Over the last six months, 294 Biggleswade businesses filed customs declarations. It ranks 4 of 11 trading locations in Bedfordshire. Most of that activity sits in electrical machinery and electronics, machinery and mechanical appliances, plastics and plastic articles. Looking ahead, our model expects import activity here to ease back by around 13.8% over the next three months.
Refreshed every 24 hours · last run 05/10/2026 at 06:14HMRC release in view: Aug 26Snapshot: 2026-10-04.1
3,363Import declarations▼ 26.1% on the 6 months before
1,007Export declarations
−13.8%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
294Trading businesses
Top 10 businesses by 6-month activity Free tier
Ranked by declaration volume and months active. Hover any bar in the 24-month indicators for that month's figures. Log in for keyword search and HMRC category filters across all 294 businesses.
★ Most active in BiggleswadeFiled more customs declarations than any other Biggleswade business over the last six months — roughly 25% of the town's total import activity, mostly in preserved fruit and vegetables.
Most active business
LIEBHERR-GREAT BRITAIN LTD
851 import declarations241 export declarationsSG18 *Ch. 20Ch. 21Ch. 27Ch. 31Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include medium oils and preparations, of petroleum or bituminous minerals, not containing biodiesel, n.e.s., reciprocating positive displacement pumps for liquids, 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), household refrigerators, compression-type.
▼ Expected to slow by 6.5% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity851 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity241 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
SHENZHENSHI QILECHUANG KEJIYOUXIANGONGSI
84 import declarationsImports onlySG18 *Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 42Ch. 48Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include monopods, bipods, tripods and similar articles, travelling-bags, insulated food or beverage bags, toilet bags, rucksacks, shopping-bags, map-cases, tool bags, sports bags, jewellery boxes, cutlery cases, binocular cases, camera cases, musical instrument cases, gun cases, holsters and similar conta, articles of aluminium, n.e.s..
▲ Expected to increase by 18.4% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity84 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity0 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
ADS2 LIMITED
62 import declarations19 export declarationsSG18 *Ch. 23Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 48Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include articles of copper, n.e.s., appliances for pipes, boiler shells, tanks, vats or the like (excl. pressure-reducing valves, valves for the control of pneumatic power transmission, check "non-return" valves and safety or relief valves), articles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire).
▼ Expected to slow by 6.8% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity62 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity19 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
LA PERIPHERALS LIMITED
32 import declarations47 export declarationsSG18 *Ch. 42Ch. 48Ch. 73Ch. 84Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include input or output units for automatic data-processing machines, whether or not containing storage units in the same housing, units for automatic data-processing machines (excl. processing units, input or output units and storage units), parts and accessories of automatic data-processing machines or for other machines of heading 8471, n.e.s..
▲ Expected to increase by 34.8% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity32 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity47 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
UNISNACKS EUROPE LTD
57 import declarations14 export declarationsSG18 *Ch. 03Ch. 09Ch. 10Ch. 15Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include sweet biscuits, bread, pastry, cakes, biscuits and other bakers' wares, whether or not containing cocoa; communion wafers, empty cachets of a kind suitable for pharmaceutical use, sealing wafers, rice paper and similar products (excl. crispbread, gingerbread and the, waffles and wafers.
▼ Expected to slow by 20.5% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity57 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity14 in the last 6 months
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What Biggleswade trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 294 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.
Appliances for pipes, boiler shells, tanks, vats or the like (excl. pressure-reducing valves, valves for the control of pneumatic power transmission, check "non-return" valves and safety or relief valves)Articles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire)Other bars and rods of stainless steel, not further worked than cold-formed or cold-finishedTable, kitchen or other household articles, and parts thereof, of stainless steel (excl. cans, boxes and similar containers of heading 7310; waste baskets; shovels, corkscrews and other articles of the nature of a work implement; articles of cutlery,Tricycles, scooters, pedal cars and similar wheeled toys; dolls' carriages; dolls; other toys; reduced-size "scale" recreational models, working or not; puzzles of all kindsTravelling-bags, insulated food or beverage bags, toilet bags, rucksacks, shopping-bags, map-cases, tool bags, sports bags, jewellery boxes, cutlery cases, binocular cases, camera cases, musical instrument cases, gun cases, holsters and similar contaReciprocating positive displacement pumps for liquids, 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)Bars and rods of stainless steel, only hot-rolled, only hot-drawn or only hot-extruded, of circular cross-section
Common questions about trade in Biggleswade
How many businesses import or export from Biggleswade?
HMRC customs records show 294 businesses in Biggleswade (SG18) filed declarations over the last six months — 3,363 import declarations and 1,007 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.
What do Biggleswade businesses import most?
The most common category is electrical machinery and electronics. Across all Biggleswade traders the leading goods are appliances for pipes, boiler shells, tanks, vats or the like (excl. pressure-reducing valves, valves for the control of pneumatic power transmission, check "non-return" valves and safety or relief valves), articles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire), other bars and rods of stainless steel, not further worked than cold-formed or cold-finished, table, kitchen or other household articles, and parts thereof, of stainless steel (excl. cans, boxes and similar containers of heading 7310; waste baskets; shovels, corkscrews and other articles of the nature of a work implement; articles of cutlery,. You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Biggleswade growing?
Import activity is down 26.1% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 13.8%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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