PIERS Global Intelligence Solutions
PIERS Global Intelligence Solutions offers a unique database of timely, accurate and comprehensive information covering cargo moving through seaports in the U.S., Mexico, Latin America and Asia. PIERS begins with data gathered directly from customs documents, i.e., vessel manifests and ocean bills of lading that are filed with U.S. Customs. PIERS collects its data from over 42,000 bills of lading daily. PIERS specialists continuously audit, validate, code and standardize all transactions in the database, approximately 15 million records annually. PIERS assigns harmonized tariff codes to all manifest commodity descriptions, calculates TEUs and estimates the value of the cargoes. PIERS enhances transaction detail with background information on the trading parties from such leading sources as D&B.
Companies seeking international business opportunity rely on PIERS for actionable information to identify new markets and sales opportunities, to find and qualify sources of supply, to monitor competitors, to defend intellectual property against infringement and counterfeiting, to understand international trade trends & forecasts and to support strategic decision-making.
PIERS Global Intelligence Solutions offers a unique database of timely, accurate and comprehensive information covering cargo moving through seaports in the U.S., Mexico, Latin America and Asia. PIERS begins with data gathered directly from customs documents, i.e., vessel manifests and ocean bills of lading that are filed with U.S. Customs. PIERS collects its data from over 42,000 bills of lading daily. PIERS specialists continuously audit, validate, code and standardize all transactions in the database, approximately 15 million records annually. PIERS assigns harmonized tariff codes to all manifest commodity descriptions, calculates TEUs and estimates the value of the cargoes. PIERS enhances transaction detail with background information on the trading parties from such leading sources as D&B.
Companies seeking international business opportunity rely on PIERS for actionable information to identify new markets and sales opportunities, to find and qualify sources of supply, to monitor competitors, to defend intellectual property against infringement and counterfeiting, to understand international trade trends & forecasts and to support strategic decision-making.
