ImportYeti Scraper

Scrape ImportYeti US customs and bill-of-lading trade data — importer and supplier profiles with shipment counts, top trading partners, HS-code chapters, SCAC carrier codes, ocean lanes, trademarks, contacts and recent bills of lading, pushed to two structured datasets.

Built for sourcing and procurement teams, supply-chain analysts, trade-intelligence products and sales teams doing import-based lead generation.

Find Suppliers and Track Competitor Imports From US Customs Data

• Supplier sourcing & verification — find overseas manufacturers by product, trademark or company name, ranked by how much they actually ship.
• Competitor import monitoring — track which suppliers your competitors buy from, how often they ship and which HS codes they import.
• Import-export lead generation — build lists of active US importers with addresses, geo coordinates, shipment volumes and contact records.
• Trade intelligence datasets — combine company rollups with row-level bills of lading (dates, BOL numbers, partners, weights, containers, routes).
• Lane and carrier analysis — ocean lanes (exit/entry ports), SCAC carrier codes, container types and CIF-valued shipments per company.
• CRM enrichment — feed importer/supplier profiles into Salesforce, HubSpot or a data warehouse on a schedule.

How It Works

The Actor queries ImportYeti's public search JSON for ten profiles per page, then parses the structured company payload embedded in each profile page. Requests are paced and sessions rotated to stay under the site's rate limits.

Profiles land in the default dataset with shipment totals, partners, HS codes, ocean lanes and contacts; bills of lading land in a separate shipments dataset. Use both to map supplier relationships and sourcing exposure.

ImportYeti is a Next.js site; no browser is ever launched. The Actor reads two structured JSON surfaces:

1. Search — public JSON endpoint. GET https://www.importyeti.com/api/search?q=<query>&page=<N> returns 10 profiles per page (name, type, country, address, shipment counts, URL) plus total pages and hits.
2. Profile — structured payload embedded in the page HTML. Each company/supplier page embeds its full data object (partners, HS codes, SCAC codes, lanes, trademarks, tags, contacts, bills of lading) in the served HTML. The Actor parses that object directly.

HTTP-only requests carry a browser-like TLS fingerprint and HTTP/2 headers, which ImportYeti accepts without any interactive check. ImportYeti answers burst traffic with HTTP 429/403 after roughly 25 requests per IP, so the Actor paces requests automatically and the Proxy configuration input (recommended for runs above ~25 requests) rotates IPs; sessions are retired every 20 requests so retries land on a fresh IP.

Input Parameters

Field	Type	Required	Default	Notes
searchQueries	array	No	["Patagonia"]	Company names, supplier names, trademarks or product keywords. Each query is paginated through the search endpoint up to the per-query cap.
startUrls	array	No	[]	Direct profile URLs (/company/{slug} or /supplier/{slug}) — scraped without a search step.
maxResultsPerQuery	integer	No	10	Max profiles per search query (max 500; the search endpoint serves 10 per page).
typeFilter	select	No	both	both, company (US importers) or supplier (overseas suppliers).
countryCode	string	No	—	ISO-3166-1 alpha-2 code (e.g. VN, CN) to keep only profiles registered in that country.
minShipments	integer	No	0	Drop profiles with fewer lifetime bills of lading. Filters out inactive companies.
enrichProfile	boolean	No	true	Fetch each profile for full rollups. false = fast search-card rows only.
maxShipmentsPerProfile	integer	No	10	Recent bills of lading kept per profile (max 50).
maxConcurrency	integer	No	2	Parallel requests (1–10). Keep low — burst traffic triggers 429/403.
requestsPerMinute	integer	No	0	Crawl-wide throttle. 0 = auto: 15/min direct, 60/min with a proxy.
proxy	object	No	—	Standard Apify proxy picker. Recommended for runs above ~25 requests.

Output Fields

One row per company/supplier profile in the default dataset:

Group	Fields
Identity	name, slug, recordType (importer / supplier), type, profileUrl
Location	country, countryCode, address, addressParts, geo (lat/long)
Activity	totalShipments, shipments12m, firstShipmentDate, mostRecentShipment, otherAddressesCount, otherNamesCount, alsoKnownNames
Trading partners	topTradingPartners (name, country, address, shipments, 12-month shipments, weight, TEUs, HS codes, product text, profile URL, top companies); also exposed as topSuppliers (for importers) / topBuyers (for suppliers)
Trade profile	topHsCodes (HS chapters with nested subheadings), topScacCodes (carriers with SCAC code, service types, year-over-year), carriersPerCountry, oceanLanes (exit/entry ports, shipments, weight, TEU, cost), containerTypes
Marks	trademarks, tags
Contacts	contacts.phoneNumber, contacts.corporateInfo, contacts.phoneNumbers[] (display number + searchNumbers)
Timing	scrapedAt

Every bill of lading is also written to a separate shipments dataset (the shipments storage alias) — one row per shipment: companyName, companySlug, companyProfileUrl, recordType, sourceQuery, shipmentType (bol or cif), date, billOfLading, masterBillOfLading, partnerName, weightKg, containers, description, and for CIF rows the declared value fields.

Both datasets appear in the run's Output tab and can be exported as JSON/CSV/Excel from the Storage tab or via the API with each run's dataset IDs.

Example Input

{
  "searchQueries": ["Patagonia", "lithium battery"],
  "maxResultsPerQuery": 20,
  "typeFilter": "both",
  "countryCode": "",
  "minShipments": 5,
  "enrichProfile": true,
  "maxShipmentsPerProfile": 10,
  "requestsPerMinute": 0
}

Direct profile mode (no search step):

{
  "startUrls": [{ "url": "https://www.importyeti.com/company/patagonia" }],
  "enrichProfile": true
}

Example Output

Default dataset (trimmed):

{
  "name": "Patagonia",
  "slug": "patagonia",
  "recordType": "importer",
  "country": "United States of America",
  "countryCode": "US",
  "address": "259 W Santa Clara St, San Jose, Ca 95113, Us",
  "geo": { "lat": 37.25022, "long": -119.75126 },
  "totalShipments": 4007,
  "shipments12m": 566,
  "firstShipmentDate": "2015-01-26",
  "mostRecentShipment": "2026-10-08",
  "topTradingPartners": [
    {
      "name": "Hirdaramani International Export",
      "country": "Sri Lanka",
      "countryCode": "LK",
      "shipments": 468,
      "shipments12m": 65,
      "hsCodes": ["6110.30", "6203.42"],
      "profileUrl": "https://www.importyeti.com/supplier/hirdaramani-international-export"
    }
  ],
  "topHsCodes": [{ "hsCode": "61", "description": "Apparel - knitted", "shipments": 1908 }],
  "topScacCodes": [{ "scac": "EXDO", "name": "Expeditors International", "shipments": 2322 }],
  "oceanLanes": [{ "exitPort": "Vung Tau", "entryPort": "Oakland, Ca", "shipments": 537 }],
  "trademarks": [{ "name": "Patagonia", "trademarks_count": 306 }],
  "scrapedAt": "2026-10-17T00:00:00.000Z"
}

Shipments dataset (one row per bill of lading):

{
  "companyName": "Patagonia",
  "companySlug": "patagonia",
  "companyProfileUrl": "https://www.importyeti.com/company/patagonia",
  "recordType": "importer",
  "sourceQuery": "Patagonia",
  "shipmentType": "bol",
  "date": "2026-10-08",
  "billOfLading": "EXLTSE00038271",
  "masterBillOfLading": "ONEYCMBG16772300",
  "partnerName": "Mas Capital Pvt Ltd",
  "weightKg": 8500,
  "containers": 1,
  "description": "Cap Cool Daily Shirt …"
}

Automate Import Monitoring With Schedules & Webhooks

• Schedule a daily or weekly run on the same queries (e.g. your own brands plus competitor names) to keep a rolling import-activity dataset.
• Webhooks fire when a run finishes — push new supplier rows straight into a CRM, Slack channel or warehouse.
• API — start runs, poll status and download both datasets programmatically (/v2/acts/{actorId}/runs and the dataset endpoints).
• Zapier / Make connect the Actor's run-completion events to thousands of apps.
• Set a maximum cost per run in the input; the Actor stops cleanly when the budget is reached.

Related Actors

Verified related actors on Apify that pair well with this one. All links point to real, publicly available actors.

• US Customs Records & Import Trade Data Scraper — ImportYeti
• Bill Of Lading Scraper — No Login, $1.4/1k
• ImportYeti Trade Data Scraper
• Import Export Data API — ImportGenius Bill of Lading Shipments
• Bill Of Lading Scraper

Frequently Asked Questions

Does ImportYeti have an official API?

Yes — ImportYeti sells a paid REST API (versioned /v1.0 endpoints under data.importyeti.com, authenticated with an IYApiKey header, documented at docs.importyeti.com) with per-plan record credits and sales-gated custom plans. This Actor uses ImportYeti's free public web surfaces instead — the same search JSON endpoint the website calls and the structured data embedded in its company/supplier pages — so you can start extracting trade data immediately, without an API key or a sales conversation.

How is this different from ImportGenius or Panjiva-style trade databases?

ImportGenius exposes an enterprise REST API included with Enterprise plans (Business plans can add it) covering 25+ countries; classic trade-data suites such as Panjiva are subscription products aimed at enterprises. ImportYeti's website is free with rate limits and centers on US (plus Mexico) customs and manifest records. This Actor turns that free public surface into structured, exportable datasets at pay-per-event pricing, with no subscription to the data source itself.

Can I get supplier contact details?

Partly. ImportYeti masks phone numbers and corporate info (website, industry, revenue, LinkedIn) for logged-out visitors; the Actor captures what the page publishes, including the masked display number and the searchNumbers values attached to each phone record. Treat contacts as leads to verify, not as guaranteed-direct dials.

Is ImportYeti data free?

The website is free to use and rate-limits at roughly 25 requests per IP. The official ImportYeti API is a paid add-on. This Actor charges only for results: $1.20 per 1,000 enriched profiles plus $1.50 per 1,000 shipment rows. Free Apify accounts get a capped preview of 10 profiles per run.

How much does a typical run cost?

100 enriched profiles with 10 bills of lading each: 100 × $0.0012 + 1,000 × $0.0015 = $1.62. Set a maximum cost per run in Apify Console and the Actor stops gracefully at the limit.

Can an AI agent call this Actor?

Yes. It runs through the Apify API and MCP server with JSON input; see the section below for a minimal call, the output field list and the operational rules an agent needs. See also For AI Agents & LLM Apps.

What are good ImportYeti alternatives for bulk trade data?

For programmatic access: this Actor (free-source scraping, pay per result), the official ImportYeti API (paid, per-plan credits), or the ImportGenius API (enterprise, sales-gated). Related Actors listed above cover ImportYeti and bill-of-lading sources directly.

For AI Agents & LLM Apps

Returns structured US import/export trade data from ImportYeti: company/supplier profiles (shipment rollups, partners, HS/SCAC codes, lanes, trademarks, contacts) plus a row-per-shipment shipments dataset.

Minimal input (search mode, enriched profiles):

{ "searchQueries": ["Patagonia"], "maxResultsPerQuery": 5 }

Variant input (direct profile mode, no search step):

{ "startUrls": [{ "url": "https://www.importyeti.com/company/patagonia" }] }

Output fields — profiles: name, slug, recordType, type, profileUrl, country, countryCode, address, addressParts, geo, totalShipments, shipments12m, firstShipmentDate, mostRecentShipment, otherAddressesCount, otherNamesCount, alsoKnownNames, topTradingPartners, topSuppliers, topBuyers, topHsCodes, topScacCodes, carriersPerCountry, oceanLanes, containerTypes, trademarks, tags, contacts, recentShipments, cifShipments, scrapedAt. Shipments dataset: companyName, companySlug, companyProfileUrl, recordType, sourceQuery, shipmentType, date, billOfLading, masterBillOfLading, partnerName, weightKg, containers, description.

Behaviors an agent should know:

• searchQueries and startUrls are alternative entry points; either one (or both) may be supplied.
• enrichProfile: true (default) costs one extra request per profile; false returns search-card rows only (cheaper, fewer fields).
• minShipments and countryCode filter server-side before enrichment, so they reduce billed profiles.
• Default maxResultsPerQuery is 10; the source search endpoint serves 10 results per page.
• Free Apify accounts are capped at 10 profiles per run; paid accounts are not.
• Raise requestsPerMinute / maxConcurrency only together with a configured proxy; without one, ImportYeti answers bursts with 429/403.
• Contacts and corporate info are partially masked by the source for logged-out visitors; expect masked values.

Billing: pay per event — $0.0012 per profile scraped, $0.0015 per shipment row stored, plus a per-GB actor-start charge. Set max total charge on the run to cap spend.

Legal & Compliance Disclaimer

This Actor is an independent tool and is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by ImportYeti or ImportYeti Inc. It accesses only publicly available pages on importyeti.com — no login, no authenticated areas and no interactive checks are circumvented; contacts and corporate info returned are whatever the site itself publishes to logged-out visitors. The underlying data is public US Customs bill-of-lading information. You are responsible for your own compliance with ImportYeti's Terms of Service and with applicable data-protection law (including GDPR where personal contact data is processed); where phone numbers or corporate contacts are present in the output, do not use them for unsolicited commercial outreach in violation of applicable law such as CAN-SPAM, GDPR or TCPA.

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