China's waterborne exports to the U.S. continues to outdistance its Asian neighbors as the trickle of manufacturers migrating to China from the rest of Asia intensifies. In 2000, China's 3 million TEUs of containerized exports to the U.S. were three times that of Hong Kong and easily surpassed those of Japan, Korea and Taiwan.

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Trade Finance

Gain valuable insight into the overseas trade activities of U.S. companies. The PIERS database contains over 9 million import/export maritime transactions filed with U.S. Customs each year and contains information most requested by financial institutions.


Some of the key features include:

  • U.S. Exporter and Importer Name and Address
  • Dun & Bradstreet D-U-N-S® Number (when available)
  • Foreign Exporter Name and Address
  • Notify Party(imports only)
  • Bank Name(imports only)
  • Country of Destination or Origin
  • Number of Shipments
  • Number of Financed Shipments
  • Estimated Dollar Values
  • Aggregated Commodity Descriptions


CD-ROM

The Trade Finance CD-ROM is offered quarterly, and is designed to provide instant access to comprehensive maritime trade data in a concise, user-friendly Windows-based format. Data can be selected or sorted by U.S. Region/State, by Foreign Region/Country, or by 4-digit "harmonized" product code (the international standard).

This information may be linked to The Directory of U.S. Importers and Exporters at an additional cost.

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This database is also available as raw data on tape or diskette and as customized hard copy reports.
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