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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

TD Bank Uses PIERS Trade Finance™ to Bolster Origination Efforts
To many companies that make up the financial services industry, companies involved in international trade are an attractive target market.  Banks and financial institutions can offer letters of credit or other trade financing products, while insurers can provide import/export insurance. TD Bank along with many other leading financial institutions has found PIERS Trade Finance™ to [...] More...

 

Embed the Power of JOC Sailings Directly into Your Existing Website
The Journal of Commerce announced today the launch of a White Label version of the popular sailing schedules website www.jocsailings.com. Published by The Journal of Commerce (JOC), JOC Sailings White Label allows customers to embed the most comprehensive database of sailing schedules into their own website. Searches performed on a customer’s website, query the JOC [...] More...

 

U.S. Containerized Imports Grow 5% in November
U.S. containerized import volume rose 5% Y-o-Y in November, a sharp turnaround in the slumping market that was pushed by strong gains in shipments tied to the recovering housing industry, reported Mario O. Moreno, economist for PIERS/The Journal of Commerce. Increases in home sales have buoyed the housing market, leading to a 7% November growth [...] 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