FedEx Electronic Trade Documents Upload

Overview

Simplify your international shipping processby byelectronically submitting customs documents electronically after creating your shipping labellabel. withWith FedEx Electronic Trade Documents, upload.you Thiscan featurestreamline iscustoms ideal for users who generate their commercial invoicesprocessing and wishavoid tomanual prepare customs trade documents after the label is created.paperwork.

Key Benefits

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•  Avoid Customs Delays:Delays – Submit customs documents early to enable afor broker review before shipment,review, preventing customs delays and rejectedrejections.
  ✅ shipments.
• Ensure Timely Delivery:Delivery Ensure– timely delivery of internationalGet packages delivered on time with ana earlier review of yoursmoother customs documents.
process.
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• Flexibility:Flexible Submission – Upload customs documents pre-shipment,before, at-shipment,during, or post-after shipment accordingto tomatch your workflow.

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•  Focus on Packing:Packing Allow– Let your shipping department toteam concentrate on preparing shipments for pickup while customs documents are electronicallyprocessed processed.

digitally.

How It Works

📤 POSTSubmit ExampleCustoms Documents via API

• Endpoint:  api/couriers/v1/Fedex/add-customs-documents

{ 
    "testing": false, 
    "auth_company": "company", 
    "carrier_code": "FDXE", 
    "form_code": "", 
    "tracking_number": "794606723637", 
    "shipment_date": "2024-02-22T12:05:45+00:00", 
    "origin_country_code": "US", 
    "destination_country_code": "IN", 
    "origin_location_code" : "", 
    "destination_location_code" : "", 
    "documents": [ 
        { 
            "ship_document_type": "COMMERCIAL_INVOICE", 
            "filename" : "text.txt", 
            "content_type" : "text/plain", 
            "base_64_document": "Base64_text" 
        } 
    ] 
}

Notes

• origin_location_code, destination_location_code, and form_code fields are not required.
• ship_document_type can be one of the following:
  • CERTIFICATE_OF_ORIGIN
  • COMMERCIAL_INVOICE
  • DANGEROUS_GOODS_SHIPPERS_DECLARATION
  • CERTIFICATE_OF_ORIGIN
  • OP_900
  • PRO_FORMA_INVOICE
  • RETURN_INSTRUCTIONS

Documentation

For detailed information about this endpoint, refer to the FedEx API Documentation.

Response

The response provides details such as document type, document ID, folder ID, customer transaction ID, file name, and success status for each uploaded document.

[ 
    { 
        "output": { 
            "meta": { 
                "documentType": "CI", 
                "docId": "EGfWYE9BxLBZ7Dzn", 
                "folderId": "Ac7JnEwPoUm1I3M2" 
            } 
        }, 
        "customerTransactionId": "", 
        "file": "text.txt", 
        "success": true 
    }, 
    { 
        "output": { 
            "meta": { 
                "documentType": "CI", 
                "docId": "BQH8o1FI73ZnQOg6", 
                "folderId": "Ac7JnEwPoUm1I3M2" 
            } 
        }, 
        "customerTransactionId": "", 
        "file": "text.txt", 
        "success": true 
    } 
]