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UK traderHMRC trader directoryref 36539

Directory snapshot: 2026-09-12. Address observation date, not a trade date.

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Published as both an importer and an exporter, against 10 commodity codes across 4 tariff chapters.
Published in 37 of the 83 months from January 2016 to November 2022. A missing month is one with no published link, not a month without trade.
Concentrated in chapter 90: 7 of the 10 loaded codes are in chapter 90.
The chapter 39 codes are export only.

10commodity codes on the record

37months published

49published trader and code links

6.9 yrs2016-01 to 2022-11

What it trades

Grouped by tariff chapter, most published codes first. Descriptions are HMRC’s own, verbatim. This list is bounded: codes outside the loaded coverage are not listed.

Chapter 90Published 2016-01 to 2022-117of 10 loaded codes70%

9027 50 00Instruments and apparatus for physical or chemical analysis, using UV, visible or IR optical radiations (excl. spectrometers, spectrophotometers, spectrographs, and gas or smoke analysis apparatus)ImportExport26

9027 90 00Microtomes; parts and accessories of instruments and apparatus for physical or chemical analysis, instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking viscosity, porosity, expansion, surface tension or the like, instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking quantities of heat, sound or light, and of microtomes, n.e.s.Import5

9027 10 90Non-electronic gas or smoke analysis apparatusExport3

9027 90 80Parts and accessories of microtomes or of gas or smoke analysis apparatus, n.e.s.Import3

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9027 80 80Instruments and apparatus for physical or chemical analysis or for determining surface tension or the like, or for measuring heat or sound, n.e.s.Import2

9001 10 90Optical fibres, optical fibre bundles and cables (excl. made up of individually sheathed fibres of heading 8544 and image conductor cables)

Chapter 39Published 2016-05 to 2017-101of 10 loaded codes10%

3923 30 90Carboys, bottles, flasks and similar articles for the conveyance or packaging of goods, of plastics, with a capacity of > 2 lExport

Chapter 70Published 2018-06 to 2018-061of 10 loaded codes10%

7020 00 10Glassware of fused quartz or other fused silica, n.e.s.Import1

Chapter 84Published 2017-04 to 2017-041of 10 loaded codes10%

8473 21 10Electronic assemblies of electronic calculators of subheading 8470.10, 8470.21 or 8470.29, n.e.s.Export1

What it trades

Months published

A filled cell is a month with at least one published link in the loaded scope. A gap is a month with no published link, not a month without trade.

at least one published link
no published link in this month
outside the loaded window

Months published

Address as published

INDUSTRIAL ESTATEBURY ROADRAMSEYHUNTINGDONCAMBSPE26 1NF

Printed exactly as HMRC files it, spelling and spacing included. It is the address on the trader entry, not a verified registered office.

On the same codes

Traders published against the most of the same codes. A shared code is a shared commodity, not a relationship between them.

On the same codes

What is on this page

Trader and commodity code linksWhich codes HMRC published this trader against, month by month.
Direction per codeImporter, exporter or both, as filed for each code.
Published window and addressFirst and last month on the record, and the address as filed.
No values, counterparties or shipmentsHMRC publishes the trader–code link, not what moved, who was on the other side, or through which port. Suppressed cells and trader opt-outs make the directory a floor, not a census.

Coverage and refresh dates

Loaded activity: HMRC import and export records across 98 tariff chapters, Jan 2016 to Jul 2026. Named records begin in 2016 for UK trade with non-EU countries, in 2021 for Great Britain’s exports to the EU and in 2022 for its imports from the EU. Northern Ireland–EU trade and traders who opt out are excluded. The current trader directory is a separate snapshot.