CUSTOMS · IMPORT-EXPORT · GLOBAL TRADE DATA API
Global customs & trade data API — bill-of-lading import/export records, shipment intelligence and trade graphs behind one endpoint
TradeWind unifies bills of lading, import/export records, company directories, HS-code trends and buyer/supplier graphs from over 200 countries into a single REST API. One endpoint covers customs data, import/export data, global trade data, bill-of-lading data and shipment intelligence — query by HS code, country or keyword, then drill into company detail, trade trends, partners, port stats and multi-hop networks.
- Bill-of-lading import/export records
- 200+ countries of global trade data
- Buyer / supplier graphs & trade intelligence
- HS-code trends, port stats & market heatmaps
Why choose TradeWind's customs data API
| Dimension | TradeWind API | Legacy customs providers |
|---|---|---|
Access | REST API + SDK | Web UI or Excel export |
Countries covered | 200+ | Typically 30–80 |
Trade network graph | ||
Multi-hop trade network | ||
Customs company → contact match | ||
Semantic email inference | ||
Fused with B2B & social data | ||
Per-record billing |
Why builders pick TradeWind API
Drill every shipment down to shipper, consignee, product, value and port.
Automatically build a company's buyer, supplier and N-hop network graph.
Twelve-month import/export curves, market trends, global heatmaps and port KPIs.
Match messy CRM company names to their real customs entities in a single call.
Find reachable contacts for a customs company and infer their emails from the trade context.
Prompt "find US buyers importing solar panels from China in the last six months" and get the results back asynchronously.
Typical use cases
Surface active importers by HS code and country, with the last twelve months of trade history attached.
Follow the shipment graph upstream to raw-material and component suppliers.
Subscribe to a target company's customs activity and get pushed alerts on every new shipment.
Infer a competitor's downstream customers from the consignees on their shipments.
Pricing & billing
- 1 USD = 40 credits
- Customs record: 0.14 credits per record
- Company detail, trend and graph queries billed per record
- Contact match uses the B2B API pricing
- Cache hits are free
- Dedicated SLA available on Enterprise
FAQ
›Which countries are covered?
The US, India, Vietnam, Indonesia, Mexico, Brazil and other major exporters, plus the main EU member states — more than 200 countries and regions in total.
›How fresh is the data?
Major countries refresh daily or weekly, some regions ship monthly batches, and every response exposes a lastmod timestamp.
›Does it recognize Chinese company names?
Yes — the match endpoint maps Chinese company names to their customs entities and vice versa.
›Can I join it with contact and email data?
Absolutely. Customs company → contact match → email verify is a common single-vendor flow that runs entirely inside the TradeWind API.