HMRC records show 116 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 machinery and mechanical appliances, electrical machinery and electronics, optical, photographic and medical instruments. Looking ahead, our model expects import activity here to pick up by around 0.0% 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
1,318Import declarations▼ 9.9% on the 6 months before
809Export declarations
+0.0%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
116Trading 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 116 businesses.
★ 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
89 import declarations111 export declarationsCB24 *Ch. 30Ch. 33Ch. 39Ch. 40Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include articles of aluminium, n.e.s., data-processing machines, automatic, portable, weighing <= 10 kg, consisting of at least a central processing unit, a keyboard and a display (excl. peripheral units), ball bearings.
▼ Expected to slow by 12.3% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity89 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity111 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
AIXTRON LTD
54 import declarations40 export declarationsCB24 *Ch. 28Ch. 29Ch. 38Ch. 39Active in 5 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 17.2% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity54 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity40 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
U Q G LTD
44 import declarations49 export declarationsCB24 *Ch. 28Ch. 34Ch. 35Ch. 39Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include articles of glass, n.e.s., sheets or profiles of glass, whether or not having an absorbent, reflecting or non-reflecting layer, bent, edge-worked, engraved, enamelled or otherwise worked, but not framed or fitted with other materials (excl. safety glass, multiple-walled insula, laboratory, hygienic or pharmaceutical glassware, whether or not graduated or calibrated (excl. glass having a linear coefficient of expansion <= 5 x 10 -6 per kelvin within a temperature range of 0 c to 300 c or of fused quartz or other fused silica.
▼ Expected to slow by 10.5% 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 activity49 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
INDUSTRIAL INKJET LTD
28 import declarations61 export declarationsCB24 *Ch. 29Ch. 32Ch. 34Ch. 38Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include printing ink, whether or not concentrated or solid (excl. black ink), black printing ink, whether or not concentrated or solid, ink, whether or not concentrated or solid (excl. printing ink).
▼ Expected to slow by 25.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity28 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity61 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
TER (UK) LIMITED
79 import declarations5 export declarationsCB24 *Ch. 12Ch. 13Ch. 15Ch. 27Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include synthetic rubber and factice derived from oils, in primary forms or in plates, sheets or strip (excl. latex, styrene-butadiene rubber "sbr", carboxylated styrene-butadiene rubber "xsbr", butadiene rubber "br", isobutylene isoprene rubber "iir", halo-, styrene-butadiene rubber "sbr"; carboxylated styrene-butadiene rubber "xsbr", in primary forms or in plates, sheets or strip (excl. latex), pigments and preparations based on titanium dioxide of a kind used for colouring any material or produce colorant preparations, containing >= 80% by weight of titanium dioxide calculated on the dry matter (excl. preparations of heading 3207, 3208, 32.
▼ Expected to slow by 8.9% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity79 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity5 in the last 6 months
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What Histon and Impington trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 116 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.
Articles of glass, n.e.s.Articles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire)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 ANucleic 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 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)Medium oils and preparations, of petroleum or bituminous minerals, not containing biodiesel, n.e.s.Machinery, plant or laboratory equipment, whether or not electrically heated, for the treatment of materials by a process involving a change of temperature such as heating, cooking, roasting, sterilising, pasteurising, steaming, evaporating, vaporisiLaboratory, hygienic or pharmaceutical glassware, whether or not graduated or calibrated (excl. glass having a linear coefficient of expansion <= 5 x 10 -6 per kelvin within a temperature range of 0 C to 300 C or of fused quartz or other fused silica
Common questions about trade in Histon and Impington
How many businesses import or export from Histon and Impington?
HMRC customs records show 116 businesses in Histon and Impington (CB24) filed declarations over the last six months — 1,318 import declarations and 809 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 machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Histon and Impington traders the leading goods are articles of glass, n.e.s., articles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire), 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, 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. You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Histon and Impington growing?
Import activity is down 9.9% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to rise by roughly 0.0%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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