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90278930 — Instruments and apparatus for physical or chemical analysis, or for me

Commodity code 90278930 covers instruments and apparatus for physical or chemical analysis, or for measuring or checking viscosity, porosity, expansion, within HMRC chapter 90 (optical, photographic and medical instruments). 109 UK businesses filed customs declarations against this code in the last six months, across 46 counties and 90 towns.

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109Businesses trading
46Counties
90Towns
3,214Import declarations

Counties trading under 90278930

Where the businesses using this commodity code are based.

Greater London

9 towns
11 businessesView →

Aberdeen City

1 town
8 businessesView →

Hampshire

7 towns
7 businessesView →

Bedfordshire

4 towns
6 businessesView →

West Midlands

5 towns
6 businessesView →

Worcestershire

4 towns
5 businessesView →

Cheshire

4 towns
4 businessesView →

Berkshire

2 towns
3 businessesView →

Kent

3 towns
3 businessesView →

Cambridgeshire

3 towns
3 businessesView →

North Yorkshire

2 towns
3 businessesView →

Leicestershire

2 towns
3 businessesView →

Tyne and Wear

3 towns
3 businessesView →

Dorset

2 towns
2 businessesView →

Gloucestershire

2 towns
2 businessesView →

Northamptonshire

2 towns
2 businessesView →

Hertfordshire

1 town
2 businessesView →

Surrey

2 towns
2 businessesView →

Somerset

2 towns
2 businessesView →

Devon

2 towns
2 businessesView →

Lancashire

2 towns
2 businessesView →

Essex

1 town
2 businessesView →

South Yorkshire

2 towns
2 businessesView →

Ards and North Down

1 town
2 businessesView →

Businesses importing under 90278930

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Most active business

ABB LIMITED

St Neots, Cambridgeshire 899 import declarations 336 export declarations PE19 *Ch. 12Ch. 27Ch. 28Ch. 29 Active in 6 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include 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., instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking the flow or level of liquids (excl. meters and regulators).

▼ Expected to slow by 6.9% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity899 in the last 6 months
ABB LIMITED — Jul 24: 164 import declarations (historic)ABB LIMITED — Aug 24: 167 import declarations (historic)ABB LIMITED — Sep 24: 171 import declarations (historic)ABB LIMITED — Oct 24: 180 import declarations (historic)ABB LIMITED — Nov 24: 162 import declarations (historic)ABB LIMITED — Dec 24: 145 import declarations (historic)ABB LIMITED — Jan 25: 166 import declarations (historic)ABB LIMITED — Feb 25: 157 import declarations (historic)ABB LIMITED — Mar 25: 175 import declarations (historic)ABB LIMITED — Apr 25: 168 import declarations (historic)ABB LIMITED — May 25: 168 import declarations (historic)ABB LIMITED — Jun 25: 159 import declarations (historic)ABB LIMITED — Jul 25: 159 import declarations (historic)ABB LIMITED — Aug 25: 156 import declarations (historic)ABB LIMITED — Sep 25: 177 import declarations (historic)ABB LIMITED — Oct 25: 162 import declarations (historic)ABB LIMITED — Nov 25: 159 import declarations (historic)ABB LIMITED — Dec 25: 133 import declarations (historic)ABB LIMITED — Jan 26: 142 import declarations (current 6-month window)ABB LIMITED — Feb 26: 155 import declarations (current 6-month window)ABB LIMITED — Mar 26: 148 import declarations (current 6-month window)ABB LIMITED — Apr 26: 161 import declarations (current 6-month window)ABB LIMITED — May 26: 142 import declarations (current 6-month window)ABB LIMITED — Jun 26: 151 import declarations (current 6-month window)ABB LIMITED — Jul 26: 148 import declarations (modelled forecast)ABB LIMITED — Aug 26: 145 import declarations (modelled forecast)ABB LIMITED — Sep 26: 165 import declarations (modelled forecast)
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity336 in the last 6 months
ABB LIMITED — Jul 24: 62 export declarations (historic)ABB LIMITED — Aug 24: 46 export declarations (historic)ABB LIMITED — Sep 24: 55 export declarations (historic)ABB LIMITED — Oct 24: 62 export declarations (historic)ABB LIMITED — Nov 24: 66 export declarations (historic)ABB LIMITED — Dec 24: 46 export declarations (historic)ABB LIMITED — Jan 25: 43 export declarations (historic)ABB LIMITED — Feb 25: 56 export declarations (historic)ABB LIMITED — Mar 25: 46 export declarations (historic)ABB LIMITED — Apr 25: 58 export declarations (historic)ABB LIMITED — May 25: 55 export declarations (historic)ABB LIMITED — Jun 25: 37 export declarations (historic)ABB LIMITED — Jul 25: 58 export declarations (historic)ABB LIMITED — Aug 25: 53 export declarations (historic)ABB LIMITED — Sep 25: 46 export declarations (historic)ABB LIMITED — Oct 25: 56 export declarations (historic)ABB LIMITED — Nov 25: 56 export declarations (historic)ABB LIMITED — Dec 25: 44 export declarations (historic)ABB LIMITED — Jan 26: 47 export declarations (current 6-month window)ABB LIMITED — Feb 26: 42 export declarations (current 6-month window)ABB LIMITED — Mar 26: 61 export declarations (current 6-month window)ABB LIMITED — Apr 26: 62 export declarations (current 6-month window)ABB LIMITED — May 26: 67 export declarations (current 6-month window)ABB LIMITED — Jun 26: 57 export declarations (current 6-month window)ABB LIMITED — Jul 26: 60 export declarations (modelled forecast)ABB LIMITED — Aug 26: 54 export declarations (modelled forecast)ABB LIMITED — Sep 26: 47 export declarations (modelled forecast)
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Among the most active

METTLER-TOLEDO LIMITED

Leicester, Leicestershire 379 import declarations 79 export declarations LE4 *Ch. 25Ch. 28Ch. 29Ch. 31 Active in 6 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include 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., balances of a sensitivity of 50 mg or better, with or without weights.

▲ Expected to increase by 7.8% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity379 in the last 6 months
METTLER-TOLEDO LIMITED — Jul 24: 63 import declarations (historic)METTLER-TOLEDO LIMITED — Aug 24: 60 import declarations (historic)METTLER-TOLEDO LIMITED — Sep 24: 58 import declarations (historic)METTLER-TOLEDO LIMITED — Oct 24: 67 import declarations (historic)METTLER-TOLEDO LIMITED — Nov 24: 65 import declarations (historic)METTLER-TOLEDO LIMITED — Dec 24: 49 import declarations (historic)METTLER-TOLEDO LIMITED — Jan 25: 60 import declarations (historic)METTLER-TOLEDO LIMITED — Feb 25: 44 import declarations (historic)METTLER-TOLEDO LIMITED — Mar 25: 62 import declarations (historic)METTLER-TOLEDO LIMITED — Apr 25: 57 import declarations (historic)METTLER-TOLEDO LIMITED — May 25: 58 import declarations (historic)METTLER-TOLEDO LIMITED — Jun 25: 60 import declarations (historic)METTLER-TOLEDO LIMITED — Jul 25: 55 import declarations (historic)METTLER-TOLEDO LIMITED — Aug 25: 50 import declarations (historic)METTLER-TOLEDO LIMITED — Sep 25: 62 import declarations (historic)METTLER-TOLEDO LIMITED — Oct 25: 79 import declarations (historic)METTLER-TOLEDO LIMITED — Nov 25: 68 import declarations (historic)METTLER-TOLEDO LIMITED — Dec 25: 62 import declarations (historic)METTLER-TOLEDO LIMITED — Jan 26: 58 import declarations (current 6-month window)METTLER-TOLEDO LIMITED — Feb 26: 63 import declarations (current 6-month window)METTLER-TOLEDO LIMITED — Mar 26: 65 import declarations (current 6-month window)METTLER-TOLEDO LIMITED — Apr 26: 67 import declarations (current 6-month window)METTLER-TOLEDO LIMITED — May 26: 62 import declarations (current 6-month window)METTLER-TOLEDO LIMITED — Jun 26: 64 import declarations (current 6-month window)METTLER-TOLEDO LIMITED — Jul 26: 59 import declarations (modelled forecast)METTLER-TOLEDO LIMITED — Aug 26: 54 import declarations (modelled forecast)METTLER-TOLEDO LIMITED — Sep 26: 67 import declarations (modelled forecast)
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity79 in the last 6 months
METTLER-TOLEDO LIMITED — Jul 24: 16 export declarations (historic)METTLER-TOLEDO LIMITED — Aug 24: 13 export declarations (historic)METTLER-TOLEDO LIMITED — Sep 24: 18 export declarations (historic)METTLER-TOLEDO LIMITED — Oct 24: 14 export declarations (historic)METTLER-TOLEDO LIMITED — Nov 24: 12 export declarations (historic)METTLER-TOLEDO LIMITED — Dec 24: 12 export declarations (historic)METTLER-TOLEDO LIMITED — Jan 25: 12 export declarations (historic)METTLER-TOLEDO LIMITED — Feb 25: 16 export declarations (historic)METTLER-TOLEDO LIMITED — Mar 25: 10 export declarations (historic)METTLER-TOLEDO LIMITED — Apr 25: 14 export declarations (historic)METTLER-TOLEDO LIMITED — May 25: 9 export declarations (historic)METTLER-TOLEDO LIMITED — Jun 25: 8 export declarations (historic)METTLER-TOLEDO LIMITED — Jul 25: 17 export declarations (historic)METTLER-TOLEDO LIMITED — Aug 25: 11 export declarations (historic)METTLER-TOLEDO LIMITED — Sep 25: 17 export declarations (historic)METTLER-TOLEDO LIMITED — Oct 25: 21 export declarations (historic)METTLER-TOLEDO LIMITED — Nov 25: 18 export declarations (historic)METTLER-TOLEDO LIMITED — Dec 25: 7 export declarations (historic)METTLER-TOLEDO LIMITED — Jan 26: 11 export declarations (current 6-month window)METTLER-TOLEDO LIMITED — Feb 26: 11 export declarations (current 6-month window)METTLER-TOLEDO LIMITED — Mar 26: 13 export declarations (current 6-month window)METTLER-TOLEDO LIMITED — Apr 26: 15 export declarations (current 6-month window)METTLER-TOLEDO LIMITED — May 26: 13 export declarations (current 6-month window)METTLER-TOLEDO LIMITED — Jun 26: 16 export declarations (current 6-month window)METTLER-TOLEDO LIMITED — Jul 26: 19 export declarations (modelled forecast)METTLER-TOLEDO LIMITED — Aug 26: 12 export declarations (modelled forecast)METTLER-TOLEDO LIMITED — Sep 26: 19 export declarations (modelled forecast)
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THE AUTOMATION PARTNERSHIP (CAMBRIDGE) L IMITED

Royston (North Hertfordshire), Hertfordshire 144 import declarations 198 export declarations SG8 *Ch. 28Ch. 29Ch. 30Ch. 34 Active in 6 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include articles of plastics and articles of other materials of heading 3901 to 3914, n.e.s (excl. goods of 9619), flexible tubes, pipes and hoses, of plastics, reinforced or otherwise combined with other materials (excl. those with a burst pressure of >= 27,6 mpa).

▲ Expected to increase by 24.2% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity144 in the last 6 months
THE AUTOMATION PARTNERSHIP (CAMBRIDGE) L IMITED — Jul 24: 14 import declarations (historic)THE AUTOMATION PARTNERSHIP (CAMBRIDGE) L IMITED — Aug 24: 28 import declarations (historic)THE AUTOMATION PARTNERSHIP (CAMBRIDGE) L IMITED — Sep 24: 17 import declarations (historic)THE AUTOMATION PARTNERSHIP (CAMBRIDGE) L IMITED — Oct 24: 19 import declarations (historic)THE AUTOMATION PARTNERSHIP (CAMBRIDGE) L IMITED — Nov 24: 21 import declarations (historic)THE AUTOMATION PARTNERSHIP (CAMBRIDGE) L IMITED — Dec 24: 19 import declarations (historic)THE AUTOMATION PARTNERSHIP (CAMBRIDGE) L IMITED — Jan 25: 22 import declarations (historic)THE AUTOMATION PARTNERSHIP (CAMBRIDGE) L IMITED — Feb 25: 19 import declarations (historic)THE AUTOMATION PARTNERSHIP (CAMBRIDGE) L IMITED — Mar 25: 17 import declarations (historic)THE AUTOMATION PARTNERSHIP (CAMBRIDGE) L IMITED — Apr 25: 21 import declarations (historic)THE AUTOMATION PARTNERSHIP (CAMBRIDGE) L IMITED — May 25: 22 import declarations (historic)THE AUTOMATION PARTNERSHIP (CAMBRIDGE) L IMITED — Jun 25: 19 import declarations (historic)THE AUTOMATION PARTNERSHIP (CAMBRIDGE) L IMITED — Jul 25: 21 import declarations (historic)THE AUTOMATION PARTNERSHIP (CAMBRIDGE) L IMITED — Aug 25: 25 import declarations (historic)THE AUTOMATION PARTNERSHIP (CAMBRIDGE) L IMITED — Sep 25: 20 import declarations (historic)THE AUTOMATION PARTNERSHIP (CAMBRIDGE) L IMITED — Oct 25: 29 import declarations (historic)THE AUTOMATION PARTNERSHIP (CAMBRIDGE) L IMITED — Nov 25: 30 import declarations (historic)THE AUTOMATION PARTNERSHIP (CAMBRIDGE) L IMITED — Dec 25: 24 import declarations (historic)THE AUTOMATION PARTNERSHIP (CAMBRIDGE) L IMITED — Jan 26: 18 import declarations (current 6-month window)THE AUTOMATION PARTNERSHIP (CAMBRIDGE) L IMITED — Feb 26: 23 import declarations (current 6-month window)THE AUTOMATION PARTNERSHIP (CAMBRIDGE) L IMITED — Mar 26: 22 import declarations (current 6-month window)THE AUTOMATION PARTNERSHIP (CAMBRIDGE) L IMITED — Apr 26: 25 import declarations (current 6-month window)THE AUTOMATION PARTNERSHIP (CAMBRIDGE) L IMITED — May 26: 27 import declarations (current 6-month window)THE AUTOMATION PARTNERSHIP (CAMBRIDGE) L IMITED — Jun 26: 29 import declarations (current 6-month window)THE AUTOMATION PARTNERSHIP (CAMBRIDGE) L IMITED — Jul 26: 26 import declarations (modelled forecast)THE AUTOMATION PARTNERSHIP (CAMBRIDGE) L IMITED — Aug 26: 31 import declarations (modelled forecast)THE AUTOMATION PARTNERSHIP (CAMBRIDGE) L IMITED — Sep 26: 25 import declarations (modelled forecast)
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity198 in the last 6 months
THE AUTOMATION PARTNERSHIP (CAMBRIDGE) L IMITED — Jul 24: 34 export declarations (historic)THE AUTOMATION PARTNERSHIP (CAMBRIDGE) L IMITED — Aug 24: 30 export declarations (historic)THE AUTOMATION PARTNERSHIP (CAMBRIDGE) L IMITED — Sep 24: 25 export declarations (historic)THE AUTOMATION PARTNERSHIP (CAMBRIDGE) L IMITED — Oct 24: 32 export declarations (historic)THE AUTOMATION PARTNERSHIP (CAMBRIDGE) L IMITED — Nov 24: 27 export declarations (historic)THE AUTOMATION PARTNERSHIP (CAMBRIDGE) L IMITED — Dec 24: 29 export declarations (historic)THE AUTOMATION PARTNERSHIP (CAMBRIDGE) L IMITED — Jan 25: 24 export declarations (historic)THE AUTOMATION PARTNERSHIP (CAMBRIDGE) L IMITED — Feb 25: 27 export declarations (historic)THE AUTOMATION PARTNERSHIP (CAMBRIDGE) L IMITED — Mar 25: 27 export declarations (historic)THE AUTOMATION PARTNERSHIP (CAMBRIDGE) L IMITED — Apr 25: 37 export declarations (historic)THE AUTOMATION PARTNERSHIP (CAMBRIDGE) L IMITED — May 25: 26 export declarations (historic)THE AUTOMATION PARTNERSHIP (CAMBRIDGE) L IMITED — Jun 25: 31 export declarations (historic)THE AUTOMATION PARTNERSHIP (CAMBRIDGE) L IMITED — Jul 25: 29 export declarations (historic)THE AUTOMATION PARTNERSHIP (CAMBRIDGE) L IMITED — Aug 25: 32 export declarations (historic)THE AUTOMATION PARTNERSHIP (CAMBRIDGE) L IMITED — Sep 25: 34 export declarations (historic)THE AUTOMATION PARTNERSHIP (CAMBRIDGE) L IMITED — Oct 25: 34 export declarations (historic)THE AUTOMATION PARTNERSHIP (CAMBRIDGE) L IMITED — Nov 25: 38 export declarations (historic)THE AUTOMATION PARTNERSHIP (CAMBRIDGE) L IMITED — Dec 25: 28 export declarations (historic)THE AUTOMATION PARTNERSHIP (CAMBRIDGE) L IMITED — Jan 26: 30 export declarations (current 6-month window)THE AUTOMATION PARTNERSHIP (CAMBRIDGE) L IMITED — Feb 26: 30 export declarations (current 6-month window)THE AUTOMATION PARTNERSHIP (CAMBRIDGE) L IMITED — Mar 26: 28 export declarations (current 6-month window)THE AUTOMATION PARTNERSHIP (CAMBRIDGE) L IMITED — Apr 26: 36 export declarations (current 6-month window)THE AUTOMATION PARTNERSHIP (CAMBRIDGE) L IMITED — May 26: 31 export declarations (current 6-month window)THE AUTOMATION PARTNERSHIP (CAMBRIDGE) L IMITED — Jun 26: 43 export declarations (current 6-month window)THE AUTOMATION PARTNERSHIP (CAMBRIDGE) L IMITED — Jul 26: 33 export declarations (modelled forecast)THE AUTOMATION PARTNERSHIP (CAMBRIDGE) L IMITED — Aug 26: 36 export declarations (modelled forecast)THE AUTOMATION PARTNERSHIP (CAMBRIDGE) L IMITED — Sep 26: 38 export declarations (modelled forecast)
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About commodity code 90278930

What goods does commodity code 90278930 cover?

Instruments and apparatus for physical or chemical analysis, or for measuring or checking viscosity, porosity, expansion. It sits in HMRC chapter 90, optical, photographic and medical instruments. Every UK customs declaration carries a code like this one to classify the goods being moved.

How many UK businesses import under 90278930?

109 businesses filed customs declarations against code 90278930 in the last six months, spread across 46 counties and 90 towns, totalling 3,214 import declarations.

Which parts of the UK trade the most under 90278930?

The busiest counties are Greater London (11 businesses), Aberdeen City (8 businesses), Hampshire (7 businesses). Open any county to see the towns and the businesses behind it.