🚢 ImportYeti Scraper

🚀 Pull US import/export trade intelligence in seconds. Search ImportYeti's bill-of-lading database by keyword, industry, location, or shipment volume. Return supplier profiles, full shipment history, HS codes, and buyer/supplier relationships. No API key, no login, no captcha-solving.

🕒 Last updated: 2026-04-21 · 📊 50+ fields per supplier · 📦 Shipment history · 🔍 HS codes · 🤝 Linked buyers/suppliers · 🚫 No auth required

🎁 Paid plan adds

📦 Full shipments

🏷️ HS codes breakdown

📞 Contact info

🤝 Linked networks

The ImportYeti Scraper queries the ImportYeti supplier and company directory and returns a clean record per match with 50+ fields, including company name, address, total shipments, most recent shipment, top suppliers and customers, HS codes, estimated shipping spend, and a full shipment history with bill-of-lading identifiers. ImportYeti aggregates US Customs (CBP) Automated Manifest System data, which is public by law, and layers a searchable interface on top.

For US-bound ocean freight, every inbound container triggers a manifest record that names the shipper, consignee, product description, HS code, and vessel. This Actor turns those records into structured JSON you can load into a CRM, a procurement pipeline, or a competitor-tracking dashboard.

🎯 Target Audience	💡 Primary Use Cases
Sourcing teams, procurement analysts, private equity, sales ops, market researchers, freight forwarders, brokers, trade compliance	Supplier discovery, competitor shipment tracking, HS-code trade flow analysis, lead enrichment, due diligence, route pricing

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📋 What the ImportYeti Scraper does

Five search workflows in a single run:

• 🔍 Keyword search. Query by product (e.g., aluminum, sneakers, lithium battery) or by company name.
• 🏭 Type filter. Restrict to supplier (overseas factories) or company (US importers).
• 📍 Location filter. Narrow to a US state, city, or country slug such as california or new-york.
• 📅 Recency filter. Only active traders shipped within the last 6mo, 1y, or 2y.
• 📦 Volume filter. Minimum total shipments to focus on high-volume counterparties.

Each record bundles search-page snapshot data with a detail-page enrichment pass: HS code breakdown, linked partners, estimated spend, coverage percentage, trade-name aliases, and shipment-level bills of lading.

💡 Why it matters: bill-of-lading data is the ground truth for who is actually shipping what, to whom, and how often. Sourcing teams use it to find alternative suppliers when an incumbent fails. Sales teams use it to qualify inbound importers. PE funds use it to track revenue proxies on private portfolio companies.

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🎬 Full Demo

🚧 Coming soon: a 3-minute walkthrough showing how to go from sign-up to a ranked supplier list with HS-code analytics.

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⚙️ Input

Input	Type	Default	Behavior
q	string	"game"	Search keyword. Product, brand, company name.
type	string	""	supplier, company, or empty for both.
location	string	""	City, state, or country slug. Empty = worldwide.
mostrecentshipment	string	""	Recency filter: 6mo, 1y, 2y.
shipmentstotal	integer	null	Minimum total shipments.
industry	integer	null	Industry ID for sector targeting.
maxItems	integer	10	Records to return. Free plan caps at 10, paid plan at 1,000,000.

Example: top California electronics suppliers active in the last year.

{
    "q": "electronics",
    "type": "supplier",
    "location": "california",
    "mostrecentshipment": "1y",
    "maxItems": 50
}

Example: high-volume apparel importers nationwide.

{
    "q": "apparel",
    "type": "company",
    "shipmentstotal": 100,
    "maxItems": 200
}

⚠️ Good to Know: ImportYeti derives its data from public US Customs manifest filings. Coverage is strongest for ocean freight inbound to US ports. Air and truck freight are not fully represented. Shipper names and addresses appear as filed on the bill of lading, so minor spelling or romanization variants are normal.

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📊 Output

Each supplier record contains 50+ fields spanning identity, logistics, and trading relationships. Download the dataset as CSV, Excel, JSON, or XML.

🧾 Schema highlights

Field	Type	Example
🏢 title	string	"Game"
🏭 type	string	"supplier" or "company"
🌍 countryCode	string	"US"
📍 address	string	"Apple Valley, Ca 92307, Us"
🔗 detailUrl	string	"https://www.importyeti.com/company/game"
📦 totalShipments	number	130
📅 mostRecentShipment	string	"28/03/2022"
🚢 topSuppliers	string[]	["Guang Zhou Lu Xing Animation Technology", ...]
👥 topCustomers	string[]	["B C E Distributors Limited", ...]
🌐 website	string	"https://..."
☎️ phone	string	"+1 760 ..."
📧 email	string	"sales@..."
🏷️ primaryIndustry	string	"Toys & Games"
👷 employees	string	"10-50"
📜 yearEstablished	string	"2010"
💰 estShippingSpend	string	"$185,790"
📈 coverage	number	50
🌊 importCountries	string[]	["China", "Taiwan", "Brazil"]
🌊 exportCountries	string[]	["United Kingdom", "Italy"]
🔢 hsCodes	string[]	["9504.90", "8474.39", ...]
📊 hsCodesBreakdown	object[]	[{ "hsCode": "9504.90", "count": 12 }, ...]
📇 supplierContactInfo	object	{ phone, email, website, fax, socialMedia }
🤝 linkedBuyers	object[]	up to 10 buyer records with slug URLs
🤝 linkedSuppliers	object[]	up to 10 supplier records with slug URLs
📑 shipmentHistory	object[]	bills of lading with date, description, supplier, destination
🏛️ registrationNumber, taxId	string	business identifiers when published
🏷️ tradeNames, alternativeAddresses	string[]	aliases and additional sites
🕒 scrapedTimestamp	ISO 8601	"2026-04-21T17:11:32.678Z"

Premium runs also add derived analytics: shipmentFrequency, lastShipmentDaysAgo, supplierDiversityScore, geographicReach, tradeComplexity, and companyAgeYears.

📦 Sample records

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✨ Why choose this Actor

	Capability
🗂️	Two-sided graph. Pull US importers and their overseas suppliers from the same database in one run.
📦	Full shipment history. Paid plan returns every bill of lading with date, description, supplier, and destination. Free plan returns the 5 most recent.
🔢	HS-code breakdown. Ranked product-category counts per company for sourcing and competitor analysis.
🤝	Linked partners. Top 10 buyers or suppliers with direct ImportYeti URLs for one-hop graph traversal.
📇	Contact intel. Phone, email, website, fax, and social profiles extracted from detail pages when published.
⚡	Fast. 10 supplier records in under 30 seconds, 1,000 in roughly 10 minutes.
🚫	No authentication. Works against public trade data. No ImportYeti account required.

📊 US Customs manifest data is the single most reliable signal for B2B trade activity. Every serious sourcing, sales, or trade-finance workflow taps into it eventually.

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📈 How it compares to alternatives

Approach	Cost	Coverage	Refresh	Filters	Setup
⭐ ImportYeti Scraper (this Actor)	$5 free credit, then pay-per-use	Millions of US bill-of-lading records	Live per run	keyword, type, location, recency, volume	⚡ 2 min
Direct ImportYeti subscription	$99+/month	Full	Real-time UI	UI-only	🐢 Manual CSV exports
Panjiva / ImportGenius	$500+/month	Global	Real-time	Many	⏳ Enterprise contracts
Raw CBP AMS data	Free	Full	Batched	None, parse-it-yourself	🕒 Days of engineering

Pick this Actor when you want programmatic access to ImportYeti's search and detail pages without a seat license or a CSV-export workflow.

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🚀 How to use

1. 📝 Sign up. Create a free account with $5 credit (takes 2 minutes).
2. 🌐 Open the Actor. Go to the ImportYeti Scraper page on the Apify Store.
3. 🎯 Set input. Enter a keyword, pick a type and location, then set maxItems.
4. 🚀 Run it. Click Start and let the Actor collect your data.
5. 📥 Download. Grab your results in the Dataset tab as CSV, Excel, JSON, or XML.

⏱️ Total time from signup to downloaded dataset: 3-5 minutes. No coding required.

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💼 Business use cases

🏭 Sourcing & Procurement Find alternative overseas suppliers by HS code Verify a factory's US customer list before a first order Benchmark supplier volume against competitors Track incumbent supplier shipment trends	📈 Sales & Lead Generation Build target lists of active US importers by product Enrich CRM records with trade volume and recency Identify importers likely switching suppliers Qualify inbound leads by import history
💼 Private Equity & Market Research Proxy revenue estimates from shipment volume Monitor private portfolio companies' import activity Map category-level import flows by HS code Due diligence on target company supplier concentration	🚚 Freight & Trade Compliance Price quotes by origin/destination pair Route-level shipment frequency for capacity planning HS-code compliance review for classification audits Track consignee addresses across manifests

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🌟 Beyond business use cases

Data like this powers more than commercial workflows. The same structured records support research, education, civic projects, and personal initiatives.

🎓 Research and academia Empirical datasets for papers, thesis work, and coursework Longitudinal studies tracking changes across snapshots Reproducible research with cited, versioned data pulls Classroom exercises on data analysis and ethical scraping	🎨 Personal and creative Side projects, portfolio demos, and indie app launches Data visualizations, dashboards, and infographics Content research for bloggers, YouTubers, and podcasters Hobbyist collections and personal trackers
🤝 Non-profit and civic Transparency reporting and accountability projects Advocacy campaigns backed by public-interest data Community-run databases for local issues Investigative journalism on public records	🧪 Experimentation Prototype AI and machine-learning pipelines with real data Validate product-market hypotheses before engineering spend Train small domain-specific models on niche corpora Test dashboard concepts with live input

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❓ Frequently Asked Questions

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🔌 Automating ImportYeti Scraper

Control the scraper programmatically for scheduled runs and pipeline integrations:

• 🟢 Node.js. Install the apify-client NPM package.
• 🐍 Python. Use the apify-client PyPI package.
• 📚 See the Apify API documentation for full details.

The Apify Schedules feature lets you trigger this Actor on any cron interval. Daily or weekly refreshes keep your sourcing database, CRM, or BI dashboard in sync automatically.

🔌 Integrate with any app

ImportYeti Scraper connects to any cloud service via Apify integrations:

• Make - Automate multi-step workflows
• Zapier - Connect with 5,000+ apps
• Slack - Get run notifications in your channels
• Airbyte - Pipe supplier data into your warehouse
• GitHub - Trigger runs from commits and releases
• Google Drive - Export datasets straight to Sheets

You can also use webhooks to trigger downstream actions when a run finishes. Push fresh supplier records into your CRM, or alert your team in Slack when a competitor ships a new product.

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💡 Pro Tip: browse the complete ParseForge collection for more business-intelligence scrapers.

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⚠️ Disclaimer: this Actor is an independent tool and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by ImportYeti or US Customs and Border Protection. All trademarks mentioned are the property of their respective owners. Only publicly available bill-of-lading metadata is collected.