BE FORWARD Data Parser & API

BE FORWARD is Japan’s largest used-car export marketplace — carrying 200K+ vehicles for global buyers — and Carapis extracts its full listing data, including auction-sheet condition grades, specs, photos and CIF export pricing, through one REST API. Built for the import/export trade, BE FORWARD ships Japanese used cars, motorcycles and trucks to Africa, the Caribbean, SE Asia and Oceania, and its English-language listings carry the structured auction-sheet condition data that makes Japan-export stock uniquely vettable from abroad.

What is BE FORWARD?

BE FORWARD is a Japanese used-vehicle exporter that runs one of the largest English-language export marketplaces, with more than 200,000 vehicles in stock at a time. It sees roughly 2.7M monthly visits (Jul 2025, Semrush) and serves importers across Africa, the Caribbean, Southeast Asia and Oceania. Each listing pairs Japanese-market spec and grade data with export-ready pricing (FOB/CIF to destination port), making it a core source for the import/export use case.

Market Position

BE FORWARD is one of the highest-volume players in Japan’s used-vehicle export sector, with ~2.7M visits/mo (Jul 2025, Semrush) and 200K+ vehicles listed. It sits in the Japan-export cluster alongside SBT Japan, TCV, Goo-net Exchange and Car From Japan — a group that funnels JDM stock to emerging markets. Because these exporters draw on the same underlying Japanese auction supply (USS and others), their auction-sheet condition data shares a common structure, so one Carapis schema serves several export platforms. A 2025 headwind — a 25% US auto tariff — cut US-bound volume, but African, Caribbean and Oceania demand persists.

What the API returns

{
  "id": "0193f2c1-...",
  "source_code": "encar",
  "brand_name": "BMW",
  "model_name": "320i",
  "trim": "M Sport",
  "year": 2021,
  "price_usd": 28400,
  "price_original": "38900000",
  "price_original_currency": "KRW",
  "mileage": 45000,
  "fuel_type": "gasoline",
  "transmission": "automatic",
  "has_accident": false,
  "listing_url": "https://...",
  "photos": [{ "url": "https://cdn.carapis.com/..." }],
  "first_seen_at": "2026-09-28T11:04:22Z",
  "is_available": true
}

The auction-sheet grade is what makes Japan-export data especially valuable: it is a standardized, independently assigned condition score that lets buyers vet a vehicle remotely before it ships — delivered as structured fields rather than scanned images.

API Quick Start

import requests
 
resp = requests.get(
    "https://api.carapis.com/v2/listings",
    params={"source": "be-forward", "limit": 20},
    headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {API_KEY}"},
)
for car in resp.json()["results"]:
    print(car["make"], car["model"], car["year"], car["price"])

const res = await fetch(
  "https://api.carapis.com/v2/listings?source=be-forward&limit=20",
  { headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.CARAPIS_API_KEY}` } },
);
const { results } = await res.json();

curl "https://api.carapis.com/v2/listings?source=be-forward&limit=20" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $CARAPIS_API_KEY"

Get an API key at my.carapis.com  and see the full API reference. Pricing is on the pricing page .

Use Cases

• Import / export — BE FORWARD is built for cross-border trade; auction-sheet grades and CIF pricing let importers price and vet Japanese stock remotely. See import & export.
• Pricing intelligence — export prices by destination port power landed-cost and margin models for dealers.
• Market research — track JDM inventory mix, grades and price trends feeding emerging markets. See market research.

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