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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. Some people's understanding of customs data only stays at the level of how to find contacts. If we only utilize this, we cannot achieve the maximum benefits of effectively utilizing customs data.

Today, we will take you back to understanding customs data, where to search for customs data, and how to use it to achieve maximum effectiveness.

Firstly, let's understand what customs data is? Customs data refers to various import and export statistical data generated by the customs in fulfilling the import and export trade statistics function. It refers to the most authentic customs transaction records of buyers and sellers in various countries, also known as customs bills of lading. The data fields include: product name, detailed product description, brand, variety, quantity, amount, unit price, measurement unit, port, customs clearance date, transportation method, trade method, payment method, and so on, Of course, the announcements vary from country to country.

For foreign traders, there are mainly the following usage scenarios: analyzing market trends and understanding industry changes; Development of foreign trade buyers and rapid screening of buyers; Maintain buyers and monitor peers, grasp buyer procurement patterns, consolidate existing buyers, and position blue ocean buyers. How to understand? Taking the positioning of blue ocean buyers as an example, for example, countries such as Europe and America have already been overly developed. With such fierce competition, can we change our thinking? For example, 10 new global trade data source countries (mainly African countries) have been added to the Voodom foreign trade system: Bangladesh, Liberia, Moldova, Namibia, Botswana, C ô te d'Ivoire, Nigeria, Lesotho Democratic Republic of the Congo, Türkiye, and the Commonwealth of Independent States. These markets are also very large, and can effectively target blue ocean foreign trade buyers. For example, to consolidate existing purchasers, Huacheng Chuangzhi's customs data includes data on supplier additions and deletions. Therefore, we can further strengthen our relationship with cooperative purchasers by understanding the current market procurement situation of cooperative purchasers and the situation of competitors by understanding the additions and deletions of existing cooperative purchasers' suppliers. Secondly, it can also penetrate the information of upstream and downstream purchasers, understand which competitors' purchasers are available, and whether they can be developed.

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

1. Customs official websites of various countries

China's Ministry of Commerce - Country Data, World Bank, IMF (International Monetary Fund Database), WTO iLibrary Database, OECD Database, EU statistical database, ASEAN Countries Database, UN Trade | International Trade statistical database, World Trade Database, China Customs Statistics Query Platform.

2. Paid version customs data

Paid customs data is purchased through major data companies, providing more comprehensive and timely buyer information. Huacheng Chuangzhi's customs data covers import data from 47 countries and export data from 23 countries, including 200 countries, 2.2 billion trade data, and over 40 million foreign buyers. The keywords accurately match procurement needs, and can penetrate the upstream and downstream supply chain data of target buyers, discovering more potential business opportunities.

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