🇬🇧 United Kingdom importer · official customs records

SAFC BIOSCIENCES LTD

Merck House, Seldown Lane, Poole, Dorset, BH15 1TW🇬🇧 United Kingdom
On record January 2016 to January 2026🔒 Compliance check
Prepared culture media for the development or maintenance of micro-organismsReagentsPeptones and their derivatives
Product lines
746
Jan ’16 to Jan ’26
Products
12
HS subheadings on record
Rank · prepared culture media for the de…
One of 484
of 484 importers in 2025
Months active
121
of 121 on record
Latest activity
Jan ’26
most recent month on record

Import activity

January 2016 to January 2026
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What SAFC BIOSCIENCES LTD imports

share of declarations
Prepared culture media for the development or maintenance of micro-organisms (including viruses and the like) or of plant, human or animal cells (HS 38210000): 31.1%Prepared culture media for the development ormaintenance of micro-organisms (including virusesand the like) or of plant, human or animal cells31% HS 38210000Reagents, diagnostic or laboratory reagents on a backing, prepared diagnostic or laboratory reagents whether or not on a backing, whether or not put up in the form of kits, other than those of heading 30.06, certified reference materials (HS 38220000): 15.9%Reagents, diagnostic orlaboratory reagents on abacking, prepared16% HS 38220000Peptones and their derivatives, other protein substances and their derivatives or included, hide powder, whether or not chromed (HS 35040090): 11.3%Peptones and their derivatives,other protein substances and theirderivatives or included, hide11% HS 35040090Plastics, articles for the conveyance or packing of goods in heading no. 3923 (HS 39239000): 10.6%Plastics, articles for theconveyance or packing of goods inheading no. 392311% HS 39239000Polypeptide hormones, protein hormones and glycoprotein hormones, their derivatives and structural analogues, other than somatotropin, (its derivatives and structural anaologues) and insulin and its salts (HS 29371900): 6.6%Polypeptide hormones,protein hormones andglycoprotein6.6% HS 29371900Blood, human or animal, antisera, other blood fractions and immunological products, antisera and other blood fractions (HS 30021200): 6.6%Blood, human oranimal, antisera,other blood fractions6.6% HS 30021200Reagents, diagnostic or laboratory reagents on a backing, prepared diagnostic or laboratory reagents whether or not on a backing, whether or not put up in the form of kits, in item 3822.1 (HS 38221900): 4.0%Reagents,diagnostic orlaboratory4.0%Plastics, boxes, cases, crates and similar articles for the conveyance or packing of goods (HS 39231090): 4.0%Plastics,boxes, cases,crates and4.0%Reagents, diagnostic or laboratory reagents on a backing, prepared diagnostic or laboratory reagents whether or not on a backing, or put up in the form of kits, other than those of heading 30.06, certified reference materials in heading 3822 (HS 38229000): 3.3%Reagents,diagnostic orlaboratory reagents3.3% HS 38229000Plastics, boxes, cases, crates and similar articles for the conveyance or packing of goods (HS 39231010): 3.3%Plastics, boxes,cases, crates andsimilar articles3.3% HS 39231010Enzymes and prepared enzymes, other than rennet and concentrates thereof (HS 35079090): 2.0%2%Acids, carboxylic acids, (with aldehyde or ketone function but without other oxygen function), their anhydrides, halides, peroxides, peroxyacids and their derivatives (HS 29183000): 1.3%1%
HS codeProductShareRanked
38210000Prepared culture media for the development or maintenance of micro-organisms (including viruses and the like) or of plant, human or animal cells29.6%#1 · 10 yrs
38220000Reagents, diagnostic or laboratory reagents on a backing, prepared diagnostic or laboratory reagents whether or not on a backing, whether or not put up in the form of kits, other than those of heading 30.06, certified reference materials15.1%#1 · 6 yrs
35040090Peptones and their derivatives, other protein substances and their derivatives or included, hide powder, whether or not chromed10.7%#2 · 5 yrs
39239000Plastics, articles for the conveyance or packing of goods in heading no. 392310.1%#2 · 5 yrs
29371900Polypeptide hormones, protein hormones and glycoprotein hormones, their derivatives and structural analogues, other than somatotropin, (its derivatives and structural anaologues) and insulin and its salts6.3%#2 · 3 yrs
30021200Blood, human or animal, antisera, other blood fractions and immunological products, antisera and other blood fractions6.3%#3 · 5 yrs
38221900Reagents, diagnostic or laboratory reagents on a backing, prepared diagnostic or laboratory reagents whether or not on a backing, whether or not put up in the form of kits, in item 3822.13.8%#2 · 2 yrs
39231090Plastics, boxes, cases, crates and similar articles for the conveyance or packing of goods3.8%#4 · 3 yrs
38229000Reagents, diagnostic or laboratory reagents on a backing, prepared diagnostic or laboratory reagents whether or not on a backing, or put up in the form of kits, other than those of heading 30.06, certified reference materials in heading 38223.1%#1 · 2026
39231010Plastics, boxes, cases, crates and similar articles for the conveyance or packing of goods3.1%#2 · 2 yrs

Trade lanes

10 counterparty markets → United Kingdom imports of prepared culture media for the development or maintenance of micro-organisms
UNITED STATESFRANCEGERMANYBELGIUMCANADAITALYNETHERLANDSUNITED KINGDOM
🇺🇸 United States 39%🇫🇷 France 17%🇩🇪 Germany 8%

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Common questions

What does SAFC BIOSCIENCES LTD import?

UK customs trader records (HMRC) and Companies House list prepared culture media for the development or maintenance of micro-organisms, reagents and peptones and their derivatives as SAFC BIOSCIENCES LTD's principal imports (ranked by HS subheading, 12 products on record).

Who else imports prepared culture media for the development or maintenance of micro-organisms in United Kingdom?

LIFE TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED, TREK DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEMS LIMITED and BIO-TECHNE LTD rank among the largest importers of prepared culture media for the development or maintenance of micro-organisms (HS 3821) in United Kingdom, out of 484 importers on record in 2025.

Where does this data come from?

Directly from UK customs trader records (HMRC) and Companies House. Exsigo ingests the official records; nothing here is scraped from directories or estimated.