International Shipping Requirements Checklist - FedEx

1 International Shipping Requirements Checklist International Documentation Determination Documentation is determined by the type of shipment: Commodity shipment Document shipment Commodity shipments require Customs documentation: Most Commonly Used Terms of Sale/Purchase Agreements Commercial Invoice most commonly used. EXW Ex Works: Seller delivers (without loading) goods at disposal of buyer at seller's Certificate of Origin typically for textile shipments. premises. Long held as the most preferable term for those new to exporting because it represents the minimum liability to the seller. NAFTA Certificate of Origin for shipments within the FCA Free Carrier: Seller delivers goods to the carrier and may be responsible for NAFTA region.

2 Clearing the goods for export (filing the EEI). High-value shipments valued at more than $2,500 require EEI. CPT Carriage Paid To: Seller delivers goods to the carrier at an agreed place, (Electronic export Information). ( FedEx offers multiple options shifting risk to the buyer, but seller pays cost of carriage to the named place of for EEI filing.). destination. CIP Carriage and Insurance Paid: Seller delivers goods to the carrier at an agreed Document shipments require one of the following: place, shifting risk to the buyer, but seller pays cost of carriage and insurance to named FedEx International Air Waybill or FedEx Shipping label for place of destination. FedEx Express shipments. DAT Delivered At Terminal: Seller bears cost, risk, and responsibility until goods are unloaded (delivered) at named quay, warehouse, yard, or terminal at destination.

3 Seller Commercial Invoice for FedEx International Ground shipments. clears goods for export , not import. DAT replaces DEQ and DES. Documentation Format Options DAP Delivered At Place: Seller bears cost, risk, and responsibility for goods until made available to buyer at named place of destination. Seller clears goods for export , not Shippers can use their own or carrier-generated documentation import. DAP replaces DAF and DDU. templates and formats. DDP Delivered Duty Paid: Seller bears cost, risk, and responsibility for cleared ETD ( FedEx Electronic Trade Documents) automates the goods at named place of destination at buyer's disposal. flow of International documentation: FOB Free On Board: Risk passes to buyer, including payment of all transportation and insurance costs, once delivered on board the ship by the seller, a step farther than Flexibility to use shipper or carrier-generated documentation.

4 FAS (ocean only). A. bility to electronically submit documents, with no manual printing required. Toll-Free & Online Resources FedEx Great Rates Hotline Regulatory Consulting , option 5. FedEx Trade Networks Air/Ocean Customer Service Accurate Documentation Preparation Best Practices Spot Quote: Import/ export U. se full contact information for shipper and recipient, including Documentation Questions Account Set-up FedEx International Country Profiles Quoting phone number. Customer Service Duty/Tax Questions Commodity Classification Questions Tracking/Tracing Recipient postal code detail is critical for on-time deliveries. FedEx International Express Compliance Questions FedEx Trade Networks List detailed and accurate product/commodity information.

5 Freight / FedEx International Canada Ground to Canada FedEx Billing Non-Resident Importer (NRI) Inaccurate duty and tax calculations could result in additional General International Questions , option 5 (toll). Pickup Parcel/MPS International Billing Questions Brokerage Questions landed costs use our duty and tax estimator. Tracking/Tracing Duty/Tax Invoice Questions Transit Times Duty/Tax Dispute NRI Questions NRI Account Set-up Harmonized codes determine applicable tariff rates use Supplies Remote Pickup (RPI) FedEx Freight International our Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding Customer Service System resource. FedEx International Express Freight (IXF) Include the country of original manufacture for each item in Customer Service Pickup the shipment.

6 Tracking FedEx International Priority . Billing Differentiate between the declared value for carriage Freight/ FedEx International Document Questions Economy Freight Questions and customs. and Booking IXF Pickup export /Import Questions to Help FedEx Serve You Better Do you: Do you utilize FedEx for your export /import brokerage export shipments from the needs? (Consider FedEx International Broker Select versus Pay for 3rd party export shipments? brokerage-inclusive options.). Yes Do you: No Import shipments to the (If yes and you don't ship with FedEx , consider using Who typically pays for the duties and taxes of your FedEx for the transportation with our FedEx International shipments? (Consider shipper, recipient, and 3rd party Broker Select option.))

7 Options.). Pay for 3rd party import shipments? Do you export /import via air, ocean, surface, or all three? Do you prepare and utilize your own or carrier- Air: generated documentation? (Consider ETD.). Airfreight Parcels Both Ocean: What service provider considerations are most FCL (full-container load) (40' or 20'). important to you? ( , cost, transit time, visibility, local LCL (less-than-container load). contacts, brokerage selection, etc.). Surface LTL (less-than-truckload) freight Parcels What carriers/forwarders do you use? How often do you export /import shipments and what is your Shipping volume? What documents do you currently provide to your freight forwarder? What are the countries you export from/import to?

8 In what format and by what means does your What commodities do you export /import? forwarder provide invoices and rate quotes? What is your average commodity shipment value? (If the value is more than $2,500, consider the EEI filing options FedEx offers.). 2011 FedEx . All rights reserved. 0006644PM.