Shipping manifests in and out of U.S. Ports are public data. Unfortunately, this data is only available at the ports. Fortunately, for people who wish to know who can import or export their goods, there are companies that sift through these records and make the information available online to the public. Import Genius is one of these companies and we now subscribe to their database. Users must sign up for an account and are allowed up to 80 searches per day.
Search is by keyword only, but includes many different fields. So, for example, if I want to find out who shipped socks from China to the Port of Long Beach, the search would look like this.
Sample Search: who shipped socks from China to the Port of Long Beach. Click on the image for a larger view.
The results include a chart, which may be downloaded to Excel, of the product sent, who shipped it, who received it, date, port of entry, port of exit, and more.
Sample search result set. Click on image for a larger view.
Clicking on the magnifying glass icon (see above: far left column) provides a complete text description of that specific shipment.
Shipment description. Click on image for a larger view.
Import Genius can be accessed from our home page “Databases” search tab, or directly from our Find Databases tool.
Search for "Import Genius" from our home page Databases tab.
Search for "Import Genius" from our Find Databases tool.
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