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49019900 — Printed books, brochures and similar printed matter (excl. those in si

Commodity code 49019900 covers printed books, brochures and similar printed matter (excl. those in single sheets; dictionaries, encyclopaedias, periodi, within HMRC chapter 49 (printed books, media and stationery). 3,981 UK businesses filed customs declarations against this code in the last six months, across 87 counties and 681 towns.

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3,981Businesses trading
87Counties
681Towns
17,201Import declarations

Counties trading under 49019900

Where the businesses using this commodity code are based.

Greater London

32 towns
1,276 businessesView →

Aberdeen City

1 town
355 businessesView →

Oxfordshire

16 towns
106 businessesView →

City of London

1 town
102 businessesView →

Kent

35 towns
95 businessesView →

Essex

25 towns
94 businessesView →

Hertfordshire

22 towns
92 businessesView →

Greater Manchester

26 towns
92 businessesView →

Surrey

34 towns
90 businessesView →

West Midlands

15 towns
86 businessesView →

Berkshire

13 towns
81 businessesView →

West Yorkshire

23 towns
80 businessesView →

Leicestershire

14 towns
79 businessesView →

Hampshire

27 towns
72 businessesView →

West Sussex

15 towns
61 businessesView →

Gloucestershire

17 towns
59 businessesView →

East Sussex

8 towns
55 businessesView →

Cambridgeshire

12 towns
49 businessesView →

Norfolk

12 towns
47 businessesView →

Buckinghamshire

15 towns
47 businessesView →

City of Edinburgh

1 town
47 businessesView →

Somerset

14 towns
46 businessesView →

Lancashire

18 towns
41 businessesView →

Suffolk

14 towns
39 businessesView →

Businesses importing under 49019900

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Most active business

TFS HANDLING (UK) LTD

Ash and Ash Vale, Surrey 1 import declarations 439 export declarations GU12 *Ch. 02Ch. 03Ch. 04Ch. 07 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, food preparations, n.e.s..

▼ Expected to slow by 100.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity1 in the last 6 months
TFS HANDLING (UK) LTD — Sep 24: 0 import declarations (historic)TFS HANDLING (UK) LTD — Oct 24: 2 import declarations (historic)TFS HANDLING (UK) LTD — Nov 24: 0 import declarations (historic)TFS HANDLING (UK) LTD — Dec 24: 0 import declarations (historic)TFS HANDLING (UK) LTD — Jan 25: 0 import declarations (historic)TFS HANDLING (UK) LTD — Feb 25: 0 import declarations (historic)TFS HANDLING (UK) LTD — Mar 25: 0 import declarations (historic)TFS HANDLING (UK) LTD — Apr 25: 0 import declarations (historic)TFS HANDLING (UK) LTD — May 25: 0 import declarations (historic)TFS HANDLING (UK) LTD — Jun 25: 0 import declarations (historic)TFS HANDLING (UK) LTD — Jul 25: 0 import declarations (historic)TFS HANDLING (UK) LTD — Aug 25: 0 import declarations (historic)TFS HANDLING (UK) LTD — Sep 25: 0 import declarations (historic)TFS HANDLING (UK) LTD — Oct 25: 0 import declarations (historic)TFS HANDLING (UK) LTD — Nov 25: 0 import declarations (historic)TFS HANDLING (UK) LTD — Dec 25: 0 import declarations (historic)TFS HANDLING (UK) LTD — Jan 26: 0 import declarations (historic)TFS HANDLING (UK) LTD — Feb 26: 0 import declarations (historic)TFS HANDLING (UK) LTD — Mar 26: 0 import declarations (current 6-month window)TFS HANDLING (UK) LTD — Apr 26: 1 import declarations (current 6-month window)TFS HANDLING (UK) LTD — May 26: 0 import declarations (current 6-month window)TFS HANDLING (UK) LTD — Jun 26: 0 import declarations (current 6-month window)TFS HANDLING (UK) LTD — Jul 26: 0 import declarations (current 6-month window)TFS HANDLING (UK) LTD — Aug 26: 0 import declarations (current 6-month window)TFS HANDLING (UK) LTD — Sep 26: 0 import declarations (modelled forecast)TFS HANDLING (UK) LTD — Oct 26: 0 import declarations (modelled forecast)TFS HANDLING (UK) LTD — Nov 26: 0 import declarations (modelled forecast)
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity439 in the last 6 months
TFS HANDLING (UK) LTD — Sep 24: 114 export declarations (historic)TFS HANDLING (UK) LTD — Oct 24: 136 export declarations (historic)TFS HANDLING (UK) LTD — Nov 24: 152 export declarations (historic)TFS HANDLING (UK) LTD — Dec 24: 114 export declarations (historic)TFS HANDLING (UK) LTD — Jan 25: 79 export declarations (historic)TFS HANDLING (UK) LTD — Feb 25: 105 export declarations (historic)TFS HANDLING (UK) LTD — Mar 25: 130 export declarations (historic)TFS HANDLING (UK) LTD — Apr 25: 99 export declarations (historic)TFS HANDLING (UK) LTD — May 25: 125 export declarations (historic)TFS HANDLING (UK) LTD — Jun 25: 113 export declarations (historic)TFS HANDLING (UK) LTD — Jul 25: 131 export declarations (historic)TFS HANDLING (UK) LTD — Aug 25: 126 export declarations (historic)TFS HANDLING (UK) LTD — Sep 25: 127 export declarations (historic)TFS HANDLING (UK) LTD — Oct 25: 84 export declarations (historic)TFS HANDLING (UK) LTD — Nov 25: 132 export declarations (historic)TFS HANDLING (UK) LTD — Dec 25: 88 export declarations (historic)TFS HANDLING (UK) LTD — Jan 26: 77 export declarations (historic)TFS HANDLING (UK) LTD — Feb 26: 89 export declarations (historic)TFS HANDLING (UK) LTD — Mar 26: 106 export declarations (current 6-month window)TFS HANDLING (UK) LTD — Apr 26: 80 export declarations (current 6-month window)TFS HANDLING (UK) LTD — May 26: 91 export declarations (current 6-month window)TFS HANDLING (UK) LTD — Jun 26: 84 export declarations (current 6-month window)TFS HANDLING (UK) LTD — Jul 26: 78 export declarations (current 6-month window)TFS HANDLING (UK) LTD — Aug 26: 0 export declarations (current 6-month window)TFS HANDLING (UK) LTD — Sep 26: 92 export declarations (modelled forecast)TFS HANDLING (UK) LTD — Oct 26: 61 export declarations (modelled forecast)TFS HANDLING (UK) LTD — Nov 26: 96 export declarations (modelled forecast)
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Among the most active

CHANCELLOR, MASTERS AND SCHOLARS OFTHE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD

Oxford, Oxfordshire 338 import declarations 84 export declarations OX2 *Ch. 01Ch. 03Ch. 05Ch. 21 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, diagnostic or laboratory reagents on a backing, prepared diagnostic or laboratory reagents whether or not on a backing, whether or not put up in the form of kits (excl. for malaria, for zika and other diseases transmitted by mosquitoes of the genus a.

▲ Expected to increase by 27.1% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity338 in the last 6 months
CHANCELLOR, MASTERS AND SCHOLARS OFTHE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD — Sep 24: 23 import declarations (historic)CHANCELLOR, MASTERS AND SCHOLARS OFTHE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD — Oct 24: 25 import declarations (historic)CHANCELLOR, MASTERS AND SCHOLARS OFTHE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD — Nov 24: 38 import declarations (historic)CHANCELLOR, MASTERS AND SCHOLARS OFTHE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD — Dec 24: 24 import declarations (historic)CHANCELLOR, MASTERS AND SCHOLARS OFTHE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD — Jan 25: 34 import declarations (historic)CHANCELLOR, MASTERS AND SCHOLARS OFTHE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD — Feb 25: 30 import declarations (historic)CHANCELLOR, MASTERS AND SCHOLARS OFTHE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD — Mar 25: 50 import declarations (historic)CHANCELLOR, MASTERS AND SCHOLARS OFTHE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD — Apr 25: 63 import declarations (historic)CHANCELLOR, MASTERS AND SCHOLARS OFTHE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD — May 25: 58 import declarations (historic)CHANCELLOR, MASTERS AND SCHOLARS OFTHE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD — Jun 25: 57 import declarations (historic)CHANCELLOR, MASTERS AND SCHOLARS OFTHE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD — Jul 25: 65 import declarations (historic)CHANCELLOR, MASTERS AND SCHOLARS OFTHE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD — Aug 25: 54 import declarations (historic)CHANCELLOR, MASTERS AND SCHOLARS OFTHE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD — Sep 25: 58 import declarations (historic)CHANCELLOR, MASTERS AND SCHOLARS OFTHE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD — Oct 25: 64 import declarations (historic)CHANCELLOR, MASTERS AND SCHOLARS OFTHE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD — Nov 25: 59 import declarations (historic)CHANCELLOR, MASTERS AND SCHOLARS OFTHE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD — Dec 25: 38 import declarations (historic)CHANCELLOR, MASTERS AND SCHOLARS OFTHE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD — Jan 26: 58 import declarations (historic)CHANCELLOR, MASTERS AND SCHOLARS OFTHE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD — Feb 26: 48 import declarations (historic)CHANCELLOR, MASTERS AND SCHOLARS OFTHE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD — Mar 26: 72 import declarations (current 6-month window)CHANCELLOR, MASTERS AND SCHOLARS OFTHE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD — Apr 26: 66 import declarations (current 6-month window)CHANCELLOR, MASTERS AND SCHOLARS OFTHE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD — May 26: 66 import declarations (current 6-month window)CHANCELLOR, MASTERS AND SCHOLARS OFTHE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD — Jun 26: 63 import declarations (current 6-month window)CHANCELLOR, MASTERS AND SCHOLARS OFTHE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD — Jul 26: 71 import declarations (current 6-month window)CHANCELLOR, MASTERS AND SCHOLARS OFTHE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD — Aug 26: 0 import declarations (current 6-month window)CHANCELLOR, MASTERS AND SCHOLARS OFTHE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD — Sep 26: 74 import declarations (modelled forecast)CHANCELLOR, MASTERS AND SCHOLARS OFTHE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD — Oct 26: 81 import declarations (modelled forecast)CHANCELLOR, MASTERS AND SCHOLARS OFTHE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD — Nov 26: 75 import declarations (modelled forecast)
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity84 in the last 6 months
CHANCELLOR, MASTERS AND SCHOLARS OFTHE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD — Sep 24: 14 export declarations (historic)CHANCELLOR, MASTERS AND SCHOLARS OFTHE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD — Oct 24: 14 export declarations (historic)CHANCELLOR, MASTERS AND SCHOLARS OFTHE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD — Nov 24: 23 export declarations (historic)CHANCELLOR, MASTERS AND SCHOLARS OFTHE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD — Dec 24: 12 export declarations (historic)CHANCELLOR, MASTERS AND SCHOLARS OFTHE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD — Jan 25: 12 export declarations (historic)CHANCELLOR, MASTERS AND SCHOLARS OFTHE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD — Feb 25: 12 export declarations (historic)CHANCELLOR, MASTERS AND SCHOLARS OFTHE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD — Mar 25: 13 export declarations (historic)CHANCELLOR, MASTERS AND SCHOLARS OFTHE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD — Apr 25: 20 export declarations (historic)CHANCELLOR, MASTERS AND SCHOLARS OFTHE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD — May 25: 20 export declarations (historic)CHANCELLOR, MASTERS AND SCHOLARS OFTHE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD — Jun 25: 18 export declarations (historic)CHANCELLOR, MASTERS AND SCHOLARS OFTHE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD — Jul 25: 17 export declarations (historic)CHANCELLOR, MASTERS AND SCHOLARS OFTHE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD — Aug 25: 12 export declarations (historic)CHANCELLOR, MASTERS AND SCHOLARS OFTHE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD — Sep 25: 23 export declarations (historic)CHANCELLOR, MASTERS AND SCHOLARS OFTHE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD — Oct 25: 16 export declarations (historic)CHANCELLOR, MASTERS AND SCHOLARS OFTHE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD — Nov 25: 17 export declarations (historic)CHANCELLOR, MASTERS AND SCHOLARS OFTHE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD — Dec 25: 11 export declarations (historic)CHANCELLOR, MASTERS AND SCHOLARS OFTHE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD — Jan 26: 16 export declarations (historic)CHANCELLOR, MASTERS AND SCHOLARS OFTHE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD — Feb 26: 18 export declarations (historic)CHANCELLOR, MASTERS AND SCHOLARS OFTHE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD — Mar 26: 14 export declarations (current 6-month window)CHANCELLOR, MASTERS AND SCHOLARS OFTHE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD — Apr 26: 24 export declarations (current 6-month window)CHANCELLOR, MASTERS AND SCHOLARS OFTHE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD — May 26: 15 export declarations (current 6-month window)CHANCELLOR, MASTERS AND SCHOLARS OFTHE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD — Jun 26: 14 export declarations (current 6-month window)CHANCELLOR, MASTERS AND SCHOLARS OFTHE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD — Jul 26: 17 export declarations (current 6-month window)CHANCELLOR, MASTERS AND SCHOLARS OFTHE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD — Aug 26: 0 export declarations (current 6-month window)CHANCELLOR, MASTERS AND SCHOLARS OFTHE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD — Sep 26: 23 export declarations (modelled forecast)CHANCELLOR, MASTERS AND SCHOLARS OFTHE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD — Oct 26: 16 export declarations (modelled forecast)CHANCELLOR, MASTERS AND SCHOLARS OFTHE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD — Nov 26: 17 export declarations (modelled forecast)
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UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD

Sheffield, South Yorkshire 154 import declarations 36 export declarations S10 *Ch. 01Ch. 05Ch. 21Ch. 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, diagnostic or laboratory reagents on a backing, prepared diagnostic or laboratory reagents whether or not on a backing, whether or not put up in the form of kits (excl. for malaria, for zika and other diseases transmitted by mosquitoes of the genus a.

▼ Expected to slow by 6.9% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity154 in the last 6 months
UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD — Sep 24: 29 import declarations (historic)UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD — Oct 24: 29 import declarations (historic)UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD — Nov 24: 43 import declarations (historic)UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD — Dec 24: 29 import declarations (historic)UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD — Jan 25: 18 import declarations (historic)UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD — Feb 25: 22 import declarations (historic)UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD — Mar 25: 34 import declarations (historic)UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD — Apr 25: 23 import declarations (historic)UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD — May 25: 31 import declarations (historic)UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD — Jun 25: 28 import declarations (historic)UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD — Jul 25: 38 import declarations (historic)UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD — Aug 25: 39 import declarations (historic)UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD — Sep 25: 40 import declarations (historic)UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD — Oct 25: 28 import declarations (historic)UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD — Nov 25: 33 import declarations (historic)UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD — Dec 25: 23 import declarations (historic)UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD — Jan 26: 23 import declarations (historic)UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD — Feb 26: 37 import declarations (historic)UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD — Mar 26: 31 import declarations (current 6-month window)UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD — Apr 26: 36 import declarations (current 6-month window)UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD — May 26: 26 import declarations (current 6-month window)UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD — Jun 26: 33 import declarations (current 6-month window)UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD — Jul 26: 28 import declarations (current 6-month window)UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD — Aug 26: 0 import declarations (current 6-month window)UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD — Sep 26: 37 import declarations (modelled forecast)UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD — Oct 26: 26 import declarations (modelled forecast)UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD — Nov 26: 31 import declarations (modelled forecast)
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity36 in the last 6 months
UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD — Sep 24: 1 export declarations (historic)UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD — Oct 24: 7 export declarations (historic)UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD — Nov 24: 6 export declarations (historic)UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD — Dec 24: 0 export declarations (historic)UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD — Jan 25: 4 export declarations (historic)UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD — Feb 25: 1 export declarations (historic)UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD — Mar 25: 3 export declarations (historic)UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD — Apr 25: 14 export declarations (historic)UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD — May 25: 11 export declarations (historic)UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD — Jun 25: 8 export declarations (historic)UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD — Jul 25: 5 export declarations (historic)UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD — Aug 25: 6 export declarations (historic)UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD — Sep 25: 3 export declarations (historic)UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD — Oct 25: 5 export declarations (historic)UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD — Nov 25: 4 export declarations (historic)UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD — Dec 25: 2 export declarations (historic)UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD — Jan 26: 3 export declarations (historic)UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD — Feb 26: 4 export declarations (historic)UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD — Mar 26: 12 export declarations (current 6-month window)UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD — Apr 26: 5 export declarations (current 6-month window)UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD — May 26: 5 export declarations (current 6-month window)UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD — Jun 26: 6 export declarations (current 6-month window)UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD — Jul 26: 8 export declarations (current 6-month window)UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD — Aug 26: 0 export declarations (current 6-month window)UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD — Sep 26: 3 export declarations (modelled forecast)UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD — Oct 26: 4 export declarations (modelled forecast)UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD — Nov 26: 3 export declarations (modelled forecast)
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About commodity code 49019900

What goods does commodity code 49019900 cover?

Printed books, brochures and similar printed matter (excl. those in single sheets; dictionaries, encyclopaedias, periodi. 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 49019900?

3,981 businesses filed customs declarations against code 49019900 in the last six months, spread across 87 counties and 681 towns, totalling 17,201 import declarations.

Which parts of the UK trade the most under 49019900?

The busiest counties are Greater London (1,276 businesses), Aberdeen City (355 businesses), Oxfordshire (106 businesses). Open any county to see the towns and the businesses behind it.