Bill of Lading
A transport document recording cargo, shipment parties and routing details. Available bill-level fields depend on the carrier, manifest and country source.
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Global Trade Data Glossary
Concise definitions for shipment, customs, company, product and business-verification terms used across BillOfLadingData.com.
Customs Declaration
A record submitted to a customs authority describing goods entering or leaving a market, often including classification, value, quantity and trading parties where published.
Related informationImporter
The company or party receiving or declaring goods entering a country, subject to the terminology used by the source.
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The company or party sending or declaring goods leaving a country, subject to the terminology used by the source.
Related informationConsignee
The party named to receive cargo on a shipment or bill of lading. A consignee is not always the final buyer.
Related informationShipper
The party shown as sending goods on a bill of lading or shipment record. The shipper may be an exporter, manufacturer or logistics party.
Related informationHS Code
A Harmonized System code used to classify traded products for customs and statistical purposes.
Related informationHS4
A four-digit Harmonized System heading that groups products at a broader category level.
Related informationHS6
A six-digit Harmonized System subheading used internationally for more specific product classification.
Related informationTrade Data
Information describing imports, exports, customs declarations, shipments, products, companies, values, quantities and trade relationships where available.
Related informationMirror Data
Bilateral trade information reported by a partner market and used to understand trade where direct transaction data is unavailable. It may not contain company-level detail.
Related informationKYB
Know Your Business checks used to understand a legal entity, registration, status, officers, ownership and risk information.
Related informationUBO
An ultimate beneficial owner is an individual who ultimately owns or controls a legal entity under the applicable ownership rules and source definitions.
Related informationBeneficial Owner
A person who ultimately benefits from ownership or control of a company, even when ownership is held through another entity.
Related informationTrade Lane
A route between an origin and destination market or port used to describe recurring cargo movement.
Related informationPort of Loading
The port where cargo is loaded onto the reporting vessel or transport movement.
Related informationPort of Discharge
The port where cargo is unloaded from the reporting vessel or transport movement.
Related informationShipment Record
A source record describing a shipment, declaration or bill of lading. Granularity and fields vary by dataset.
Related informationCompany Enrichment
The process of matching an existing company record to normalized identity, trade activity, contact or KYB attributes where available.
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