{
 "port": {
  "name": "Kobe",
  "unlocode": "JPUKB",
  "country": "Japan",
  "cc": "JP",
  "region": "Hyôgo[Hyogo]",
  "lat": 34.65,
  "lon": 135.1833,
  "cbp_schedule_d": null,
  "cbp_schedule_k": [
   "58840"
  ],
  "customs_office": null,
  "wpi_number": 61560,
  "wikidata": null,
  "locode_functions": [
   "Port",
   "Rail terminal",
   "Road terminal",
   "Airport",
   "Postal exchange"
  ],
  "url": "https://eximagent.ai/ports/jpukb"
 },
 "snapshot": "us-2026-07.co-2025-12",
 "tier": "A",
 "summary": [
  "In our records for Aug 2025–Jul 2026: 4,949 US-bound bills of lading loaded here.",
  "Kubota Tractor Corporation is the largest named US importer with 314 bills of lading, ahead of Komatsu America Corp (286).",
  "Waters (HS 220210) leads the products at 2.4% of HS-coded bills of lading, and Los Angeles is the top US arrival port at 61%."
 ],
 "insights": [
  {
   "title": "Kubota Tractor Corporation leads the top 5",
   "value": "24%",
   "text": "Top 5 US importers: 24% of 4,949 bills of lading, out of 1,663 named."
  },
  {
   "title": "Beverages, chapter 22",
   "value": "5.0×",
   "text": "Chapter 22, beverages: 6.6% of HS-coded bills of lading here vs 1.3% in all US bills of lading we hold."
  },
  {
   "title": "Jul 2026 share of US bills",
   "value": "0.3%",
   "text": "0.3% of all US import bills in Jul 2026, vs 0.2% over 5 earlier well-covered months."
  },
  {
   "title": "Komatsu LTD ships the most",
   "value": "6.0%",
   "text": "Komatsu LTD: 295 bills of lading; Caterpillar Japan LLC 248; Kubota Corporation 213."
  },
  {
   "title": "Los Angeles first",
   "value": "61%",
   "text": "Los Angeles: 61% of bills of lading; Oakland 10%."
  }
 ],
 "no_records": null,
 "flows_covered": [
  "US imports · from Kobe"
 ],
 "flows_not_covered": "Every flow not listed. EximAgent holds no export records for most origins, so no figure describes this port's total trade.",
 "flows": {
  "uf": {
   "tag": "US imports · from Kobe",
   "unit": "bills",
   "window": "Aug 2025–Jul 2026",
   "kpi": {
    "n": 4949,
    "ents": 1663,
    "ship": 1241,
    "hsn": 2932
   },
   "top_companies": [
    {
     "name": "Kubota Tractor Corporation",
     "count": 314,
     "hs6": [
      "842951",
      "842952"
     ],
     "url": null
    },
    {
     "name": "Komatsu America Corp",
     "count": 286,
     "hs6": [
      "840890",
      "843149"
     ],
     "url": null
    },
    {
     "name": "Caterpillar INC",
     "count": 270,
     "hs6": [
      "848340",
      "848130"
     ],
     "url": null
    },
    {
     "name": "Great Luck INC",
     "count": 182,
     "hs6": [
      "220210",
      "190230"
     ],
     "url": null
    },
    {
     "name": "Mitsubishi Logistics America Corp",
     "count": 150,
     "hs6": [
      "843149",
      "390740"
     ],
     "url": null
    },
    {
     "name": "Kubota Engine America Corporation",
     "count": 130,
     "hs6": [
      "840890",
      "840790"
     ],
     "url": null
    },
    {
     "name": "Kintetsu World Express USA INC",
     "count": 121,
     "hs6": [
      "730650",
      "480519"
     ],
     "url": null
    },
    {
     "name": "Yusen Logistics (americas) INC",
     "count": 112,
     "hs6": [
      "850440",
      "830230",
      "841430"
     ],
     "url": null
    },
    {
     "name": "Shinsho American Corp",
     "count": 81,
     "hs6": [
      "722790"
     ],
     "url": null
    },
    {
     "name": "Kawanishi Logistics (americas) INC",
     "count": 67,
     "hs6": [
      "220600",
      "401032"
     ],
     "url": null
    }
   ],
   "top_suppliers": [
    {
     "name": "Komatsu LTD",
     "count": 295
    },
    {
     "name": "Caterpillar Japan LLC",
     "count": 248
    },
    {
     "name": "Kubota Corporation",
     "count": 213
    },
    {
     "name": "Japan Trust Co.,ltd",
     "count": 184
    },
    {
     "name": "Mitsubishi Logistics Corporation",
     "count": 156
    },
    {
     "name": "Nippon Express Co.,ltd",
     "count": 136
    },
    {
     "name": "Shinsho Corporation",
     "count": 133
    },
    {
     "name": "Be Forward Co.,ltd",
     "count": 115
    },
    {
     "name": "Yusen Logistics Co.,ltd",
     "count": 93
    },
    {
     "name": "Kintetsu World Express, INC",
     "count": 93
    }
   ],
   "monthly": [
    {
     "month": 202508,
     "count": 99
    },
    {
     "month": 202509,
     "count": 73
    },
    {
     "month": 202510,
     "count": 53
    },
    {
     "month": 202511,
     "count": 1
    },
    {
     "month": 202604,
     "count": 3
    },
    {
     "month": 202605,
     "count": 51
    },
    {
     "month": 202606,
     "count": 833
    },
    {
     "month": 202607,
     "count": 3840
    }
   ],
   "top_hs6": [
    {
     "hs6": "220210",
     "label": "Waters",
     "count": 69
    },
    {
     "hs6": "220600",
     "label": "Other fermented beverages",
     "count": 62
    },
    {
     "hs6": "390690",
     "label": "Other acrylic polymers in primary forms",
     "count": 58
    },
    {
     "hs6": "840890",
     "label": "Other engines",
     "count": 55
    },
    {
     "hs6": "210390",
     "label": "Sauces",
     "count": 48
    },
    {
     "hs6": "870829",
     "label": "Body parts",
     "count": 47
    },
    {
     "hs6": "382499",
     "label": "Other prepared binders for foundry",
     "count": 47
    },
    {
     "hs6": "392690",
     "label": "Plastic articles",
     "count": 44
    },
    {
     "hs6": "843149",
     "label": "Construction machinery parts",
     "count": 44
    },
    {
     "hs6": "848299",
     "label": "Other ball or roller bearings",
     "count": 43
    }
   ],
   "partners": [
    {
     "code": "2704",
     "count": 2935
    },
    {
     "code": "2811",
     "count": 457
    },
    {
     "code": "1303",
     "count": 343
    },
    {
     "code": "3002",
     "count": 211
    },
    {
     "code": "1703",
     "count": 176
    },
    {
     "code": "5311",
     "count": 171
    },
    {
     "code": "1701",
     "count": 125
    },
    {
     "code": "1803",
     "count": 83
    },
    {
     "code": "1101",
     "count": 78
    },
    {
     "code": "4601",
     "count": 74
    },
    {
     "code": "2709",
     "count": 73
    },
    {
     "code": "1401",
     "count": 59
    }
   ]
  }
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  "wpi": {
   "harbor_size": "Large",
   "harbor_type": "Open roadstead",
   "shelter": "Good",
   "depth_m": {
    "channel": 14,
    "anchorage": 16,
    "cargo_pier": 14,
    "oil_terminal": 14
   },
   "tidal_range_m": 2,
   "max_vessel": {
    "length": null,
    "beam": null,
    "draft": null
   },
   "entrance": {
    "Tide": "N",
    "Heavy swell": "N",
    "Ice": "N",
    "Other": "Y"
   },
   "overhead_limits": "U",
   "groups": {
    "Arrival and clearance": {
     "First port of entry": "Y",
     "ETA message required": "Y",
     "Quarantine: pratique": "Y",
     "Quarantine: sanitation": "U",
     "Pilotage compulsory": "Y",
     "Pilotage advisable": "U",
     "Tug assistance": "Y",
     "Tug salvage": "N",
     "Turning area": "Y",
     "Good holding ground": "U"
    },
    "Cargo handling": {
     "Wharves": "Y",
     "Anchorage berths": "U",
     "Container facilities": "U",
     "Ro-ro facilities": "U",
     "Solid bulk": "U",
     "Liquid bulk": "U",
     "Breakbulk": "U",
     "Oil terminal": "U",
     "Dangerous cargo": "U"
    },
    "Cranes and lifts": {
     "Fixed cranes": "Y",
     "Mobile cranes": "Y",
     "Floating cranes": "Y",
     "Container cranes": "U",
     "Lifts 100+ t": "U",
     "Lifts 50–100 t": "U",
     "Lifts 25–49 t": "Y",
     "Lifts 0–24 t": "Y"
    },
    "Services and supplies": {
     "Longshoremen": "Y",
     "Electricity": "Y",
     "Electrical repair": "Y",
     "Navigation equipment": "Y",
     "Fuel oil": "Y",
     "Diesel": "Y",
     "Potable water": "Y",
     "Provisions": "U",
     "Deck supplies": "Y",
     "Engine supplies": "Y"
    },
    "Shore links and environment": {
     "Rail link": "Y",
     "Airport": "Y",
     "Telephone": "U",
     "Radio": "Y",
     "Medical facilities": "Y",
     "Garbage disposal": "Y",
     "Dirty ballast disposal": "Y"
    }
   },
   "repairs": "Major",
   "drydock": "Large",
   "marine_railway": "Small",
   "navarea": "XI",
   "sailing_directions": "Sailing Directions Pub. 159 (Enroute) - Japan - Volume II",
   "chart": "97191, 97197",
   "lat_dms": "34°39'00\"N",
   "lon_dms": "135°11'00\"E"
  },
  "sourced_facts": [],
  "nearby_straight_line": [
   {
    "name": "Amagasaki",
    "unlocode": "JPAMA",
    "cc": "JP",
    "lat": 34.7,
    "lon": 135.3833,
    "km": 19,
    "nm": 10,
    "pilot": false
   },
   {
    "name": "Sakaisenboku",
    "unlocode": "JPSBK",
    "cc": "JP",
    "lat": 34.55,
    "lon": 135.4333,
    "km": 25,
    "nm": 14,
    "pilot": false
   },
   {
    "name": "Hannan",
    "unlocode": "JPHAN",
    "cc": "JP",
    "lat": 34.4667,
    "lon": 135.35,
    "km": 25,
    "nm": 14,
    "pilot": false
   },
   {
    "name": "Osaka",
    "unlocode": "JPOSA",
    "cc": "JP",
    "lat": 34.6667,
    "lon": 135.5,
    "km": 29,
    "nm": 16,
    "pilot": false
   },
   {
    "name": "Higashiharima",
    "unlocode": "JPHHR",
    "cc": "JP",
    "lat": 34.7,
    "lon": 134.8333,
    "km": 32,
    "nm": 18,
    "pilot": false
   },
   {
    "name": "Kakogawa",
    "unlocode": "JPKGA",
    "cc": "JP",
    "lat": 34.7,
    "lon": 134.8333,
    "km": 32,
    "nm": 18,
    "pilot": false
   }
  ]
 },
 "faq": [
  {
   "q": "What is the port code for Port of Kobe?",
   "a": "UN/LOCODE JPUKB; CBP Schedule K 58840; NGA World Port Index 61560."
  },
  {
   "q": "How much trade goes through Port of Kobe?",
   "a": "In the records EximAgent holds for Aug 2025–Jul 2026: 4,949 US-bound bills of lading loaded here, naming 1,663 companies."
  },
  {
   "q": "Who are the top US importers at Port of Kobe?",
   "a": "Kubota Tractor Corporation (314), Komatsu America Corp (286), Caterpillar INC (270), Great Luck INC (182), Mitsubishi Logistics America Corp (150); bills of lading, Aug 2025–Jul 2026."
  },
  {
   "q": "What are the main products shipped through Port of Kobe?",
   "a": "Waters (HS 220210, 2.4%); Other fermented beverages (HS 220600, 2.1%); Other acrylic polymers in primary forms (HS 390690, 2.0%); Other engines (HS 840890, 1.9%); Sauces (HS 210390, 1.6%); share of HS-coded bills of lading, Aug 2025–Jul 2026."
  },
  {
   "q": "Which US ports receive cargo from Port of Kobe?",
   "a": "Los Angeles (61%), Oakland (10%), Baltimore (7.2%), Tacoma (4.4%), Savannah (3.7%), as shares of bills of lading with a known port in Aug 2025–Jul 2026."
  },
  {
   "q": "How does Port of Kobe differ from other ports?",
   "a": "By HS chapter, here vs all US bills we hold: machinery and appliances 27% vs 11%; plastics 15% vs 12%; electronics 13% vs 7.5%; vehicles and parts 6.7% vs 5.8%."
  }
 ],
 "disclaimer": "Figures come only from the customs records EximAgent holds and do not cover all trade through this port. Use with care and verify important details. Subject to EximAgent Terms and Conditions: https://eximagent.ai/policies/terms"
}