How to find importers and exporters

Practical guides for sourcing and selling: pick a product, pick a market, and see the companies that actually appear in customs shipment records.

How do you find real importers or exporters for a product?

Identify the HS code for the product, filter customs declarations of the last 12 months to that code and market, group the filings by company, then rank the buyers or suppliers by shipment count, declared value and how recently they traded. Each guide below does that for one product and country.

Source: customs bill-of-lading and declaration records. Last updated .

Basmati rice — HS 100630

Non-basmati white rice — HS 100630

Wheat flour — HS 110100

Green coffee beans — HS 090111

Black tea — HS 090240

Black pepper — HS 090411

Turmeric — HS 091030

Cumin seeds — HS 090931

Chilli / paprika — HS 090421

Cashew nuts — HS 080132

Almonds — HS 080212

Fresh grapes — HS 080610

Bananas — HS 080390

Onions — HS 070310

Potatoes — HS 070190

Soybean meal — HS 230400

Sunflower oil — HS 151219

Palm oil — HS 151110

Cane sugar — HS 170114

Frozen shrimp — HS 030617

Frozen fish fillets — HS 030489

Honey — HS 040900

Milk powder — HS 040221

Cotton yarn — HS 520512

Raw cotton — HS 520100

Woven cotton fabric — HS 520839

Knitted fabric — HS 600622

T-shirts — HS 610910

Men's shirts — HS 620520

Ladies dresses — HS 620443

Denim jeans — HS 620342

Bed linen — HS 630221

Towels — HS 630260

Carpets and rugs — HS 570242

Leather footwear — HS 640351

Sports shoes — HS 640411

Leather handbags — HS 420221

Pharmaceutical formulations — HS 300490

Bulk drugs / APIs — HS 294200

Paracetamol — HS 292429

Organic surfactants — HS 340213

Titanium dioxide — HS 320611

Urea fertiliser — HS 310210

Caustic soda — HS 281511

Industrial paints — HS 320910

Cosmetics and skincare — HS 330499

Essential oils — HS 330129

PVC resin — HS 390410

Polypropylene granules — HS 390210

HDPE granules — HS 390120

Plastic packaging film — HS 392020

Rubber tyres — HS 401120

Kraft paper — HS 480430

Corrugated cartons — HS 481910

Hot rolled steel coils — HS 720839

Stainless steel sheets — HS 721933

Steel pipes and tubes — HS 730630

Aluminium ingots — HS 760110

Aluminium foil — HS 760711

Copper wire — HS 740811

Iron ore — HS 260111

Granite slabs — HS 680223

Ceramic tiles — HS 690722

Cement — HS 252329

Fasteners / screws and bolts — HS 731815

Industrial pumps — HS 841381

Air conditioners — HS 841510

Diesel generator sets — HS 850211

Electric motors — HS 850132

Solar panels — HS 854143

Lithium-ion batteries — HS 850760

LED panel lights — HS 940540

LED bulbs — HS 853950

Wiring harness / cables — HS 854442

Laptops and notebooks — HS 847130

Mobile phones — HS 851713

Printed circuit boards — HS 853400

CCTV cameras — HS 852580

Auto parts — HS 870899

Brake pads — HS 870830

Bicycles — HS 871200

Passenger cars — HS 870323

Tractors — HS 870190

Wooden furniture — HS 940360

Office chairs — HS 940130

Mattresses — HS 940421

Stainless steel kitchenware — HS 732393

Glassware — HS 701337

Toys — HS 950300

Fitness equipment — HS 950691

Handicrafts / decorative articles — HS 442190

Imitation jewellery — HS 711790

Surgical instruments — HS 901839

Disposable gloves — HS 401519

Paper packaging bags — HS 481930