{
 "name": "Caterpillar Inc",
 "url": "https://eximagent.ai/companies/caterpillar-inc/934361432417",
 "country": "US",
 "role": "importer (named as consignee)",
 "disclaimer": "Based only on the records EximAgent holds, not all trade by this company. The figures don't cover all trade; use them with care and check before acting. Use is subject to the Terms and Conditions: https://eximagent.ai/policies/terms",
 "source": "US customs: CBP vessel manifests",
 "unit": "bills of lading (house bill, or master bill when there is no house bill)",
 "data_through": "2026-07-30",
 "snapshot_id": "cbp-2026-07-30",
 "flows_covered": [
  "US imports where Caterpillar Inc is named as consignee on CBP vessel manifests",
  "Colombia exports where Caterpillar Inc is named as foreign buyer (export declaration lines)",
  "Colombia imports where Caterpillar Inc is named as exporter (import declaration lines)"
 ],
 "other_flows": [
  {
   "source": "co_export",
   "dir": "export",
   "role": "foreign buyer",
   "unit": "export declaration lines",
   "lines": 2,
   "value_usd": 11937,
   "value_label": "declared US$ FOB",
   "range": [
    "2025-07-01",
    "2025-08-11"
   ]
  },
  {
   "source": "co_import",
   "dir": "import",
   "role": "exporter",
   "unit": "import declaration lines",
   "lines": 35,
   "value_usd": 6566552,
   "value_label": "declared US$ customs value",
   "range": [
    "2025-01-02",
    "2025-11-29"
   ]
  }
 ],
 "flows_not_covered": [
  "imports into countries whose records we don't hold",
  "flows filed under other or joint names",
  "US imports filed under other names, or not on vessel manifests",
  "US weights and US$ values (not shown)"
 ],
 "also_named_as": [
  "CATERPILLAR",
  "CATERPILLAR INCORPORATED",
  "CATERPILLAR, INC"
 ],
 "key_facts": [
  "Caterpillar Inc is named as consignee on 4,901 US import bills of lading from Aug 23, 2025 to Jul 30, 2026 in the US customs records we hold.",
  "It is named on 22.3% of the 2,412 US-bound bills coded HS 843149 (parts for construction machinery) and 15.2% of the 587 US-bound bills coded HS 842951 (front-end shovel loaders) in our records.",
  "Its busiest lane is Shanghai (China, Schedule K 57035) → Houston, TX (port code 5301), with 363 bills.",
  "84 of its bills name a logistics firm as shipper and 5 name no shipper.",
  "In Colombia's customs records it is named as foreign buyer on 2 export declaration lines (Jul 2025 – Aug 2025, US$12K declared FOB).",
  "In Colombia's customs records it is named as exporter on 35 import declaration lines (Jan 2025 – Nov 2025, US$6.6M declared customs value).",
  "336 suppliers are named on its bills; the top one, Caterpillar Brasil Ltda, is on 16.6% of them."
 ],
 "faq": [
  {
   "q": "Who supplies Caterpillar?",
   "a": "336 suppliers are named as shipper on Caterpillar Inc's US import bills (Aug 2025 – Jul 2026). The top five are Caterpillar Brasil Ltda, Caterpillar Japan LLC, Caterpillar SARL, Caterpillar (Thailand) Limited, Caterpillar (UK) Ltd. A further 84 bills name a logistics firm as shipper."
  },
  {
   "q": "Where does Caterpillar import from?",
   "a": "By loading port on its bills (Aug 2025 – Jul 2026): China (23%), Brazil (12%), Japan (9.2%), South Korea (8.9%), Sri Lanka (8.6%) of bills."
  },
  {
   "q": "What does Caterpillar import?",
   "a": "Its HS-coded manifest lines are mostly parts for construction machinery (HS 843149, 41%), excavators (360° revolving) (HS 842952, 5.9%), front-end shovel loaders (HS 842951, 4.0%)."
  },
  {
   "q": "Which US ports does Caterpillar import through?",
   "a": "By bills of lading: Houston, TX (port code 5301, 21%), New York / Newark (port code 4601, 13%), Baltimore, MD (port code 1303, 9.2%), Galveston, TX (port code 5310, 8.5%)."
  },
  {
   "q": "When was Caterpillar's latest shipment?",
   "a": "The latest bill in our records arrived Jul 30, 2026. Bills appear in 10 months from Aug 2025 to Jul 2026; US customs records run to Jul 30, 2026."
  }
 ],
 "windows": {
  "12m": {
   "range": "Aug 2025 – Jul 2026",
   "bills": 4901,
   "containers": 4527,
   "suppliers_named": 336,
   "top_suppliers": [
    {
     "name": "Caterpillar Brasil Ltda",
     "bills": 813
    },
    {
     "name": "Caterpillar Japan LLC",
     "bills": 442
    },
    {
     "name": "Caterpillar SARL",
     "bills": 274
    },
    {
     "name": "Caterpillar (Thailand) Limited",
     "bills": 162
    },
    {
     "name": "Caterpillar (UK) Ltd",
     "bills": 142
    }
   ],
   "loading_countries_total": 35,
   "loading_countries": [
    {
     "country": "CN",
     "bills": 1118
    },
    {
     "country": "BR",
     "bills": 593
    },
    {
     "country": "JP",
     "bills": 453
    },
    {
     "country": "KR",
     "bills": 437
    },
    {
     "country": "LK",
     "bills": 423
    },
    {
     "country": "GB",
     "bills": 365
    }
   ],
   "lanes": [
    {
     "from": "Shanghai",
     "to": "Houston, TX",
     "bills": 363
    },
    {
     "from": "Colombo",
     "to": "New York / Newark",
     "bills": 354
    },
    {
     "from": "Schedule K 35177",
     "to": "Galveston, TX",
     "bills": 270
    },
    {
     "from": "Shanghai",
     "to": "Los Angeles, CA",
     "bills": 237
    },
    {
     "from": "Busan",
     "to": "Houston, TX",
     "bills": 173
    },
    {
     "from": "Shanghai",
     "to": "Tacoma, WA",
     "bills": 126
    },
    {
     "from": "Genoa",
     "to": "New York / Newark",
     "bills": 113
    },
    {
     "from": "Schedule K 42305",
     "to": "Chester, PA",
     "bills": 98
    },
    {
     "from": "Schedule K 41374",
     "to": "Wilmington, NC",
     "bills": 97
    },
    {
     "from": "Schedule K 35177",
     "to": "Freeport, TX",
     "bills": 95
    }
   ],
   "hs6_lines": [
    {
     "hs6": "843149",
     "lines": 926
    },
    {
     "hs6": "842952",
     "lines": 133
    },
    {
     "hs6": "842951",
     "lines": 89
    },
    {
     "hs6": "840999",
     "lines": 86
    },
    {
     "hs6": "841221",
     "lines": 84
    }
   ]
  },
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   "range": "May – Jul 2026",
   "bills": 4787,
   "containers": 4365,
   "suppliers_named": 329,
   "top_suppliers": [
    {
     "name": "Caterpillar Brasil Ltda",
     "bills": 812
    },
    {
     "name": "Caterpillar Japan LLC",
     "bills": 442
    },
    {
     "name": "Caterpillar SARL",
     "bills": 270
    },
    {
     "name": "Caterpillar (Thailand) Limited",
     "bills": 162
    },
    {
     "name": "Caterpillar (UK) Ltd",
     "bills": 140
    }
   ],
   "loading_countries_total": 35,
   "loading_countries": [
    {
     "country": "CN",
     "bills": 1114
    },
    {
     "country": "BR",
     "bills": 593
    },
    {
     "country": "JP",
     "bills": 453
    },
    {
     "country": "KR",
     "bills": 437
    },
    {
     "country": "LK",
     "bills": 382
    },
    {
     "country": "GB",
     "bills": 334
    }
   ],
   "lanes": [
    {
     "from": "Shanghai",
     "to": "Houston, TX",
     "bills": 362
    },
    {
     "from": "Colombo",
     "to": "New York / Newark",
     "bills": 320
    },
    {
     "from": "Schedule K 35177",
     "to": "Galveston, TX",
     "bills": 270
    },
    {
     "from": "Shanghai",
     "to": "Los Angeles, CA",
     "bills": 237
    },
    {
     "from": "Busan",
     "to": "Houston, TX",
     "bills": 173
    },
    {
     "from": "Shanghai",
     "to": "Tacoma, WA",
     "bills": 126
    },
    {
     "from": "Genoa",
     "to": "New York / Newark",
     "bills": 113
    },
    {
     "from": "Schedule K 42305",
     "to": "Chester, PA",
     "bills": 98
    },
    {
     "from": "Schedule K 41374",
     "to": "Wilmington, NC",
     "bills": 97
    },
    {
     "from": "Schedule K 35177",
     "to": "Freeport, TX",
     "bills": 95
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    {
     "hs6": "843149",
     "lines": 925
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    {
     "hs6": "842952",
     "lines": 133
    },
    {
     "hs6": "842951",
     "lines": 89
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    {
     "hs6": "840999",
     "lines": 86
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    {
     "hs6": "841221",
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   "range": "Jul 2026",
   "bills": 3878,
   "containers": 3405,
   "suppliers_named": 291,
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    {
     "name": "Caterpillar Brasil Ltda",
     "bills": 675
    },
    {
     "name": "Caterpillar Japan LLC",
     "bills": 390
    },
    {
     "name": "Caterpillar SARL",
     "bills": 192
    },
    {
     "name": "Caterpillar (Thailand) Limited",
     "bills": 137
    },
    {
     "name": "Caterpillar Xuzhou Limited",
     "bills": 130
    }
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     "country": "CN",
     "bills": 959
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    {
     "country": "BR",
     "bills": 509
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    {
     "country": "JP",
     "bills": 397
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    {
     "country": "KR",
     "bills": 375
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    {
     "country": "GB",
     "bills": 285
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    {
     "country": "LK",
     "bills": 280
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     "to": "Houston, TX",
     "bills": 353
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    {
     "from": "Schedule K 35177",
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     "bills": 270
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    {
     "from": "Colombo",
     "to": "New York / Newark",
     "bills": 236
    },
    {
     "from": "Shanghai",
     "to": "Los Angeles, CA",
     "bills": 209
    },
    {
     "from": "Busan",
     "to": "Houston, TX",
     "bills": 151
    },
    {
     "from": "Schedule K 41374",
     "to": "Wilmington, NC",
     "bills": 97
    },
    {
     "from": "Manzanillo",
     "to": "Brunswick, GA",
     "bills": 94
    },
    {
     "from": "Schedule K 35159",
     "to": "Galveston, TX",
     "bills": 93
    },
    {
     "from": "Kobe",
     "to": "Baltimore, MD",
     "bills": 90
    },
    {
     "from": "Schedule K 42305",
     "to": "Chester, PA",
     "bills": 70
    }
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    {
     "hs6": "842952",
     "lines": 114
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    {
     "hs6": "842951",
     "lines": 84
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    {
     "hs6": "841221",
     "lines": 74
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    {
     "hs6": "843141",
     "lines": 59
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 "newly_seen_suppliers": [],
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  "for": "deeper or fresher data on this company",
  "cli": "eximagent company shipments --name \"Caterpillar Inc\"",
  "signals": "eximagent shipments buyer-recurrence --hs6 843149 --dest us",
  "connector": "https://eximagent.ai/connectors"
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   "of_bills_coded_this_hs6": 587
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   "of_bills_coded_this_hs6": 2412
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 }
}