We at Zepol are pleased to announce that we've fully updated the interface for our tools TradeIQ™ and TradeView™. To make these tools better and easier to use, our new interface was developed incorporating our customers' feedback and includes the following features:

• Updated interface look and feel
• Moved [Show Bill of Lading] and [Show List] to directly above results
• Replaced [View By] buttons with tab system directly above results

View the video below for more information on this enhancement and feel free to Contact Us if you have any questions.

We at Zepol are pleased to announce that we've added a new enhancement to TradeIQ™ that will improve your searching capabilities. Dubbed the "Master Carrier" search, our newest enhancment allows you to search by VOCC (vessel operating common carrier) and view accurate VOCC market share reports, excluding NVOCCs (non-vessel operating common carriers) and Frieght Forwarders from your analysis.

View the video below for more information on this enhancement and feel free to Contact Us if you have any questions.

Over the last month, Zepol has incorporated three major enhancements to our products that provide additional value to our subscribers:

1. View and Search by Place Receipt to determine the shipments' port of origin
2. Select multiple items for U.S. Port, Intl Port, and Carrier Searches for more complete analysis of any industry’s or company’s trade flow
   
3. Schedule and send automated reports to have any set of search results sent to your inbox on an ongoing basis, significantly reducing the time needed to do trade analysis

These enhancements will greatly improve our subscriber’s productivity and allow them to find the data they want in new, intuitive ways. See all the great new things you can do in our tools by watching the video that we have created below:

Zepol is proud of these enhancements and would like to celebrate by providing free trials to readers of our blog and any company interested in Zepol’s trade intelligence tools. Click here to sign up for your free trial.

Over the last week, we have heard how Iceland’s volcano has crippled the airline industry by shutting down flights across Europe. This may have also negatively affected Europe’s international trade. For instance, based on some quick analysis in TradeIQ, salmon exports from Europe to the U.S. dropped from 375 metric tons in 2009 to 80 metric tons in 2010 between March 14 and April 14.

The bright side is that the volcano has bolstered exports from non-European countries. TradeIQ shows that the United States imported 656 metric tons of salmon from New Zealand between March 14 and April 14, 2010. This is a 3544% increase over the previous year’s imports over the same period of 18 metric tons.

The graph below illustrates the trend in salmon exports to the United States from Europe and New Zealand over the last three years for the period from March 14 – April 14:

It is worth noting that trade with Europe will be most impacted in the Air Cargo industry. Given this sector's serious struggles over the last year, this is especially bad news. Please look for Zepol's analysis of Air Cargo data for April in our Census data update in June.