Town trade profile · CB22

Sawston importers & exporters

Q: How many businesses import or export from Sawston?

HMRC customs records show 150 businesses in Sawston (CB22) filed declarations over the last six months — 1,934 import declarations and 757 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.

Q: What do Sawston businesses import most?

The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Sawston 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, wine of fresh grapes, incl. fortified wines, and grape must whose fermentation has been arrested by the addition of alcohol, in containers of <= 2 l (excl. sparkling wine), 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, cell cultures, whether or not modified (excl. cell therapy products). You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.

Q: Is trade from Sawston growing?

Import activity is down 10.1% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to rise by roughly 0.5%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.

Q: How do I get contact details for Sawston importers?

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HMRC records show 150 businesses trading internationally from Sawston over the last six months. It ranks 8 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 0.5% 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

1,934Import declarations▼ 10.1% on the 6 months before

757Export declarations

+0.5%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data

150Trading 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 150 businesses.

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★ Most active in SawstonFiled more customs declarations than any other Sawston business over the last six months — roughly 26% of the town's total import activity, mostly in mineral fuels and oils.

Most active business

SERVICES MACHINERY & TRUCKS LTD

497 import declarations 59 export declarations CB22 *Ch. 27Ch. 34Ch. 38Ch. 39 Active in 5 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include 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), hydraulic power engines and motors, linear acting "cylinders", 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 slow by 3.2% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity497 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity59 in the last 6 months

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Among the most active

PRS GUITARS INTERNATIONAL LTD

32 import declarations 38 export declarations CB22 *Ch. 34Ch. 39Ch. 41Ch. 42 Active in 5 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include accordions and musical instruments without keyboards, the sound of which is produced, or must be amplified, electrically, parts and accessories for musical instruments, the sound of which is produced, or must be amplified, electrically, n.e.s., parts and accessories for string musical instruments without keyboards, n.e.s. (excl. strings and those for musical instruments, the sound of which is produced, or must be amplified, electrically).

▲ Expected to increase by 6.2% 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 activity38 in the last 6 months

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Among the most active

ROBERTO PARTS LTD

40 import declarations 29 export declarations CB22 *Ch. 39Ch. 49Ch. 65Ch. 73 Active in 5 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include 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, parts and accessories, for tractors, motor vehicles for the transport of ten or more persons, motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of persons, motor vehicles for the transport of goods and special purpose motor v, gear boxes and parts thereof, for tractors, motor vehicles for the transport of ten or more persons, motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of persons, motor vehicles for the transport of goods and special purpose.

▲ Expected to increase by 94.7% 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 activity29 in the last 6 months

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Among the most active

MOOD FOODS LTD

45 import declarations 15 export declarations CB22 *Ch. 08Ch. 09Ch. 11Ch. 12 Active in 5 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include chocolate and other preparations containing cocoa, in blocks, slabs or bars of <= 2 kg (excl. filled), sugars in solid form, incl. invert sugar and chemically pure maltose, and sugar and sugar syrup blends containing in the dry state 50% by weight of fructose, not flavoured or coloured, artificial honey, whether or not mixed with natural honey and car, chocolate and other preparations containing cocoa, in blocks, slabs or bars of <= 2 kg, filled.

▲ Expected to increase by 10.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity45 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity15 in the last 6 months

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Among the most active

ALTEMISLAB LTD

19 import declarations 41 export declarations CB22 *Ch. 29Ch. 38Ch. 39Ch. 84 Active in 5 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include machinery for filling, closing, sealing or labelling bottles, cans, boxes, bags or other containers; machinery for capsuling bottles, jars, tubes and similar containers; machinery for aerating beverages, parts of dishwashing machines, packing or wrapping machinery and other machinery and apparatus of heading 8422, n.e.s., refrigerating or freezing equipment (excl. refrigerating and freezing furniture).

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

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity19 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity41 in the last 6 months

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What Sawston trades

The most frequently declared goods across all 150 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 AWine of fresh grapes, incl. fortified wines, and grape must whose fermentation has been arrested by the addition of alcohol, in containers of <= 2 l (excl. sparkling wine)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 phenothiazineCell cultures, whether or not modified (excl. cell therapy products)Certified reference materialsAccordions and musical instruments without keyboards, the sound of which is produced, or must be amplified, electricallyAntisera and other blood fractionsTricycles, scooters, pedal cars and similar wheeled toys; dolls' carriages; dolls; other toys; reduced-size "scale" recreational models, working or not; puzzles of all kinds

Common questions about trade in Sawston

How many businesses import or export from Sawston?

HMRC customs records show 150 businesses in Sawston (CB22) filed declarations over the last six months — 1,934 import declarations and 757 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.

What do Sawston businesses import most?

The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Sawston 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, wine of fresh grapes, incl. fortified wines, and grape must whose fermentation has been arrested by the addition of alcohol, in containers of <= 2 l (excl. sparkling wine), 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, cell cultures, whether or not modified (excl. cell therapy products). You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.

Is trade from Sawston growing?

Import activity is down 10.1% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to rise by roughly 0.5%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.

How do I get contact details for Sawston importers?

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Sawston importers & exporters

Top 10 businesses by 6-month activity Free tier

SERVICES MACHINERY & TRUCKS LTD

PRS GUITARS INTERNATIONAL LTD

ROBERTO PARTS LTD

MOOD FOODS LTD

ALTEMISLAB LTD

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What Sawston trades

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