Palestine Trade Data

Q1: What is Palestine customs data?

Palestine customs data covers the import trade records published by Palestine Customs. Each record is one complete customs declaration line and contains the parties, the product, the shipment route and the declared values.

Sample record: Lighting equipment and its parts not mentioned or included elsewhere, illuminated signs, d (HS 94059900, 202608) shipped from Hong Kong, China (HK) to Palestine, 95 Kg net weight, USD 4.75 declared value.

Q2: What are the unique advantages of Palestine data?

Core features of this data set:
   1. Arabic-language fields: descriptions are stored in the original language (e.g. أجهزة إدارة وإحترافها عبر مذكورة ولا داخلة في مكان آخر،)
   2. local-currency price fields (ILS): amount, weight-unit price and quantity-unit price (e.g. 14.28)

Q3: How frequently is the data updated?

The data is refreshed monthly and supports historical backtracking. The sample record is for month 202608 with a clearance date of 2026/8/31.

Q4: How should the Arabic-language product fields be used?

Arabic is used in local trade documents, so the product text is stored in the original language:
   - Code product description (Arabic): أجهزة إدارة وإحترافها عبر مذكورة ولا داخلة في مكان آخر، إشارات مضيئة, لوجات إرشادية
   - Code product description (Arabic): -
   - Use: search with Arabic keywords instead of English ones, and reuse the official wording on invoices and customs paperwork to avoid classification disputes

Q5: Which currencies and value fields does Palestine data provide?

Multiple value systems are provided:
   USD: amount 4.75, weight-unit price 0.05, quantity-unit price 0.05
   CNY: total amount 32, weight-unit price 0.3368
   EUR: total amount 4.1, weight-unit price 0.04313
   New shekel (ILS): amount 14.28, weight-unit price 0.1503, quantity-unit price 0.1503
   exchange rate field: 3.00596, the local conversion rate used for this declaration

Q6: What is HS code 94059900 in this data set?

HS code 94059900 corresponds to Lighting equipment and its parts not mentioned or included elsewhere, illuminate:
   - Code product description: Lighting equipment and its parts not mentioned or included elsewhere, illuminated signs, directional signs.
   - Detailed product name: -
   - Sub-industry: Furniture
   - Industry: Others

   In this sample the goods were declared by Importer (English name): Crown Systems Company.

Q7: What do the weight and quantity fields mean?

Weight and quantity fields are recorded separately, and unit prices are derived from each basis:
   - Gross weight: not published
   - Net weight: 95 Kg (= 0.095 metric ton)
   - Quantity: 95 KGM
   - Take care: compare unit prices only on the same basis - weight-unit prices and quantity-unit prices are not interchangeable

Q8: How do I use Palestine data to develop buyers?

Steps:
   1. Filter records where the importer (english name) is in Palestine and the HS code matches your product line
   2. De-duplicate buyers by importer company code
   3. Grade each buyer by purchase frequency and value (month, USD amount)
   4. Look at which exporter they currently buy from, then pitch the same category

   Sample application: Crown Systems Company (-) imported Lighting equipment and its parts not mentioned or included e from Hong Kong, China (HK), so similar products can be pitched to the same buyer profile.

Q9: How do I build a pricing or cost model with this data?

Steps:
   1. Extract the value fields: USD amount 4.75 and USD weight-unit price 0.05; local-currency amount 14.28 ILS; CNY amount 32; EUR amount 4.1
   2. Note the Incoterms (sample: CIF) to know which cost elements are inside the declared value
   4. Recalculate margin in the currency you actually settle in

   Sample application: "Lighting equipment and its parts not mentioned or included e" declared under HS 94059900, 95 Kg, origin Hong Kong, China (HK).

Q10: How do I screen clearance channels and logistics routes?

Steps:
   1. Read the transport mode and entry point of each record (sample: - via Ashdod)
   2. Group by origin country to see which corridor your competitors use
   3. Compare declared unit prices between corridors

   Sample application: goods entered from Hong Kong, China (HK) at Ashdod.

Q11: How do I analyse import trends with Palestine data?

Analysis dimensions:
   1. Time: aggregate month, USD amount, net weight and record count using the month and clearance date fields
   2. Origin: compare country of origin and exporter country shares
   3. Product: rank HS codes, sub-industry and industry by value
   4. Supplier: profile the main exporters and their declared unit prices

   Sample application: the sample is a 202608 record (import), HS 94059900, which can be used as one data point in a monthly trend line.

Q12: How do I screen price anomalies and audit declared value?

Screening method:
   1. Compare the line-level unit price (USD weight-unit price 0.05) with the same-indicator distribution on the same HS code
   2. Check weight consistency (net weight 95 Kg against the declaration-level weight where available)
   3. Flag records whose values are reported as 0 or whose duty is fully exempted, and exclude them from price averages
   4. Manually review outliers that deviate far from the category median

   Sample: no duty field in this sample.

Q13: The record shows both a USD currency code and a shekel amount - which one is the local currency?

Palestine clears trade on a US dollar value basis but also publishes a new shekel (ILS) price set, because the Israeli shekel circulates alongside the dollar in the local market:
   - Currency code field = USD: the declarable value basis is the US dollar amount (4.75)
   - New shekel fields = ILS: amount 14.28, weight-unit price 0.1503, quantity-unit price 0.1503, at an exchange rate of 3.00596
   - Use: quote in USD, but check the shekel set when you settle or price inside the local market