General

There are many ways to get customers from foreign trade, such as search engines, social media, B2B platforms, etc. But the most accurate way to get customers is the global trade customs data, because this is the real foreign trade import and export data. Find the buyers of the corresponding products, and then find the accurate potential customers.

So, how to use the Huacheng Chuangzhi foreign trade software to obtain customers from customs data? In fact, many people do not have a correct understanding of the use of customs data. We have summarized several methods of obtaining customers through customs data.

1、 Direct search

Enter company related keywords, product keywords or HS codes in the first 4-6 digits to search directly. For example, if you are an LED product, you can intuitively see the customs transaction records related to LED through the "LED" search of customs data, including the buyer (and corresponding country), supplier (and corresponding country), product description, quantity, weight, transaction amount, transaction time and other information.

Moreover, it can be further accurately excavated according to the country and time. For example, if you want to find customers in the United States and Russia, if you have a recent transaction record, you can select "United States" and "Russia", and select "the last 12 months" to search out the precise information you need.

Here, we also need to mention HS code, namely customs code. HS code is internationally used, and it is also common to search with customs code. Why use the first 4-6 bits of HS code? Because the first six digits of the global HS code are the same, but the last 2-4 digits may vary from country to country. In order to ensure the accuracy of the search data, the same number of digits should be taken.

2、 Peer search

Would you like to know which foreign buyers your peers are cooperating with?

By inputting the English name of the peer company, you can continuously track and analyze the export situation of the peer company, know yourself and the other, and master the basic information, procurement rules and demand changes of its buyers. These buyers' information is our potential business opportunities.

3、 Reverse search

Because the customs policies of each country are different, the customs data allowed to be opened are also different. For example, some countries in China and the EU do not open customs data, so how to obtain customs data?

You can use reverse search to find. For a bill of goods exported from China to the United States by CIF or FOB, the Chinese seller will declare the export to the Chinese customs, and the Chinese customs will record the export information of this bill of goods, which is called the data of the customs country. The buyer of the United States will also declare the import to the United States Customs, and the United States Customs will record the import information of the goods, which is called the data of the country of presentation.

Therefore, we can find the corresponding suppliers or purchasers through the import and export data between the United States and China. At present, many countries, such as the United States, India, Vietnam, Russia, Pakistan and so on, can obtain customs data and conduct reverse search.

However, searching customs data through some so-called free platforms is not stable. There is no free lunch in the world, and obtaining customs data itself also requires costs. And even if we find the name of the purchaser, we need to further search the contact information of the purchaser. These are very professional things, and we still need professional tools such as Huacheng Creative Foreign Trade Software to solve them.