> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://terminal49-feat-trade-intel-sdk.mintlify.site/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Get trade intelligence coverage > Return the window, history start, partial month, and build time of Terminal49 trade intelligence, built from US import bill-of-lading records. ## OpenAPI ````yaml get /trade_intel/meta openapi: 3.0.0 info: title: Terminal49 API Reference version: 0.2.0 contact: name: Terminal49 API support url: https://www.terminal49.com email: support@terminal49.com description: >- The Terminal 49 API offers a convenient way to programmatically track your shipments from origin to destination. Please enter your API key into the "Variables" tab before using these endpoints within Postman. x-label: Beta termsOfService: https://www.terminal49.com/terms servers: - url: https://api.terminal49.com/v2 description: Production security: - authorization: [] tags: - name: Containers - name: Custom Field Definitions - name: Custom Field Options - name: Custom Fields - name: Shipments - name: Locations - name: Events - name: Tracking Requests - name: Webhooks - name: Webhook Notifications - name: Ports - name: Metro Areas - name: Terminals - name: Routing (Paid) - name: Documents - name: Email Submissions - name: Document Schemas - name: Search - name: Parties - name: Trade Intelligence description: >- Trade intelligence answers questions about who imports what into the US, from where, on which carriers, and how that changes over time. The data is US import bill-of-lading records (US Customs vessel manifests): every ocean container landed at a US port (plus US-bound cargo landed at Vancouver, BC) from January 2022 to today, refreshed daily. It does not include air freight, exports, or domestic moves. **Access.** Trade intelligence is enabled per account. Accounts without it receive `403 Forbidden` with `{"error": "Trade intelligence is not enabled for this account"}`; contact sales@terminal49.com to enable it. Requests are limited to roughly 120 per minute per account (`429` with `{"error": "Rate limit exceeded; retry in a minute"}`). **Format.** These endpoints accept and return plain JSON, not JSON:API. Send `Content-Type: application/json` on `POST` requests and authenticate exactly like every other v2 endpoint (`Authorization: Token YOUR_API_KEY`). **Typical flow.** Resolve a name or product first, then analyze: `companies/search` or `commodities/search` give you the exact `company_name` or `hs4` to pass to `companies/profile`, `importers/top`, `trends`, or `breakdown`. Container and bill of lading numbers go straight to `containers/lookup` and `bills_of_lading/lookup`. **Reading the numbers.** - **Volume is physical containers.** Each box is counted once, even when it appears on several bills of lading. A container carrying several HS codes counts once per code and companies can share containers, so do not add volumes across HS codes or companies; take market totals from `trends` or `breakdown` without a company filter. - **Estimated value is a modelled USD estimate**, not the declared customs value. - **The current month is partial.** `trends` and `breakdown` include it by default; `companies/profile` and `importers/top` use full calendar months. Compare full months against the same months a year earlier. - **Absent volume is not small volume.** Importers can ask US Customs to withhold their name from manifests, and much large-retail freight is booked under forwarders or suppliers. Treat a company's figures as a floor, never as its size. - **One company, many names.** Company names are normalized but split by state, and large importers use several names (distribution, merchandising, and DC entities). Related entities are separate companies; report them separately. `companies/search` ranks by match quality, not by size. - **Companies are the consignee or notify party on the bill.** Forwarders, NVOCCs, and customs brokers appear alongside cargo owners. A high notify-party share, or LOGISTICS, FREIGHT, SHIPPING, CUSTOMS, or BROKERAGE in the name, usually indicates a logistics provider. - **Carriers, countries, and ports use the manifests' spellings**, and carriers appear under spelling variants (for example `CMA CGM` and `CMA CGM AMERICA LLC`). Filter with substrings and merge variants before computing shares. - **HS4 descriptions are truncated.** Check `common_goods` from `commodities/search` before relying on a code. paths: /trade_intel/meta: get: tags: - Trade Intelligence summary: Get trade intelligence coverage description: >- Returns the window the search index covers, how far back history goes, which month is still partial, and when the data was last built. Call it to learn the exact `since_month` and `facts_since_month` before quoting a period, and to confirm the account has trade intelligence enabled (a `403` means it does not). The data is US import bill-of-lading records (US Customs vessel manifests), January 2022 onward, refreshed daily. operationId: get-trade-intel-meta responses: '200': description: OK content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/TradeIntelMeta' example: since_month: 2025-09 until_month_exclusive: 2026-09 months: 12 min_containers: 5 companies: 250000 hs_codes: 1200 facts_since_month: 2022-01 facts_until_exclusive: 2026-11 partial_month: 2026-10 mode: local facts_hash: 3f9c1a7e refreshed_since: '2026-10-01' fact_rows: lane_month: 1200000 company_month: 9800000 commodity_month: 6400000 hs_lane_month: 15000000 volume_measure: containers built_at: '2026-10-08T06:12:44Z' '400': $ref: '#/components/responses/TradeIntelBadRequest' '401': $ref: '#/components/responses/TradeIntelUnauthorized' '403': $ref: '#/components/responses/TradeIntelNotEnabled' '429': $ref: '#/components/responses/TradeIntelRateLimited' '502': $ref: '#/components/responses/TradeIntelUnavailable' '504': $ref: '#/components/responses/TradeIntelUnavailable' components: schemas: TradeIntelMeta: type: object description: >- Index window, freshness, and counts. Also returned as `index` by `companies/search`. properties: since_month: type: string description: >- First month of the 12-full-month window that search results and rankings cover. example: 2025-09 until_month_exclusive: type: string description: Month after the last full month in the search window (exclusive). example: 2026-09 months: type: integer description: Number of full months in the search window. example: 12 min_containers: type: integer description: >- Minimum containers in the window for a company to be in the search index. example: 5 companies: type: integer description: Companies in the search index. example: 250000 hs_codes: type: integer description: HS4 codes in the search index. example: 1200 facts_since_month: type: string description: >- First month of history available to `companies/profile`, `importers/top`, `trends`, and `breakdown`. History starts in January 2022. example: 2022-01 facts_until_exclusive: type: string description: Month after the latest month with data (exclusive). example: 2026-11 partial_month: type: string description: >- The current calendar month, which is still being loaded and is incomplete. example: 2026-10 mode: type: string description: Serving mode of the index. example: local facts_hash: type: string description: >- Fingerprint of the current fact build. It changes whenever the data is refreshed. refreshed_since: type: string description: Start of the period covered by the most recent daily refresh. example: '2026-10-01' fact_rows: $ref: '#/components/schemas/TradeIntelFactRowCounts' volume_measure: type: string description: >- Unit of every `containers` figure: physical containers, each counted once. example: containers built_at: type: string description: When the index was built. format: date-time example: '2026-10-08T06:12:44Z' required: - since_month - until_month_exclusive - months - min_containers - companies - hs_codes - facts_since_month - facts_until_exclusive - partial_month - mode - facts_hash - refreshed_since - fact_rows - volume_measure - built_at TradeIntelFactRowCounts: type: object description: Row counts of the monthly fact tables behind the analytics endpoints. properties: lane_month: type: integer description: Rows in the lane-by-month fact table. company_month: type: integer description: Rows in the company-by-month fact table. commodity_month: type: integer description: Rows in the commodity-by-month fact table. hs_lane_month: type: integer description: Rows in the HS-code-by-lane-by-month fact table. required: - lane_month - company_month - commodity_month - hs_lane_month TradeIntelError: type: object description: >- Plain JSON error body returned by trade intelligence endpoints (not JSON:API). properties: error: type: string description: >- What was wrong with the request, or why trade intelligence could not answer. example: >- hs4 must be a 4-digit HS code, e.g. '0306'; use commodities/search to find one required: - error responses: TradeIntelBadRequest: description: >- Bad Request - the request was understood but a value is invalid, for example an `hs4` that is not a 4-digit HS code. content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/TradeIntelError' example: error: >- hs4 must be a 4-digit HS code, e.g. '0306'; use commodities/search to find one TradeIntelUnauthorized: description: Unauthorized - the API key is missing or invalid. content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/TradeIntelError' example: error: Terminal49 API key could not be verified TradeIntelNotEnabled: description: >- Forbidden - trade intelligence is not enabled for this account. Contact sales@terminal49.com. content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/TradeIntelError' example: error: Trade intelligence is not enabled for this account TradeIntelRateLimited: description: >- Too Many Requests - about 120 requests per minute are allowed per account. content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/TradeIntelError' example: error: Rate limit exceeded; retry in a minute TradeIntelUnavailable: description: >- Bad Gateway or Gateway Timeout - trade intelligence is temporarily unavailable; retry shortly. content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/TradeIntelError' example: error: Trade intelligence is temporarily unavailable; try again shortly securitySchemes: authorization: name: Authorization type: apiKey in: header description: >- Use a Terminal49 API key in the `Authorization` header with the `Token` prefix. `Authorization: Token YOUR_API_KEY` ```` This documentation is built and hosted on [Mintlify](https://mintlify.com), a developer documentation platform.