![]() Provide accurate and detailed product information Different countries have their own unique customs clearance regulations and both money as well as time can be saved by researching thoroughly and documenting information that the country relevant to your shipments would require in their customs clearance process. The accuracy of a commercial invoice for customs clearance is of paramount importance, evident in entire shipments being held back for faulty documentation and unclear information alone. Research country-specific information on customs regulations Steps to filling up commercial invoices 1. This article aims to detail the information needed within customs commercial invoices, tips on filling out these documents, and on how DHL Express has come up with a more efficient method of completing customs documents. It also helps to prevent your items from getting stuck in customs or getting delayed in the shipping process. In Singapore, providing a well-crafted and high-quality customs invoice will ensure a quicker moving customs procedure for your goods, leading to time saved on your deliveries in the future. These documents are essential to customs authorities worldwide as they help determine any duties and taxes that apply to your shipments, the exact nature of your goods, as well as any laws and regulations that would have to be enforced on your transported items. These terms broadly refer to a document detailing the nature and value of the goods you intend to ship to another country. Only DHL has ever tried to collect anything from me on an exempt shipment (<$20 CAD, except from NAFTA countries <$40 CAD).If you have been in the import or export industry, or are planning on venturing into that industry, you would have come across the terms, ‘customs invoice’, ‘shipping invoice’ or even ‘commercial customs invoice’ at least once. At least in Canada, Canada Post usually doesn't bother to charge the taxes at all, and when they do, the fees are reasonable. ![]() The safest option is either a DDP service or something that is delivered by the regular mail (e.g. It's very frustrating how opaque they make this though, I also think that while assessing the duty/tax in every situation is unreasonable to expect, they should know the declared value up front, and thus should be able to include most of the 'fees' up front too. UPS and DHL are both pretty bad with the fees, FedEx isn't too bad as long as it's an Express service. I have also had shippers claim they will use one service, and substitute a different one that then charges. All of the fees are outlined here: You must still be very careful though as there are other FedEx services that don't include this, and it's not always clear in the shipping options exactly which service is meant or whether it is FedEx Express or not. I find this is usually cheaper and much more likely to be available than a DDP service, but you do take on a bit more risk. Be careful if your order has a lot of line items. You will be billed COD for any tax/duty that is due as well as at least the Disbursement Fee (min $10, 2.5% of owed tax/duties) for lending you the money. So fuck you DHL, now I avoid using them when possible and use FedEx instead, even if it's a bit more expensive.įedEx services on the FedEx Express 'network' (which includes International Priority) include the brokerage and its fee. The second time they asked who will pay for that, and charged me for the previous shipment as well. The funny part is they forgot to charge me that when I made clearance myself for the first time. But effing DHL charges me EUR 12+ VAT even when I do clearance for my corporate shipments myself, for a favor of providing me required documents, and calling it "administrative service" (they don't charge individuals for that). ![]() ![]() And since a few years ago any individual can do clearance online, so their service became pretty much redundant for any individual customer with internet and a little bit of brain. Thus it's simply impossible for them to act behind your back. Any other customs broker needs a signed authorization to act on behalf of recipient and upload its scan/photo into the customs system. In Latvia by law only state owned Latvia Post is allowed to do clearance by themselves. ![]()
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