under 49011000

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Most active business

WATERSTONES BOOKSELLERS LIMITED

City of Westminster, Greater London 108 import declarations 55 export declarations W1J *Ch. 18Ch. 32Ch. 35Ch. 38 Active in 5 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include registers, account books, notebooks, order books, receipt books, letter pads, memorandum pads, diaries and similar articles, of paper or paperboard, tricycles, scooters, pedal cars and similar wheeled toys; dolls' carriages; dolls; other toys; reduced-size "scale" recreational models, working or not; puzzles of all kinds.

▲ Expected to increase by 16.7% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity108 in the last 6 months
WATERSTONES BOOKSELLERS LIMITED — Sep 24: 18 import declarations (historic)WATERSTONES BOOKSELLERS LIMITED — Oct 24: 17 import declarations (historic)WATERSTONES BOOKSELLERS LIMITED — Nov 24: 14 import declarations (historic)WATERSTONES BOOKSELLERS LIMITED — Dec 24: 15 import declarations (historic)WATERSTONES BOOKSELLERS LIMITED — Jan 25: 18 import declarations (historic)WATERSTONES BOOKSELLERS LIMITED — Feb 25: 13 import declarations (historic)WATERSTONES BOOKSELLERS LIMITED — Mar 25: 16 import declarations (historic)WATERSTONES BOOKSELLERS LIMITED — Apr 25: 24 import declarations (historic)WATERSTONES BOOKSELLERS LIMITED — May 25: 11 import declarations (historic)WATERSTONES BOOKSELLERS LIMITED — Jun 25: 11 import declarations (historic)WATERSTONES BOOKSELLERS LIMITED — Jul 25: 16 import declarations (historic)WATERSTONES BOOKSELLERS LIMITED — Aug 25: 20 import declarations (historic)WATERSTONES BOOKSELLERS LIMITED — Sep 25: 11 import declarations (historic)WATERSTONES BOOKSELLERS LIMITED — Oct 25: 36 import declarations (historic)WATERSTONES BOOKSELLERS LIMITED — Nov 25: 19 import declarations (historic)WATERSTONES BOOKSELLERS LIMITED — Dec 25: 20 import declarations (historic)WATERSTONES BOOKSELLERS LIMITED — Jan 26: 14 import declarations (historic)WATERSTONES BOOKSELLERS LIMITED — Feb 26: 16 import declarations (historic)WATERSTONES BOOKSELLERS LIMITED — Mar 26: 21 import declarations (current 6-month window)WATERSTONES BOOKSELLERS LIMITED — Apr 26: 14 import declarations (current 6-month window)WATERSTONES BOOKSELLERS LIMITED — May 26: 23 import declarations (current 6-month window)WATERSTONES BOOKSELLERS LIMITED — Jun 26: 33 import declarations (current 6-month window)WATERSTONES BOOKSELLERS LIMITED — Jul 26: 17 import declarations (current 6-month window)WATERSTONES BOOKSELLERS LIMITED — Aug 26: 0 import declarations (current 6-month window)WATERSTONES BOOKSELLERS LIMITED — Sep 26: 13 import declarations (modelled forecast)WATERSTONES BOOKSELLERS LIMITED — Oct 26: 42 import declarations (modelled forecast)WATERSTONES BOOKSELLERS LIMITED — Nov 26: 22 import declarations (modelled forecast)
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity55 in the last 6 months
WATERSTONES BOOKSELLERS LIMITED — Sep 24: 12 export declarations (historic)WATERSTONES BOOKSELLERS LIMITED — Oct 24: 14 export declarations (historic)WATERSTONES BOOKSELLERS LIMITED — Nov 24: 15 export declarations (historic)WATERSTONES BOOKSELLERS LIMITED — Dec 24: 12 export declarations (historic)WATERSTONES BOOKSELLERS LIMITED — Jan 25: 5 export declarations (historic)WATERSTONES BOOKSELLERS LIMITED — Feb 25: 8 export declarations (historic)WATERSTONES BOOKSELLERS LIMITED — Mar 25: 7 export declarations (historic)WATERSTONES BOOKSELLERS LIMITED — Apr 25: 4 export declarations (historic)WATERSTONES BOOKSELLERS LIMITED — May 25: 5 export declarations (historic)WATERSTONES BOOKSELLERS LIMITED — Jun 25: 7 export declarations (historic)WATERSTONES BOOKSELLERS LIMITED — Jul 25: 6 export declarations (historic)WATERSTONES BOOKSELLERS LIMITED — Aug 25: 8 export declarations (historic)WATERSTONES BOOKSELLERS LIMITED — Sep 25: 7 export declarations (historic)WATERSTONES BOOKSELLERS LIMITED — Oct 25: 20 export declarations (historic)WATERSTONES BOOKSELLERS LIMITED — Nov 25: 12 export declarations (historic)WATERSTONES BOOKSELLERS LIMITED — Dec 25: 7 export declarations (historic)WATERSTONES BOOKSELLERS LIMITED — Jan 26: 5 export declarations (historic)WATERSTONES BOOKSELLERS LIMITED — Feb 26: 5 export declarations (historic)WATERSTONES BOOKSELLERS LIMITED — Mar 26: 4 export declarations (current 6-month window)WATERSTONES BOOKSELLERS LIMITED — Apr 26: 7 export declarations (current 6-month window)WATERSTONES BOOKSELLERS LIMITED — May 26: 10 export declarations (current 6-month window)WATERSTONES BOOKSELLERS LIMITED — Jun 26: 22 export declarations (current 6-month window)WATERSTONES BOOKSELLERS LIMITED — Jul 26: 12 export declarations (current 6-month window)WATERSTONES BOOKSELLERS LIMITED — Aug 26: 0 export declarations (current 6-month window)WATERSTONES BOOKSELLERS LIMITED — Sep 26: 8 export declarations (modelled forecast)WATERSTONES BOOKSELLERS LIMITED — Oct 26: 22 export declarations (modelled forecast)WATERSTONES BOOKSELLERS LIMITED — Nov 26: 13 export declarations (modelled forecast)
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Among the most active

PARAGON CUSTOMER COMMUNICATI ONS LIMITED

City and County of the City of London, City of London 98 import declarations 56 export declarations EC2M *Ch. 32Ch. 34Ch. 35Ch. 38 Active in 5 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include uncoated paper and paperboard, of a kind used for writing, printing or other graphic purposes, and non-perforated punchcards and punch-tape paper, in rolls of any size, not containing fibres obtained by a mechanical or chemi-mechanical process or of, paper or paperboard labels of all kinds, non-printed.

▲ Expected to increase by 5.8% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity98 in the last 6 months
PARAGON CUSTOMER COMMUNICATI ONS LIMITED — Sep 24: 16 import declarations (historic)PARAGON CUSTOMER COMMUNICATI ONS LIMITED — Oct 24: 14 import declarations (historic)PARAGON CUSTOMER COMMUNICATI ONS LIMITED — Nov 24: 14 import declarations (historic)PARAGON CUSTOMER COMMUNICATI ONS LIMITED — Dec 24: 12 import declarations (historic)PARAGON CUSTOMER COMMUNICATI ONS LIMITED — Jan 25: 18 import declarations (historic)PARAGON CUSTOMER COMMUNICATI ONS LIMITED — Feb 25: 15 import declarations (historic)PARAGON CUSTOMER COMMUNICATI ONS LIMITED — Mar 25: 13 import declarations (historic)PARAGON CUSTOMER COMMUNICATI ONS LIMITED — Apr 25: 14 import declarations (historic)PARAGON CUSTOMER COMMUNICATI ONS LIMITED — May 25: 14 import declarations (historic)PARAGON CUSTOMER COMMUNICATI ONS LIMITED — Jun 25: 26 import declarations (historic)PARAGON CUSTOMER COMMUNICATI ONS LIMITED — Jul 25: 20 import declarations (historic)PARAGON CUSTOMER COMMUNICATI ONS LIMITED — Aug 25: 21 import declarations (historic)PARAGON CUSTOMER COMMUNICATI ONS LIMITED — Sep 25: 17 import declarations (historic)PARAGON CUSTOMER COMMUNICATI ONS LIMITED — Oct 25: 13 import declarations (historic)PARAGON CUSTOMER COMMUNICATI ONS LIMITED — Nov 25: 22 import declarations (historic)PARAGON CUSTOMER COMMUNICATI ONS LIMITED — Dec 25: 11 import declarations (historic)PARAGON CUSTOMER COMMUNICATI ONS LIMITED — Jan 26: 22 import declarations (historic)PARAGON CUSTOMER COMMUNICATI ONS LIMITED — Feb 26: 24 import declarations (historic)PARAGON CUSTOMER COMMUNICATI ONS LIMITED — Mar 26: 21 import declarations (current 6-month window)PARAGON CUSTOMER COMMUNICATI ONS LIMITED — Apr 26: 18 import declarations (current 6-month window)PARAGON CUSTOMER COMMUNICATI ONS LIMITED — May 26: 22 import declarations (current 6-month window)PARAGON CUSTOMER COMMUNICATI ONS LIMITED — Jun 26: 17 import declarations (current 6-month window)PARAGON CUSTOMER COMMUNICATI ONS LIMITED — Jul 26: 20 import declarations (current 6-month window)PARAGON CUSTOMER COMMUNICATI ONS LIMITED — Aug 26: 0 import declarations (current 6-month window)PARAGON CUSTOMER COMMUNICATI ONS LIMITED — Sep 26: 18 import declarations (modelled forecast)PARAGON CUSTOMER COMMUNICATI ONS LIMITED — Oct 26: 14 import declarations (modelled forecast)PARAGON CUSTOMER COMMUNICATI ONS LIMITED — Nov 26: 23 import declarations (modelled forecast)
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity56 in the last 6 months
PARAGON CUSTOMER COMMUNICATI ONS LIMITED — Sep 24: 13 export declarations (historic)PARAGON CUSTOMER COMMUNICATI ONS LIMITED — Oct 24: 16 export declarations (historic)PARAGON CUSTOMER COMMUNICATI ONS LIMITED — Nov 24: 39 export declarations (historic)PARAGON CUSTOMER COMMUNICATI ONS LIMITED — Dec 24: 8 export declarations (historic)PARAGON CUSTOMER COMMUNICATI ONS LIMITED — Jan 25: 10 export declarations (historic)PARAGON CUSTOMER COMMUNICATI ONS LIMITED — Feb 25: 12 export declarations (historic)PARAGON CUSTOMER COMMUNICATI ONS LIMITED — Mar 25: 14 export declarations (historic)PARAGON CUSTOMER COMMUNICATI ONS LIMITED — Apr 25: 12 export declarations (historic)PARAGON CUSTOMER COMMUNICATI ONS LIMITED — May 25: 14 export declarations (historic)PARAGON CUSTOMER COMMUNICATI ONS LIMITED — Jun 25: 10 export declarations (historic)PARAGON CUSTOMER COMMUNICATI ONS LIMITED — Jul 25: 12 export declarations (historic)PARAGON CUSTOMER COMMUNICATI ONS LIMITED — Aug 25: 9 export declarations (historic)PARAGON CUSTOMER COMMUNICATI ONS LIMITED — Sep 25: 18 export declarations (historic)PARAGON CUSTOMER COMMUNICATI ONS LIMITED — Oct 25: 17 export declarations (historic)PARAGON CUSTOMER COMMUNICATI ONS LIMITED — Nov 25: 14 export declarations (historic)PARAGON CUSTOMER COMMUNICATI ONS LIMITED — Dec 25: 15 export declarations (historic)PARAGON CUSTOMER COMMUNICATI ONS LIMITED — Jan 26: 9 export declarations (historic)PARAGON CUSTOMER COMMUNICATI ONS LIMITED — Feb 26: 13 export declarations (historic)PARAGON CUSTOMER COMMUNICATI ONS LIMITED — Mar 26: 15 export declarations (current 6-month window)PARAGON CUSTOMER COMMUNICATI ONS LIMITED — Apr 26: 12 export declarations (current 6-month window)PARAGON CUSTOMER COMMUNICATI ONS LIMITED — May 26: 8 export declarations (current 6-month window)PARAGON CUSTOMER COMMUNICATI ONS LIMITED — Jun 26: 9 export declarations (current 6-month window)PARAGON CUSTOMER COMMUNICATI ONS LIMITED — Jul 26: 12 export declarations (current 6-month window)PARAGON CUSTOMER COMMUNICATI ONS LIMITED — Aug 26: 0 export declarations (current 6-month window)PARAGON CUSTOMER COMMUNICATI ONS LIMITED — Sep 26: 15 export declarations (modelled forecast)PARAGON CUSTOMER COMMUNICATI ONS LIMITED — Oct 26: 14 export declarations (modelled forecast)PARAGON CUSTOMER COMMUNICATI ONS LIMITED — Nov 26: 12 export declarations (modelled forecast)
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Among the most active

WORLDWIDE BOOK SERVICES LIMITED

Wickford, Essex 8 import declarations 102 export declarations SS11 *Ch. 39Ch. 42Ch. 48Ch. 49 Active in 5 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include tricycles, scooters, pedal cars and similar wheeled toys; dolls' carriages; dolls; other toys; reduced-size "scale" recreational models, working or not; puzzles of all kinds, printed books, brochures and similar printed matter (excl. those in single sheets; dictionaries, encyclopaedias, periodicals and publications which are essentially devoted to advertising).

▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity8 in the last 6 months
WORLDWIDE BOOK SERVICES LIMITED — Sep 24: 2 import declarations (historic)WORLDWIDE BOOK SERVICES LIMITED — Oct 24: 2 import declarations (historic)WORLDWIDE BOOK SERVICES LIMITED — Nov 24: 1 import declarations (historic)WORLDWIDE BOOK SERVICES LIMITED — Dec 24: 2 import declarations (historic)WORLDWIDE BOOK SERVICES LIMITED — Jan 25: 2 import declarations (historic)WORLDWIDE BOOK SERVICES LIMITED — Feb 25: 2 import declarations (historic)WORLDWIDE BOOK SERVICES LIMITED — Mar 25: 1 import declarations (historic)WORLDWIDE BOOK SERVICES LIMITED — Apr 25: 1 import declarations (historic)WORLDWIDE BOOK SERVICES LIMITED — May 25: 1 import declarations (historic)WORLDWIDE BOOK SERVICES LIMITED — Jun 25: 1 import declarations (historic)WORLDWIDE BOOK SERVICES LIMITED — Jul 25: 1 import declarations (historic)WORLDWIDE BOOK SERVICES LIMITED — Aug 25: 1 import declarations (historic)WORLDWIDE BOOK SERVICES LIMITED — Sep 25: 2 import declarations (historic)WORLDWIDE BOOK SERVICES LIMITED — Oct 25: 1 import declarations (historic)WORLDWIDE BOOK SERVICES LIMITED — Nov 25: 2 import declarations (historic)WORLDWIDE BOOK SERVICES LIMITED — Dec 25: 2 import declarations (historic)WORLDWIDE BOOK SERVICES LIMITED — Jan 26: 2 import declarations (historic)WORLDWIDE BOOK SERVICES LIMITED — Feb 26: 1 import declarations (historic)WORLDWIDE BOOK SERVICES LIMITED — Mar 26: 1 import declarations (current 6-month window)WORLDWIDE BOOK SERVICES LIMITED — Apr 26: 3 import declarations (current 6-month window)WORLDWIDE BOOK SERVICES LIMITED — May 26: 2 import declarations (current 6-month window)WORLDWIDE BOOK SERVICES LIMITED — Jun 26: 1 import declarations (current 6-month window)WORLDWIDE BOOK SERVICES LIMITED — Jul 26: 1 import declarations (current 6-month window)WORLDWIDE BOOK SERVICES LIMITED — Aug 26: 0 import declarations (current 6-month window)WORLDWIDE BOOK SERVICES LIMITED — Sep 26: 2 import declarations (modelled forecast)WORLDWIDE BOOK SERVICES LIMITED — Oct 26: 1 import declarations (modelled forecast)WORLDWIDE BOOK SERVICES LIMITED — Nov 26: 2 import declarations (modelled forecast)
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity102 in the last 6 months
WORLDWIDE BOOK SERVICES LIMITED — Sep 24: 23 export declarations (historic)WORLDWIDE BOOK SERVICES LIMITED — Oct 24: 21 export declarations (historic)WORLDWIDE BOOK SERVICES LIMITED — Nov 24: 19 export declarations (historic)WORLDWIDE BOOK SERVICES LIMITED — Dec 24: 20 export declarations (historic)WORLDWIDE BOOK SERVICES LIMITED — Jan 25: 19 export declarations (historic)WORLDWIDE BOOK SERVICES LIMITED — Feb 25: 13 export declarations (historic)WORLDWIDE BOOK SERVICES LIMITED — Mar 25: 22 export declarations (historic)WORLDWIDE BOOK SERVICES LIMITED — Apr 25: 17 export declarations (historic)WORLDWIDE BOOK SERVICES LIMITED — May 25: 23 export declarations (historic)WORLDWIDE BOOK SERVICES LIMITED — Jun 25: 19 export declarations (historic)WORLDWIDE BOOK SERVICES LIMITED — Jul 25: 25 export declarations (historic)WORLDWIDE BOOK SERVICES LIMITED — Aug 25: 23 export declarations (historic)WORLDWIDE BOOK SERVICES LIMITED — Sep 25: 23 export declarations (historic)WORLDWIDE BOOK SERVICES LIMITED — Oct 25: 22 export declarations (historic)WORLDWIDE BOOK SERVICES LIMITED — Nov 25: 25 export declarations (historic)WORLDWIDE BOOK SERVICES LIMITED — Dec 25: 23 export declarations (historic)WORLDWIDE BOOK SERVICES LIMITED — Jan 26: 19 export declarations (historic)WORLDWIDE BOOK SERVICES LIMITED — Feb 26: 20 export declarations (historic)WORLDWIDE BOOK SERVICES LIMITED — Mar 26: 21 export declarations (current 6-month window)WORLDWIDE BOOK SERVICES LIMITED — Apr 26: 18 export declarations (current 6-month window)WORLDWIDE BOOK SERVICES LIMITED — May 26: 20 export declarations (current 6-month window)WORLDWIDE BOOK SERVICES LIMITED — Jun 26: 20 export declarations (current 6-month window)WORLDWIDE BOOK SERVICES LIMITED — Jul 26: 23 export declarations (current 6-month window)WORLDWIDE BOOK SERVICES LIMITED — Aug 26: 0 export declarations (current 6-month window)WORLDWIDE BOOK SERVICES LIMITED — Sep 26: 22 export declarations (modelled forecast)WORLDWIDE BOOK SERVICES LIMITED — Oct 26: 21 export declarations (modelled forecast)WORLDWIDE BOOK SERVICES LIMITED — Nov 26: 24 export declarations (modelled forecast)
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About commodity code 49011000

What goods does commodity code 49011000 cover?

Printed books, brochures and similar printed matter, in single sheets, whether or not folded (excl. periodicals and publ. It sits in HMRC chapter 49, printed books, media and stationery. Every UK customs declaration carries a code like this one to classify the goods being moved.

How many UK businesses import under 49011000?

1,302 businesses filed customs declarations against code 49011000 in the last six months, spread across 76 counties and 445 towns, totalling 5,371 import declarations.

Which parts of the UK trade the most under 49011000?

The busiest counties are Greater London (369 businesses), Aberdeen City (67 businesses), Kent (40 businesses). Open any county to see the towns and the businesses behind it.