4 guides
Export Documentation
Invoices, packing lists and the paperwork behind every export shipment.
Documentation is where export operations succeed or stall. The goods can be finished and the container booked, but if a certificate of origin names the wrong consignee or a packing list disagrees with the invoice, the shipment waits — and in a letter-of-credit deal, a discrepancy can cost you the payment guarantee entirely.
The guides here take each document in turn: what it is for, who issues it, which fields buyers and customs actually check, and the mismatches that most often trigger a query. They are written for the person preparing the file, not for a compliance textbook, so the emphasis is on the specific fields that cause problems.
