First-pass market screening for international trade

Decide which market signals deserve a closer look.

Seek & Screen turns official trade data into a guided first-pass market screen — helping export and international sales teams decide whether a market signal is worth deeper commercial investigation.

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01 · The decision before the decision

Market research often starts with the wrong question.

“Which market should we enter?”

Before answering that, there is often a more immediate question:

Is there enough evidence here to justify deeper investigation?

Trade data can show market size, growth, import flows, supplier structure and changes in product mix. But those signals do not automatically tell you whether a market is commercially attractive. Seek & Screen helps structure that first read.

02 · What the screen does

From trade data to a decision about what to investigate next.

A market screen separates evidence from interpretation — and interpretation from recommendation.

Market signal

What is changing in the data?

Interpretation

What might those changes mean commercially?

Opportunity hypothesis

What could be worth investigating further?

Constraints & unknowns

What can’t the trade data tell us yet?

Next investigation

Which questions should be answered before committing more time or resources?

03 · Real sample

See it applied to a real market.

Brazil · Tires · NCM 4011 · Jan–Jul 2026
Brazil Tire Import Market

Brazilian tire imports rose sharply in both value and physical units, while Truck & Bus tires became a significantly larger part of the import mix.

  • what drove the growth;
  • which segments changed most;
  • how supplier origins shifted;
  • which market-access questions remain unresolved;
  • what should be investigated next.

Primary source: MDIC / SECEX · Comex Stat

View the Brazil Tire Import Market screen

This is a screening, not a market-entry recommendation.

Seek & ScreenBrazil · Tires

Brazil Tire Import Market

USD 1.35BImport value
+35.1%YoY value
39.0%Truck & Bus share
04 · Methodological principle

A signal is not an opportunity.

Signal ≠ opportunity.
Hypothesis ≠ recommendation.

Seek & Screen does not treat trade-data growth as proof that a market should be entered.

What we see → What it may mean → Why it matters → What we still need to know

The objective is simpler: decide whether the evidence justifies the next round of commercial research.

05 · Request a screen

Evaluating a market of your own?

We’re currently testing Seek & Screen with export and international sales professionals.

If you’re evaluating a product or market, tell us what you’re working on and we can explore whether a first-pass screen would be useful.

No HS code or confidential market strategy required at this stage.

No HS code required. No confidential strategy required.