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FedEx® Electronic Trade Documents

FedEx® Electronic Trade Documents

FedEx® Electronic Trade Documents

Enjoy a smooth customs clearance process.

Enjoy a smooth customs clearance process.

Enjoy a smooth customs clearance process.

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For a smoother customs clearance process, transmit your customs documentation electronically with FedEx Electronic Trade Documents. This simple, efficient, and reliable solution helps you avoid customs delays, ensures timely delivery of your international packages and reduces the paperwork you need to print.

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A man works on a laptop in his home office.
A man works on a laptop in his home office.

Be Efficient

Upload your own customs documents or use FedEx generated trade documents. You can also customise your electronic trade documents by uploading your company letterhead and signature image.

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A man and a woman sit in an open office area, talking and working on their laptops.
A man and a woman sit in an open office area, talking and working on their laptops.

Save Time and Money

Upload and submit trade documents electronically to eliminate the need for manual signing, folding, stuffing and attaching customs documents to each shipment. Plus, save on paper, energy and printing costs.

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A FedEx courier picks up a package from an Asian clothing store.
A FedEx courier picks up a package from an Asian clothing store.

Enjoy Peace of Mind

Get a head start on customs clearance by submitting your trade documents ahead of your shipment. FedEx Electronic Trade Documents provides pre-clearance assistance and proactive problem resolution, so you can reduce the chance of customs delays.

Save on paper
Save on paper
Save on paper

Save on paper and printing for your worldwide shipments

With FedEx Electronic Trade Documents activated, benefit from less labels to print for all your shipments coming from and going to any of the countries worldwide.

Set up Post Shipment Document Upload

Upload trade documents after your label is created

Say Hello to Streamlined International Shipping

With FedEx Electronic Trade Documents, you can:
 

  • Transmit customs documents generated by FedEx, or upload your own customs documents as files or images created on your own systems in your preferred file format (e.g., PDF, Microsoft® Word, Microsoft® Excel, scanned image, etc.). Either way, documents are submitted electronically.

  • Submit customs documents without printing paper copies and placing them in the pouch attached to your shipment. This streamlines your document submission time and reduces the risk of lost, missing or damaged documentation.

  • Add a company letterhead and signature image to the FedEx generated Commercial Invoice or Pro Forma Invoice.

  • Gain additional time to resolve issues with customs documents, such as missing information, before shipment arrival.

  • Set preferences to simplify completion of the Customs screen.

  • Set defaults for the customs documents you upload.

  • Turn the solution on and off as needed.

  • Submit customs documents to FedEx for future-day shipments or any date from today’s date to 10 days in the future.

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A clothing designer works with a pattern while her colleague uses his laptop.
A clothing designer works with a pattern while her colleague uses his laptop.

Enable FedEx Electronic Trade Documents

Find everything you need to create and upload your customs documents.

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A woman using a laptop prints a label for her international shipment.
A woman using a laptop prints a label for her international shipment.

Set Up Post-Shipment Document Upload

Upload customs documents after your label has been created.

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The FedEx paperless processing solution is aimed at reducing paper waste and creating more efficient ways of conducting business for our customers and employees. FedEx paperless processing is part of our sustainability initiative, EarthSmart®, a FedEx commitment to connect the world in responsible and resourceful ways.