There are many companies selling customs data on the market now, and foreign trade enterprises are also very sensitive to customs data. Data companies also provide different levels of data statistics and analysis services for customers' financial strength. Today, let's talk about customs data, which is the most direct way for a customer to develop, and foreign traders cannot ignore it.
Many foreign traders are familiar with customs data. What are the benefits of customs data and how do we use it? This is a big problem! I hope it can help everyone.
1、 Quickly find suitable buyers for oneself
The customs bill of lading is a transaction voucher for both the buyer and the seller, and is updated monthly. It not only ensures the authenticity, accuracy, and timeliness of the buyer's information, but also is the current active buyer; At the same time, by querying and analyzing their transaction records, it is possible to clearly understand the purchasing products and capabilities of buyers, in order to find the most suitable buyer for oneself, concentrate on development, and achieve twice the result with half the effort!
2、 Mastering buyer procurement patterns
By tracking and analyzing the transaction records of buyers, the relationship between their product quantity, shipping time, and replenishment time can be discovered, and the purchasing patterns of buyers can be identified. Recommend company products to buyers at the best time to increase hit rates.
3、 Enhance existing buyer loyalty
By tracking and analyzing existing customer transaction records, it is possible to know which suppliers the same type of product the customer purchases from. By comparing and analyzing competitors and oneself, breakthroughs can be found, further consolidating customer relationships, and enhancing customer value. On the other hand, based on the abnormal situation of orders, grasp the possible trends of buyers in advance, improve or adjust existing market strategies, and avoid risks.
4、 Rescuing customers who have lost or are about to lose
By comparing and analyzing customer transaction records and competitors, identify the concerns of buyers, identify problems in their own products, delivery, communication, and other aspects, make targeted improvements and adjustments, better communicate with buyers, and regain customer recognition.
5、 Competitor monitoring
By tracking the transaction records of buyers, we can identify other suppliers of similar products and their share changes in the transaction. At the same time, we can track the transaction records of competitors throughout the process, grasp their buyer information and transaction records, and analyze the background and production and operation status of competitors, truly realizing the goal of knowing oneself and the other, so as to flexibly and targeted adjust our market strategy and put ourselves in a favorable position in competition.
6、 Customer reception from competitors
By tracking the transaction records of competitors, one can grasp their buyer information and procurement patterns, and judge their business status. Once a competitor goes bankrupt, one can react to their customers in the first time and obtain maximum benefits.
7、 Demand analysis, transaction status, and warning of products in the target market
Take denim in the US market as an example. Through the American Customs Bill of Lading database, you can find out all the buyers of denim in the U.S. market. According to their annual purchase volume, you can calculate the total demand for denim in the U.S. market.
In the same way, through transaction records, we can find out the global suppliers and their supply volume for these buyers, and timely grasp the transaction status of denim, so as to grasp the total market demand of denim products, the global competitors, their own proportion, the use of allocation, future market trends, possible trade barriers and other information, providing key reference for enterprise marketing, capacity expansion and other decisions.
8、 Grasp the popular trends in the target market
By tracking the buyers and their transaction records in the target market, it is possible to detect changes in market demand for a particular product from the buyers' purchases, timely detect the emergence of new products and materials, and enable oneself to grasp the popular trends in the target market in the first time, synchronize product development with the international market, and comprehensively enhance the competitiveness of the enterprise.
9、 Find buyers and regions with higher profits
By mining and analyzing bill of lading data, it is possible to identify buyers and export regions with higher profits for a specific product, reduce the export costs of enterprises, and increase their export profits.
10、 Identify potential investment opportunities
Through tracking and statistical analysis of transaction records, it is possible to discover changes in the shipment volume of a certain country or region, anticipate the signs of industrial transfer, and take the lead in strategic layout. At the same time, one can quickly grasp the new materials, technologies, processes, products, etc. that appear in the traded goods.