Over the last six months, 137 Babergh businesses filed customs declarations. It ranks 7 of 20 trading locations in Suffolk. Most of that activity sits in machinery and mechanical appliances, plastics and plastic articles, electrical machinery and electronics. Looking ahead, our model expects import activity here to ease back by around 5.4% over the next three months.
Refreshed every 24 hours · last run 05/10/2026 at 06:14HMRC release in view: Aug 26Snapshot: 2026-10-04.1
1,329Import declarations▼ 10.2% on the 6 months before
575Export declarations
−5.4%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
137Trading 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 137 businesses.
★ Most active in BaberghFiled more customs declarations than any other Babergh business over the last six months — roughly 12% of the town's total import activity, mostly in other animal products.
Most active business
BRANDED GARDEN PRODUCTS LIMITED
164 import declarations11 export declarationsIP8 *Ch. 05Ch. 06Ch. 07Ch. 12Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include live plants, incl. their roots, and mushroom spawn (excl. bulbs, tubers, tuberous roots, corms, crowns and rhizomes, incl. chicory plants and roots, unrooted cuttings and slips, fruit and nut trees, rhododendrons, azaleas and roses), bulbs, tubers, tuberous roots, corms, crowns and rhizomes, dormant (excl. those used for human consumption and chicory plants and roots), seeds of herbaceous plants cultivated mainly for flowers, for sowing.
▼ Expected to slow by 8.1% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity164 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity11 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
PLANT PARTS LIMITED
44 import declarations36 export declarationsIP7 *Ch. 40Ch. 58Ch. 73Ch. 83Active 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, parts of machinery of heading 8426, 8429 and 8430, n.e.s., hydraulic power engines and motors (excl. hydraulic turbines and water wheels of heading 8410, steam turbines and hydraulic power engines and motors, linear acting).
▼ Expected to slow by 3.7% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity44 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity36 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
KUDA (UK) LTD
49 import declarations23 export declarationsIP7 *Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 63Ch. 70Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include parts and accessories of bodies 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 purpos, road wheels and parts and accessories thereof, 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, household refrigerators, compression-type.
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity49 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity23 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
PIONEER PUMP LIMITED
46 import declarations16 export declarationsIP7 *Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 44Ch. 62Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include parts of pumps for liquids, n.e.s., centrifugal pumps, power-driven (excl. those of subheading 8413.11 and 8413.19, fuel, lubricating or cooling medium pumps for internal combustion piston engine and concrete pumps), mechanical seals.
▼ Expected to slow by 15.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity46 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity16 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
MELFORD LABORATORIES LTD
21 import declarations36 export declarationsIP7 *Ch. 13Ch. 21Ch. 28Ch. 29Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include antibiotics (excl. penicillins and their derivatives with a penicillanic acid structure, salts thereof, streptomycins, tetracyclines, chloramphenicol and erythromycin, their derivatives and salts thereof), glycosides, natural or reproduced by synthesis, and their salts, ethers, esters and other derivatives (excl. rutoside "rutin" and its derivatives), 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.
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity21 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity36 in the last 6 months
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What Babergh trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 137 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.
Carboys, bottles, flasks, jars, pots, phials and other containers, of glass, of a kind used for the commercial conveyance or packing of goods, and preserving jars, of glass (excl. ampoules, glass inners for containers, with vacuum insulation, perfumeLive plants, incl. their roots, and mushroom spawn (excl. bulbs, tubers, tuberous roots, corms, crowns and rhizomes, incl. chicory plants and roots, unrooted cuttings and slips, fruit and nut trees, rhododendrons, azaleas and roses)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)Tiles of any shape, blocks, plates, sheets and strip, solid cylinders, incl. discs, of agglomerated corkBulbs, tubers, tuberous roots, corms, crowns and rhizomes, dormant (excl. those used for human consumption and chicory plants and roots)Stoppers, caps and lids, incl. screw caps and pouring stoppers, capsules for bottles, threaded bungs, bung covers, seals and other packing accessories of base metal (excl. crow corks)Antibiotics (excl. penicillins and their derivatives with a penicillanic acid structure, salts thereof, streptomycins, tetracyclines, chloramphenicol and erythromycin, their derivatives and salts thereof)
Common questions about trade in Babergh
How many businesses import or export from Babergh?
HMRC customs records show 137 businesses in Babergh (IP7, IP8, IP9) filed declarations over the last six months — 1,329 import declarations and 575 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.
What do Babergh businesses import most?
The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Babergh traders the leading goods are carboys, bottles, flasks, jars, pots, phials and other containers, of glass, of a kind used for the commercial conveyance or packing of goods, and preserving jars, of glass (excl. ampoules, glass inners for containers, with vacuum insulation, perfume, live plants, incl. their roots, and mushroom spawn (excl. bulbs, tubers, tuberous roots, corms, crowns and rhizomes, incl. chicory plants and roots, unrooted cuttings and slips, fruit and nut trees, rhododendrons, azaleas and roses), 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). You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Babergh growing?
Import activity is down 10.2% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 5.4%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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