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Chelmsford importers & exporters

Q: How many businesses import or export from Chelmsford?

HMRC customs records show 489 businesses in Chelmsford (CM1, CM2, CM3) filed declarations over the last six months — 5,374 import declarations and 2,635 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.

Q: What do Chelmsford businesses import most?

The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Chelmsford traders the leading goods are articles of plastics and articles of other materials of heading 3901 to 3914, n.e.s (excl. goods of 9619), articles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire), boards, cabinets and similar combinations of apparatus for electric control or the distribution of electricity, for a voltage <= 1.000 v, static converters. You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.

Q: Is trade from Chelmsford growing?

Import activity is down 1.9% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to rise by roughly 0.1%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.

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

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489 businesses in Chelmsford appear in HMRC customs records for the last six months. It ranks 4 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 pick up by around 0.1% over the next three months.

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5,374Import declarations▼ 1.9% on the 6 months before

2,635Export declarations

+0.1%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data

489Trading 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 489 businesses.

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★ Most active in ChelmsfordFiled more customs declarations than any other Chelmsford business over the last six months — roughly 11% of the town's total import activity, mostly in salt, stone, plaster and cement.

Most active business

TELEDYNE UK LIMITED

587 import declarations 349 export declarations CM1 *Ch. 25Ch. 28Ch. 29Ch. 30 Active in 6 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include instruments, appliances and machines for measuring or checking, not elsewhere specified in chapter 90 (excl. optical), instruments and appliances used in geodesy, topography, hydrography, oceanography, hydrology, meteorology or geophysics (excl. compasses, rangefinders, theodolites, tachymeters "tacheometers", levels and photogrammetrical surveying instruments and ap, articles of copper, n.e.s..

▼ Expected to slow by 3.2% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity587 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity349 in the last 6 months

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Among the most active

ZIEHL-ABEGG UK LIMITED

117 import declarations 17 export declarations CM2 *Ch. 39Ch. 73Ch. 76Ch. 84 Active in 6 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include fans (excl. table, floor, wall, window, ceiling or roof fans, with a self-contained electric motor of an output <= 125 w), regulating or controlling instruments and apparatus (excl. hydraulic or pneumatic, manostats, thermostats, and taps, cocks and valves of heading 8481), flywheels and pulleys, incl. pulley blocks.

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

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity117 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity17 in the last 6 months

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Among the most active

XOMETRY UK LTD.

300 import declarations 11 export declarations CM1 *Ch. 39Ch. 72Ch. 73Ch. 74 Active in 6 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include parts of machines and mechanical appliances, n.e.s., 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, parts suitable for use solely or principally with electric motors and generators, electric generating sets and rotary converters, n.e.s..

▲ Expected to increase by 15.6% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity300 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity11 in the last 6 months

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Among the most active

INTERNATIONAL FOOD LINK LTD

37 import declarations 241 export declarations CM2 *Ch. 03Ch. 04Ch. 07Ch. 08 Active in 6 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include bread, pastry, cakes, biscuits and other bakers' wares, whether or not containing cocoa; communion wafers, empty cachets of a kind suitable for pharmaceutical use, sealing wafers, rice paper and similar products (excl. crispbread, gingerbread and the, food preparations, n.e.s., edible mixtures or preparations of animal or vegetable fats or oils and edible fractions of different fats or oils (excl. fats, oils and their fractions, partly or wholly hydrogenated, inter-esterified, re-esterified or elaidinised, whether or not re.

▲ Expected to increase by 15.8% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity37 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity241 in the last 6 months

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Among the most active

CADMUS DISTRIBUTION GROUP LI MITED

86 import declarations 101 export declarations CM2 *Ch. 27Ch. 29Ch. 33Ch. 38 Active in 6 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include gas or smoke analysis apparatus, breathing appliances and gas masks, incl. parts and accessories (excl. protective masks having neither mechanical parts nor replaceable filters, and artificial respiration or other therapeutic respiration apparatus), 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 activity86 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity101 in the last 6 months

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What Chelmsford trades

The most frequently declared goods across all 489 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.

Articles of plastics and articles of other materials of heading 3901 to 3914, n.e.s (excl. goods of 9619)Articles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire)Boards, cabinets and similar combinations of apparatus for electric control or the distribution of electricity, for a voltage <= 1.000 VStatic convertersInstruments, appliances and machines for measuring or checking, not elsewhere specified in chapter 90 (excl. optical)Gas or smoke analysis apparatusMicrotomes; 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 measuringFresh or chilled cuts and edible offal of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus

Common questions about trade in Chelmsford

How many businesses import or export from Chelmsford?

HMRC customs records show 489 businesses in Chelmsford (CM1, CM2, CM3) filed declarations over the last six months — 5,374 import declarations and 2,635 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.

What do Chelmsford businesses import most?

The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Chelmsford traders the leading goods are articles of plastics and articles of other materials of heading 3901 to 3914, n.e.s (excl. goods of 9619), articles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire), boards, cabinets and similar combinations of apparatus for electric control or the distribution of electricity, for a voltage <= 1.000 v, static converters. You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.

Is trade from Chelmsford growing?

Import activity is down 1.9% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to rise by roughly 0.1%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.

How do I get contact details for Chelmsford importers?

Create an account to see all 489 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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Chelmsford importers & exporters

Top 10 businesses by 6-month activity Free tier

TELEDYNE UK LIMITED

ZIEHL-ABEGG UK LIMITED

XOMETRY UK LTD.

INTERNATIONAL FOOD LINK LTD

CADMUS DISTRIBUTION GROUP LI MITED

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What Chelmsford trades

Common questions about trade in Chelmsford

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