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Cambridge (Cambridge) importers & exporters

Q: How many businesses import or export from Cambridge (Cambridge)?

HMRC customs records show 463 businesses in Cambridge (Cambridge) (CB1, CB2, CB3, CB4) filed declarations over the last six months — 4,280 import declarations and 2,534 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.

Q: What do Cambridge (Cambridge) businesses import most?

The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Cambridge (Cambridge) traders the leading goods are 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, immunological products, put up in measured doses or in forms or packings for retail sale (excl. diagnostic reagents), 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, parts and accessories of automatic data-processing machines or for other machines of heading 8471, n.e.s.. You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.

Q: Is trade from Cambridge (Cambridge) growing?

Import activity is down 11.6% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 6.7%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.

Q: How do I get contact details for Cambridge (Cambridge) importers?

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HMRC records show 463 businesses trading internationally from Cambridge (Cambridge) over the last six months. That puts it second in Cambridgeshire for trade activity. Most of that activity sits in machinery and mechanical appliances, electrical machinery and electronics, optical, photographic and medical instruments. Looking ahead, our model expects import activity here to ease back by around 6.7% 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

4,280Import declarations▼ 11.6% on the 6 months before

2,534Export declarations

−6.7%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data

463Trading 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 463 businesses.

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★ Most active in Cambridge (Cambridge)Filed more customs declarations than any other Cambridge (Cambridge) business over the last six months — roughly 9% of the town's total import activity, mostly in live animals.

Most active business

THE CHANCELLOR MASTERS & SCHOLARS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE

369 import declarations 73 export declarations CB3 *Ch. 01Ch. 05Ch. 13Ch. 21 Active in 5 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include preparations of a kind used in animal feeding (excl. dog or cat food put up for retail sale), 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, antisera and other blood fractions.

▼ Expected to slow by 2.7% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity369 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity73 in the last 6 months

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Among the most active

CHEFFINS

11 import declarations 166 export declarations CB1 *Ch. 40Ch. 49Ch. 68Ch. 69 Active in 5 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include antiques, over 100 but at most 250 years old, paintings, e.g. oil paintings, watercolours and pastels, and drawings executed entirely by hand, over 100 years old (excl. technical drawings and the like of heading 4906, and hand-painted or hand-decorated manufactured articles), paintings, e.g. oil paintings, watercolours and pastels, and drawings executed entirely by hand (excl. over 100 years old, and technical drawings and the like of heading 4906, and hand-painted or hand-decorated manufactured articles).

▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity11 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity166 in the last 6 months

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Among the most active

QUALCOMM TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL, LTD .

65 import declarations 51 export declarations CB4 *Ch. 21Ch. 33Ch. 39Ch. 42 Active in 5 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include data-processing machines, automatic, portable, weighing <= 10 kg, consisting of at least a central processing unit, a keyboard and a display (excl. peripheral units), processing units for automatic data-processing machines, whether or not containing in the same housing one or two of the following types of unit: storage units, input units, output units (excl. those of heading 8471.41 or 8471.49 and excl. peripheral, units for automatic data-processing machines (excl. processing units, input or output units and storage units).

▼ Expected to slow by 23.4% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity65 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity51 in the last 6 months

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ENDOMAGNETICS LIMITED

44 import declarations 69 export declarations CB4 *Ch. 30Ch. 33Ch. 39Ch. 40 Active in 5 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include opacifying preparations for x-ray examinations; diagnostic reagents for administration to patients, trunks, suitcases, vanity cases, executive-cases, briefcases, school satchels and similar containers, with outer surface of plastics or textile materials, articles of cobalt, n.e.s..

▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity44 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity69 in the last 6 months

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Among the most active

INCA DIGITAL PRINTERS LTD

40 import declarations 72 export declarations CB1 *Ch. 29Ch. 32Ch. 38Ch. 39 Active in 5 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include 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), data-processing machines, automatic, portable, weighing <= 10 kg, consisting of at least a central processing unit, a keyboard and a display (excl. peripheral units), refrigerating or freezing equipment (excl. refrigerating and freezing furniture).

▼ Expected to slow by 35.3% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity40 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity72 in the last 6 months

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What Cambridge (Cambridge) trades

The most frequently declared goods across all 463 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.

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 AImmunological products, put up in measured doses or in forms or packings for retail sale (excl. diagnostic reagents)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 phenothiazineParts and accessories of automatic data-processing machines or for other machines of heading 8471, n.e.s.Certified reference materialsData-processing machines, automatic, portable, weighing <= 10 kg, consisting of at least a central processing unit, a keyboard and a display (excl. peripheral units)Antisera and other blood fractionsParts 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)

Common questions about trade in Cambridge (Cambridge)

How many businesses import or export from Cambridge (Cambridge)?

HMRC customs records show 463 businesses in Cambridge (Cambridge) (CB1, CB2, CB3, CB4) filed declarations over the last six months — 4,280 import declarations and 2,534 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.

What do Cambridge (Cambridge) businesses import most?

The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Cambridge (Cambridge) traders the leading goods are 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, immunological products, put up in measured doses or in forms or packings for retail sale (excl. diagnostic reagents), 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, parts and accessories of automatic data-processing machines or for other machines of heading 8471, n.e.s.. You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.

Is trade from Cambridge (Cambridge) growing?

Import activity is down 11.6% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 6.7%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.

How do I get contact details for Cambridge (Cambridge) importers?

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Cambridge (Cambridge) importers & exporters

Top 10 businesses by 6-month activity Free tier

THE CHANCELLOR MASTERS & SCHOLARS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE

CHEFFINS

QUALCOMM TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL, LTD .

ENDOMAGNETICS LIMITED

INCA DIGITAL PRINTERS LTD

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