Customs documentation is required for all product/commodity (non-document) shipments for international trade.
There are two types of customs documentation generated by Scurri
- CN22 / CN23 - used by postal services
- Commercial invoice - used by carrier services
The following details are populated on the customs documentation. Incomplete or incorrect information may result in goods being delayed or not delivered, fines and/or audits.
- Sender name, address & contact number
- Sender EORI - required for shipments being exported from or imported to EU countries
- Sender VAT number
- Recipient name, address & contact number
- Recipient tax identifier (if a business)
- International Commercial Terms (Incoterm)
- Currency
- Item Information
- Description
- SKU
- Commodity Code/Harmonisation Code/HS Tariff
- Quantity
- Weight
- Value
- Country of Origin
All of these fields are available both through the Scurri API and UI. We have also mapped these fields in our key channel integrations.
We also provide the above information and more electronically to our carriers as required.
Information recommended for customs:
- Item Details:
- Item Description
- Item SKU
- Item Harmonisation Code
- Item Country of Origin
- If not provided, this defaults to the warehouse country
- Item Weight
- Item Quantity
- Item Value
- Shipper Details: (these fields are completed in the following area on your account in Scurri by accessing Setup > Company Setup > Company)
- Shipper Tax Identifier/VAT number
- Shipper EORI number
- Recipient Details:
- Recipient Name
- Recipient Address 1
- Recipient City
- Recipient Country
- Recipient Postcode
- If a business (Company name populated)
- Recipient Tax Identifier/VAT number
- Recipient EORI number
- This field is not yet available on Scurri but will be soon!
- Overall Shipment
- Shipment Value
- If not provided, we take the sum of the item values
- Shipment Currency
- If not provided, this defaults to GBP
- Shipping Cost
- Reason for Export
- If not provided this will default to Sale/Merchandise
- Incoterm (International Commercial Terms)
- This option is selected within the rules e.g. DDU/DDP and it's also an optional field when importing orders via API
- Shipment Value