Guides for exporters
How to find buyers abroad, check them and reach them, with importer numbers from customs records.
Finding buyers
- What is the best AI tool to find buyers and importers?Buyer-finding tools sorted by what each hands you: shipment records, contacts or introductions. Prices, a real search result and a 30-minute test.
- How do I find spice importers in Europe as an Indian exporter?Live importer counts for turmeric and cumin in Germany, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom, buyer types, EU checks, free name sources and a first message.
- Can an AI agent find export buyers and contact them on WhatsApp?WhatsApp's opt-in rule quoted, three types of outreach agent, a buyer search run inside WhatsApp, and live milled rice importer counts.
- How can a Chinese factory find overseas distributors without Alibaba?Six channels sorted by who speaks first, live United States and United Kingdom importer counts, distributor checks and first-call questions.
- Volza vs ImportGenius vs Panjiva: which should I use to find buyers?What ImportGenius, Panjiva and Volza plans include, which countries' records each sells, what customs data hides, and a five-question test before you pay.
Methods and data
- What customs and bill of lading data can and cannot tell you about a buyerWhat a United States bill of lading record contains, what the United Kingdom and Canada publish free, and why mirror-data counts are not market sizes.
- Where to get an export buyers list, and is it worth paying for?Real importer list rows taken apart (HMRC, Canada, United States), a size test for your product, and five checks to run on a sample before you pay.
- How to find a distributor for your product in a new countryA seven-step method from importer count to signed agreement, with the Commercial Service checklist, contract terms to settle and a 90-day test order.
- How to Find Importers by HS Code: Which Digits to SearchSearch importers using the six HS digits every country shares. Free tools for the United Kingdom and Canada, and four real codes where the search goes wrong.
- What should my first email to an importer say?A weak export email taken apart line by line, a rewrite for a United Kingdom home-textile importer, ICO and Gmail sending rules, and a follow-up plan.
- How do I find buyers for export? A six-step method with checksSix steps from HS code to first reply, each with a pass or fail check. Worked through for incense sticks in the United States and United Kingdom, plus a tracker.
- What payment terms should I offer a new overseas buyer?Five export payment methods by when you are paid and who carries the risk, plus the bank and insurer questions to settle before a first shipment.
- How do I check that a foreign buyer is real before I quote or ship?Free official registries for United Kingdom, EU and United States buyers, what each check confirms, agency red flags, and an import-record check.
Getting started
- How to find export buyers for free: what each free source gives youSix free sources for garment export buyers, run for cotton T-shirts and women's dresses: what each returns, the cost, the catch, and a one-week plan.
- Can APEDA, FIEO, CBI or an embassy find me overseas buyers?What APEDA, FIEO, EEPC India, Indian missions, the MAS scheme and CBI actually give an exporter, what to ask about cost, and how to arrive with named buyers.
By country
- How do I find importers in the United Kingdom?Free government sources for United Kingdom importers (HMRC trader search, Companies House), importer counts for nine products, and first-shipment rules.
- How to Find Importers in Canada: Reading the Canadian Importers DatabaseRead Canada's free Importers Database: two 2024 reports explained, which names to remove, how to rank and check a company, and counts for five spices and rice.
- How do I find importers in Germany? Free sources and checksGermany publishes no importer list. Free routes to German buyer names: association lists, AUMA fairs, IPD, export records, and a free company check.
- How to find importers in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab EmiratesRice and spice importer counts for Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, the sales route in each, what Saudi buyers ask for, and how to get names.
- How do I find importers in the United States?Free records that name United States importers (FDA FSVP list, bill of lading data), FDA checks before a first shipment, and counts for nine products.
By product
- How to Find Ceramic Tile Importers, and Which Markets Buy Your OriginTile importer counts for the United States and United Kingdom, duty orders on Chinese and Indian tile, what to read on a European DoP and where to find names.
- How do I find essential oil importers in Europe and the United States?Importer counts for the United States and United Kingdom, where to get names in Germany and the EU, REACH and FDA rules, and the buyer dossier.
- How do I find wooden furniture importers in the United States?Live counts of wooden furniture importers in the United States and United Kingdom, the four rules a first container meets, and where to find named buyers.
- How to find garment buyers in the United States and EuropeImport records for dresses and cotton T-shirts in the United States and United Kingdom, EU buyer types, label rules compared, and where to find names.
- How do I find rice importers, and which countries buy which rice?Milled rice importer counts for eight markets, the origin that supplies each, APEDA's basmati conditions by destination, and where to get buyer names.
Search for buyers of your product
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