As a business partner of Knowledge Dock, EE Trade Concept and Project is offering for a limited period free access to its’ comprehensive and highly reliable import and export shipment database through the Knowledge Dock website, for a limited period only.

ee-marketdata.com provides a user-friendly solution for users to search the US import bills of landing (vessel manifest) and UK import shipment data. In addition, users can view specific details of a company’s trading records as well as use online tools to analyse data and generate graphical and tabular reports, for example, the demand for a particular product, market trends or a company’s market share. Last but not least, there is also a comprehensive database showing suppliers and manufacturers’ (primarily based in the People’s Republic of China) track record of exporting to Europe and their credit scores.

 

Mr. Fu of XH Development Limited (XH) used ee-marketdata.com to help his company win a contract from a major US buying agent. Recognising that competition to win this contract was intense and that companies around the globe were all competing on price to secure the contract, Mr. Fu realised that he needed to differentiate himself from his competitors.

 

In preparing his bid, Mr Fu knew that he needed to demonstrate his company’s broad understanding of the global market and trends, as well as the customer’s needs. With the support of ee-marketdata.com’s advisers Mr Fu used the US and UK shipment records to investigate the global supply and demand for the product in question and the latest position of the upstream and downstream markets. The investigation provided excellent insights on XH’s competitive edge, market pricing and the latest trends. In awarding the contract, the buyer commended that they were “impressed with XH’s attractive pricing, business vision, inspirational recommendations and proactive attitude”.

 

The comprehensive database can provide significant value to research institutes and business entities, as shown below. 

- identify and monitor existing or potential customers, competitors, suppliers and business partners; including whether they have engaged in any breach of the exclusive purchase / supply agreement;

- identify and monitor pirates and collect evidence to support legal actions against them;

- analyse market demand and new products/inventions, and fine-tune sales and product development strategies accordingly,

- select a group of companies as a performance benchmark and inputs for SWOT analysis, use the findings (e.g. based on 4Ps or 5Ps) to inform corporate strategy review.