# ImportYeti Scraper - US Import Records, Suppliers & B2B Leads (`scrapesage/importyeti-scraper`) Actor

Scrape ImportYeti US Customs bill-of-lading data. Find US importers and their overseas suppliers, full shipment history, HS/HTS codes, carriers, ports, China & UFLPA risk flags, and contact leads. New-shipment monitoring. No login or browser.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/scrapesage/importyeti-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Scrape Sage](https://apify.com/scrapesage) (community)
- **Categories:** Lead generation, E-commerce, Automation
- **Stats:** 14 total users, 8 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $9.00 / 1,000 trade profile scrapeds

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#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 Records, Suppliers & B2B Leads (Bill-of-Lading Trade Data)

Turn **public US Customs bill-of-lading data** into a sales-ready trade-intelligence feed. For any company or product, this actor returns the **US importer, every one of its overseas suppliers, the full shipment history, HS/HTS codes, carriers, ports, China exposure, UFLPA risk flags, growth trends — and contact leads**. Built on ImportYeti, the free front-end to US Customs (CBP) import manifests.

No login, no API key, no browser — fast JSON + structured extraction with 99%+ reliability.

### Why this ImportYeti scraper?

Most trade-data scrapers return a thin list of shipments and stop there. This actor ships the **richest record in the category** — the importer *and* its whole supply chain in one row:

| Data | Typical scrapers | This actor |
|---|---|---|
| US importer profile (address, geo, website, phone, trademarks) | partial | ✅ |
| Full overseas **supplier / buyer table** (counts, weight, TEUs) | ❌ | ✅ |
| Each supplier's **other US customers** (find competitors fast) | ❌ | ✅ |
| Recent **bills of lading** (BOL, master/house BOL, product, route) | ✅ basic | ✅ full |
| **HS code tree** + detailed **HTS codes** with sample descriptions | ❌ | ✅ |
| Carriers / **SCAC codes**, ports & shipping lanes | ❌ | ✅ |
| Shipment **growth / YoY**, TEU/month, freight-cost estimates | ❌ | ✅ |
| **China exposure** + **UFLPA forced-labor** risk flag | ❌ | ✅ |
| Notify parties & all known addresses | ❌ | ✅ |
| **Contact emails & phones** (de-masked, real only) | ❌ | ✅ |
| Alibaba supplier links | ❌ | ✅ |
| Lead score (0–100) per company | ❌ | ✅ |
| New-shipment **monitoring mode** | ❌ | ✅ |

### Use cases

- **Sales prospecting** — find every US company importing a product (`yoga mat`, `lithium battery`, `LED panel`) and reach the decision-maker with `emails` / `phones`. Score them by `shipments12m` and `leadScore`.
- **Supplier discovery & sourcing** — see exactly which overseas factories a competitor buys from, the products, volumes and HS codes — then find the same factory's **other US buyers** and the matching Alibaba listing.
- **Competitive intelligence** — track a rival's import volume, suppliers, ports and growth (`quarterlyGrowth`, `shipments12m`, YoY) over time.
- **Supply-chain risk & compliance** — screen for China exposure and the **UFLPA** (Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act) flag before onboarding a supplier.
- **Freight & logistics** — find shippers by lane, carrier (SCAC) and port; size a book of business by `totalShipments` and `avgTeuPerMonth`.
- **Market research** — quantify imports by HS code, country and company for any product category.

### How to use

1. [Sign up for Apify](https://console.apify.com/sign-up) — the free plan is enough to try this actor.
2. Open the **ImportYeti Scraper**, choose a **Mode**, and enter company names or product keywords in **Search terms** (or paste ImportYeti URLs). Click **Start**.
3. Watch results stream into the dataset table.
4. **Export** as JSON, CSV, Excel, XML, or RSS — or pull results programmatically via the [Apify API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2).

### Input

```json
{
    "mode": "search",
    "searchTerms": ["yoga mat", "Apple"],
    "searchType": "all",
    "enrichProfiles": true,
    "includeSuppliers": true,
    "includeShipments": true,
    "includeHsCodes": true,
    "includeContacts": true,
    "maxResults": 50
}
```

- **mode** — `search` (find importers + suppliers by name/product), `company` (resolve each term/URL to a US importer profile), or `supplier` (resolve to an overseas exporter profile).
- **searchTerms** — company names, brands, or product keywords. Combined automatically with the chosen mode.
- **startUrls** — paste ImportYeti `/company/…` or `/supplier/…` URLs to scrape them directly.
- **searchType** *(search mode)* — keep both importers & suppliers, only importers, or only suppliers.
- **enrichProfiles** *(default true)* — pull the full profile for every hit; turn off for a fast, cheap discovery list.
- **includeSuppliers / includeShipments / includeHsCodes / includeContacts** *(default true)* — toggle the heavy data sections on/off.
- **maxSuppliers / maxShipments** — cap the supplier table and shipment list per profile.
- **maxResults / maxResultsPerSearch** — overall and per-term caps.
- **monitorMode** *(default false)* — emit only entities that are new or have received new shipments since the last run.

### Output

One record per entity. `recordType: "profile"` for a full trade profile, `recordType: "searchResult"` for a lightweight discovery row:

```json
{
    "recordType": "profile",
    "type": "company",
    "entityType": "US Importer",
    "name": "Yoga Mat Importer LLC",
    "alsoKnownAs": ["YMI LLC"],
    "profileUrl": "https://www.importyeti.com/company/yoga-mat-importer",
    "address": "123 Commerce Way, Carson, CA 90745, US",
    "country": "United States of America",
    "countryCode": "US",
    "latitude": 33.831,
    "longitude": -118.281,
    "website": "yogamatimporter.com",
    "phone": "+1 310 555 0142",
    "trademarks": ["YogaFlow"],
    "totalShipments": 1842,
    "shipments12m": 263,
    "totalShippingCostUsd": 5120433.18,
    "avgTeuPerMonth": { "12m": 18.4, "24m": 15.1 },
    "firstShipmentDate": "12/03/2017",
    "lastShipmentDate": "02/06/2026",
    "quarterlyGrowth": { "months": ["01/04/2026"], "shipments": 12, "shipments_percents": 8 },
    "topImportChapters": { "95": { "shipments": 980, "description": "Toys/sports equipment" } },
    "uflpaFlag": false,
    "counterpartyRole": "suppliers",
    "supplierCount": 7,
    "topSuppliers": [
        {
            "name": "Ningbo Fitness Goods Co",
            "country": "China",
            "countryCode": "CN",
            "profileUrl": "https://www.importyeti.com/supplier/ningbo-fitness-goods",
            "shipments12m": 180,
            "totalShipments": 940,
            "totalWeightKg": 1830422,
            "totalTeus": 612,
            "hsCodes": ["9506.91", "3926.90"],
            "alibabaUrl": "https://www.alibaba.com/…",
            "topPartners": [{ "name": "Competitor Sports Inc", "shipments12m": 220, "totalShipments": 1310 }]
        }
    ],
    "recentShipments": [
        {
            "date": "2026-06-02T00:00:01.000Z",
            "billOfLading": "NBSF202606012",
            "masterBol": "COSU6398114220",
            "counterpartyRole": "supplier",
            "counterpartyName": "Ningbo Fitness Goods Co",
            "counterpartyCountry": "China",
            "productDescription": "PVC YOGA MAT 6MM NON-SLIP 1800 PCS",
            "weightKg": 12840,
            "containers": 2,
            "quantity": "1800",
            "quantityUnit": "PCS",
            "shippingRoute": "Trans-Pacific",
            "estShippingCostUsd": 4210.55
        }
    ],
    "carriers": [{ "scac": "COSU", "name": "Cosco", "shipments": 640, "serviceTypes": [{ "type": "CY", "shipments": 410 }] }],
    "carriersByCountry": { "China": ["Cosco", "Matson"] },
    "emails": ["sales@yogamatimporter.com"],
    "phones": ["+1 310 555 0142"],
    "leadScore": 86,
    "searchTerm": "yoga mat",
    "scrapedAt": "2026-06-16T03:00:00.000Z"
}
```

### Automate & schedule

Run this actor on autopilot and pull results into your own stack:

- **[Apify API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2)** — start runs, fetch datasets, and manage schedules over REST.
- **[apify-client for JavaScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/)** and **[apify-client for Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/)** — official SDKs.
- **[Schedules](https://docs.apify.com/platform/schedules)** — run it daily/weekly with `monitorMode` to track a competitor's new imports or a supplier's new customers. Perfect for sales pipelines and watchlists.
- **[Webhooks](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/webhooks)** — trigger downstream actions (CRM import, Slack alert, email sequence) the moment a run finishes.

```js
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

const client = new ApifyClient({ token: 'MY_APIFY_TOKEN' });

const run = await client.actor('scrapesage/importyeti-scraper').call({
    mode: 'search',
    searchTerms: ['lithium battery'],
    searchType: 'company',
    enrichProfiles: true,
    maxResults: 100,
});

const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
console.log(`Got ${items.length} importer profiles & leads`);
```

### Integrate with any app

Connect the dataset to 5,000+ apps — no code required:

- **[Make](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/make)** — multi-step automation scenarios.
- **[Zapier](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/zapier)** — push new importer/supplier leads straight into your CRM.
- **[Slack](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/slack)** — get alerted when a monitored company files new shipments.
- **[Google Drive / Sheets](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/drive)** — auto-export every run to a spreadsheet.
- **[Airbyte](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/airbyte)** — pipe results into your data warehouse.
- **[GitHub](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/github)** — trigger runs from commits or releases.

### Use with AI assistants (MCP)

The output is clean, LLM-ready JSON. Call this actor from Claude, ChatGPT, or any agent framework through the **[Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp)** — ask your assistant to "find US importers of yoga mats and list their Chinese suppliers and contacts" and let it run this scraper for you.

### Agent-ready: autonomous payments (x402 & Skyfire)

This actor is **agent-ready** — AI agents can discover it, run it, and **pay for it autonomously**, with no Apify account and no human in the loop. It uses [pay-per-event](https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/publishing/monetize/pay-per-event) pricing and [limited permissions](https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/development/permissions), so it qualifies for Apify's agentic-payment standards:

- **[x402](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/x402)** — an open, HTTP-native payment protocol. Agents pay per run in USDC on the Base network directly through the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp) — no account, no API key.
- **[Skyfire](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/skyfire)** — agent-to-service payments for fully autonomous AI-agent workflows.

Building an AI agent, MCP tool, or autonomous data pipeline? This scraper is ready to plug in and pay as it goes.

### More scrapers from scrapesage

Build a complete **B2B sourcing & lead-gen stack**:

- **[Made-in-China Scraper](https://apify.com/scrapesage/made-in-china-scraper)** — overseas suppliers, products & B2B leads.
- **[TradeIndia Scraper](https://apify.com/scrapesage/tradeindia-scraper)** — India B2B suppliers & manufacturers with GST/owner contacts.
- **[Shopify Store Scraper](https://apify.com/scrapesage/shopify-store-scraper)** — storefront products, variants, prices & merchant leads.
- **[SEC EDGAR Scraper](https://apify.com/scrapesage/sec-edgar-scraper)** — filings, financials & company data.
- **[USAspending Scraper](https://apify.com/scrapesage/usaspending-scraper)** — federal awards, contractors & leads.
- **[Companies House Scraper](https://apify.com/scrapesage/companies-house-scraper)** — UK companies, directors & PSCs.
- **[GitHub Scraper](https://apify.com/scrapesage/github-scraper)** — repos, developers & contact leads.
- **[DesignRush Scraper](https://apify.com/scrapesage/designrush-scraper)** — agencies, services & B2B leads.

### Tips

- **Find a product's importers**: use Search mode with `searchType: "company"` and a product keyword (`office chair`). Each US importer comes back with its suppliers and contacts.
- **Reverse a supply chain**: paste a `/supplier/…` URL (or use `supplier` mode) to get the factory's full US customer list and products.
- **Cost control**: turn off `includeShipments` / `includeHsCodes` for a leaner record, or `enrichProfiles: false` for a cheap discovery-only list. The supplier table and contacts are usually the highest-value fields.
- **Proxies**: keep the default US residential proxy group; ImportYeti is behind Cloudflare and may challenge datacenter IPs. Datacenter is cheaper for light use — try it and switch back if runs come up empty.
- **Recurring monitoring**: combine [Schedules](https://docs.apify.com/platform/schedules) with `monitorMode` to capture only new shipments. This does not conflict with the Apify scheduler — the schedule triggers the run, `monitorMode` controls what is emitted.

### FAQ

**Where does the data come from?** ImportYeti aggregates **public US Customs (CBP) bill-of-lading manifests** for ocean freight. This actor reads the same public company and supplier pages a visitor sees and structures them into clean JSON.

**Do I need an ImportYeti account or API key?** No. There is no login, key or browser — just enter company names or product keywords.

**Why are some emails/phones empty?** Many manifests carry masked contact fields (e.g. `---` or `XXX`). The actor keeps **only real, de-masked** emails and phones, so the `emails` / `phones` arrays are empty when no genuine contact exists rather than padded with junk.

**Can I get a competitor's suppliers?** Yes — scrape the competitor in `company` mode (or Search) and read `topSuppliers`; each supplier also lists its **other US buyers** in `topPartners`.

**What is the UFLPA flag?** A boolean signalling potential exposure under the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act — useful for supply-chain compliance screening.

**Can I export to Google Sheets, CSV, or Excel?** Yes — one click in the dataset view, or automatically on every run via the [Google Drive integration](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/drive).

**Is scraping ImportYeti legal?** This actor collects publicly available data only (public US Customs records surfaced on public pages). You are responsible for using the data in compliance with applicable laws and ImportYeti's terms.

### Need help?

Open an issue on the actor's **Issues** tab, or visit the [Apify help center](https://help.apify.com/). Feature requests are welcome — this actor is actively maintained.

# Actor input Schema

## `mode` (type: `string`):

What to scrape:

• **Search & discover** — match US importers and/or overseas suppliers by company name or brand, and (by default) pull a full trade profile for each.
• **Product** — find every US importer (and overseas supplier) of a product keyword (`yoga mat`, `lithium battery`), with shipment volumes — the fastest way to build a buyer list for what you sell.
• **Company (US importer)** — resolve each term/URL to a US importer and return its full profile.
• **Supplier (overseas)** — resolve each term/URL to a foreign supplier/exporter and return its full profile.

## `searchTerms` (type: `array`):

What to look up. In **Search / Company / Supplier** modes use company names or brands (`Apple`, `Walmart`, `Anker`). In **Product** mode use product keywords (`yoga mat`, `lithium battery`, `office chair`) to list everyone importing/exporting that product. In Company/Supplier modes each term resolves to the single best-matching entity of that type.

## `startUrls` (type: `array`):

Optional. Paste ImportYeti **company** or **supplier** page URLs to scrape them directly — e.g. `https://www.importyeti.com/company/apple` or `https://www.importyeti.com/supplier/hon-hai-precision-industrial`. Search-result URLs (`/search?q=...`) are also accepted and treated as search terms.

## `searchType` (type: `string`):

In Search mode, keep only US importers, only overseas suppliers, or both.

## `enrichProfiles` (type: `boolean`):

In Search mode, open every matched entity and return its **full trade profile** (supplier/buyer list, shipment history, HS/HTS codes, carriers, ports, growth, contacts). Turn OFF for a fast, cheap discovery list only (name, type, country, total shipments, most-recent shipment, trademarks, profile URL).

## `includeSuppliers` (type: `boolean`):

Include the full counterparty table — every overseas supplier of a US importer (or every US buyer of a supplier) with address, country, shipment counts, weight, TEUs, HS codes, top trade partners and Alibaba links.

## `includeShipments` (type: `boolean`):

Include the most recent individual bill-of-lading shipment records: date, BOL / master BOL / house BOL, counterparty, product description, weight, containers, quantity, shipping route and estimated freight cost.

## `includeHsCodes` (type: `boolean`):

Include the HS code tree (chapter → heading → subheading with shipments/weight/TEUs) and the detailed HTS codes with sample product descriptions.

## `includeContacts` (type: `boolean`):

Extract real (non-masked) contact emails and phone numbers from the company's known addresses and notify-party records, plus the list of all known addresses. Great for building a sales-prospecting list.

## `maxSuppliers` (type: `integer`):

Cap the counterparty (supplier/buyer) table per profile.

## `maxShipments` (type: `integer`):

Cap the recent bill-of-lading shipment records per profile.

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Global cap on the total number of records (profiles or discovery rows) emitted in this run.

## `maxResultsPerSearch` (type: `integer`):

Cap the number of entities taken from each search term's results (ImportYeti returns roughly the top 10–25 matches per term).

## `monitorMode` (type: `boolean`):

Remember the entities returned in previous runs and emit ONLY those that are **new** or have **received new shipments** since the last run (tagged `changeType`: new / updated, with `newShipmentsSinceLastRun`). Perfect for watching competitors' imports or a supplier's customers. Pairs with Apify Schedules — it does not conflict with the scheduler; the schedule triggers the run, this flag controls what is emitted.

## `monitorStoreName` (type: `string`):

Named key-value store that holds the 'already seen' entities for monitoring mode. Use a different name per watchlist to keep histories separate (lowercase letters, digits and hyphens).

## `maxConcurrency` (type: `integer`):

Maximum parallel requests. Keep it moderate to stay friendly to ImportYeti's servers.

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Proxy settings. ImportYeti sits behind Cloudflare and can challenge datacenter IPs, so **US residential proxies are the reliable default**. Datacenter proxies are cheaper and may work for light use — switch to them to cut cost if your runs come back full.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "mode": "search",
  "searchTerms": [
    "yoga mat"
  ],
  "searchType": "all",
  "enrichProfiles": true,
  "includeSuppliers": true,
  "includeShipments": true,
  "includeHsCodes": true,
  "includeContacts": true,
  "maxSuppliers": 50,
  "maxShipments": 50,
  "maxResults": 50,
  "maxResultsPerSearch": 20,
  "monitorMode": false,
  "monitorStoreName": "importyeti-monitor",
  "maxConcurrency": 5,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ],
    "apifyProxyCountry": "US"
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

All scraped ImportYeti records in the default dataset. Use the Profiles / Suppliers / Leads / Discovery dataset views to filter the columns.

# 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 '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "searchTerms": [
        "yoga mat"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("scrapesage/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 '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "searchTerms": ["yoga mat"] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("scrapesage/importyeti-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "searchTerms": [
    "yoga mat"
  ]
}' |
apify call scrapesage/importyeti-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=scrapesage/importyeti-scraper",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/DS3q2gA6x9y2qDEdQ/builds/BDQM2c2Mu41Hgr4Lt/openapi.json