{
 "port": {
  "name": "Cape Town",
  "unlocode": "ZACPT",
  "country": "South Africa",
  "cc": "ZA",
  "region": "Western Cape",
  "lat": -33.9167,
  "lon": 18.4167,
  "cbp_schedule_d": null,
  "cbp_schedule_k": [
   "79101"
  ],
  "customs_office": null,
  "wpi_number": 46770,
  "wikidata": null,
  "locode_functions": [
   "Port",
   "Rail terminal",
   "Road terminal",
   "Airport",
   "Postal exchange"
  ],
  "url": "https://eximagent.ai/ports/zacpt"
 },
 "snapshot": "us-2026-07.co-2025-12",
 "tier": "A",
 "summary": [
  "In our records for Aug 2025–Jul 2026: 2,693 US-bound bills of lading loaded here.",
  "Mouton Distribution is the largest named US importer with 250 bills of lading, ahead of Capespan North America (249).",
  "Citrus fruit, fresh (HS 080510) leads the products at 27% of HS-coded bills of lading, and Philadelphia is the top US arrival port at 55%."
 ],
 "insights": [
  {
   "title": "Mouton Distribution leads the top 5",
   "value": "34%",
   "text": "Top 5 US importers: 34% of 2,693 bills of lading, out of 470 named."
  },
  {
   "title": "Fruit and nuts, chapter 08",
   "value": "20.4×",
   "text": "Chapter 08, fruit and nuts: 80% of HS-coded bills of lading here vs 3.9% in all US bills of lading we hold."
  },
  {
   "title": "Jul 2026 share of US bills",
   "value": "0.2%",
   "text": "0.2% of all US import bills in Jul 2026, vs 0.0% over 4 earlier well-covered months."
  },
  {
   "title": "Mouton Citrus ( Pty) LTD ships the most",
   "value": "14%",
   "text": "Mouton Citrus ( Pty) LTD: 384 bills of lading; Wp Fresh Distributors (pty) LTD 226; Everseason (pty) LTD 209."
  },
  {
   "title": "Philadelphia first",
   "value": "55%",
   "text": "Philadelphia: 55% of bills of lading; New York / Newark area (as filed; not in the CBP list we hold) 36%."
  }
 ],
 "no_records": null,
 "flows_covered": [
  "US imports · from Cape Town"
 ],
 "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 Cape Town",
   "unit": "bills",
   "window": "Aug 2025–Jul 2026",
   "kpi": {
    "n": 2693,
    "ents": 470,
    "ship": 332,
    "hsn": 759
   },
   "top_companies": [
    {
     "name": "Mouton Distribution",
     "count": 250,
     "hs6": [],
     "url": null
    },
    {
     "name": "Capespan North America",
     "count": 249,
     "hs6": [
      "080510",
      "080810"
     ],
     "url": null
    },
    {
     "name": "Loblaw INC",
     "count": 151,
     "hs6": [
      "080510",
      "080521",
      "080550"
     ],
     "url": null
    },
    {
     "name": "Seald Sweet, International",
     "count": 133,
     "hs6": [],
     "url": "https://eximagent.ai/companies/seald-sweet-international/407197624187"
    },
    {
     "name": "Kardouw Farms INC",
     "count": 131,
     "hs6": [],
     "url": null
    },
    {
     "name": "Wonderful Citrus Ventures LLC",
     "count": 113,
     "hs6": [],
     "url": null
    },
    {
     "name": "Pro Citrus Network INC",
     "count": 78,
     "hs6": [
      "080540"
     ],
     "url": null
    },
    {
     "name": "William H. Kopke Jr. INC",
     "count": 65,
     "hs6": [],
     "url": null
    },
    {
     "name": "Fowler Packing Company, INC",
     "count": 65,
     "hs6": [],
     "url": null
    },
    {
     "name": "Fresh Taste Produce Canada",
     "count": 52,
     "hs6": [
      "080510",
      "080521",
      "080550"
     ],
     "url": "https://eximagent.ai/companies/fresh-taste-produce-canada/777031523616"
    }
   ],
   "top_suppliers": [
    {
     "name": "Mouton Citrus ( Pty) LTD",
     "count": 384
    },
    {
     "name": "Wp Fresh Distributors (pty) LTD",
     "count": 226
    },
    {
     "name": "Everseason (pty) LTD",
     "count": 209
    },
    {
     "name": "Core Fruit (pty) LTD",
     "count": 145
    },
    {
     "name": "Alg Marketing Pty",
     "count": 122
    },
    {
     "name": "Karsten Marketing (pty) LTD",
     "count": 116
    },
    {
     "name": "Hillebrand Gori South Africa",
     "count": 68
    },
    {
     "name": "Good Hope Marketing (pty) LTD",
     "count": 66
    },
    {
     "name": "Freshness First (pty) LTD",
     "count": 58
    },
    {
     "name": "Safresco South Africa (pty) LTD",
     "count": 51
    }
   ],
   "monthly": [
    {
     "month": 202508,
     "count": 1
    },
    {
     "month": 202509,
     "count": 6
    },
    {
     "month": 202510,
     "count": 3
    },
    {
     "month": 202601,
     "count": 1
    },
    {
     "month": 202603,
     "count": 2
    },
    {
     "month": 202604,
     "count": 6
    },
    {
     "month": 202606,
     "count": 267
    },
    {
     "month": 202607,
     "count": 2407
    }
   ],
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    {
     "hs6": "080510",
     "label": "Citrus fruit, fresh (oranges)",
     "count": 203
    },
    {
     "hs6": "080550",
     "label": "Lemons",
     "count": 158
    },
    {
     "hs6": "080521",
     "label": "Mandarins",
     "count": 150
    },
    {
     "hs6": "080540",
     "label": "Grapefruit and pomelos",
     "count": 35
    },
    {
     "hs6": "080810",
     "label": "Apples, pears and quinces, fresh",
     "count": 33
    },
    {
     "hs6": "080830",
     "label": "Apples, pears and quinces, fresh",
     "count": 26
    },
    {
     "hs6": "080620",
     "label": "Grapes, fresh or dried",
     "count": 17
    },
    {
     "hs6": "220421",
     "label": "Wine of fresh grapes (in containers holding)",
     "count": 16
    },
    {
     "hs6": "200799",
     "label": "Other jams, fruit jellies, marmalades",
     "count": 15
    },
    {
     "hs6": "200870",
     "label": "Peaches",
     "count": 13
    }
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   "partners": [
    {
     "code": "1101",
     "count": 1482
    },
    {
     "code": "4601",
     "count": 973
    },
    {
     "code": "1703",
     "count": 101
    },
    {
     "code": "1303",
     "count": 43
    },
    {
     "code": "2002",
     "count": 32
    },
    {
     "code": "5301",
     "count": 29
    },
    {
     "code": "1601",
     "count": 27
    },
    {
     "code": "5201",
     "count": 2
    },
    {
     "code": "1401",
     "count": 2
    },
    {
     "code": "1001",
     "count": 2
    },
    {
     "code": "2704",
     "count": 2
    },
    {
     "code": "5203",
     "count": 1
    }
   ]
  }
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   "harbor_type": "Coastal (breakwater)",
   "shelter": "Good",
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    "anchorage": 23,
    "cargo_pier": 13,
    "oil_terminal": 13
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    "length": null,
    "beam": null,
    "draft": null
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   "entrance": {
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    "Heavy swell": "N",
    "Ice": "N",
    "Other": "Y"
   },
   "overhead_limits": "Y",
   "groups": {
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     "First port of entry": "Y",
     "ETA message required": "Y",
     "Quarantine: pratique": "Y",
     "Quarantine: sanitation": "Y",
     "Pilotage compulsory": "Y",
     "Pilotage advisable": "Y",
     "Tug assistance": "Y",
     "Tug salvage": "Y",
     "Turning area": "Y",
     "Good holding ground": "Y"
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     "Anchorage berths": "Y",
     "Container facilities": "U",
     "Ro-ro facilities": "U",
     "Solid bulk": "U",
     "Liquid bulk": "U",
     "Breakbulk": "U",
     "Oil terminal": "U",
     "Dangerous cargo": "U"
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    "Cranes and lifts": {
     "Fixed cranes": "Y",
     "Mobile cranes": "Y",
     "Floating cranes": "Y",
     "Container cranes": "U",
     "Lifts 100+ t": "Y",
     "Lifts 50–100 t": "Y",
     "Lifts 25–49 t": "U",
     "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": "Y",
     "Deck supplies": "Y",
     "Engine supplies": "Y"
    },
    "Shore links and environment": {
     "Rail link": "Y",
     "Airport": "Y",
     "Telephone": "Y",
     "Radio": "Y",
     "Medical facilities": "Y",
     "Garbage disposal": "Y",
     "Dirty ballast disposal": "N"
    }
   },
   "repairs": "Major",
   "drydock": "Large",
   "marine_railway": "Large",
   "navarea": "VII",
   "sailing_directions": "Sailing Directions Pub. 123 (Enroute) - Southwest Coast of Africa",
   "chart": "57488",
   "lat_dms": "33°55'00\"S",
   "lon_dms": "18°25'00\"E"
  },
  "sourced_facts": [],
  "nearby_straight_line": [
   {
    "name": "Simon's Town",
    "unlocode": "ZASMN",
    "cc": "ZA",
    "lat": -34.1833,
    "lon": 18.4333,
    "km": 30,
    "nm": 16,
    "pilot": false
   },
   {
    "name": "Saldanha Bay",
    "unlocode": "ZASDB",
    "cc": "ZA",
    "lat": -33.0333,
    "lon": 17.9667,
    "km": 107,
    "nm": 58,
    "pilot": false
   },
   {
    "name": "Mossel Bay",
    "unlocode": "ZAMZY",
    "cc": "ZA",
    "lat": -34.1747,
    "lon": 22.1461,
    "km": 345,
    "nm": 186,
    "pilot": false
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 },
 "faq": [
  {
   "q": "What is the port code for Port of Cape Town?",
   "a": "UN/LOCODE ZACPT; CBP Schedule K 79101; NGA World Port Index 46770."
  },
  {
   "q": "How much trade goes through Port of Cape Town?",
   "a": "In the records EximAgent holds for Aug 2025–Jul 2026: 2,693 US-bound bills of lading loaded here, naming 470 companies."
  },
  {
   "q": "Who are the top US importers at Port of Cape Town?",
   "a": "Mouton Distribution (250), Capespan North America (249), Loblaw INC (151), Seald Sweet, International (133), Kardouw Farms INC (131); bills of lading, Aug 2025–Jul 2026."
  },
  {
   "q": "What are the main products shipped through Port of Cape Town?",
   "a": "Citrus fruit, fresh (HS 080510, 27%); Lemons (HS 080550, 21%); Mandarins (HS 080521, 20%); Grapefruit and pomelos (HS 080540, 4.6%); Apples, pears and quinces, fresh (HS 080810, 4.3%); share of HS-coded bills of lading, Aug 2025–Jul 2026."
  },
  {
   "q": "Which US ports receive cargo from Port of Cape Town?",
   "a": "Philadelphia (55%), New York / Newark area (as filed; not in the CBP list we hold) (36%), Savannah (3.7%), Baltimore (1.6%), New Orleans (1.2%), as shares of bills of lading with a known port in Aug 2025–Jul 2026."
  },
  {
   "q": "How does Port of Cape Town differ from other ports?",
   "a": "By HS chapter, here vs all US bills we hold: fruit and nuts 80% vs 3.9%; fruit and veg preparations 5.4% vs 1.4%."
  }
 ],
 "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"
}