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HKTDC supplier data,
at warehouse scale.

We extract verified supplier profiles, product catalogues, factory certifications, and exhibition directories from hktdc.com. Delivered as clean JSON, CSV, or Parquet to S3, BigQuery, or Snowflake on your cadence.

Suppliers extracted
142K /run
Products indexed
3.1M /week
Exhibitor records
45K /event
Active pipelines
41
Uptime
99.94%
Data Dictionary

Every field we extract from hktdc.com

Structured, schema-consistent data across all major object types — delivered clean, typed, and ready to query.

Complete list of extractable fields for Supplier Profiles objects from hktdc.com. All fields typed and schema-versioned.

company_namehktdc_idbusiness_typeyear_establishedlocationmain_productsexport_marketscertificationsemployee_countfactory_sizetotal_revenuecontact_person
supplier_profiles
● 200 OK
"company_name": "Apex Industrial Manufacturing Ltd",
"hktdc_id": "84729104",
"business_type": "Manufacturer",
"location": "Guangdong, Mainland China",
"main_products": "['Precision Bearings', 'Steel Rollers']",
"export_markets": "['North America', 'Western Europe']",
"employee_count": "501-1000"
# company_namehktdc_idbusiness_typeyear_establishedlocationmain_products
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Complete list of extractable fields for Product Listings objects from hktdc.com. All fields typed and schema-versioned.

product_idsupplier_idproduct_namecategorysub_categoryfob_price_minfob_price_maxcurrencymoqlead_time_daysmaterialdimensionsimage_urlsproduct_url
product_listings
● 200 OK
"product_id": "PRD928374",
"product_name": "Industrial Grade Steel Ball Bearing",
"category": "Machinery Parts",
"fob_price_min": 1.25,
"currency": "USD",
"moq": 5000,
"lead_time_days": 21
# product_idsupplier_idproduct_namecategorysub_categoryfob_price_min
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Complete list of extractable fields for Exhibition Data objects from hktdc.com. All fields typed and schema-versioned.

event_nameevent_dateexhibitor_namebooth_numberpavilioncountry_regionproduct_zonesexhibitor_profilebrand_nameswebsite_urlcontact_email
exhibition_data
● 200 OK
"event_name": "HKTDC Hong Kong Electronics Fair",
"exhibitor_name": "TechVision Components Co.",
"booth_number": "5B-C12",
"country_region": "Hong Kong",
"product_zones": "['Electronic Components', 'Smart Home']",
"brand_names": "['TechVis', 'SmartCore']",
"website_url": "www.techvision-components.com"
# event_nameevent_dateexhibitor_namebooth_numberpavilioncountry_region
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Complete list of extractable fields for Certifications objects from hktdc.com. All fields typed and schema-versioned.

supplier_idcertificate_typecertificate_nameissued_byissue_dateexpiry_datecertificate_numberscopeverification_statusimage_url
certifications
● 200 OK
"supplier_id": "84729104",
"certificate_type": "Quality Management",
"certificate_name": "ISO 9001:2015",
"issued_by": "SGS",
"expiry_date": "2027-11-15",
"verification_status": "Verified",
"certificate_number": "QMS-883920"
# supplier_idcertificate_typecertificate_nameissued_byissue_dateexpiry_date
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Complete list of extractable fields for Factory details objects from hktdc.com. All fields typed and schema-versioned.

supplier_idfactory_locationqa_qc_inspector_countproduction_linesannual_outputr_and_d_staffoem_servicesodm_servicesmachinery_equipmentlead_time_peaklead_time_off_peak
factory_details
● 200 OK
"supplier_id": "84729104",
"factory_location": "Shenzhen Industrial Park",
"production_lines": 12,
"oem_services": true,
"odm_services": true,
"qa_qc_inspector_count": 45,
"annual_output": "15 Million Units"
# supplier_idfactory_locationqa_qc_inspector_countproduction_linesannual_outputr_and_d_staff
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Capabilities

Everything you need from HKTDC. Nothing you don't.

Our HKTDC scraper handles every layer of the platform: supplier profiles, product catalogues, exhibition directories, and factory certifications. We build in JavaScript rendering, session management, and anti-bot circumvention.

Full Supplier Profiles

Extract company details, business type, year established, location, and total revenue directly from verified supplier pages.

B2B Product Catalogues

Capture Minimum Order Quantities (MOQ), FOB prices, lead times, and material specifications across all product categories.

Exhibition Directories

Scrape HKTDC trade fair exhibitors, booth numbers, product zones, and pavilion assignments for upcoming and historical events.

Certification Extraction

Index ISO certificates, audit reports, and compliance data attached to manufacturer profiles.

Factory Capabilities

Extract data on production lines, QA/QC staff counts, machinery lists, and OEM/ODM service availability.

Export Market Data

Capture primary export markets and revenue distribution percentages reported by suppliers.

Multi-Language Support

Extract localised data formats across English, Traditional Chinese, and Simplified Chinese site versions.

Category Traversal

Deep crawl execution through complex industrial and MRO category taxonomies without missing obscure sub-categories.

Anti-Bot Circumvention

Bypass Cloudflare and regional blocking mechanisms using ISP-grade residential IP rotation.

Scheduled Execution

Run one-off bulk exports or configure continuous pipelines at weekly or monthly cadences with change-detection diffing.

// engagement pipeline

From target list to warehouse record

Brief in. Clean data out.

Define Scope
d 0

Provide category URLs, trade fair names, or keyword sets. We design the extraction schema together.

Pipeline Build
d 2–4

We configure Scrapy and Playwright crawlers, proxy rotation, session management, and CAPTCHA handling for hktdc.com.

Validation & QA
d 4–6

Schema validation, null-rate checks, and sample data reviews before full launch.

Delivery
ongoing

JSON, CSV, or Parquet pushed to your S3 bucket, BigQuery dataset, or Snowflake stage on agreed cadence.

Under the hood

How our HKTDC pipeline handles the hard parts

HKTDC implements strict rate limits and complex pagination structures. Here is how we maintain data integrity.

pipeline-monitor · hktdc.com · live ● active
// fingerprinting
Identity rotation
TLS fingerprintrandomised
User-agentrotated
IP poolresidential
Challenges blocked0
// pagination
Page coverage
48,291 pages queued running
// observability
Pipeline health
99.9%
uptime
142ms
p99 lat
0.3%
null rate
2
alerts
Anti-bot layer
Bypass Web Application Firewalls

HKTDC uses advanced bot detection. Our crawlers use residential ISP proxies with realistic browser fingerprints, randomised request timing, and full cookie session management.

Dynamic rendering
Playwright for supplier showrooms

Many supplier profiles and product galleries load content dynamically. We run full Playwright browser sessions with JavaScript execution to capture data that headless HTTP clients miss entirely.

Pagination limits
Circumventing display caps

Search results often cap at a specific page limit. We bypass this by programmatically injecting granular sub-category and attribute filters to extract the entire underlying dataset.

Schema stability
Resilient selectors for varied templates

Supplier showrooms frequently use custom templates. Our selector strategy uses multiple fallback chains per field to ensure a layout change does not break your data pipeline.

Change detection
Only re-scrape what has changed

For large product catalogues, we maintain a hash index of last-seen values per field. Subsequent runs only push diffs, reducing storage bloat and downstream processing load.

Applications

Who uses HKTDC data and how

Teams across industries use hktdc.com data to build competitive products and smarter operations.

01
Sourcing & Procurement

Identify manufacturers meeting specific Minimum Order Quantity (MOQ) and certification requirements across Asia.

02
Market Intelligence

Analyse industrial pricing trends, FOB benchmarks, and lead times across specific product categories.

03
Competitor Monitoring

Track competing brands exhibiting at HKTDC trade fairs and monitor their new product launches.

04
B2B Lead Generation

Build highly targeted outreach lists from verified exhibitor directories for logistics and trade finance sales.

05
Supply Chain Diversification

Map alternative suppliers by region, production line capacity, and OEM/ODM service availability.

06
Trade Finance & Risk

Verify company registration years, factory sizes, and compliance certificates to assess supplier risk profiles.

Why DataFlirt

"HKTDC represents the gateway to Asian manufacturing, but extracting structured supplier intelligence requires navigating fragmented category trees and aggressive bot protection."

Most teams underestimate the investment required: reliable HKTDC scraping requires residential proxies, full JavaScript rendering for dynamic supplier showrooms, and handling inconsistent product schemas. DataFlirt absorbs that complexity so your procurement and data teams can focus on analysis, not infrastructure maintenance.

Technical Spec

HKTDC scraper technical capabilities

Everything supported by our hktdc.com scraper — rendered SPA elements, auth walls, rate-limit evasion and beyond.

JavaScript rendering
Full Playwright sessions required for dynamic supplier showrooms and product galleries
Supported
CAPTCHA bypass
Automated 2Captcha and CapSolver integration for WAF challenges
Supported
Residential proxy rotation
ISP-grade residential IPs from Asian and US pools rotated per request
Supported
Multi-language extraction
Targeting English, Traditional Chinese, and Simplified Chinese content
Supported
Exhibition directory scraping
Coverage of all historical and upcoming HKTDC trade fairs
Supported
MOQ & FOB price parsing
Normalised numeric extraction from unstructured text fields
Supported
Change detection (diffs)
Hash-based diff to only emit records with changed fields since the last run
Supported
Webhook delivery
HTTP POST per record or batch for automated ingestion
Supported
Direct Buyer Messaging
Sending inquiries requires an authenticated buyer account and manual interaction
Partial
Unmasked contact emails
Often gated behind HKTDC login walls or inquiry forms
Partial
Infrastructure

Infrastructure powering the HKTDC pipeline

Open-source tooling on proven cloud infra — no vendor lock-in, full observability.

ScrapyPlaywrightPython 3.12RedisPostgreSQLApache AirflowAWS LambdaS3CloudWatch2CaptchaCapSolverResidential ProxiesDockerKubernetesGrafanaPrometheus
Scrapy and Playwright Stack

Scrapy handles crawl orchestration, deduplication, and retry logic. Playwright handles JavaScript rendering, cookie sessions, and interaction flows. Combined via scrapy-playwright middleware.

Residential Proxy Infrastructure

We maintain pools of residential ISP proxies across Asian and global regions. Rotation happens per-request with sticky sessions where required. IP score monitoring prevents blacklisted pool contamination.

Cloud-Native Orchestration

Pipelines run on AWS Lambda for burst scaling and ECS for sustained workloads. Airflow handles scheduling, dependency management, and SLA alerting. All state stored in managed Postgres.

Output & Delivery

Your data, your destination

Data delivered to where your team already works — no new tooling required.

JSON
Newline-delimited or nested array formatting
CSV
Flat file with typed columns for Excel compatibility
XLS
Direct Excel export for procurement teams
Parquet
Columnar format optimised for analytical databases
AWS S3
Direct bucket delivery compatible with any data lake
Webhook
HTTP POST payload per record for immediate ingestion
API
REST endpoint for querying specific supplier records
BigQuery
Streamed directly into your dataset with schema auto-detect
Snowflake
Stage and COPY INTO workflow for incremental updates
PostgreSQL
Direct database insertion with conflict resolution
S3
Direct bucket delivery — compatible with any data lake
// faq

Common questions.

About hktdc.com scraping, legality, and pipeline operations.

Ask us directly →
Is scraping HKTDC legal?

Scraping publicly available information from HKTDC is generally permissible. DataFlirt targets only public, non-authenticated supplier, product, and exhibition data. We do not circumvent authentication walls or scrape private buyer messages. Clients should review HKTDC Terms of Service and consult legal counsel for specific use cases.

How do you bypass Cloudflare on hktdc.com?

We use ISP-grade residential proxies, full Playwright browser sessions with realistic TLS fingerprints, and request timing modelled on human behaviour. This prevents triggering automated WAF blocks.

Can you extract data from specific HKTDC trade fairs?

Yes. We can target specific events such as the Hong Kong Electronics Fair, International Lighting Fair, or Jewellery Show, extracting full exhibitor lists, booth numbers, and product zones.

Do you parse MOQ and pricing data?

Yes. We extract Minimum Order Quantities and FOB pricing from unstructured text strings and normalise them into clean, typed numeric fields for direct database ingestion.

How fresh is the exhibitor data?

Exhibitor directories are scraped dynamically as HKTDC updates them. We can schedule pipelines to run daily or weekly leading up to a major event to capture late additions.

Can I request a sample dataset?

Absolutely. We provide a sample run of up to 500 supplier profiles or product listings as part of the pre-engagement scoping process, allowing you to validate schema fit and data quality.

What about multi-language profiles?

We default to extracting data from the English version of the site, but pipelines can be configured to target Traditional Chinese or Simplified Chinese variants based on your requirements.

$ dataflirt scope --new-project --source=hktdc.com ready

Tell us what
to extract.
We do the rest.

20-minute scoping call. Pilot dataset within the week. Production within two. Whether you need a one-off supplier directory dump or continuous monitoring of exhibition exhibitors. Tell us what you need.

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