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West Suffolk importers & exporters

Q: Is trade from West Suffolk growing?

Import activity is down 10.7% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 8.3%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.

Q: How do I get contact details for West Suffolk importers?

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149 businesses in West Suffolk appear in HMRC customs records for the last six months. It ranks 6 of 20 trading locations in Suffolk. Most of that activity sits in machinery and mechanical appliances, electrical machinery and electronics, optical, photographic and medical instruments. Looking ahead, our model expects import activity here to ease back by around 8.3% 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

1,535Import declarations▼ 10.7% on the 6 months before

524Export declarations

−8.3%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data

149Trading 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 149 businesses.

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★ Most active in West SuffolkFiled more customs declarations than any other West Suffolk business over the last six months — roughly 13% of the town's total import activity, mostly in soaps, waxes and cleaning products.

Most active business

FESTOOL UK LIMITED

196 import declarations 1 export declarations IP30 *Ch. 34Ch. 35Ch. 39Ch. 40 Active 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 28.8% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity196 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity1 in the last 6 months

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Among the most active

MARTON GEOTECHNICAL SERVICES LTD

58 import declarations 25 export declarations IP30 *Ch. 25Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 44 Active in 5 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include bentonite, silica sands and quartz sands, whether or not coloured, 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).

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

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity58 in the last 6 months

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

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Among the most active

GEOSENSE LTD

41 import declarations 41 export declarations IP30 *Ch. 38Ch. 39Ch. 63Ch. 72 Active in 5 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include bars, rods, profiles and wire, of nickel alloys, n.e.s. (excl. electrically insulated products), data-processing machines, automatic, comprising in the same housing at least a central processing unit, and one input unit and one output unit, whether or not combined (excl. portable weighing <= 10 kg and excl. those presented in the form of systems, parts of machinery and apparatus for filtering or purifying liquids or gases, 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 activity41 in the last 6 months

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

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Among the most active

STRAIN MEASUREMENT DEVICES LTD

40 import declarations 39 export declarations IP29 *Ch. 26Ch. 38Ch. 39Ch. 40 Active in 5 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include weighing machine weights of all kinds; parts of weighing machinery, n.e.s., aluminium ores and concentrates, waste and scrap of stainless steel (excl. radioactive, and waste and scrap of batteries and electric accumulators).

▼ Expected to slow by 10.7% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity40 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity39 in the last 6 months

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Among the most active

G E BAKER (UK) LTD

60 import declarations 9 export declarations IP30 *Ch. 23Ch. 39Ch. 44Ch. 68 Active in 5 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include parts of agricultural, horticultural, forestry or bee-keeping machinery, n.e.s., machinery for preparing animal feedingstuffs in agricultural holdings and similar undertakings (excl. machinery for the feedingstuff industry, forage harvesters and autoclaves for cooking fodder), 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).

▲ Expected to increase by 38.5% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity60 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity9 in the last 6 months

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What West Suffolk trades

The most frequently declared goods across all 149 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)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)Dog or cat food, put up for retail saleElectromechanical tools for working in the hand, with self-contained electric motor (excl. saws and drills)Fir "Abies spp." and spruce "Picea spp." sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or not planed, sanded or end-jointed, of a thickness of > 6 mm (excl. of S-P-F spruce&pine&fir)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)Articles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire)Saws for working in the hand, with self-contained electric motor

Common questions about trade in West Suffolk

How many businesses import or export from West Suffolk?

HMRC customs records show 149 businesses in West Suffolk (IP29, IP30, IP31) filed declarations over the last six months — 1,535 import declarations and 524 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), 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), dog or cat food, put up for retail sale, electromechanical tools for working in the hand, with self-contained electric motor (excl. saws and drills). You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.

Is trade from West Suffolk growing?

Import activity is down 10.7% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 8.3%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.

How do I get contact details for West Suffolk importers?

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West Suffolk importers & exporters

Top 10 businesses by 6-month activity Free tier

FESTOOL UK LIMITED

MARTON GEOTECHNICAL SERVICES LTD

GEOSENSE LTD

STRAIN MEASUREMENT DEVICES LTD

G E BAKER (UK) LTD

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What West Suffolk trades

Common questions about trade in West Suffolk

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