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Export Education – International Documentation Webinar
Join us for an Export Education webinar on International Documentation on Thursday, August 22, from 10 a.m. to noon.
Program Overview:
This program will help you understand when and how you should be filling out the international documents listed below. We will go through each document, step by step, to help you identify where to go and what to look for in your own documents to fill them out accurately and know when they are required. Many companies are exposing themselves unnecessarily to shipment delays, Customs audits and demurrage charges because there is incomplete or inaccurate documentation for the shipment. In this webinar, you will also learn what documents you should be filling out and how to do so accurately so you can keep your customers, distributors and company ahead of schedule.
Topics Covered:
- How to accurately complete essential export documents: commercial invoices, packing lists, Bills of Lading (BOL), Shippers Export Declarations (SED), Certificates of Origin, dock receipts, and Fish & Wildlife permits.
- Understanding the Shippers Export Declaration (SED) process.
- Discovering how to minimize customs delays by providing complete and accurate information from the start.
- Identifying additional documents that can help reduce delays, eliminate demurrage, and shorten your product cycle.
- Learning the importance of using a Destination Control Statement (DCS) on all invoices, both domestic and international.
- Finding out which countries still require a wood certificate.
- Understanding what document legalization entails and which countries require it.
- Learning about pre-shipment inspections: who requires them and how to conduct them properly.
- Avoiding common errors on USMCA Certificates of Origin and know when to fill them out and when not to.
