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2026-07-14Documents

A document checklist to close before shipment

Invoice, packing list, declaration details and consignee data should be agreed before the container is loaded.

A document checklist to close before shipment

Document errors are usually found at the destination, which is the most expensive place to fix them. Agreeing the document set in the quotation keeps the list short and visible.

Confirm the consignee name exactly as registered, the description wording permitted for the HS code, and whether the buyer needs a certificate of origin. These three items account for most amendments after shipment.

These notes come from orders we handle. Process and document requirements are fixed in the written quotation and contract.

Send the drawing, get a written quotation

Tell us the material, quantity and destination port. We reply with the fields to confirm and the process route.