263 businesses in Mid Suffolk appear in HMRC customs records for the last six months. That puts it second 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 ease back by around 3.8% 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
3,073Import declarations▼ 16.8% on the 6 months before
1,443Export declarations
−3.8%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
263Trading 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 263 businesses.
★ Most active in Mid SuffolkFiled more customs declarations than any other Mid Suffolk business over the last six months — roughly 16% of the town's total import activity, mostly in animal and vegetable fats and oils.
Most active business
PPG INDUSTRIES EUROPE SARL
504 import declarations143 export declarationsIP14 *Ch. 15Ch. 25Ch. 27Ch. 28Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include paints and varnishes based, incl. enamels and lacquers, on synthetic polymers or chemically modified natural polymers, dispersed or dissolved in a non-aqueous medium, and solutions of products of headings 3901 to 3913 in volatile organic solvents, co, glaziers' putty, grafting putty, resin cements, caulking compounds and other mastics; painters' fillings, paints and varnishes, incl. enamels and lacquers, based on acrylic or vinyl polymers, dispersed or dissolved in a non-aqueous medium; solutions based on acrylic or vinyl polymers in volatile organic solvents, containing > 50% solvent by weight.
▼ Expected to slow by 9.6% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity504 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity143 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
HTG TRADING LTD
105 import declarations14 export declarationsIP6 *Ch. 21Ch. 22Ch. 27Ch. 34Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include furniture "chests, cabinets, display counters, show-cases and the like" for storage and display, incorporating refrigerating or freezing equipment (excl. combined refrigerator-freezers with separate external doors, household refrigerators and freezer, parts of refrigerating or freezing equipment and heat pumps, n.e.s., food preparations, n.e.s..
▲ Expected to increase by 11.9% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity105 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity14 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
GLOBAL INTERNATIONAL TRADING LIMITED
80 import declarations13 export declarationsIP6 *Ch. 19Ch. 20Ch. 22Ch. 32Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include textile fabrics impregnated, coated, covered or laminated with plastics other than poly"vinyl chloride" or polyurethane (excl. tyre cord fabric of high-tenacity yarn of nylon or other polyamides, polyesters or viscose rayon; wallcoverings of textile, base metal mountings and fittings suitable for buildings (excl. locks with keys and hinges), curtains, incl. drapes, and interior blinds, curtain or bed valances of synthetic fibres (excl. knitted or crocheted, awnings and sunblinds).
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity80 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity13 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
MULTITHREAD CONSULTANTS LTD
82 import declarations8 export declarationsIP6 *Ch. 22Ch. 39Ch. 42Ch. 83Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include input or output units for automatic data-processing machines, whether or not containing storage units in the same housing, magnetic or optical readers, machines for transcribing data onto data media in coded form and machines for processing such data, n.e.s., storage units for automatic data-processing machines.
▲ Expected to increase by 12.5% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity82 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity8 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
CAMSTAR HERBS LTD
51 import declarations32 export declarationsIP23 *Ch. 07Ch. 08Ch. 09Ch. 12Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include spices (excl. pepper of the genus piper, fruit of the genus capsicum or of the genus pimenta, vanilla, cinnamon, cinnamontree flowers, clove "wholefruit", clove stems, nutmeg, mace, cardamoms, seeds of anise, badian, fennel, coriander, cumin and cara, dried vegetables and mixtures of vegetables, whole, cut, sliced, broken or in powder, but not further prepared (excl. onions, mushrooms and truffles, not mixed), plants, parts of plants, incl. seeds and fruits, used primarily in perfumery, in pharmacy or for insecticidal, fungicidal or similar purposes, fresh, chilled, frozen or dried, whether or not cut, crushed or powdered (excl. ginseng roots, coca leaf, p.
▼ Expected to slow by 12.3% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity51 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity32 in the last 6 months
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What Mid Suffolk trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 263 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)Paints and varnishes based, incl. enamels and lacquers, on synthetic polymers or chemically modified natural polymers, dispersed or dissolved in a non-aqueous medium, and solutions of products of headings 3901 to 3913 in volatile organic solvents, coGlaziers' putty, grafting putty, resin cements, caulking compounds and other mastics; painters' fillingsCarboys, 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, perfumePaints and varnishes, incl. enamels and lacquers, based on acrylic or vinyl polymers, dispersed or dissolved in a non-aqueous medium; solutions based on acrylic or vinyl polymers in volatile organic solvents, containing > 50% solvent by weightTricycles, scooters, pedal cars and similar wheeled toys; dolls' carriages; dolls; other toys; reduced-size "scale" recreational models, working or not; puzzles of all kindsLive 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)Paints and varnishes, incl. enamels and lacquers, based on polyesters, dispersed or dissolved in a non-aqueous medium; solutions based on polyesters in volatile organic solvents, containing > 50% solvent by weight
Common questions about trade in Mid Suffolk
How many businesses import or export from Mid Suffolk?
HMRC customs records show 263 businesses in Mid Suffolk (IP14, IP21, IP23, IP6) filed declarations over the last six months — 3,073 import declarations and 1,443 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.
What do Mid Suffolk businesses import most?
The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Mid Suffolk 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), paints and varnishes based, incl. enamels and lacquers, on synthetic polymers or chemically modified natural polymers, dispersed or dissolved in a non-aqueous medium, and solutions of products of headings 3901 to 3913 in volatile organic solvents, co, glaziers' putty, grafting putty, resin cements, caulking compounds and other mastics; painters' fillings, 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. You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Mid Suffolk growing?
Import activity is down 16.8% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 3.8%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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