Business Intelligence

HS Codes

The Harmonized System is the global customs classification used by more than 200 administrations and organized into about 5,000 commodity groups. It is important for tariffs, trade compliance, sourcing, and import-export analysis.

Why HS-based monitoring matters

HS codes are used throughout customs declarations, tariff schedules, trade compliance, freight forwarding, procurement intelligence, and import-export workflows. If your product or team already works in HS language, news retrieval should match that structure.

What Problem Does It Solve?

Trade monitoring is difficult when product categories are described differently across markets, languages, and documents. HS codes provide a standardized vocabulary that helps analysts and applications focus on the right goods category instead of chasing inconsistent product wording.

Who Is It For?

Importers, exporters, customs brokers, freight forwarders, and trade compliance teams.

Developers building trade intelligence, supply-chain visibility, tariff monitoring, or procurement products.

Economists, commodity analysts, and logistics researchers tracking product-level trade developments.

AI teams enriching trade workflows with product-code-based news retrieval.

Key Benefits

Search news by HS code instead of relying only on product keywords.

Monitor tariffs, customs changes, sanctions, shipping disruption, sourcing risk, and commodity developments.

Use boolean operators to focus on a market, route, supplier country, port, or regulation topic.

Retrieve headlines, briefs, or full text depending on how deep the user needs to go.

Work from API, MCP, and the web app with the same classification-aware retrieval model.

Use Cases

Supply-chain apps that notify users about disruption affecting specific HS-coded goods.

Trade compliance dashboards for tariff changes, customs rulings, and import restrictions.

Procurement and sourcing workflows that watch specific input materials or finished goods.

AI agents generating product-category trade notes for buyers, analysts, or operations teams.

How It Works

Pick the HS code that represents the product family you want to monitor.

Retrieve headlines, briefs, or full text and add boolean search terms when needed.

Filter by country and language, then feed the results into trade dashboards, alerts, or AI workflows.

AI and MCP Workflows

Use MCP so AI agents can gather HS-coded news before summarizing trade risk or sourcing conditions.

Combine HS codes with country filters, logistics nodes, and company lists for richer trade analysis.

Automate supply-chain intelligence around specific products rather than broad sectors.

Frequently Asked Questions

Where is HS used in practice? HS is used widely in customs, tariff schedules, international trade documentation, and product-level trade analytics.

Can I monitor one product category globally? Yes. That is exactly what HS-based retrieval is designed for.

Can AI agents turn HS news into trade insights? Yes. MCP access makes it easy to plug the service into AI analysis workflows.

Getting Started

Start with the HS codes that define the goods your users buy, sell, source, or track. Then choose headlines, briefs, or full text depending on whether the workflow is scanning, monitoring, or deep analysis. API, MCP, and web app access are included. Each headline costs 1 credit, each brief costs 2 credits, and each full text result costs 5 credits. If you expect continuous trade monitoring, the annual plan is usually the better buy because you pay for only 10 months and get 12 months of access, giving you 2 months free.

Pricing

Credit-based pricing with different rates for headlines, briefs, and full-text articles.

Tier	Credits	Price	Overage Cost
Micro	200	EUR 20/mo EUR 200/yr	EUR 0.12/credit
Starter	1,000	EUR 80/mo EUR 800/yr	EUR 0.10/credit
Business	4,000	EUR 200/mo EUR 2,000/yr	EUR 0.06/credit
Enterprise	20,000	EUR 600/mo EUR 6,000/yr	EUR 0.04/credit

Pricing Explanation

Credit-based pricing with different rates for headlines, briefs, and full-text articles.

How Pricing Works

Credit Usage

Credits are consumed based on the type of content you receive:

Headlines:1 credit per article

Briefs (summaries):2 credits per article

Full Text:5 credits per article

How It Works

Each plan includes a monthly credit allowance
Credits are consumed when articles are delivered
Choose the content depth that matches your needs
Unused credits do not roll over to the next month

Plan Features Comparison

Feature	Micro	Starter	Business	Enterprise
Number of Queries	1	3	10	30
Email Recipients	1	5	20	100
Webhooks	1	3	10	20
Portfolio Companies	1	10	40	200

Pro Tip: Start with headlines to maximize your credit usage, and upgrade to briefs or full text for topics that need deeper analysis.