Panjiva, Inc.

Panjiva, a subsidiary of S&P Global, is a global trade data company that provides intelligence on international supply chains. The subscription-based platform offers access to billions of import and export shipment records from millions of companies worldwide, allowing users to search for suppliers, track competitors, and analyze global trade trends. Their primary customers include importers, exporters, supply chain professionals, and sales and marketing teams who use the data for lead generation, risk analysis, and market research. Panjiva's data is sourced from customs agencies and other commercial sources, which it then aggregates and cleans using machine-learning technologies. While the platform focuses on business-to-business data, the detailed shipping manifests can expose sensitive commercial information, such as supplier and customer relationships, shipment volumes, and product types. This transparency poses a risk of competitive intelligence exploitation, where rivals could use this information to identify a company's suppliers and disrupt their supply chain. Businesses concerned about this exposure can take steps to obscure their exporter details in shipping documents.