Vital Information on Customs Document
- Document name
- Date & Serial Number
- Name of Supplier / Exporter
- Name of Importer
- Quantity & Description
- Gross & Net weight
- Unit price & Total price
- Unit of Measure
- Terms of Delivery
- Terms of Payment
- Time of shipment
- Pre-carriage information
- Port of loading
- Type of packaging
- Marks & Numbers
- Vessel or Freight Number
- Country of Origin –
- Harmonized System Code (HSC)
- Special remarks
Grounds for Customs Rejection
Customs Values
- Exceptionally high or exceptionally low values
- High Insurance costs
- Disproportionate Transport
- Falsification of documents
- Erasers, rubbers and white wash
- Scanned Documents
- Different fonts
- Date Format
- Serial Number
- Samples of previous documents from same supplier
- Invoice set-up, logos and colors
- Arithmetic Accuracy
- Unit price Versus Sub totals Versus Grand totals
- Consistency in information
- Weight
- Goods description
- Value
- Ownership
- Disproportionate Incoterms
- FOB
- CIF
- Freight Collect Versus Freight pre-paid
- Unrealistic terms of payment
- Cash Payments
- Unguaranteed Credit
- Vague Information
- Suppliers name and address,
- Importer’s name and address,
- Description of goods,
- Breakdown of packages on the packing list
- Incomplete documentation
- Signature & Stamp