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PIERS is the most comprehensive database of U.S. waterborne trade activity in the world providing information services to thousands of subscribers globally. Our business intelligence tools and solutions are based on PIERS unique infrastructure and proprietary technology that allows PIERS to not only publish import data but also complete coverage of US export transactional data. Complementing our unrivaled U.S. trade intelligence, our international trade data spans the globe covering every major world economy - with an emphasis on significant trading partners and emerging source regions in Asia and South America, such as China, India and Brazil.

 

What Customers Say About PIERS

 

See What's Inside the Boxes

Randy Fischer, Port of Portland explains how PIERS intelligence helps his organization identify marketplace trends and get a clear view of the goods passing through Portland and who is shipping them. The flexibility of PIERS products allows anyone to easily access prepared reports and to customize reporting as his or her knowledge deepens and needs change.

 

 

Understand Your Customer

Kevin Burwell, Director of Foreign Trade Zone Services at the Virginia Port Authority describes how the VPA uses PIERS solutions to better understand its customers, stay ahead of competition, and look for new opportunities.

 

Data In Motion

 

The PIERS Transportation Blog

Steady Expansion in Home Sales Market Vital for Sustained Growth, Cautions PIERS Economist
U.S. containerized imports closed 2011 at a point of upward trajectory — up 3% Y-o-Y, with December marking the second month of continuous growth at 2.4%, and the fourth quarter closing 1.9% above the same period last year. But, with growth heavily influenced by the fragile housing market recovery, the outlook for 2012 remains cautious, [...] More...

 

What Happens to Old Shipping Containers?
PIERS recently featured a link on Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter to an article about Starbucks’ creative use of an old shipping container. The new concept store that opened just south of Seattle features a “Reclamation Drive-Thru” made out of repurposed shipping containers. This got us wondering – what else can you do with recycled containers? [...] More...

 

PIERS Supports the Global Appalachia Export Initiative
The Appalachian Regional Commission (a regional economic development agency consisting of 13 member states) is now using PIERS, The Standard in Trade Intelligence, to support their Global Appalachia Export Initiative. To support ARC’s effort, two key trade intelligence solutions from PIERS, PIERS Prospects™ and PIERS StatsPlus™ are being implemented across 10 of the 13 member [...] More...

 

PIERS In The News

 

U.S. Container Import Estimate Cut on 'Stubbornly Slow' Economic Recovery

"The projected growth for next year would still be higher than this year’s estimated 2.2 percent gain, and a three-year contraction that ended with a 15 percent slump in 2009, according to data from Newark, New Jersey-based PIERS, a unit of UBM Global. Imports will reach 17.4 million twenty-foot- equivalent units next year, compared with 16.9 million in 2011." Read More at Bloomberg

 

U.S. Firms Shipped Teargas to Egypt During Crackdown, Investigation Reveals

"Amnesty said the company had also sent a shipment of 21 tonnes of ammunition to Egypt – enough for 40,000 rounds of tear gas grenades and cannisters – on 8 April from Wilmington, North Carolina, and another shipment of 17.9 tonnes from New York on 8 August. According to the commercial trade database Piers, both were listed under the product code of bullets, cartridges and shells, but the New York was also described as 'ammunition smoke'." Read More at The Guardian

 

Where to Find Overseas Buyers

"Commodity codes will allow you to use the PIERS database to identify a good deal of very specific information about the market for your products. That information can help you focus your international sales efforts strategically." Read More at Bloomberg BusinessWeek