133 businesses in Bury St Edmunds appear in HMRC customs records for the last six months. That puts it third in Suffolk for trade activity. 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 0.7% over the next three months.
Refreshed every 24 hours · last run 25/08/2026 at 11:41HMRC release in view: Jun 26Snapshot: 2026-08-25.1
2,673Import declarations▼ 5.1% on the 6 months before
1,503Export declarations
+0.7%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
133Trading 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 133 businesses.
★ Most active in Bury St EdmundsFiled more customs declarations than any other Bury St Edmunds business over the last six months — roughly 30% of the town's total import activity, mostly in vegetable plaiting materials.
Most active business
JACK SEALEY LIMITED
810 import declarations249 export declarationsIP32 *Ch. 14Ch. 26Ch. 27Ch. 28Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include articles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire), electromechanical tools for working in the hand, with self-contained electric motor (excl. saws and drills), carboys, bottles, flasks and similar articles for the conveyance or packaging of goods, of plastics.
▲ Expected to increase by 0.7% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity810 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity249 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
RAVENWOOD PACKAGING LTD
20 import declarations41 export declarationsIP32 *Ch. 38Ch. 39Ch. 48Ch. 65Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include typewriter or similar ribbons, inked or otherwise prepared for giving impressions, whether or not on spools or in cartridges, parts and accessories of motorcycles, incl. mopeds, n.e.s., paper or paperboard labels of all kinds, printed.
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity20 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity41 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
R C TREATT & CO LTD
227 import declarations374 export declarationsIP32 *Ch. 09Ch. 13Ch. 21Ch. 25Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include extracted oleoresins; concentrates of essential oils in fats, fixed oils, waxes and the like, obtained by enfleurage or maceration; terpenic by-products of the deterpenation of essential oils; aromatic aqueous distillates and aqueous solutions of ess, oils of sweet and bitter orange, whether or not terpeneless, incl. concretes and absolutes (excl. orange-flower oil), essential oils, whether or not terpeneless, incl. concretes and absolutes (excl. those of citrus fruit and mint).
▼ Expected to slow by 3.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity227 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity374 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
E S D CONTROL CENTRE LTD
137 import declarations149 export declarationsIP32 *Ch. 25Ch. 28Ch. 29Ch. 34Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include self-adhesive plates, sheets, film, foil, tape, strip and other flat shapes, of plastics, whether or not in rolls > 20 cm wide (excl. floor, wall and ceiling coverings of heading 3918), sacks and bags, incl. cones, of polymers of ethylene, articles for the conveyance or packaging of goods, of plastics (excl. boxes, cases, crates and similar articles; sacks and bags, incl. cones; carboys, bottles, flasks and similar articles; spools, spindles, bobbins and similar supports; stoppers, lid.
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity137 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity149 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
AMOT UK HOLDINGS LIMITED
129 import declarations145 export declarationsIP33 *Ch. 34Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 44Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include 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), thermostats, regulating or controlling instruments and apparatus (excl. hydraulic or pneumatic, manostats, thermostats, and taps, cocks and valves of heading 8481).
▲ Expected to increase by 10.9% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity129 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity145 in the last 6 months
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What Bury St Edmunds trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 133 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.
Wine 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)Articles of plastics and articles of other materials of heading 3901 to 3914, n.e.s (excl. goods of 9619)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)Instruments, appliances and machines for measuring or checking, not elsewhere specified in chapter 90 (excl. optical)Essential oils, whether or not terpeneless, incl. concretes and absolutes (excl. those of citrus fruit and mint)Extracted oleoresins; concentrates of essential oils in fats, fixed oils, waxes and the like, obtained by enfleurage or maceration; terpenic by-products of the deterpenation of essential oils; aromatic aqueous distillates and aqueous solutions of essMixtures of odoriferous substances and mixtures, incl. alcoholic solutions, based on one or more of these substances, of a kind used as raw materials in industry (excl. food or drink industries)Butanoic acids, pentanoic acids, their salts and esters
Common questions about trade in Bury St Edmunds
How many businesses import or export from Bury St Edmunds?
HMRC customs records show 133 businesses in Bury St Edmunds (IP32, IP33) filed declarations over the last six months — 2,673 import declarations and 1,503 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.
What do Bury St Edmunds businesses import most?
The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Bury St Edmunds traders the leading goods are wine 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), articles of plastics and articles of other materials of heading 3901 to 3914, n.e.s (excl. goods of 9619), 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), instruments, appliances and machines for measuring or checking, not elsewhere specified in chapter 90 (excl. optical). You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Bury St Edmunds growing?
Import activity is down 5.1% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to rise by roughly 0.7%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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