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Braintree importers & exporters

Q: How many businesses import or export from Braintree?

HMRC customs records show 129 businesses in Braintree (CM7, CO8) filed declarations over the last six months — 1,600 import declarations and 784 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.

Q: What do Braintree businesses import most?

The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Braintree traders the leading goods are preparations of a kind used in animal feeding (excl. dog or cat food put up for retail sale), articles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire), parts of aeroplanes, helicopters or unmanned aircraft, n.e.s. (excl. those for gliders), locks of base metal (excl. padlocks and locks for motor vehicles or furniture). You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.

Q: Is trade from Braintree growing?

Import activity is down 10.5% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 7.6%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.

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

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HMRC records show 129 businesses trading internationally from Braintree over the last six months. It ranks 9 of 41 trading locations in Essex. Most of that activity sits in machinery and mechanical appliances, electrical machinery and electronics, plastics and plastic articles. Looking ahead, our model expects import activity here to ease back by around 7.6% over the next three months.

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1,600Import declarations▼ 10.5% on the 6 months before

784Export declarations

−7.6%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data

129Trading 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 129 businesses.

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★ Most active in BraintreeFiled more customs declarations than any other Braintree business over the last six months — roughly 6% of the town's total import activity, mostly in plastics and plastic articles.

Most active business

FOXWAY CIRCULAR UK LTD

93 import declarations 94 export declarations CM7 *Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 48Ch. 69 Active in 5 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include parts and accessories of automatic data-processing machines or for other machines of heading 8471, n.e.s., storage units for automatic data-processing machines, data-processing machines, automatic, portable, weighing <= 10 kg, consisting of at least a central processing unit, a keyboard and a display (excl. peripheral units).

▼ Expected to slow by 6.2% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity93 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity94 in the last 6 months

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Among the most active

MICROMECH LTD

62 import declarations 25 export declarations CM7 *Ch. 39Ch. 49Ch. 73Ch. 84 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, bearing housings for machinery, not incorporating ball or roller bearings; plain shaft bearings for machinery, industrial robots, n.e.s..

▼ Expected to slow by 8.8% 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 activity25 in the last 6 months

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Among the most active

SENTEK LIMITED

48 import declarations 33 export declarations CM7 *Ch. 21Ch. 28Ch. 31Ch. 35 Active in 5 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include 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, 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, 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 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity48 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity33 in the last 6 months

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Among the most active

LEWDEN LTD

59 import declarations 16 export declarations CM7 *Ch. 12Ch. 32Ch. 39Ch. 48 Active in 5 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include calendars of any kinds, printed, incl. calendars blocks, trade advertising material, commercial catalogues and the like, interchangeable tools for pressing, stamping or punching.

▼ Expected to slow by 14.6% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

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

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity16 in the last 6 months

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Among the most active

SIFAM TINSLEY INSTRUMENTATION LIMITED

38 import declarations 36 export declarations CM7 *Ch. 21Ch. 39Ch. 49Ch. 82 Active in 5 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include time of day recording apparatus and apparatus for measuring, recording or otherwise indicating intervals of time, with clock or watch movement or with synchronous motor (excl. clocks of heading 9101 to 9105, time registers and time recorders), hand tools, incl. glaziers' diamonds, of base metal, n.e.s., preparations with a basis of extracts, essences or concentrates of coffee or with a basis of coffee.

▲ Expected to increase by 18.5% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity38 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity36 in the last 6 months

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What Braintree trades

The most frequently declared goods across all 129 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.

Preparations of a kind used in animal feeding (excl. dog or cat food put up for retail sale)Articles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire)Parts of aeroplanes, helicopters or unmanned aircraft, n.e.s. (excl. those for gliders)Locks of base metal (excl. padlocks and locks for motor vehicles or furniture)Parts and accessories of automatic data-processing machines or for other machines of heading 8471, 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)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)Labels, badges and similar articles, of textile materials, in the piece, in strips or cut to shape or size, woven, not embroidered

Common questions about trade in Braintree

How many businesses import or export from Braintree?

HMRC customs records show 129 businesses in Braintree (CM7, CO8) filed declarations over the last six months — 1,600 import declarations and 784 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.

What do Braintree businesses import most?

The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Braintree traders the leading goods are preparations of a kind used in animal feeding (excl. dog or cat food put up for retail sale), articles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire), parts of aeroplanes, helicopters or unmanned aircraft, n.e.s. (excl. those for gliders), locks of base metal (excl. padlocks and locks for motor vehicles or furniture). You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.

Is trade from Braintree growing?

Import activity is down 10.5% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 7.6%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.

How do I get contact details for Braintree importers?

Create an account to see all 129 businesses, open their Companies House records, run AI research on their website and buying signals, and reveal validated email and LinkedIn contacts.

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Braintree importers & exporters

Top 10 businesses by 6-month activity Free tier

FOXWAY CIRCULAR UK LTD

MICROMECH LTD

SENTEK LIMITED

LEWDEN LTD

SIFAM TINSLEY INSTRUMENTATION LIMITED

119 more Braintree businesses

What Braintree trades

Common questions about trade in Braintree

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