FedEx Electronic Trade Documents is an automated international shipping solution that allows you to submit your customs documentation electronically. It reduces the amount of paper you print for each shipment, may allow for faster pickup and helps to pre-clear your shipments. With ETD you can help reduce the risk of your shipment being delayed in customs and benefit from a better service.

FedEx Electronic Trade Documents helps you simplify the international shipping process, makes operational efficiencies possible by helping you save paper and reducing your printing costs, and provides peace of mind.

• Upload trade documents in advance of your shipment, allowing time for pre-clearance assistance.
• Upload company letterhead and signature images to help you comply with customs clearance requirements in some countries.
• Lower your consumption of paper, printers, toner, and shipping materials, and reduce your carbon footprint.
• Reduce customs delays, which increases your shipping reliability and improves your reputation.
• Save time when preparing documentation, enabling you to perform other departmental tasks, and improving your company’s productivity and profits.
• Reduce the chances of shipment thefts because there are no invoices on the package and commodity information is not revealed to third parties.

FedEx Electronic Trade Documents can be used for both imports and exports. View the list of available countries to see if it is accepted in the countries you ship to/from. When one or both of the Origin or Destination countries does not accept ETD, your shipment will be labeled as EWO (Electronics with Originals). Electronic with Originals (EWO) enables you to seamlessly upload your customs documents for countries that require paper copies for customs clearance when you use ETD. By uploading the documents for these shipments, you will have the benefit of an early broker review of your documentation, which provides advance notice for you to resolve potential issues with the paperwork and further minimizes the chance of missing paperwork from occurring. You will still need to print and attach the customs documents to the shipment to comply with regulatory requirements.

It is available for FedEx Express^® shipments. FedEx Electronic Trade Documents is most beneficial for non-document or commodity shippers. Shipments containing Dangerous Goods and Dry Ice are eligible.

You can prepare, store, and reuse customs documents online with the FedEx Document Preparation Center on FedEx Global^® Trade Manager. 

You can choose to either electronically submit your own trade documents or take advantage of documents generated by FedEx. The choice is yours.

You may be required to submit original paperwork based on the destination country requirements. The Country Profiles feature on FedEx^® Global Trade Manager provides an overview of essential, country-specific shipping information and regulatory requirements, including proper documentation, special clearance requirements, what duties and taxes will need to be paid, and much more. Please remember to print your international shipping label for all shipments.

Electronic Trade Documents is available on FedEx Ship Manager^™ at fedex.com (new and old versions), FedEx Ship Manager^® Software, FedEx Web Services, FedEx Ship Manager^® Server, FedEx Global Ship Manager (GSM) and FedEx ShipFast^™.

You can submit electronically:

• Up to 5 documents per shipment
• Up to 5MB in size per document
• Accepted formats: .doc, .docx, .xls, .xlsx, .txt, .rtf, .jpg, .gif, .bmp, .tif, .png or .pdf
• File names should be less than 244 characters

Yes. FedEx Electronic Trade Documents allows you to submit customs documentation electronically, but you must still print a shipping label.