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Commodity trade intelligence across 55 markets: producers, buyers, trade flows, prices and logistics, with a full cost from origin to destination for each deal.

Built by Rajiv Uttamchandani, astronomer and big data scientist, Visiting Astronomer at Caltech.

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Shipment

Deal to shipment

Illustrative shipment · Batangas → Shanghai

α DEMO PORT OF BATANGAS · PHILIPPINES BOUND FOR SHANGHAI · CHINA

The cargo behind the deal

1,500 METRIC TONNES · COCONUT OIL

One shipment. Connected commercial terms, freight and documentation.

HαILLUSTRATIVE DOCUMENT

Bill of Lading

DEMO–PH–CN–001 · NON-NEGOTIABLE

Shipper: Philippine producer
(example)
Consignee: Shanghai buyer
(example)
Port of loading: Batangas, Philippines
Port of discharge: Shanghai, China
Vessel / voyage: H-α Demo / 026
Carriage: Bulk liquid · parcel tanker

COCONUT OIL
Declared cargo: 1,500 metric tonnes

Example only · Not issued or signed
Shipment and document details are illustrative.

11 illustrative trades · 9 commodities · One connected world

Map data · world-atlas · Natural Earth (public domain)