Bill of Lading (PIERS)

The Bill of Lading (PIERS) dataset, originated from IHS Markit, provides access to US Customs Trade Data through Bill of Lading Search. PIERS is the leading provider of import and export data at the detailed, bill-of-lading level – a heritage rooted in 40 years of amassing the industry's largest US waterborne trade dataset.

Every day, on average, the PIERS team processes close to 60,000 bills of lading that are filed with U.S. Customs. Within hours of receipt, we verify, standardize, enhance and load the data into our products so that users can spend time on business decisions rather than data collection. The PIERS team integrates this transactional trade data with standardized company details so you can also identify imports and exports by company. In addition to U.S. trade data going back to 2003, you can find detailed import and export transactions for 13 international markets.

This dataset includes:

• PIERS U.S. Data Coverage: U.S. waterborne import and export trade data covering 100% of U.S. port locations. Coverage of 213 trading countries, Historical coverage from 2003
• PIERS Non-U.S. Data Coverage: Import and export bills of lading, including importer and exporter names: Central America, Chile, Ecuador, India, Mexico, Peru and Vietnam. 
• Detailed import and export data, including company names: Colombia, Costa Rica, Panamá, Paraguay, Uruguay and Argentina (Argentina, importer names only). Coverage of 13 countries in Central & South America, India and Vietnam