Town trade profile · CB21

South Cambridgeshire importers & exporters

73 businesses in South Cambridgeshire appear in HMRC customs records for the last six months. It ranks 13 of 17 trading locations in Cambridgeshire. Most of that activity sits in machinery and mechanical appliances, electrical machinery and electronics, optical and medical instruments. Looking ahead, our model expects import activity here to pick up by around 3.4% 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

1,279Import declarations▲ 3.6% on the 6 months before

381Export declarations

+3.4%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data

73Trading businesses

Top 5 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 73 businesses.

★ Most active in South CambridgeshireFiled more customs declarations than any other South Cambridgeshire business over the last six months — roughly 21% of the town's total import activity, mostly in HS chapter 05.

Most active business

ILLUMINA CAMBRIDGE LIMITED

271 import declarations 89 export declarations CB21 *Ch. 05Ch. 28Ch. 29Ch. 30 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., 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, microtomes; 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 measuring.

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

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity271 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity89 in the last 6 months

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Among the most active

HEO (UK) LIMITED

90 import declarations Imports only CB21 *Ch. 39Ch. 42Ch. 44Ch. 48 Active in 6 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include tricycles, scooters, pedal cars and similar wheeled toys; dolls' carriages; dolls; other toys; reduced-size "scale" recreational models, working or not; puzzles of all kinds, statuettes and other ornamental articles, of plastics, 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 activity90 in the last 6 months

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

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Among the most active

BICYCLETX LIMITED

67 import declarations 15 export declarations CB21 *Ch. 21Ch. 28Ch. 29Ch. 30 Active in 6 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include separate chemically defined organic compounds, n.e.s., heterocyclic compounds with nitrogen hetero-atom[s] only (excl. those containing an unfused pyrazole, imidazole, pyridine or triazine ring, whether or not hydrogenated, a quinoline or isoquinoline ring-system, not further fused, whether or not hydrog, 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.

▲ Expected to increase by 6.5% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity67 in the last 6 months

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

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Among the most active

PRIOR SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS LTD

75 import declarations 84 export declarations CB21 *Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 70Ch. 71 Active in 6 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include articles of aluminium, n.e.s., parts and accessories for compound optical microscopes, n.e.s., instruments, appliances and machines for measuring or checking, not elsewhere specified in chapter 90 (excl. optical).

▲ Expected to increase by 5.1% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity75 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity84 in the last 6 months

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Among the most active

S&B HERBA FOODS LIMITED

118 import declarations 14 export declarations CB21 *Ch. 07Ch. 10Ch. 11Ch. 19 Active in 6 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include semi-milled or wholly milled rice, whether or not polished or glazed, husked or brown rice, cereal flours (excl. wheat, meslin and maize).

▲ Expected to increase by 8.8% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity118 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity14 in the last 6 months

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What South Cambridgeshire trades

The most frequently declared goods across all 73 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.

Tricycles, scooters, pedal cars and similar wheeled toys; dolls' carriages; dolls; other toys; reduced-size "scale" recreational models, working or not; puzzles of all kindsDiagnostic 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 AHerbicides, anti-sprouting products and plant-growth regulators, put up in forms or packings for retail sale or as preparations or articles (excl. goods of subheading 3808.59)Semi-milled or wholly milled rice, whether or not polished or glazedArticles of plastics and articles of other materials of heading 3901 to 3914, n.e.s (excl. goods of 9619)Fungicides, put up in forms or packings for retail sale or as preparations or articles (excl. goods of subheading 3808.59)Microtomes; 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 measuringNucleic 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

Common questions about trade in South Cambridgeshire

How many businesses import or export from South Cambridgeshire?

HMRC customs records show 73 businesses in South Cambridgeshire (CB21) filed declarations over the last six months — 1,279 import declarations and 381 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.

What do South Cambridgeshire businesses import most?

The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all South Cambridgeshire traders the leading goods are tricycles, scooters, pedal cars and similar wheeled toys; dolls' carriages; dolls; other toys; reduced-size "scale" recreational models, working or not; puzzles of all kinds, 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, herbicides, anti-sprouting products and plant-growth regulators, put up in forms or packings for retail sale or as preparations or articles (excl. goods of subheading 3808.59), semi-milled or wholly milled rice, whether or not polished or glazed. You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.

Is trade from South Cambridgeshire growing?

Import activity is up 3.6% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to rise by roughly 3.4%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.

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South Cambridgeshire importers & exporters

Top 5 businesses by 6-month activity Free tier

ILLUMINA CAMBRIDGE LIMITED

HEO (UK) LIMITED

BICYCLETX LIMITED

PRIOR SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS LTD

S&B HERBA FOODS LIMITED

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