Commodities Property
Collection of commodity line items.
Syntax
[VB.NET] Public Property Commodities As CommodityDetailList
[C#] public CommodityDetailList Commodities {get;}
Remarks
The Commodities is required to be provided in any international shipment request regardless of the fact that it contains documents or non-documents.
For Express International MPS shipments, if one package is a commodity shipment, then all packages in the shipment must contain commodities. Commodity and document shipments cannot be combined in a MPS shipment. Also, in a MPS, commodity information will be passed in the Master and on each subsequent package. If this shipment contains more than four commodities line items, the four highest valued should be included in the in the first 4 occurrences for this request.. A maximum of 99 occurrences of commodity line item information is supported by this component.
Each commodity item has a: NumberOfPieces (required), Description (required), Manufacturer (required), HarmonizedCode (optional), Weight (required), Quantity (optional), QuantityUnit (optional), UnitPrice (optional) tied to it.
For instance, to send a package containing 2 computer softwares and 5 iPods:
component.Commodities[0].NumberOfPieces = 2; component.Commodities[0].Description = "computer software"; component.Commodities[0].Manufacturer = "US"; // country of manufacturer component.Commodities[0].Weight = "0.5"; // each software box weighs .5 lbs component.Commodities[0].QuantityUnit = "EA"; // for 'each' component.Commodities[0].UnitPrice = "100.00"; // each software priced at $100 component.Commodities[1].NumberOfPieces = 5; component.Commodities[1].Description = "portable digital audio player"; component.Commodities[1].Manufacturer = "US"; // country of manufacturer component.Commodities[1].Weight = "0.5"; // each iPod weighs .5 lbs component.Commodities[1].QuantityUnit = "EA"; // for 'each' component.Commodities[1].UnitPrice = "150.00"; // each iPod priced at $150
Before you process shipments containing alcohol, review the following information:
- You must sign a FedEx Alcohol Shipping Agreement prior to shipping. Contact your FedEx account executive to start the enrollment process.
- Alcohol content information is not required except for international shipments. For international shipments, you must identify alcohol shipments in the commodity description for that commodity item.
- Common carriers such as FedEx Express and FedEx Ground must report alcohol shipping activity to state authorities on a regular basis. For this reason, shippers must notify FedEx of each shipment containing alcohol via their electronic FedEx shipping solution and by applying FedEx alcohol shipping labels. For all FedEx electronic shipping solutions or third-party systems, the shipper must identify the shipment as containing alcohol by entering "$AW" in the Customer Reference field for all shipments.
- State law, as well as FedEx policy, requires an adult signature at the time of delivery for every package containing alcohol. It is the shipper's responsibility to ensure an adult is available to sign for the shipment at delivery. When alcohol is present in the ship request, the signature type should be set to ADULT, so that FedEx is alerted to the adult signature requirement as a condition of delivery of the shipment. If a shipper fails to follow the procedures outlined herein, the shipment will be deemed undeliverable. Violations may result in suspension or termination of your FedEx account.
For more information about alcohol shipping, see fedex.com/us/wine/gettingstarted.html. FedEx accepts shipments of alcohol (beer, wine, and spirits) within the U.S. and for both U.S. import and export when the shipper and the recipient are licensed to import/export alcohol.
This property is not available at design time.