Lesson 17 – Unit 8

1. Lesson 17 – Unit 8 Mgr. Erika Konupčíková

2. Invoice The essential details which should be available in the invoice • Name and address of the exporter • Invoice number and date • Buyer’s and Seller’s Order numbers • Name and address of the overseas customer • Name of the vessel and sailing date • Unit price and total value • Terms of payment • Insurance reference • Customs and consular declaration • Shipping marks and number on packages • Quantities and description of commodities • Net weight and gross weight as well as measurement in metric units • Specification of packing • Terms of sale (FOB., CIC., C&F, FAS, etc,) • Bill of lading number • Letter of credit number and date. • Import license number and date. Make all checks payable to YOUR COMPANY NAME THANK YOU FOR YOUR BUSINESS!

3. Proformainvoice • It is often used to declare value for customs. • It is not a true invoice, because the seller does not record a pro forma invoice as an accounts receivable and the buyer does not record a pro forma invoice as an accounts payable. • A pro forma invoice is not issued by the seller until the seller and buyer have agreed to the terms of the order.

4. Consular invoice • Commercial invoice signed, and stamped by the consul of the importing country resident in the exporting country. • It serves to exercise control over imports, and help prevent over- and under-invoicing.

5. Certificateoforigin • (often abbreviated to CO or COO) • is a document used in international trade. It is a printed form, completed by the exporter or its agent and certified by an issuing body, attesting that the goods in a particular export shipment have been wholly produced, manufactured or processed in a particular country.

6. Air Waybill Has to include: • Shipper's account number. • Consignee's name, address and telephone number. • The issuing carrier's (agent/forwarder/broker) name, city, IATA number and account number. • Origin and destination airport code and city. • Declared value for carriage & declared value for customs. • Number of pieces. • Volume weight or dimensional weight, whichever is higher. • Nature and quantity of goods. • Commodity item number. • Shipper's signature.

7. Dangerousgoodsdeclaration • Document(s) prepared by a consignor or shipper to certify that the dangerous goods being transported have been packaged, labeled, and declared in accordance with the standard international shipping regulations. • http://www.econotech.com/shipping/pdfs/Shippers_Decl_Form_Blank.pdf

8. Bill of lading • A legal document between the shipper of a particular good and the carrier detailing the type, quantity and destination of the good being carried. The bill of lading also serves as a receipt of shipment when the good is delivered to the predetermined destination. This document must accompany the shipped goods, no matter the form of transportation, and must be signed by an authorized representative from the carrier, shipper and receiver. 

9. Export licence • A document indicating that a government has granted a licensee the right to export specified goods to specified countries. • Weapons and other goods and technologies with a potential military use may require an export license. • If goods are to pass through more than one country, you are likely to need a license for each transit country.