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As we all know in foreign trade, customs data has always been one of the important ways to expand customers, and many foreign trade partners do not know where to find customs data. What's more, people's understanding of customs data only stays at the level of how to find contacts. If they only use this point, they will not be able to effectively use customs data to achieve maximum benefits.

Today, we will take you to understand the customs data again, understand where the customs data is checked and how to use it to maximize the effect.

First of all, what is the customs data? Customs data refers to various import and export statistical data generated by the customs in performing the import and export trade statistics function. It refers to the most authentic customs transaction records of the buyer and the seller in various countries. Many people also call it customs bill of lading. The data fields include: commodity name, detailed commodity description, brand, variety, quantity, amount, unit price, unit of measurement, port, customs clearance date, transportation mode, trade mode, payment method, etc, Of course, different countries make different announcements.

For foreign traders, there are mainly the following use scenarios: market frontier trend analysis, understanding industry changes; Development of foreign trade purchasers and rapid screening of purchasers; Maintain purchasers and monitor peers, grasp the rules of buyers' procurement, consolidate existing purchasers, and position blue ocean purchasers. How to understand? Take the positioning of blue ocean buyers as an example. For example, countries such as Europe and the United States have been over-developed by everyone. Can we change our thinking in such a big competition? For example, Huacheng Chuangzhi's foreign trade system has added 10 countries (mainly African countries) as sources of global trade data: Bangladesh, Liberia, Moldova, Namibia, Botswana, C ô te d'Ivoire, Nigeria, Lesotho Congo (Kinshasa), Türkiye, and the Commonwealth of Independent States. These markets are also very large and can effectively target blue ocean foreign trade buyers. Another example is to consolidate the existing purchasers. The customs data of Huacheng Chuangzhi Foreign Trade CRM has the data of the increase and decrease of suppliers. Then we can understand the current market procurement situation of the cooperative purchasers and the situation of competitors by understanding the increase and decrease of the suppliers of the current cooperative purchasers, which can further consolidate our relationship with the cooperative purchasers. Secondly, it can also penetrate the information of upstream and downstream purchasers, understand the competitors' purchasers and whether they can develop.

The importance of customs data is self-evident. So, where is the customs data checked?

1. Customs official website of each country

China's Ministry of Commerce - country data, World Bank, IMF (International Monetary Fund database), WTO iLibrary database, OECD database, EU statistical database, ASEAN country database, United Nations Trade | International Trade Statistics Database, World Trade Database, China Customs statistical data query platform.

2. Paid customs data

The paid customs data is purchased through the main data company, and the buyer's information is more comprehensive and timely. The customs data of Huacheng Chuangzhi Foreign Trade System covers the import data of 47 countries and the export data of 23 countries, including 200 countries, 2.2 billion trade data, and more than 40 million foreign buyers. The key words accurately match the purchase demand, which can penetrate the upstream and downstream supply chain data of target buyers, and discover more potential business opportunities.

There are so many functions of customs data. Are you already eager to try foreign trade? However, in order to maximize the value of customs data, the key is to find the right data and select the right data, otherwise it will be a waste of effort.