Town trade profile · CB22

Sawston importers & exporters

Q: How many businesses import or export from Sawston?

HMRC customs records show 151 businesses in Sawston (CB22) filed declarations over the last six months — 2,263 import declarations and 881 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), articles of plastics and articles of other materials of heading 3901 to 3914, n.e.s (excl. goods of 9619), certified reference materials. You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.

Q: Is trade from Sawston growing?

Import activity is up 5.7% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to rise by roughly 9.4%. 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 151 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 9.4% over the next three months.

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2,263Import declarations▲ 5.7% on the 6 months before

881Export declarations

+9.4%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data

151Trading 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 151 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

580 import declarations 70 export declarations CB22 *Ch. 27Ch. 34Ch. 38Ch. 39 Active in 6 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), boards, cabinets and similar combinations of apparatus for electric control or the distribution of electricity, for a voltage <= 1.000 v, hydraulic power engines and motors, linear acting "cylinders".

▲ Expected to increase by 4.3% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity580 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity70 in the last 6 months

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Among the most active

PULPEX LIMITED

54 import declarations 11 export declarations CB22 *Ch. 32Ch. 34Ch. 38Ch. 39 Active in 6 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include woven cloth, incl. endless bands, of stainless steel wire (excl. woven products of metal fibres of a kind used for cladding, lining or similar purposes and endless bands for machinery), blow-moulding machines for working rubber or plastics, plates, sheets and strip, of non-alloy aluminium, of a thickness of > 0,2 mm, square or rectangular (excl. expanded plates, sheets and strip).

▲ Expected to increase by 150.0% 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 activity11 in the last 6 months

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Among the most active

HEXCEL COMPOSITES LIMITED

161 import declarations 90 export declarations CB22 *Ch. 28Ch. 29Ch. 32Ch. 34 Active in 6 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include organo-sulphur compounds (excl. thiocarbamates and dithiocarbamates, thiuram mono-, di- or tetrasulphides, methionine, 2-(n,n-diethylamino)ethanethiol, bis(2-hydroxyethyl)sulfide (thiodiglycol (inn)), aldicarb [iso], captafol [iso], methamidophos [is, epoxide resins, in primary forms, articles of carbon fibres, for non-electrical purposes (excl. fabrics).

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

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity161 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity90 in the last 6 months

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Among the most active

HUNTSMAN ADVANCED MATERIALS (UK) LTD

0 import declarations 103 export declarations CB22 *Ch. 25Ch. 29Ch. 32Ch. 35 Active in 6 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include chemical products and preparations of the chemical or allied industries, incl. those consisting of mixtures of natural products, n.e.s., adhesives based on polymers of headings 3901 to 3913 or on rubber (excl. put up for retail sale with a net weight of <= 1 kg), epoxide resins, in primary forms.

▼ Expected to slow by 100.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity0 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity103 in the last 6 months

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Among the most active

HOST BIO-ENERGY UK LIMITED

98 import declarations 2 export declarations CB22 *Ch. 27Ch. 29Ch. 34Ch. 38 Active in 6 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include parts of: air or vacuum pumps, air or other gas compressors, fans and ventilating or recycling hoods incorporating a fan, and gas-tight biological safety cabinets, 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, parts of agricultural, horticultural, forestry or bee-keeping machinery, n.e.s..

▲ Expected to increase by 7.7% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity98 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity2 in the last 6 months

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What Sawston trades

The most frequently declared goods across all 151 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)Articles of plastics and articles of other materials of heading 3901 to 3914, n.e.s (excl. goods of 9619)Certified reference materialsNucleic 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 phenothiazineMicrotomes; 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 measuringCell cultures, whether or not modified (excl. cell therapy products)Instruments, appliances and machines for measuring or checking, not elsewhere specified in chapter 90 (excl. optical)

Common questions about trade in Sawston

How many businesses import or export from Sawston?

HMRC customs records show 151 businesses in Sawston (CB22) filed declarations over the last six months — 2,263 import declarations and 881 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), articles of plastics and articles of other materials of heading 3901 to 3914, n.e.s (excl. goods of 9619), certified reference materials. You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.

Is trade from Sawston growing?

Import activity is up 5.7% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to rise by roughly 9.4%. 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

PULPEX LIMITED

HEXCEL COMPOSITES LIMITED

HUNTSMAN ADVANCED MATERIALS (UK) LTD

HOST BIO-ENERGY UK LIMITED

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