International Trade Toolkit

Iran Comprehensive Trade System (NTSW)

ntsw.ir

The single backbone for Iranian foreign trade — order registration, FX allocation, commodity ID (شناسه کالا), warehouse registration, ranking. Operated by Iran's Ministry of Industry, Mine & Trade.

Trade Promotion Organization of Iran

tpo.ir

Iran's national trade promotion agency. Hosts market intelligence, exhibition listings, and the country's commercial attaché network.

Behinyab (MIMT Permits)

behinyab.ir

Permits portal of the Ministry of Industry, Mine & Trade — used to obtain import licenses for raw materials and machinery.

NIMA — Center for FX & Gold Exchange

cmme.ir

Iran's official FX allocation system for importers. Where exporters' currency receipts are matched with importers' FX needs.

Sana — Banknote FX Rates

sanarate.ir

Iran's official banknote FX rate publisher. Tracks daily exchange rate fixings and registered cash transactions.

Central Bank of Iran (CBI)

cbi.ir

Source of FX regulations, circulars, and monetary policy directives that govern Iranian trade.

EPL — Iran Customs Single Window

epl.irica.gov.ir

Iran Customs Administration's electronic single window for declaration, clearance, and duty payment.

Islamic Republic of Iran Customs (IRICA)

irica.gov.ir

IRICA's main portal — published tariffs, statistics, circulars, and customs rulings.

Bijack — Electronic Waybill (RMTO)

bijack.rmto.ir

Iran's Road Maintenance & Transportation Organization e-waybill system for domestic freight.

SAP's flagship GTM module — integrated with SAP ERP for end-to-end customs, compliance, and trade preference management.

Part of Oracle Cloud SCM. Strong in trade-content libraries, screening, and global compliance automation.

Tariff and regulatory content for 200+ countries, plus restricted-party and FTA management.

Connected supply-chain platform with embedded GTM (formerly Amber Road). AI-driven planning and execution.

Market leader in denied-party screening and sanctions screening. Used by banks, freight forwarders, and exporters.

Direct connections to 100+ national customs authorities (especially strong in EU). Austrian software house.

Popular German GTM software for customs and compliance. Strong export-control coverage in DACH region.

Modern global-trade intelligence and risk platform. Bills-of-lading data, screening, and supplier discovery.

Freightos

freightos.com

Online marketplace to compare and book international freight quotes from hundreds of forwarders.

Flexport

flexport.com

Digital freight forwarder with shipment visibility and analytics dashboards.

Online container booking with guaranteed loading and fixed pricing direct from Maersk.

Online ocean freight booking platform — compare and book containers without offline back-and-forth.

Real-time supply-chain visibility platform tracking shipments across modes worldwide.

Predictive supply-chain visibility platform with ETAs and exception management.

MarineTraffic

marinetraffic.com

Live AIS-based vessel tracking — free for individual lookups, paid tiers for fleet/historical data.

VesselFinder

vesselfinder.com

Alternative live vessel tracker similar to MarineTraffic, with port arrivals and ship details.

Live flight tracker — useful for monitoring air-cargo movements when paired with airwaybill data.

Customer portal of K+N — quoting, booking, and shipment tracking for ocean, air, and road freight.

DHL's free Global Trade Services portal — landed-cost calculator, HS lookup, and customs info.

Customer portal for DSV — quoting, shipment management, and document download.

The de-facto standard operating platform for global freight forwarders and customs brokers.

SWIFT

swift.com

The global interbank messaging cooperative — backbone of cross-border bank transfers and trade finance messages.

Pioneer of electronic letters of credit and electronic bills of lading (eBL).

Electronic-document platform for trade — eBL, eUCP-compliant LC presentations.

Blockchain-based eBL and trade-document exchange used by major carriers.

Low-cost multi-currency business accounts and transfers (formerly TransferWise). Note: Iran is not supported.

Cross-border payments for service exporters and marketplace sellers. Iran restricted.

B2B e-invoicing and supplier-network platform with embedded financing options.

Trade-finance software for banks and corporates — LC, guarantees, supply-chain finance.

Decentralized trade-finance network for digital LCs (now part of ICC TradeFlow ecosystem).

Maintainer of the Harmonized System (HS) — the universal product classification used by 200+ customs agencies.

Sets multilateral trade rules. Publishes tariff data and dispute decisions.

ITC Trade Map

trademap.org

Free database of bilateral trade flows — exports, imports, market shares, growth rates by HS code.

Market Access Map

macmap.org

Lookup applied tariffs, NTMs, and FTAs for any country pair and HS code. Maintained by ITC.

Premium import/export intelligence — searchable bills-of-lading, supplier discovery, trend analytics.

Free search of US import bills of lading — find a competitor's suppliers in minutes.

US trade-data search — competitor analysis and supplier discovery via customs records.

Global import/export data covering shipment records from 80+ countries.

US Customs and Border Protection's single window for commercial imports and exports.

Integrated EU customs systems for tariff lookup (TARIC), transit (NCTS), and pre-arrival security (ICS2).

UK's post-Brexit customs declaration platform replacing CHIEF.

China's official single window for customs declaration, inspection, and trade services.

Unified portal for Dubai's customs, free zones, and ports — common channel for re-export to Iran.

Turkey's customs declaration system (BİLGE) and single window for cross-border trade.

Indian Customs e-commerce gateway for filing import/export declarations and duty payments.

Russian Federal Customs Service portal for declarations and tariff information.

Alibaba.com

alibaba.com

World's largest B2B marketplace — Chinese suppliers, Trade Assurance escrow, and freight booking.

Major Chinese B2B portal, alternative to Alibaba with strong industrial coverage.

Trusted B2B platform especially strong in consumer electronics and verified suppliers.

India's largest B2B marketplace — millions of SME suppliers across all categories.

Second-largest Indian B2B marketplace, alternative to IndiaMART.

Korean-based global B2B marketplace with diversified country coverage.

European B2B directory with 3M+ companies across 26 languages.

North-American industrial supplier discovery — strong for engineering-grade sourcing.

Free official US Treasury list of Specially Designated Nationals and other sanctioned parties.

EU Sanctions Map

sanctionsmap.eu

Free interactive map of EU restrictive measures — country-by-country sanction summaries.

Premium PEP, sanctions, and adverse-media data feeds used by banks and large corporates.

Screening platform with WorldCompliance data — heavily used in US/EU banking.

Industry-standard KYC and sanctions screening database (now part of LSEG).

International Chamber of Commerce

iccwbo.org

Publisher of Incoterms 2020, UCP 600 (LC rules), URDG 758, and other international trade standards.

Leading trade-finance media outlet — guides, research, and TFG Magazine.

Specialist publication and conference series for international trade and trade finance professionals.