# Fromerica U.S. Trade Data

> U.S. tariffs (HTS), Schedule B codes, export statistics, party screening and FMC license checks.

- name: com.fromerica.api/trade-data
- version: 1.1.0
- connection class: R0 (autonomous)
- trust: 83/100 flags: no-repository
- quality: 85/100 (good)
- owner: not claimed
- descriptor: https://api.protogrid.dev/v1/servers/com.fromerica.api%2Ftrade-data
- tools: https://api.protogrid.dev/v1/servers/com.fromerica.api%2Ftrade-data/tools

**An agent can connect right now, no human step.** Remote endpoint, no authentication, reachable on the last probe.

## Connection (mcpServers)

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "trade-data": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://api.fromerica.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```


## Trust

- hygiene: 80
- liveness: 100
- freshness: 100
- provenance: 55
- drivers: +dns-namespace +website +reachable +uptime-100% +updated-11d-ago -no-repository
- Derived from observable signals (official registry feed and our own credential-free probes); no code audit performed.

## Quality 85/100 (good)

### protocol: 75 (weight 25)

- warn `protocol.modern`: newest supported version is 2025-11-25; 2026-07-28 not supported, older versions are deprecated until 2027-07-28
- n/a `protocol.stateless`: only applies to 2026-07-28 servers
- pass `protocol.transport`: streamable HTTP
- n/a `protocol.list_ttl`: only applies to 2026-07-28 servers

### authorization: n/a (weight 15)

- n/a `auth.prm`, `auth.as_metadata`, `auth.cimd`: no remote uses OAuth
- n/a `auth.secret_in_url`: no templated URL

### tool hygiene: 86 (weight 30)

- pass `tools.descriptions`: every tool has a description
- pass `tools.description_length`: descriptions are concise
- pass `tools.schemas`: every tool has an object input schema
- pass `tools.annotations`: 8 of 8 tools declare readOnlyHint or destructiveHint
- fail `tools.directory_hints`: no tool declares all four of readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint and openWorldHint; missing: screen_restricted_party (destructiveHint, idempotentHint); find_schedule_b (destructiveHint, idempotentHint); search_us_tariffs (destructiveHint, idempotentHint); …
- pass `tools.token_cost`: about 989 tokens to load every tool
- pass `tools.api_dump`: tools are not a one-to-one API dump

### stability: 100 (weight 15)

- pass `stability.changes`: 3 tool changes in 30 days
- pass `stability.rug_pull`: no tool changed its meaning under the same name

### dependencies: n/a (weight 15)

- n/a `deps.known_vulns`, `deps.mcp_sdk_version`, `deps.resolvable`: no npm or PyPI package

- tools: 8, about 989 tokens to load them all
- tool set hash: 65c0dec54c60780449a8d4750f9dcceb
- tools last changed: 2026-10-01T01:24:39.697Z
- badge: [![protogrid quality](https://protogrid.dev/badge/com.fromerica.api/trade-data.svg)](https://protogrid.dev/servers/com.fromerica.api/trade-data)
- Checks run on what our credential-free, read-only probes observe; tools are never called and no code audit is performed.

### Tool changes

- 2026-10-01 `find_us_exporters` changed (description)
  - before: Search the Fromerica directory of U.S. manufacturers and exporters by product. If no company is listed yet, returns the link where an importer can post a free request for quote that is shown to matching U.S. suppliers.
  - after: Search the Fromerica directory of U.S. manufacturers and exporters by product. If no company is listed yet, returns the link where an importer can post a free request for quote that is shown to matching U.S. suppliers. Companies on the paid Pro plan are listed first and marked paid_placement=true.
- 2026-09-27 `find_schedule_b` added
  - Search the official U.S. Census Bureau Schedule B (10-digit export classification used to file Electronic Export Information) by product words or by code prefix. Returns up to 50 codes with their official description and a link to each code's page (unit of quantity, when EEI is required, HS code used abroad, top U.S. export markets).
- 2026-09-27 `screen_restricted_party` changed (description)
  - before: Check a company or person name against the U.S. Consolidated Screening List (Commerce, State and Treasury: OFAC SDN, BIS Entity List and others), refreshed daily. Returns possible matches with their source list and match strength. A match is not a legal determination.
  - after: Check a company or person name against the U.S. Consolidated Screening List (Commerce, State and Treasury: OFAC SDN, BIS Entity List and others), refreshed daily. Returns possible matches with their source list and match strength. A match is not a legal determination, and no match does not mean the party is cleared.

Full history: https://api.protogrid.dev/v1/servers/com.fromerica.api%2Ftrade-data/changes

## Remotes

- https://api.fromerica.com/mcp (streamable-http, auth none, reachable true, uptime30d 1)

## Packages

_none_

## Tools (8)

- `find_schedule_b`: Search the official U.S. Census Bureau Schedule B (10-digit export classification used to file Electronic Export Information) by product words or by code prefix. Returns up to 50 codes with their official description and a link to each code's page (unit of quantity, when EEI is required, HS code used abroad, top U.S. export markets).
- `find_us_exporters`: Search the Fromerica directory of U.S. manufacturers and exporters by product. If no company is listed yet, returns the link where an importer can post a free request for quote that is shown to matching U.S. suppliers. Companies on the paid Pro plan are listed first and marked paid_placement=true.
- `get_us_export_markets`: Official U.S. Census Bureau statistics for one product at the HS 4-digit level: total U.S. exports, the top destination countries with year-to-date change, and the states that ship the most.
- `get_us_exports_by_state`: Official U.S. Census Bureau export statistics for one U.S. state or territory (origin of movement): total exports for the last full year and year to date, rank among states, and the top destination countries and products.
- `get_us_tariff`: Get the official U.S. import duty rates for one HTS code (general, special and column 2), its description path, the date it was last checked against the official schedule, notes for chapter 99 provisions (additional duties, expired temporary reductions), and U.S. export figures for the product when available.
- `screen_restricted_party`: Check a company or person name against the U.S. Consolidated Screening List (Commerce, State and Treasury: OFAC SDN, BIS Entity List and others), refreshed daily. Returns possible matches with their source list and match strength. A match is not a legal determination, and no match does not mean the party is cleared.
- `search_us_tariffs`: Search the official U.S. Harmonized Tariff Schedule (USITC, refreshed daily) by product words or by an HTS code prefix. Returns up to 20 tariff lines with their general, special and column 2 duty rates and a link to each code's page on Fromerica.
- `verify_fmc_license`: Check whether a company appears on the Federal Maritime Commission's list of licensed and bonded Ocean Transportation Intermediaries (ocean freight forwarders and NVOCCs), by company name or license number. Returns license number, type, location and renewal date.