Vietnam Trade Data

Q1: What is Vietnam customs data?

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

Sample record: Cow life-like male, goods not belong to the category CITES, used to slaughter, weight from (HS 01022919, 202608) shipped from Thailand (TH) to Vietnam (VN), 5 UNC (animals) quantity (weight not published in this record), USD 3,150 declared value.

Q2: What are the unique advantages of Vietnam data?

Core features of this data set:
   1. Vietnamese-language fields: descriptions are stored in the original language (e.g. Bò sống giống đực, hàng không thuộc danh mục CITES, dùn)
   2. local-currency price fields (VND): amount, weight-unit price and quantity-unit price (e.g. 82,408,120)
   3. duty and valuation fields: Import duty 0; tax base VND 82,408,120
   4. contract value fields: 3,150 USD beside the customs value

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, declaration No. 108581011232.

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

Vietnamese is used in local trade documents, so the product text is stored in the original language:
   - Detailed product name (Vietnamese): Bò sống giống đực, hàng không thuộc danh mục CITES, dùng để giết mổ, trọng lượng từ 300 đến 400 kg/con
   - Detailed product name: -
   - Use: search with Vietnamese 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 Vietnam data provide?

Multiple value systems are provided:
   USD: amount 3,150, weight-unit price -, quantity-unit price 630
   CNY: total amount 21,219
   Vietnamese dong (VND): amount 82,408,120, weight-unit price -, quantity-unit price 16,481,623.97826
   contract value: 3,150 USD, unit price 630

Q6: What is HS code 01022919 in this data set?

HS code 01022919 corresponds to Cow life-like male, goods not belong to the category CITES, used to slaughter, w:
   - Code product description: Cow life-like male, goods not belong to the category CITES, used to slaughter, weight from 300 to 400 kg
   - Detailed product name: -
   - Sub-industry: Other Agriculture
   - Industry: Agriculture and Forestry, Paper and Print

   In this sample the goods were declared by Vietnamese importer (English name): BINH LAM TRADING & SERVICE COMPANY LTD.

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: not published
   - Quantity: 5 UNC (animals)
   - 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 Vietnam data to develop buyers?

Steps:
   1. Filter records where the vietnamese importer (english name) is in Vietnam (VN) 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: BINH LAM TRADING & SERVICE COMPANY LTD (3101132174) imported Cow life-like male, goods not belong to the category CITES, from Thailand (TH), 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 3,150 and USD weight-unit price -; local-currency amount 82,408,120 VND; CNY amount 21,219; contract value 3,150 USD
   2. Note the Incoterms (sample: DAF) to know which cost elements are inside the declared value
   3. Add duty and tax from the tax fields (Import duty 0; tax base VND 82,408,120) to move from customs value to landed cost
   4. Recalculate margin in the currency you actually settle in

   Sample application: "Cow life-like male, goods not belong to the category CITES, " declared under HS 01022919, 5 UNC (animals), origin Thailand (TH).

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

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

   Sample application: goods entered from Thailand (TH).

Q11: How do I analyse import trends with Vietnam 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 01022919, 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. Use the value fields available in this data set (3,150, 21,219, 82,408,120)
   2. Compare line-level values with category medians on the same HS code
   3. Flag zero-value and exemption records and exclude them from averages
   4. Manually review the remaining outliers