Commercial Invoice - Fedex: Fill & Download for Free

If you will use couriers services like UPS, Fedex, DHL or TNT, be sure to write the right commercial invoice to avoid your goods are stucked in customs, Brazil and Argentina have the most corrupt customs in the world. So even you know the exact import duties and taxes to pay, if you dont include the right import docs they will apply the antidumping tax (48.5 %)

By obtaining a purchase order from their US customer, negotiating the selling price and delivery (incoterms) terms, by preparing a commercial invoice and providing it to their shipping agent (when he picks up the products) for delivery, either by sea or by air. The shipping agent will execute shipping and delivery according to the instructions he receives from the selling company - which include decisions related to: which company is the importer of record; which company pays shipping and delivery; which company clears the products through customs and who pays for import duty and taxes. The commercial invoice needs to contain the correct HTS codes for each product otherwise the import duty will be calculated incorrectly.I do this frequently but in reverse, monitoring products shipped from the USA to France, UK and Germany. It can be fraught with danger if the shipping documents and commercial invoice are prepared incorrectly - the likelihood of shipments getting stuck in customs is quite high - and gets higher with increased volume and weight of the consignment. Small packages appear to be cleared quickly whereas anything in excess of 100kg will likely be inspected.Customs officials seemingly do not work overtime and you can’t rush them. They work at their own pace. We have had products held in customs for over a week on several occasions. Even large and experienced shipping companies like Fedex can’t speed up the process if the documents are incorrect.

Just to clarify herin the weight of the shipment has no bearing on the amont of custom duty.Be prepared to pay somwere around 135%-140% customs duty on the CIF value of the goods. This includes basic duty+CVD+SVD etc.Also be careful and ask the shipper to diclsoe the cost of shipping and mark the shipment at CIF, general problem with Chinese suppliers they give a FOB commercial invoice which doesn't reflect shipping even if you have paid shipping to them. The customs department would just add about 21% to the cost of goods to calculate the CIF price and then charge customs duty. Sometimes 21% may be cheaper that 250-300$ you would have paid for shipping so that can work in your favour. Normally FedEx calculates the duty payable and they never try to save anything so it may be wise to contact FedEx before the shipment arrives.Those self balancing scooters/hoverboards are imported under this HS code, sometimes the customs department creates issues and may ask for additional documents to release the goods.So in case you importing those it may be good if you contact FedEx in advance and get all documents prepared correctly so as to avoid delays and warehouse charges.