PIERS IMPORTS (U.S. PORTS) [573]

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	573
PIERS Imports (U.S. Ports)

Last Loaded on Web: Tuesday, July 01, 2008

Last Update To Bluesheet: March 29, 2006

Bluesheet Contents PDF version

File Description	Print Counterparts	Geographic Coverage	Terms and Conditions	Limit	Predefined Format Options
Subject Coverage	Dialog File Data	Special Features	Sample Record	Sort	Rates
Sources	Database Content	DIALINDEX/OneSearch Categories	Basic Index	Rank
Tips	Document Types Indexed	Contact	Additional Indexes	Report Options

File Description [top]

The PIERS Imports (U.S. Ports) database offers timely, accurate and complete import information on global cargo entering seaports in the United States. The file contains the most recent 18 months of information. PIERS monitors global shipments of goods and commodities on everything from raw materials to consumer goods. PIERS reporters throughout the country collect import information obtained from vessel manifests and U.S. Customs Automated Manifest Systems (AMS) from all U.S. ports. To ensure accuracy, the PIERS quality-assurance staff audits and cross-checks shipping documentation. Ship lines along with importers and exporters that subscribe to PIERS verify their own shipments and notify PIERS of any discrepancies among the shipment records. Due to PIERS quality assurance procedures, there is up to a two-month lag between vessel arrivals and the loading of data into the file.

Tips [top]

USE FILE 573

to track countries with the highest number of exports of a particular product; to track what products your competitors are importing.

USE PRE-FORMATTED REPORT

to view the top importers by weight of shipments; use REPORT S1/IMPORTER (enter HELP RATES 573 online for cost information).

Subject Coverage [top]

PIERS global trade information and niche market services are invaluable resources for companies involved in international trade. Use PIERS to:

Identify emerging markets and sales opportunities
Find new sources of supply and demand
Benchmark your performance against the competition
Monitor legal/contractual trade activity
Research and analyse international trade trends
Increase your market knowledge to support strategic decision-making

Sources [top]

PIERS' own staff of reporters located in Customs Houses cover arriving and departing waterborne traffic at 75 U.S. seaports. All waterborne international trade movements are captured: containerized, break bulk, dry bulk, and tanker.

Print Counterparts [top]

None

Dialog File Data [top]

Dates Covered:	Current 18 months
File Size:	14,233,641 records as of January 2006
Update Frequency:	Weekly

Database Content [top]

Directories

Document Types Indexed [top]

None

Geographic Coverage [top]

International

Geographic Restrictions [top]

None

Special Features [top]

ERA Available
Graduate Education Program
KWIC and HILIGHT Available
DIALOG Alert Available
CURRENT Feature Available
REPORT Available

DialIndex/OneSearch Categories [top]

ACRONYM	CATEGORY NAME
BRANDNMS	Brand Names
PIERS	PIERS Export and Import
PRODINFO	Product Information
PRODUCTS	Industrial and Consumer
TRADE	Trade & Import/Export Files
TRADEUS	Trade Transactions - United

Contact [top]

PIERS Imports (U.S. Ports) is provided by The Commonwealth Business Media. Questions concerning file content should be directed to :

Commonwealth Business Media
PIERS
33 Washington Street
13th Floor
Newark, NJ 07102-3107

Telephone:	973-848-7051 or 800-952-3839
Fax:	973-848-7043
E-Mail:	pierscustomerservice@piers.com

Commonwealth Business Media
PIERS
201 Spear Street
Suite 1310
San Francisco, CA 94105

Telephone:	415-543-5599 or 800-824-7537
Fax:	415-543-4052

Terms and Conditions [top]

For Dialog's Redistribution and Archive Policy, enter HELP ERA online.

The PIERS databases are copyrighted by The Commonwealth Business Media, Inc. No part of the database may be reproduced or transmitted in any form without written permission from The Commonwealth Business Media.

Dialog Standard Terms & Conditions apply.

SAMPLE RECORD [top]

	`DIALOG(R)File 573: Piers Imports(US Ports)`
	`(c) 2002 The Commonwealth Business Media, Inc. All rts. reserv.`
	`03285436`
/PS	`Product Imported: WIND TURBINE`
PC=, PN=, /PN	`Product Code: 6607000 (TURBINES; WATER,PARTS,NOS)`
LB=	`Weight of Cargo: 76808 POUNDS`
NU=, UM=	`Number of Units of Cargo: 64 PACKS AND PACKAGES`

PD=, PY=	`Date of Arrival (YY/MM/DD): 020504`

/CO, CO=, EX=	`Exporter: DAN CONTROL ENGINEERING`
CX=, CE=, CR=	`Company Location: ODENSE, DENMARK (409)`

/CO, CO=, IM=	`U.S.-Based Importer: INTL TURBINE RESEARCH`
CY=, ST=	`Company Location: PACHECO, CA`

NP=, NC=	`Point of Origin: COPENHAGEN (40948), DENMARK (409)`

UP=, UC=	`U.S. Port of Discharge: OAKLAND (2811)`

BASIC INDEX [top]

SEARCH SUFFIX	DISPLAY CODE	REPORT (FIELD LENGTH)	FIELD NAME	INDEXING	SELECT EXAMPLES
None	None	None	All Basic Index Fields	Word	S WIND(W)TURBINE?
/CN	CN	CN (12)	Country of Port of Origin¹	Word & Phrase	S CHINA?/CN S NEW ZEALAND/CN
/CO	CO	CO (32)	Company Name (Importer/Exporter)¹	Word	S SUNNY(W)INTL?/CO
/PN	PN	PN (25)	Product Name²	Word	S FIREWORKS/PN
/PS	PS	PS (32)	Product Shipped²	Word	S FIREWORKS/PS

¹Searchable in the Basic Index and in the Additional Indexes.

²For best results, searching a term in both the PS and PN fields is recommended, e.g., S FIREWORKS/PS,PN.

ADDITIONAL INDEXES [top]

SEARCH PREFIX	DISPLAY CODE	REPORT (FIELD LENGTH)	FIELD NAME	INDEXING	SELECT EXAMPLES
None	AZ	None	DIALOG Accession Number
CC=	CC	CC (14)	Country Code of Port of Origin³	Phrase	S CC=570
CE=	CE	CE (12)	Country of Exporter	Phrase	S CE=HG KONG
CN=	CN	CN (12)	Country of Port of Origin¹	Phrase	S CN=CHINA?
CO=	CO	CO (32)	Company Name (Importer/Exporter)¹	Phrase	S CO=SUNNY INTL?
CR=	CR	CR (14)	Country Code of Exporter³	Phrase	S CR=582
CX=	CX	CX (15)	City of Exporter	Phrase	S CX=KOWLOON
CY=	CY	CY (15)	City of U.S. Importer	Phrase	S CY=NEW CASTLE
EX=	EX	EX (32)	Company Name of Exporter	Phrase	S EX=SUNNY INTL?
IM=	IM	None	Company Name of U.S. Importer	Phrase	S IM=IM=ZAMBELLI INTL FIREWORKS?
LB=	LB	LB (12)	Cargo Weight (in Pounds)	Numeric	S LB>=45000
NC=	NC	NC (10)	Point of Origin Code³	Phrase	S NC=57099
NP=	NP	NP (15)	Point of Origin City	Phrase	S NP=HUANGPU
NU=	NU	NU (12)	Number of Units of Cargo	Numeric	S NU=1172
PC=	PC	PC (9)	Product Code³	Phrase	S PC=7551000
PD=	PD	PD (8)	Date of Arrival	Phrase	S PD=20020828
PN=	PN	PN (25)	Product Name^4,5	Phrase	S PN=FIREWORKS?
PY=	PY	PY (9)	Shipment Year	Phrase	S PY=2002
ST=	ST	ST (7)	State of U.S. Importer	Phrase	S ST=PA
UC=	UC	UC (6)	U.S. Port Code³	Phrase	S UC=2704
UD=	None	None	Update	Phrase	S UD=9999
UM=	UM	UM (12)	Units of Measure	Phrase	S UM=CARTONS?
UP=	UP	UP (15)	U.S. Port Name	Phrase	S UP=LOS ANGELES

³For a list of all codes, contact PIERS.

⁴Includes Product Shipped and Product Name.

⁵Index is rotated, e.g., PN=TURBINE // WATER.

LIMIT [top]

SUFFIX	FIELD NAME	EXAMPLES
Sets and terms can be limited by Basic Index suffixes, i.e., /CN, /CO, /PN, /PS (e.g., S S5/CO), as well as by Shipment Year (e.g., S S3/1995).
/YYYY	Shipment Year	S S2/2002

SORT [top]

SORTABLE FIELDS	EXAMPLES
CC, CE, CN, CO, CR, CX, CY, EX, IM, LB, NC, NP, PC, PD, PS, PY, ST, UC, UP	SORT S13/ALL/CE/CO PRINT S5/5/1-24/LB

RANK [top]

RANK FIELDS	EXAMPLES
All phrase- and numeric-indexed fields in the Additional Indexes can be ranked.	RANK CN

REPORT OPTIONS [top]


Output can be displayed in table format. REPORT codes with field lengths in parentheses are listed in the Search Options tables. Default table width is 72 characters; use SET H 132 to set maximum table width.	REPORT S1/PN,CN,CY/1-20

PREFORMATTED REPORTS [top]


IMPORTER REPORTS. The IMPORTER preformatted report provides a list of importers by product ranked by weight of shipment. SELECT the product of interest, then REPORT Sn/IMPORTER.	REPORT S2/IMPORTER

USER-DEFINED FORMAT OPTIONS [top]


User-defined formats can be specified using the display codes indicated in the Search Options tables.	TYPE S3/CO,ST/1-5

PREDEFINED FORMAT OPTIONS [top]

NO.	DIALOGWEB FORMAT	RECORD CONTENT
1	--	DIALOG Accession Number
2	--	Full Record except Weight of Cargo, Number of Units of Cargo, and Units of Measure
3	Medium	Product Description, Product Code, Company Name (U.S.Importer), and Company Location
4	--	Product Description, Product Code, Cargo Weight, Date of Shipment, Point of Origin City and Code, Country, U.S. Port Name, and U.S. Port Code
5	Long	Full Record
6	Short	Product Name, Product Code, and Date of Shipment⁴
8	--	Product Name, Product Code, and Date of Shipment⁴
9	Full	Full Record
K	--	KWIC (Key Word In Context) displays a window of text; may be used alone or with other formats

DIRECT RECORD ACCESS [top]

FIELD NAME	EXAMPLES
DIALOG Accession Number	TYPE 00014518/5 DISPLAY 0014518/CO,PN PRINT 0014518

Rates [top]

Rates For File: PIERS Imports (U.S. Ports)[573]
Cost per DialUnit:                 $7.18
Cost per minute:                   $1.46
Report Elements                    $0.25
Preformatted Report Elements       $0.65
Rank Elements                      $0.00
ALERT (default)                   $22.47
ALERT (Monthly)                   $22.47
ALERT (Biweekly/twice a month) *  $17.12
ALERT (Weekly)                    $12.57
ALERT (Daily)                  *  $12.57
ALERT (Calendar weekly)        *  $12.57
ALERT (Intraday)               *  $12.57
* = custom scheduled Alerts only
ALERT Number of included prints       20

Format    Types   Prints
     1    $0.00    $0.00
     2    $0.94    $0.94
     3    $0.94    $0.94
     4    $0.94    $0.94
     5    $2.03    $2.03
     6    $0.11    $0.11
     8    $0.11    $0.11
     9    $2.03    $2.03
KWIC95    $0.29       NA
KWIC96    $0.29       NA

REDIST/COPY Multiplier Table:

      Range      Multiplier
        1-2       1.00
       3-25       1.50
     26-100       3.00
    101-200       4.00
    201-500       6.00
   501-1000       8.00
 1001 or more    10.00

ARCHIVE Multiplier Table:

      Range      Multiplier
       1-25       1.50
     26-200       3.00
    201-500       6.00
   501-1000       8.00
 1001 or more    10.00
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Note: IMPORTER REPORT
The pre-formatted report is $.65 per record with a $65.00 minimum
per report.

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