CommercialInvoiceDetail Type

Represents the commercial invoice (CI) information.

Remarks

This type contains descriptive data identifying the commercial invoice (CI) associating an international shipment that contains non-documents items.

Example: Setting the fields

CommercialInvoiceDetail ci = new CommercialInvoiceDetail
ci.Comments = "Anything"
ci.FreightCharge = "100.00"
ci.Insurance = "1000.00"
ci.Purpose = CIP_SAMPLE
ci.Terms = CIT_FOB_OR_FCA

The fields contained by this type are listed below.

Fields

Comments
String

Commercial Invoice comments to be uploaded to customs. This can be any extra information about the current shipment and is optional.

Date
String

Date when the Invoice is created. This is optional for Partial Invoice, but required for Invoice form for forward shipments. For shipment with return service, the user input will be ignored, and the field will be blank on the invoice.

If not set, it will default to the ship date. Format is YYYYMMDD.

NOTE: This field is only valid for UPS.

FreightCharge
String

Cost to transport the shipment. This is required if Terms is set to Cfr, Cpt, Cif, or Cip. This charge will be added to the total customs value amount.

Format: Two explicit decimal positions.

Insurance
String

The amount the shipper or receiver pays to cover the cost of replacing the shipment if it is lost or damaged. This is required if Terms is set to Cif or Cip.. This charge will be added to the total customs value amount.

Format: Two explicit decimal positions.

Number
String

Customer's assigned invoice number. This is optional. If included in the request, this element prints on the shipping label and commercial invoice.

Purpose
int

Reason to export the current international shipment

Required for dutiable international express or ground shipment. This is not applicable to an international PIB (document) or a non-document which does not require a commercial invoice express shipment.

Valid values are:


Value	FedEx	UPS
cipSold (0)	X	X
cipGift (1)	X	X
cipNotSold (2)	X
cipPersonalEffects (3)	X
cipReturn (4)		X
cipRepair (5)		X
cipRepairAndReturn (6)	X
cipSample (7)	X	X
cipInterCompanyData (8)		X

Terms
int

Indicates the rights to the seller from the buyer.

Valid values are:


Value	Meaning	FedEx	UPS
citFca (0)	Free Carrier	X	X
citFob (1)	Free On Board/Free Carrier	X	X
citFas (2)	Free Alongside Ship		X
citCfr (3)	Cost and Freight	X	X
citCif (4)	Cost, Insurance and Freight	X	X
citCip (5)	Carriage and Insurance Paid	X	X
citCpt (6)	Carriage Paid To	X	X
citDaf (7)	Delivered at Frontier		X
citDdp (8)	Delivery Duty Paid	X	X
citDdu (9)	Delivery Duty Unpaid	X	X
citDeq (10)	Delivered Ex Quay		X
citDes (11)	Delivered Ex Ship		X
citExw (12)	Ex Works	X	X

Constructors

public CommercialInvoiceDetail();

public CommercialInvoiceDetail(String comments, String freightCharge, String insurance, int purpose, String number, int terms);