Basic Shipping Terms
The company that transports the goods on its vessel, truck or train.
Who issues the House Bill?
Issued by the NVOCC or FF.
When grains are shipped in the hold of a ship, what kind of shipment is this?
Breakbulk
What is an FCL?
In U.S. Imports, where do we get the information for the Consignee Country?
Consignee Address
I've listed 0 as the in-bond code? What does this mean?
Shipment is staying in the U.S. and not destined for another port.
The act of loading cargo shipments on board a vessel for transportation.
Where is the Chinese Customs Rating located in Panjiva?
Company profile - Corporate tab
In Country Trends, what data are we tracking / displaying? (Name 3)
- top ports
- top suppliers
- total suppliers
- currency
- top products imported to and exported from the U.S.
- trend graphs showing the trade relationship with the U.S.
What is a stevedore?
An individual or company that loads and unloads goods from a vessel.
Professional +
I've listed 61 as the in-bond code? What does this mean?
Immediate Transportation
When imported goods arrive at a U.S. port, with another U.S. port listed as the final destination.
What is a Merged Consignee?
Panjiva's best-guess match to a company profile/dataset in our database. Primarily pulls information from the Raw Consignee field.
Where and when does UN Comtrade get the data they provide?
Annually.
Individually from the 160+ countries that (choose to) report to them.
I have a C or D rating in China Customs data. What have I done? (List 3 things)
- smuggling
- violated customs regulations 3x or more within 1 year
- violated intellectual property rights 2x within 1 year
- defaulted on taxes or fines