Import Data by HS Code and Country, With Named Importers
A directory tells you who calls themselves an importer. Import data tells you who cleared your HS code through customs this quarter: named company, port, date, quantity, declared price. In most of our direct markets, the buyer’s real name is on the record.
From raw import data to eight buyers worth your quote.
You don’t need two hundred maybes. You need the handful of importers who are actively buying your category, at volumes you can serve, at prices you can beat. That is a filtering problem, and import data is what you filter.
Rank buyers by real volume
Buyer concentration per HS code shows who is actually winning the market: which importers take container loads monthly versus who sampled once a year ago.
Read the company ledger
Every named importer gets a profile: HS coverage, top suppliers, shipment cadence, ports and contact research. You walk into the first email knowing their business.
Map your competitor’s buyers
Search your competitor as the supplier and their import side lights up: every buyer they ship to, at what declared price. That is your displacement list.
Import data has a shelf life. That’s the point.
An importer who shipped every month can vanish from the feed in 90 days: switched suppliers, or a competitor got there first. Because the filings are fresh, the buyer you find is one importing now, not a name from last year’s directory. Timing is the difference between a warm lead and a missed one.
- See which buyers are active in your HS code this quarter.
- Reach them with their real purchase prices in hand.
- Get there before the competitor reading the same data.
No time to work the data yourself?
A dedicated trade specialist can run the whole hunt for you.
Our Trade Desk assigns a specialist who researches importers from the customs data, runs outreach across email, phone and WhatsApp, qualifies interest, and hands you warm buyers ready to talk, for $299/month, with daily reporting.
Meet the Trade DeskHS code search for importing companies in your target market
It has nothing to do with uploading a file into software. Every search starts from the product, and the product is identified by its HS code. If you are unsure of yours, the HS code finder will suggest one.
HS codes run from broad chapters down to specific product lines. A broad code pulls in neighbouring goods. A narrower code gives a tighter list of importing companies, so pick the most specific code that still describes what you sell.
- Enter the code and choose the market you want to sell into.
- Set a recent time window to see who is buying now.
- Sort the list by shipment volume and read the top first.
- Open a company to check its suppliers and ports before you write.
Importer names by country: direct feeds and mirror data
Coverage comes in two kinds. Direct markets are 43 countries with direct customs feeds, where the customs feed itself reaches us. Importer names and supplier names appear in 38 of them. In the other five, the shipment facts arrive without company names.
The second kind is 184 mirror-derived countries. Mirror figures are inferred from what partner countries report exporting into a market. Those partner records describe the goods, but they generally do not carry the buyer's name. Use mirror countries to size a market. Use named direct markets when you need someone to contact.
Shipment-level import records vs country totals
Trade statistics add shipments up into one number per country and product code. Shipment-level records keep the lines those totals are built from. Totals show how big a market is. Records show who sits inside it.
Each line answers six plain questions: who bought, who sold, what was it, where did it land, when, and how much. For the full field breakdown, see the customs shipment data page.
- Records: one line per shipment, taken from customs filings.
Who uses customs import records
Exporters are the main users. They look for importers of their product and decide which ones deserve a quote.
Sales teams use the same records for the competitor view described above.
Procurement staff use them too. Before placing an order, they can check a supplier's shipping record on the supplier data page. Before shipping to a new customer, an exporter can confirm the company is real through buyer data.
Import data, asked and answered.
What is import data?
Import data is the customs record of goods entering a country, taken from the filing made as each shipment clears. Read across many shipments, it shows which importing company buys a product, from whom and how often.
Can I really see importer names?
Yes, wherever the customs record itself carries the name; the coverage section above shows which markets do, and the platform says so when one does not. Because the name comes from the filing, it is the company that actually cleared the goods.
How do I find importers of my specific product?
The HS code search section above gives the steps. In short: the narrower your HS code and the more recent your time window, the shorter and more useful your list of importers.
Can I see who my competitors sell to?
Yes. Competitor buyer mapping is one of the six core surfaces of the platform. Run it before you quote, so you know which importers a rival already supplies and what they paid.
What does access cost?
Platform access is $1,100 for 6 months or $1,800 for 12 months. Prices are published on the site, with no “contact sales” dance.
How often is import data updated?
Most markets refresh weekly and some refresh daily, as partner customs feeds deliver new filings. Each refresh can add new importers of your HS code, or show a regular buyer going quiet.
Can I try it before paying?
Yes. Open a free 3-day test account, or book a free demo and search your own HS code on screen.
See what your buyers are buying.Then decide.
Everything we show you comes from official customs filings — records, not claims. 30 minutes. Your shipment. Your HS code. Real platform. If you don’t see something new about your market by the end of the call, we walk away. No follow-ups.