152 businesses in West Suffolk appear in HMRC customs records for the last six months. It ranks 7 of 20 trading locations in Suffolk. Most of that activity sits in machinery and mechanical appliances, electrical machinery and electronics, optical and medical instruments. Looking ahead, our model expects import activity here to pick up by around 2.3% over the next three months.
Refreshed every 24 hours · last run 22 Aug 2026, 20:26HMRC release in view: Jun 26Snapshot: 2026-08-22.1
1,683Import declarations▼ 9.2% on the 6 months before
609Export declarations
+2.3%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
152Trading businesses
Top 5 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 152 businesses.
★ Most active in West SuffolkFiled more customs declarations than any other West Suffolk business over the last six months — roughly 5% of the town's total import activity, mostly in plastics.
Most active business
SHELBOURNE REYNOLDS
84 import declarations120 export declarationsIP31 *Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 44Ch. 59Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include parts of trailers and semi-trailers and other vehicles not mechanically propelled, n.e.s., articles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire), transmission belts or belting, of vulcanised rubber (excl. endless transmission belts of trapezoidal cross-section "v-belts", v-ribbed, of an outside circumference > 60 cm but <= 240 cm and endless synchronous belts of an outside circumference > 60 c.
▲ Expected to increase by 27.9% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity84 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity120 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
PRECON PRODUCTS LTD
130 import declarations18 export declarationsIP30 *Ch. 09Ch. 18Ch. 25Ch. 32Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include building elements for the manufacture of floors, walls, partition walls, ceilings, roofs, etc., of plastics; gutters and accessories of plastics; railings, fences and similar barriers, of plastics; large shelves, for assembly and permanent installati, plates, sheets, film, foil and strip, of non-cellular polymers of ethylene, not reinforced, laminated, supported or similarly combined with other materials, without backing, unworked or merely surface-worked or merely cut into squares or rectangles (, grill, netting and fencing, welded at the intersection, having a mesh size of >= 100 cm , of iron or steel wire with a maximum cross-sectional dimension of >= 3 mm.
▼ Expected to slow by 10.2% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity130 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity18 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
VIRBAC LIMITED
105 import declarations4 export declarationsIP30 *Ch. 23Ch. 29Ch. 30Ch. 33Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include dog or cat food, put up for retail sale, vaccines for veterinary medicine, medicaments consisting of two or more constituents mixed together for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, not in measured doses or put up for retail sale (excl. antibiotics containing hormones or steroids used as hormones, but not containing antibiotic.
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% 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 activity4 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
AVANT TECNO (UK) LTD
128 import declarations34 export declarationsIP30 *Ch. 17Ch. 32Ch. 39Ch. 40Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include machinery for lifting, handling, loading or unloading, n.e.s., trailers and semi-trailers for the transport of goods, not designed for running on rails (excl. self-loading or self-unloading trailers and semi-trailers for agricultural purposes and tanker trailers and tanker semi-trailers), parts of machinery of heading 8428, n.e.s..
▲ Expected to increase by 9.4% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity128 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity34 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
FESTOOL UK LIMITED
162 import declarationsImports onlyIP30 *Ch. 34Ch. 35Ch. 39Ch. 40Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include electromechanical tools for working in the hand, with self-contained electric motor (excl. saws and drills), saws for working in the hand, with self-contained electric motor, travelling-bags, insulated food or beverage bags, toilet bags, rucksacks, shopping-bags, map-cases, tool bags, sports bags, jewellery boxes, cutlery cases, binocular cases, camera cases, musical instrument cases, gun cases, holsters and similar conta.
▼ Expected to slow by 16.1% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity162 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity0 in the last 6 months
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147 more West Suffolk businesses
Every importer and exporter in IP29 / IP30 / IP31 with monthly activity, 24-month indicators, forecasts, Companies House records, AI research and validated contact reveals.
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What West Suffolk trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 152 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.
Preparations of a kind used in animal feeding (excl. dog or cat food put up for retail sale)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 apInstruments and apparatus for measuring or checking the flow or level of liquids (excl. meters and regulators)Articles of plastics and articles of other materials of heading 3901 to 3914, n.e.s (excl. goods of 9619)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 iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire)Instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking pressure of liquids or gases (excl. regulators)Electromechanical tools for working in the hand, with self-contained electric motor (excl. saws and drills)
Common questions about trade in West Suffolk
How many businesses import or export from West Suffolk?
HMRC customs records show 152 businesses in West Suffolk (IP29, IP30, IP31) filed declarations over the last six months — 1,683 import declarations and 609 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.
What do West Suffolk businesses import most?
The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all West Suffolk traders the leading goods are preparations of a kind used in animal feeding (excl. dog or cat food put up for retail sale), 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, instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking the flow or level of liquids (excl. meters and regulators), articles of plastics and articles of other materials of heading 3901 to 3914, n.e.s (excl. goods of 9619). You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from West Suffolk growing?
Import activity is down 9.2% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to rise by roughly 2.3%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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