ANALYSIS OF IMPORTS & EXPORTS
Competitive Analysis Technologies analyzes a competitor’s exports and imports using the following seven computer databases. With this information you are able to track your competitor’s export and import activities; you what they import and export; determine who are their customers and watch when they move product. We also gain detailed information about your competitor’s imports of raw materials and their suppliers.

PIERS® Port Import/Export Reporting System
Produced by The Journal of Commerce, this database covers all U.S. waterborne imports and exports and provides us with the following data:

• Product description
• Product Code, 8-digit harmonized
• Product Weight & Number of Units
• Date of Shipment
• U.S. based importer/exporter
• U.S. port, city/state
• Foreign port, city/country

Mexican Imports & Exports of all shipments by truck, rail, air and ship to all countries. Detailed intelligence data includes: Mexican Supplier with Tax ID

• Destination Country
• Product Code Description, 6 digits
• Total Volume or Weight of Shipment
• Total Declared Value, $US
• Total Tariff Value, $US
• $US/$Peso Exchange Rate on Day of Shipment
• Bill of Lading Number
• Date of Shipment
• Routing Country
• Broker
• Customs Station

The Bureau of the Census, U.S. Department of Commerce
The Department of Commerce tracks all imports and exports of the U.S. and reports them in a computerized database. They contain the following monthly information:

• Product Description by 10 Digit Harmonized Code
• Dollars per Unit Volume
• Country of Origin
• Comparison to Five Previous Years

TRADSTAT Plus -- a service of RadioSuisse AG of Bern, Switzerland
This database collects monthly import and export statistics from 23 countries which cover approximately 85% of world trade for 60,000 product classifications. Land, air and sea trading lanes are covered by 6 digit international harmonized codes. The database includes the following data:

• Product Description by 6 Digit Harmonized Code
• Country of Export and Import
• Value of Shipments by Month
• Weight of Shipments by Month
• Reported in Various Currencies and Measures

Energy Information Agency, U.S. Department of Energy
The EIA publishes the Monthly Petroleum Report for the DOE, as well as many other reports specific to the energy industry. All EIA reports are available from their on-line computer database. Competitive Analysis Technologies produces a monthly analysis of all imported hydrocarbons. This spreadsheet report (available in any spreadsheet format) contains the following information:

• U.S. importing company
• U.S. port of entry (city, state)
• Country of origin
• Volume (1,000 BBLS)
• Percent sulfur (for crude oil and fuel oil imports)
• API, gravity (for crude oil imports)
• U.S. processing refinery (for crude oil imports)

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