ImportYeti Scraper — US Import Data, Supplier Intelligence & Bills of Lading

Scrape ImportYeti.com for U.S. import records, supplier profiles, HS/HTS codes, bills of lading, shipping lanes, carriers, and container data — 90+ fields per result, more than any other ImportYeti scraper on Apify. Free Panjiva / ImportGenius alternative for supplier discovery, trade compliance screening, and B2B lead generation. No login required.

Pull structured trade data from ImportYeti's database of 70M+ U.S. customs shipment records in minutes — search by company name, supplier name, or product keyword and walk away with a normalized, dashboard-ready dataset.

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📦 What It Does

A web scraper for ImportYeti.com — the free U.S. customs shipment database — that turns U.S. import records into structured supplier and trade profiles. Each result is a normalized record with company identity, shipment history, HS and HTS tariff codes, top trading partners, port-to-port shipping lanes, carrier SCAC codes, container types, recent bills of lading (BOL) with product descriptions, and UFLPA trade compliance flags.

Most users come to this scraper looking for a free alternative to Panjiva, ImportGenius, or ImportYeti's paid API — those charge $5,000+/year for the same customs data ImportYeti makes public. This Actor extracts it cleanly without a login, a key, or rate-limit headaches.

Built for speed and scale:

• 90+ normalized fields per company
• 5 pre-built dataset views (Overview, HS Codes, Suppliers, Shipping, Location) so results are dashboard-ready on first load
• Multi-query per run — search thousands of companies in one go
• Pay-per-event pricing — only pay for records returned

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🚢 Data You Get

Every result is a rich supplier/company profile:

Category	Fields
🏢 Identity	Company name, type (supplier/company), address, country, city, county, state, lat/long, phone, website, other names
🚢 Shipments	Total shipments, 12-month volume, quarterly growth, date range, most recent shipment
💵 Shipping cost	Total spend, cost coverage, average TEU per shipment (12/24/36 mo), average TEU per month
📑 HS codes	Top HS code summary with weight and TEU, hierarchical children, vendor-level HS codes, full HTS code list
🤝 Trading	Supplier table (vendor name, country, total shipments, top companies per supplier), top trading partners by country
🗺️ Lanes	Port-to-port routes (exit port → entry port) with shipments, weight, and TEU
🚛 Carriers	SCAC codes with shipment counts, 12-month activity, YoY growth, service types
📦 Containers	Container types (45G0, etc.), FCL vs LCL load split, container groups and lengths
📄 Bills of Lading	Recent BOLs with date, product description, shipper basename
⚖️ Compliance	UFLPA flag, notify-party contact table
📈 Charts	Base64 PNG charts: imports by country, top-10 relationships, total shipments over time, product breakdown
🌍 Geography	Hierarchical location data, other addresses, other company names

The dataset ships with 5 views — Overview, HS Codes & Products, Suppliers & Trading, Shipping & Containers, Location & Contact — so you can browse results by theme without writing a single line of code.

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🎯 Who It's For

• Importers & procurement teams — discover and verify overseas suppliers, build shortlists by product
• Logistics & freight coordinators — map port-to-port lanes, carrier performance, container splits (FCL vs LCL)
• Market researchers & analysts — track U.S. import trends, market share, and shipment velocity
• Trade compliance officers — screen suppliers for UFLPA flags and verify compliance posture
• Sales & lead-generation teams — build B2B outreach lists with phone, website, and notify-party contacts
• Amazon FBA & e-commerce sellers — find the actual manufacturers behind best-selling products
• Panjiva / ImportGenius / ImportYeti paid-API users — drop-in free alternative for U.S. customs data, bill of lading lookup, and supplier intelligence
• Investigative journalists & academics — public customs records for transparency, supply-chain research, and longitudinal studies

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Example

Input:

{
  "queries": ["toyota"],
  "maxResults": 1
}

Output:

[{
  "name": "Toyota",
  "type": "company",
  "countryCode": "US",
  "address": "Canton, Mi 48187, Us",
  "latitude": 44.25029,
  "longitude": -85.50033,
  "totalShipments": 1535,
  "mostRecentShipment": "20/01/2026",
  "dateRange": {"start_date": "03/01/2015", "end_date": "20/01/2026"},
  "shipments12m": 29,
  "quarterlyGrowth": {
    "months": ["01/04/2026", "01/03/2026", "01/02/2026"],
    "shipments": -2,
    "shipments_percents": -100
  },
  "totalShippingCost": 2235.54,
  "avgTeuPerShipment": {"12m": 2.85, "24m": 2.96, "36m": 3.57},
  "avgTeuPerMonth": {"12m": 6.89, "24m": 8.14, "36m": 57.84},
  "hsCodeSummary": [{
    "hs_code": "87",
    "shipments": 1347,
    "weight": 38072835,
    "teu": 5151,
    "description": "Automotive",
    "children": [{
      "hs_code": "8708",
      "shipments": 1346,
      "description": "Parts and accessories of motor vehicles"
    }]
  }],
  "htsCodes": [{
    "hts_code": "5358.71.10",
    "description": "Other vegetable textile fibers",
    "shipments": 32
  }],
  "suppliersTable": [{
    "vendor_name": "Citic Dicastal",
    "country": "China",
    "total_shipments_company": 1526,
    "top_companies": [
      {"company_name": "Citic Dicastal", "shipments_12m": 891, "total_shipments": 7011},
      {"company_name": "General Motors", "shipments_12m": 305, "total_shipments": 3345}
    ]
  }],
  "topTradingPartners": [
    {"country": "China", "shipments": 1034},
    {"country": "South Korea", "shipments": 494}
  ],
  "topLanes": [{
    "exit_port": "Tianjin",
    "entry_port": "Long Beach, Calif",
    "shipments": 578,
    "weight": 16943914,
    "teu": 2290
  }],
  "topCarriers": [{
    "code": "CMDU",
    "name": "Compagnie Maritime Daffretemen",
    "shipments": 1265,
    "shipments_12m": 0,
    "yoy": -100,
    "service_types": [{"service_type": "PH", "shipments": 828}]
  }],
  "containerType": [{"code": "45G0", "count": 2297}],
  "containersLoad": [{"load_type": "FCL", "shipments": 1533, "shipments_perc": 99.87}],
  "containers": [{
    "type": "45G0",
    "length": "40ft",
    "group": "General Purpose Container (no ventilation)",
    "shipments": 1274,
    "count": 2297
  }],
  "recentBols": [{
    "bol": "CULOCUSE25120343",
    "date": "2026-01-20",
    "description": "Aluminium Wheels",
    "shipperBasename": "Citic Dicastal"
  }],
  "phone": "XXX-XXX-X003",
  "website": "toyotajamaica.com",
  "complianceFlag": false,
  "state": "Michigan",
  "county": "Wayne County",
  "city": "Charter Township of Canton",
  "locationData": [
    {"name": "Michigan", "type": "State", "latitude": 44.25029},
    {"name": "Wayne County", "type": "County", "latitude": 42.28478}
  ],
  "otherNames": ["Toyota Inc"],
  "otherAddresses": [{
    "address": "Coloma, Mi 49038, Us",
    "shipments": 680,
    "other_companies": 8
  }],
  "chartImage": {
    "importsPerCountry": "base64...",
    "top10Relationships": "base64...",
    "totalShipmentsOverTime": "base64...",
    "productBreakdown": "base64..."
  },
  "url": "https://www.importyeti.com/company/toyota"
}]

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💡 Use Cases

🛒 Find suppliers by product

Run a query like ["hdmi cable", "usb cable", "furniture parts"] to pull a list of every active U.S. importer plus their overseas manufacturer partners, with shipment counts and recent activity dates. Ideal for supplier discovery and sourcing shortlists.

🏭 Research a competitor's supply chain

Enter a company name ("toyota", "ikea", "amazon") to get the full supplier network, top trading partners, preferred carriers, container mix, and 10-year shipment history — perfect for competitive analysis and market intelligence.

📑 Tariff & HS code lookup

Inspect hsCodeSummary and htsCodes for any company to see exactly which tariff chapters and HTS subheadings they import under, with weight and TEU volumes per code. Use this for tariff classification, product research, and category sizing.

⚖️ Trade compliance screening (UFLPA)

Filter or sort results by the complianceFlag to identify suppliers flagged under the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) before onboarding. The same field works for any supply-chain due-diligence workflow.

🚢 Logistics intelligence

Analyze topLanes (port-to-port exit → entry routes) and topCarriers (SCAC codes with YoY trends) to map which lanes a company uses, which carriers dominate, and how that mix has shifted over 12/24/36 months. Built for shipment record lookup and freight benchmarking.

📞 Build B2B lead lists

Export phone numbers, websites, addresses, and notify-party contacts filtered to companies with recent shipment activity. Drop straight into Clay, Apollo, HubSpot, or any CRM for outbound sales.

📈 Track market trends over time

Query a category keyword and aggregate totalShipments, HS-code breakdown, and country-of-origin shifts over quarters to size a market in minutes — no manual spreadsheet work required.

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⚙️ Input

Parameter	Type	Required	Default	Description
queries	array of strings	✅ Yes	["porsche"]	Company names, supplier names, or product keywords. Run up to thousands in one go.
maxResults	integer	No	50	Maximum total results across all queries (split evenly). Each query returns up to 10 per page. Free plan capped at 5.
includeDetails	boolean	No	true	Fetch detailed enrichment (HS codes, lanes, carriers, containers, BOLs). Set to false for fast search-only runs.
proxyConfiguration	object	No	Apify SHADER, US	Apify Proxy configuration. Most users can leave the default; switch to residential for very high volume.

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❓ FAQ

Is this the same as Panjiva or ImportGenius? Yes — those services charge $5,000+/year for the same U.S. customs data this scraper pulls from ImportYeti's public records. No login, no API key, no subscription.

What is an ImportYeti scraper? It's a tool that automates extracting supplier, shipment, and trade data from ImportYeti.com — a free database of 70M+ U.S. customs shipment records. This Actor runs that scrape on Apify's cloud, so you get structured JSON output without managing infrastructure.

How is this different from the official ImportYeti API? ImportYeti's own paid API charges per data-credit and requires an account. This scraper uses the same public ImportYeti.com pages, so there's no signup, no credit balance, and no rate-limit lock-in.

Do I need a proxy or a login? No login or API key ever. The Actor defaults to Apify's US datacenter proxies, which handle the traffic fine. Switch to residential proxies in the input if you scrape very large query lists.

Can I run it on a schedule? Yes — pair this Actor with Apify Schedules or any cron/webhook to monitor a watchlist of competitors, suppliers, or products weekly.

What about the free plan? Free plan runs are capped at 5 results per run. Upgrade to any paid Apify plan (or use your own proxy) for unlimited results and full 90+ field enrichment on every record.

What data format do I get? Clean JSON with one record per supplier/company. The dataset includes 5 pre-built views — including suppliers list, HS code breakdown, shipping lanes, and contact info — so you can browse it as a table without writing code.

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Get U.S. import intelligence in minutes — not weeks. Free bill of lading lookup, supplier discovery, and trade compliance data from 70M+ U.S. customs shipment records.