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Which data to buy? Come and read this article! It is better to say which data is suitable for you than which data is good! Look at the nature of your company and the type of data. Mastering these can effectively select the appropriate customs data provider for you!

1、 Company nature

Positioning the nature of the company is the first step to select the appropriate customs data. The nature of the company determines the focus of the data service to be selected. Only when the nature of the company is determined can the service provider be targeted. For example, if the foreign trade company wants to know the domestic peers or foreign buyers, we can choose the service provider whose main selling point is peer search, including the search of buyers; If the company is a factory, it is mainly looking for data such as agent and raw material location, and the agent lays particular emphasis on the company information of domestic import and export business. After positioning the nature of the company, think about what products you plan to make and what the target market is. After that, purchasing data will be more targeted.

2、 Customs data classification

At present, customs data services are roughly divided into two categories: 1. China's import and export data; 2. Foreign import and export data.

Among China's customs data, the enterprises that have made import and export transactions are recorded in the customs records. There are 8 HS and 10 HS customs data on the market. However, at present, the country only allows the sale of 8 HS, because the 10 HS customs data includes more content, down to the model and specification of the product. If such data is allowed to be sold, the product secret information and trading habits of all companies are equally transparent, Seriously disrupting normal market competition; So it is illegal to see 10 people on the internet. Generally, it is necessary to provide 8-digit HS product code for the import and export data of China. Different market prices are given according to the needs of the buyer for import or export (which cannot be provided at the same time). Here, the pricing of each service provider is basically the same. Similarly, pricing is based on the amount of analysis. Another is to look at the import and export information of domestic suppliers/purchasers in China, monitor the trading habits of rival enterprises, overall monitor the current market ranking and popularity of products, conduct foreign trade market analysis, and locate products and markets. It should be noted here that there is no foreign customer receiving information, because China's eight customs data only include unilateral information, traders or agents, and there is no foreign customer information, so if you need to go abroad, you need to buy foreign import and export data.

The completeness of foreign data varies according to the degree of disclosure of each country. For example, the data of the United States is very complete, but the data of some small countries in Europe, Germany, Italy and Southeast Asia are either not disclosed or incomplete. There are about 20 countries with data in the world, and less than 10 are complete; If you want to buy these data, it is recommended to shop around, then the data provider will provide the data information above the first time, that is, the data information of some countries without data on the market. Why does the data service chamber have this information? Basically, the experts in the industry have made secondary links to the import and export of several countries. For example, there is no data on the market of Poland, but the data of China, the United States, Canada and other state-owned exports to Poland, Then these data are aggregated into Poland's import data, so it is not comprehensive to think twice before purchasing. To purchase such data, it is generally necessary to provide the product name in English, the data in what time period, the number of countries and other key information, for the above reasons. Foreign data is mainly provided to purchasers, or foreign suppliers. You can look at their purchasing and supply habits. It is worth mentioning that foreign data has bilateral information, that is, both suppliers and purchasers. If it is small and medium-sized, or a foreign trade company that has just started, it is recommended to buy foreign products, but it is necessary to identify whether the data suppliers and their supply chain are trustworthy.