A commercial invoice is a declaration of the contents of an international shipment, the shipper, the recipient, and the payor of duties and taxes. Including and properly filling out a commercial invoice is the responsibility of the shipper. We provide commercial invoices to collectors as part of their shipments. We need to work with accounts/collectors to ensure these are included with their shipments.
What is needed:
- International accounts need to include 3 copies of the commercial invoice with every shipment. The ones we provide with shipments is perfectly fine, but MUST be filled out with as many details as possible. I have also created the three fillable PDF commercial invoices here, one for each common type of shipment we receive. On these, I have pre-filled DDC information, tax/duty payment terms, commodity information.
- For accounts that create and pay their own shipping, the three commercial invoices can be filled, printed, and included with their shipments. They would simply need to select the fillable commercial invoice that matches the goods they’re shipping.