As we launch our blog, we want to use our first post to explain why we decided to begin blogging. At Zepol, we believe that companies and organizations can use the U.S. Import Data we provide to make smarter decisions by knowing more about their markets, competition, and suppliers. It is part of our mission to educate both our subscribers and the international business community about the international trade data available and show those new to the data how to use the information.

There are a lot of questions regarding the trade data we provide and we hope to use this blog to provide answers and information about the data to the international trade community. We believe that there are many great uses of this data that not only benefit individual companies, but also the general public. To help remove the mystery from U.S. Import Trade Data, we will use our blog to show how the data can be applied to the decision making process and how innovative companies are using our data to drive revenue, reduce costs, and minimize supply chain risk.

Some of the topics that we will discuss in the Zepol Blog are:

• Current events and how companies can use trade data to their benefit
• Stories on how companies are using trade data in their everyday business processes
• Product announcements
• Explanations of different international trade data sources
• How To’s and best practices for trade data analysis

This blog will provide a voice to not only Zepol, but also to the users of trade data. We invite you, as a reader, to comment on our posts and suggest topics to discuss. Expect us to post regularly and respond to comments quickly, we see this blog as a great way to answer questions about AMS and other types of data. Finally, check out our links to see some great places to find different sources of data that Zepol does not currently provide.