HMRC records show 128 businesses trading internationally from Histon and Impington over the last six months. It ranks 10 of 17 trading locations in Cambridgeshire. Most of that activity sits in electrical machinery and electronics, machinery and mechanical appliances, optical and medical instruments. Looking ahead, our model expects import activity here to pick up by around 7.7% 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
1,568Import declarations▲ 8.9% on the 6 months before
980Export declarations
+7.7%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
128Trading businesses
Top 5 businesses by 6-month activity Free tier
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★ Most active in Histon and ImpingtonFiled more customs declarations than any other Histon and Impington business over the last six months — roughly 7% of the town's total import activity, mostly in pharmaceuticals.
Most active business
CMR SURGICAL LIMITED
115 import declarations129 export declarationsCB24 *Ch. 30Ch. 33Ch. 39Ch. 40Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include instruments and appliances used in medical, surgical or veterinary sciences, n.e.s., instruments, apparatus and models designed for demonstrational purposes, e.g. in education or exhibitions, unsuitable for other uses (excl. ground flying trainers of heading 8805, collectors' pieces of heading 9705 and antiques of an age > 100 years, articles of plastics and articles of other materials of heading 3901 to 3914, n.e.s (excl. goods of 9619).
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity115 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity129 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
ENVEA UK LTD
100 import declarations43 export declarationsCB24 *Ch. 28Ch. 34Ch. 38Ch. 39Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include gas or smoke analysis apparatus, 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 physical or chemical analysis, using uv, visible or ir optical radiations (excl. spectrometers, spectrophotometers, spectrographs, and gas or smoke analysis apparatus).
▲ Expected to increase by 12.5% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity100 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity43 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
AIXTRON LTD
62 import declarations54 export declarationsCB24 *Ch. 28Ch. 29Ch. 38Ch. 39Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include retorts, crucibles, mufflers, nozzles, plugs, supports, cupels, tubes, pipes, sheaths, rods, slide gates and other refractory ceramic goods, containing by weight > 50% free carbon (excl. refractory bricks, blocks, tiles and similar refractory ceramic, articles of graphite or carbon, for non-electrical purposes (excl. carbon fibres and articles of carbon fibres), 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).
▼ Expected to slow by 6.5% 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 activity54 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
MIDSUMMER ENERGY LTD
177 import declarations17 export declarationsCB24 *Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 48Ch. 49Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include static converters, structures and parts of structures, of aluminium, n.e.s., and plates, rods, profiles, tubes and the like, prepared for use in structures, of aluminium, n.e.s. (excl. prefabricated buildings of heading 9406, doors and windows and their frames and thre, structures and parts of structures, of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. bridges and bridge-sections, towers and lattice masts, doors and windows and their frames, thresholds for doors, props and similar equipment for scaffolding, shuttering, propping or.
▲ Expected to increase by 21.6% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity177 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity17 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
CAMLAB LTD
122 import declarations50 export declarationsCB24 *Ch. 25Ch. 28Ch. 30Ch. 32Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include 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, articles of plastics and articles of other materials of heading 3901 to 3914, n.e.s (excl. goods of 9619), 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..
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity122 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity50 in the last 6 months
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What Histon and Impington trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 128 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)Instruments, appliances and machines for measuring or checking, not elsewhere specified in chapter 90 (excl. optical)Instruments and appliances used in medical, surgical or veterinary sciences, n.e.s.Instruments and apparatus for physical or chemical analysis, using UV, visible or IR optical radiations (excl. spectrometers, spectrophotometers, spectrographs, and gas or smoke analysis apparatus)Static convertersInstruments 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.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 AGas or smoke analysis apparatus
Common questions about trade in Histon and Impington
How many businesses import or export from Histon and Impington?
HMRC customs records show 128 businesses in Histon and Impington (CB24) filed declarations over the last six months — 1,568 import declarations and 980 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.
What do Histon and Impington businesses import most?
The most common category is electrical machinery and electronics. Across all Histon and Impington 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), instruments, appliances and machines for measuring or checking, not elsewhere specified in chapter 90 (excl. optical), instruments and appliances used in medical, surgical or veterinary sciences, n.e.s., instruments and apparatus for physical or chemical analysis, using uv, visible or ir optical radiations (excl. spectrometers, spectrophotometers, spectrographs, and gas or smoke analysis apparatus). You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Histon and Impington growing?
Import activity is up 8.9% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to rise by roughly 7.7%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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