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Hitchin importers & exporters

Q: How many businesses import or export from Hitchin?

HMRC customs records show 200 businesses in Hitchin (SG4, SG5) filed declarations over the last six months — 1,672 import declarations and 779 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.

Q: What do Hitchin businesses import most?

The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Hitchin 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, chocolate and other preparations containing cocoa, in containers or immediate packings of <= 2 kg (excl. in blocks, slabs or bars and cocoa powder), dog or cat food, put up for retail sale, wadding, gauze, bandages and the like, e.g. dressings, adhesive plasters, poultices, impregnated or covered with pharmaceutical substances or put up for retail sale for medical, surgical, dental or veterinary purposes (excl. adhesive dressings and ot. You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.

Q: Is trade from Hitchin growing?

Import activity is down 8.4% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 6.8%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.

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

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Over the last six months, 200 Hitchin businesses filed customs declarations. It ranks 13 of 31 trading locations in Hertfordshire. 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 6.8% over the next three months.

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1,672Import declarations▼ 8.4% on the 6 months before

779Export declarations

−6.8%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data

200Trading 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 200 businesses.

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★ Most active in HitchinFiled more customs declarations than any other Hitchin business over the last six months — roughly 8% of the town's total import activity, mostly in dairy, eggs and honey.

Most active business

ASTUTE HEALTHCARE LIMITED

139 import declarations 152 export declarations SG4 *Ch. 04Ch. 09Ch. 17Ch. 18 Active in 5 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include roasted coffee (excl. decaffeinated), sanitary towels (pads) and tampons, napkins and napkin liners, and similar articles, of any material, surface-active preparations, washing preparations, auxiliary washing preparations and cleaning preparations put up for retail sale (excl. organic surface-active agents, soap and organic surface-active preparations in the form of bars, cakes, moulded.

▲ Expected to increase by 16.7% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity139 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity152 in the last 6 months

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Among the most active

NEW ENGLAND BIOLABS (UK) LTD

41 import declarations 22 export declarations SG4 *Ch. 28Ch. 29Ch. 30Ch. 35 Active in 5 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include enzymes and prepared enzymes, n.e.s. (excl. rennet and concentrates thereof), 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, peptones and their derivatives; other protein substances and their derivatives, n.e.s.; hide powder, whether or not chromed (excl. organic or inorganic compounds of mercury whether or not chemically defined).

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

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

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity22 in the last 6 months

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Among the most active

PHOTODATA TEST SERVICES LTD

36 import declarations 26 export declarations SG4 *Ch. 37Ch. 38Ch. 39Ch. 40 Active in 5 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include photographic plates and film, exposed and developed (excl. products made of paper, paperboard or textiles, cinematographic film and ready-to-use printing plates), photographic plates and film in the flat, sensitised, unexposed, with any side > 255 mm, photographic plates and film in the flat for monochrome photography, sensitised, unexposed, of any material other than paper, paperboard or textiles (excl. x-ray film and photographic plates, film in the flat with any side > 255 mm, and instant print.

▼ Expected to slow by 16.7% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

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

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity26 in the last 6 months

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Among the most active

EURAQUA UK LIMITED

47 import declarations 11 export declarations SG5 *Ch. 25Ch. 28Ch. 39Ch. 59 Active in 5 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include parts of machinery and apparatus for filtering or purifying liquids or gases, n.e.s., machinery and apparatus for filtering or purifying water, parts of valves and similar articles for pipes, boiler shells, tanks, vats or the like, n.e.s..

▲ Expected to increase by 4.2% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity47 in the last 6 months

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

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Among the most active

FFE LIMITED

25 import declarations 28 export declarations SG4 *Ch. 29Ch. 39Ch. 42Ch. 49 Active in 5 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives of ketones or quinones (excl. chlordecone "iso" and inorganic or organic compounds of mercury), unwrought zinc alloys, base metal mountings, fittings and similar articles suitable for furniture (excl. locks with keys, hinges and castors).

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

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity25 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity28 in the last 6 months

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What Hitchin trades

The most frequently declared goods across all 200 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 kindsChocolate and other preparations containing cocoa, in containers or immediate packings of <= 2 kg (excl. in blocks, slabs or bars and cocoa powder)Dog or cat food, put up for retail saleWadding, gauze, bandages and the like, e.g. dressings, adhesive plasters, poultices, impregnated or covered with pharmaceutical substances or put up for retail sale for medical, surgical, dental or veterinary purposes (excl. adhesive dressings and otWine 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)Medicaments consisting of mixed or unmixed products for therapeutic or prophylactic purposes, put up in measured doses "incl. those for transdermal administration" or in forms or packings for retail sale (excl. containing antibiotics, hormones or stePreparations for use on the hair (excl. shampoos, preparations for permanent waving or straightening and hair lacquers)Nuts of iron or steel

Common questions about trade in Hitchin

How many businesses import or export from Hitchin?

HMRC customs records show 200 businesses in Hitchin (SG4, SG5) filed declarations over the last six months — 1,672 import declarations and 779 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.

What do Hitchin businesses import most?

The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Hitchin 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, chocolate and other preparations containing cocoa, in containers or immediate packings of <= 2 kg (excl. in blocks, slabs or bars and cocoa powder), dog or cat food, put up for retail sale, wadding, gauze, bandages and the like, e.g. dressings, adhesive plasters, poultices, impregnated or covered with pharmaceutical substances or put up for retail sale for medical, surgical, dental or veterinary purposes (excl. adhesive dressings and ot. You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.

Is trade from Hitchin growing?

Import activity is down 8.4% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 6.8%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.

How do I get contact details for Hitchin importers?

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Hitchin importers & exporters

Top 10 businesses by 6-month activity Free tier

ASTUTE HEALTHCARE LIMITED

NEW ENGLAND BIOLABS (UK) LTD

PHOTODATA TEST SERVICES LTD

EURAQUA UK LIMITED

FFE LIMITED

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What Hitchin trades

Common questions about trade in Hitchin

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