HMRC records show 101 businesses trading internationally from Burwell over the last six months. It ranks 9 of 17 trading locations in Cambridgeshire. Most of that activity sits in machinery and mechanical appliances, electrical machinery and electronics, optical and medical instruments. Looking ahead, our model expects import activity here to pick up by around 18.3% over the next three months.
Refreshed every 24 hours · last run 22 Aug 2026, 20:36HMRC release in view: Jun 26Snapshot: 2026-08-22.1
1,555Import declarations▲ 0.1% on the 6 months before
1,012Export declarations
+18.3%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
101Trading businesses
Top 5 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 101 businesses.
★ Most active in BurwellFiled more customs declarations than any other Burwell business over the last six months — roughly 9% of the town's total import activity, mostly in organic chemicals.
Most active business
XAAR TECHNOLOGY LTD
147 import declarations114 export declarationsCB25 *Ch. 29Ch. 32Ch. 35Ch. 37Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include printed circuits, parts and accessories of printers, copying machines and facsimile machines, n.e.s. (excl. of printing machinery used for printing by means of plates, cylinders and other printing components of heading 8442), printing ink, whether or not concentrated or solid (excl. black ink).
▲ Expected to increase by 36.5% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity147 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity114 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
ROMIL LTD
20 import declarations114 export declarationsCB25 *Ch. 22Ch. 25Ch. 27Ch. 28Active in 6 of the last 6 months
▼ Expected to slow by 6.2% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity20 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity114 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
MTS SUCTION SYSTEMS UK LTD
109 import declarations3 export declarationsCB25 *Ch. 27Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 73Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include valves for oleohydraulic or pneumatic transmission, parts of machinery and apparatus for filtering or purifying liquids or gases, n.e.s., gears and gearing for machinery (excl. toothed wheels, chain sprockets and other transmission elements presented separately); ball or roller screws; gear boxes and other speed changers, incl. torque converters.
▲ Expected to increase by 43.3% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity109 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity3 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
SEPURA LIMITED
127 import declarations131 export declarationsCB25 *Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 42Ch. 44Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include trunks, suitcases, vanity cases, executive-cases, briefcases, school satchels and similar containers, with outer surface of plastics or textile materials, 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, static converters.
▼ Expected to slow by 19.1% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity127 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity131 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
INTERCEPT MED LTD
160 import declarations20 export declarationsCB25 *Ch. 28Ch. 34Ch. 38Ch. 39Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include sacks and bags, incl. cones, of polymers of ethylene, parts of dishwashing machines, packing or wrapping machinery and other machinery and apparatus of heading 8422, n.e.s., machinery and apparatus for filtering or purifying gases (excl. isotope separators and intake air filters for internal combustion engines, and catalytic converters and particulate filters for purifying or filtering exhaust gases from internal combust.
▲ Expected to increase by 95.5% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity160 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity20 in the last 6 months
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What Burwell trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 101 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.
Articles of plastics and articles of other materials of heading 3901 to 3914, n.e.s (excl. goods of 9619)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 AMicrotomes; parts and accessories of instruments and apparatus for physical or chemical analysis, instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking viscosity, porosity, expansion, surface tension or the like, instruments and apparatus for measuringInstruments and appliances used in medical, surgical or veterinary sciences, n.e.s.Instruments and appliances used in geodesy, topography, hydrography, oceanography, hydrology, meteorology or geophysics (excl. compasses, rangefinders, theodolites, tachymeters "tacheometers", levels and photogrammetrical surveying instruments and apPrinted circuitsNucleic 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 phenothiazineSyringes, with or without needles, used in medical, surgical, dental or veterinary sciences
Common questions about trade in Burwell
How many businesses import or export from Burwell?
HMRC customs records show 101 businesses in Burwell (CB25) filed declarations over the last six months — 1,555 import declarations and 1,012 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.
What do Burwell businesses import most?
The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Burwell traders the leading goods are articles of plastics and articles of other materials of heading 3901 to 3914, n.e.s (excl. goods of 9619), 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, microtomes; parts and accessories of instruments and apparatus for physical or chemical analysis, instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking viscosity, porosity, expansion, surface tension or the like, instruments and apparatus for measuring, instruments and appliances used in medical, surgical or veterinary sciences, n.e.s.. You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Burwell growing?
Import activity is up 0.1% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to rise by roughly 18.3%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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