Shipping Documentation

A Phytosanitary Certificate is an official document required when shipping regulated articles such as plants, plant products or other regulated articles. A phyto certificate is an official document that is generated from the exporting country’s Department of horticulture, agriculture, food or water resources. Read More »

Proforma Invoices and Commercial Invoices are important documents used in the global trade process. Read More »

If you are involved in global trade, this is how export documentation software will improve your business process. Read More »

Export documentation is essential to get products shipped along the import export supply chain. There are many important sales and shipping documents that must be used. Read More »

First, a Commercial Invoice document is an important trade document used in Global Trade. When products ship internationally, the shipper will have to provide the buyer with a Commercial Invoice document. The buyer (importer) will use this invoice and other shipping documents to get the products cleared through customs in the country of import. In doing so, this provides all important information and instructions for buyers, freight forwarders, Customs, agents and banks (if required). Read More »

First, a Proforma Invoice document is an important document that the seller of goods creates and shares to their buyer. When the buyer and seller have communicated the details of the products they want to order, the seller will create a Proforma Invoice document to to confirm the new order. Read More »

A Shipper’s Letter of Instruction (SLI) is an essential legal document/contract created between the shipper and the freight forwarder (or 3rd party) that is organizing the export of a shipment. It is a detailed document used in International trade that provides logistics instructions relating the the export of a shipment. Read More »

An export packing declaration is an important document that states the type of packaging materials that are used to pack goods inside shipping containers for export. Read More »

When Buyers and Sellers in International trade place new orders, the seller (exporter) can send an Order Confirmation document to the buyer (importer) to reconfirm all of the details of the new order.  An order confirmation document is usually sent to the buyer after the buyer has issued a Purchase Order document to confirm the new order. Read More »