Query import/export trade trend data — retrieve monthly trade volume trends within a specified time range, with cursor-based pagination for smooth data exploration. Delivers time-series trade intelligence to visualize trade flow patterns and seasonal fluctuations. Designed for trade analysts, supply chain managers and market researchers who need to track trade trajectory changes, monitor monthly volume variations and identify cyclical patterns for forecasting and strategic planning across 220+ countries and territories.

Query import/export trade trend data — retrieve monthly trade volume trends within a specified time range, with cursor-based pagination. Trigger: trade trend, import export trend, monthly trade volume, trade time series, trade date range query

Customs Overview Trend

Query import/export trade trend data from customs data using the UpKuaJing Open Platform API.

Overview

This skill provides monthly import/export trade volume trend data from UpKuaJing's customs database. Given a time range (start and end months), it returns a paginated list of monthly trade totals, allowing you to analyze trade patterns and seasonal trends.

Running Scripts

Environment Setup

1. Check Python: python --version
2. Install dependencies: pip install -r requirements.txt

Script directory: scripts/*.py Run example: python scripts/*.py

Important: Always use direct script invocation like python scripts/customs_overview_trend.py. Do NOT use shell compound commands like cd scripts && python customs_overview_trend.py

Trend Query (customs_overview_trend.py)

• Return granularity: One record per month
• Use cases: Analyze trade trends over time, identify seasonal patterns, compare month-over-month trade volumes
• Examples:
  • "Show trade trend from China to US from Jan to Dec 2025"
  • "Get monthly trade volume between CN and US in 2025"
• Parameters: See Trend API

API Key and Top-up

This skill requires an API key. The API key is stored in the ~/.upkuajing/.env file:

bash

cat ~/.upkuajing/.env

Example file content:

text

UPKUAJING_API_KEY=your_api_key_here

API Key Not Set

First check if the ~/.upkuajing/.env file has UPKUAJING_API_KEY; If UPKUAJING_API_KEY is not set, prompt the user to choose:

1. User has one: User provides it (manually add to ~/.upkuajing/.env file)
2. User doesn't have one: You can apply using the interface (auth.py --new_key), the new key will be automatically saved to ~/.upkuajing/.env Wait for user selection;

Account Top-up

When API response indicates insufficient balance, explain and guide user to top up:

1. Create top-up order (auth.py --new_rec_order)
2. Based on order response, send payment page URL to user, guide user to open URL and pay, user confirms after successful payment;

Get Account Information

Use this script to get account information for UPKUAJING_API_KEY: auth.py --account_info

API Key and UpKuaJing Account

• Newly applied API key: Register and login at UpKuaJing Open Platform, then bind account

Fees

All API calls incur fees, different interfaces have different billing methods.

Latest pricing: Users can visit Detailed Price Description Or use: python scripts/auth.py --price_info (returns complete pricing for all interfaces)

Query Billing Rules

Billed by number of calls, each call returns one page of trend data:

• Each API call incurs a fee
• Before execution:
  1. Inform user that this query will incur a fee
  2. Stop, wait for explicit user confirmation in a separate message, then execute script

Fee Confirmation Principle

Any operation that incurs fees must first inform and wait for explicit user confirmation. Do not execute in the same message as the notification.

Workflow

Decision Guide

User Intent	Use API
"Show monthly trade trend from China to US in 2025"	Trend Query
"Get trade volume for each month between CN and US"	Trend Query
"Compare trade volumes month over month"	Trend Query

Usage Examples

Query Trade Trend

User request: "Show trade trend from China to US from Jan to Dec 2025"

bash

python scripts/customs_overview_trend.py --params '{"originCountryCode":"CN","arrivalCountryCode":"US","startDate":202501,"endDate":202512}'

Query the next page:

bash

python scripts/customs_overview_trend.py --params '{"originCountryCode":"CN","arrivalCountryCode":"US","startDate":202501,"endDate":202512,"cursor":"eyJzdGFydCI6MH0="}'

Query for a specific quarter:

bash

python scripts/customs_overview_trend.py --params '{"originCountryCode":"CN","arrivalCountryCode":"US","startDate":202501,"endDate":202503}'

Error Handling

• API key invalid/non-existent: Check UPKUAJING_API_KEY in ~/.upkuajing/.env file
• Insufficient balance: Guide user to top up
• Invalid parameters: Must first check the corresponding API documentation in references/ directory, get correct parameter names and formats from documentation, do not guess

API Documentation Reference

• Trend: Check references/customs-overview-trend-api.md

Best Practices

1. Check API documentation:

   • Before executing queries, must first check the corresponding API reference documentation
   • Check references/customs-overview-trend-api.md
   • Do not guess parameter names, get accurate parameter names and formats from documentation

2. Date format:

   • Use 6-digit year-month format (e.g., 202501 for January 2025)
   • startDate and endDate are both required

3. Pagination:

   • Use the cursor parameter from the response to fetch the next page
   • If no cursor is returned, there are no more pages

4. Cross-skill usage:

   • Use customs-overview-summary for high-level annual figures, then this skill for monthly breakdown
   • Combine with customs-company-trends for company-level trend analysis

Notes

• startDate and endDate are both required parameters
• tradeDate in the response is in year-month format (e.g., 202501)
• tradeTotal is the total trade volume for that month
• File paths use forward slashes on all platforms
• Prohibit outputting technical parameter format: Do not display code-style parameters in responses, convert to natural language
• Do not estimate or guess per-call fees — use python scripts/auth.py --price_info to get accurate pricing information
• Do not guess parameter names, get accurate parameter names and formats from documentation

Related Skills

Other UpKuaJing skills you might find useful:

• customs-overview-summary — Query trade overview summary (aggregated)
• customs-overview-trade-list — Query country trade list with paginated breakdown
• customs-overview-top-n — Query top N suppliers or buyers
• customs-overview-us-import — Query US import transaction statistics
• customs-overview-date — Query date reference information
• customs-company-stats — Query company basic trade statistics
• customs-company-trends — Query company trade trends (monthly breakdown)
• customs-company-partner-stats — Query company trade partner distribution
• customs-company-area-stats — Query company trade area statistics (aggregated)
• upkuajing-customs-trade-company-search — Search customs trade companies