# ImportYeti Scraper 2026 (`devcake/importyeti-scraper`) Actor
Extract US import records, supplier profiles, HS codes, shipping lanes, trading partners, and shipment data from ImportYeti.com. 90+ fields per result.
- **URL**: https://apify.com/devcake/importyeti-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [devcake](https://apify.com/devcake) (community)
- **Categories:** E-commerce, Lead generation
- **Stats:** 38 total users, 2 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 1 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet
## Pricing
from $4.00 / 1,000 results
This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.
Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event
## What's an Apify Actor?
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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.
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# README
## 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.
***
### 📦 What It Does
A web scraper for [ImportYeti.com](https://www.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
***
### 🚢 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.
***
### 🎯 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
***
### Example
**Input:**
```json
{
"queries": ["toyota"],
"maxResults": 1
}
```
**Output:**
```json
[{
"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"
}]
```
***
### 💡 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.
***
### ⚙️ 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. |
***
### ❓ 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.
***
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.
# Actor input Schema
## `queries` (type: `array`):
List of company names, supplier names, or product keywords to search.
Examples:
• \["porsche", "ferrari"] — find multiple companies
• \["hdmi cable", "usb cable"] — find suppliers of cable products
## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):
Maximum total results to return across all queries. The budget is split evenly across queries (e.g. maxResults=40 with 4 queries → ~10 per query). Each query returns up to 10 results per page.
## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):
Apify Proxy configuration. By default, uses Apify datacenter proxies.
## `includeDetails` (type: `boolean`):
Fetch detailed company data (HS codes, lanes, carriers, containers, BOLs, etc.). Disable for faster search-only results.
## Actor input object example
```json
{
"queries": [
"porsche"
],
"maxResults": 50,
"proxyConfiguration": {
"useApifyProxy": true,
"proxyGroups": [
"SHADER"
],
"countryCode": "US"
},
"includeDetails": true
}
```
# Actor output Schema
## `dataset` (type: `string`):
Complete scraped data — all 90+ fields per company/supplier record.
## `overview` (type: `string`):
Simplified view with key fields: name, type, country, shipments, top lanes and carriers.
## `summary` (type: `string`):
Run statistics: total records, pages scraped, stop reason, query parameters.
# API
You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.
## JavaScript example
```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';
// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
token: '',
});
// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
"queries": [
"porsche"
]
};
// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("devcake/importyeti-scraper").call(input);
// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
console.dir(item);
});
// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs
```
## Python example
```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient
# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("")
# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "queries": ["porsche"] }
# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("devcake/importyeti-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)
# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
print(item)
# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start
```
## CLI example
```bash
echo '{
"queries": [
"porsche"
]
}' |
apify call devcake/importyeti-scraper --silent --output-dataset
```
## MCP server setup
```json
{
"mcpServers": {
"apify": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,devcake/importyeti-scraper"
}
}
}
```
The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer ` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).
## OpenAPI specification
Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/p205PqfZhCj2L30xI/builds/n4XqWvc52mbCX6GXU/openapi.json