Overview
Components required for importation.
- Commercial Invoice (invoice from the foreign seller, or can be prepared by importer for return shipments or if unavailable from the foreign shipper)
- Description of what is being imported, if description on commercial invoice is unclear
- Campus specific documentation requirements
- UCSF: Purchase Order
- If shipment is already in transit, copy of Airwaybill or Bill of Lading
- Original Bill of Lading may be required for ocean shipments
- Any required import permits
- Plants
- Soil
- USDA
- TSCA Certificate for chemicals
- Information needed
- Contact information for foreign shipper
- Number of pieces
- Piece Dimensions (L x W x H)
- For pallets – number of cartons on pallet
- Date expected to be ready
- Required delivery date
- Any dangerous goods?
- Lithium Batteries (large or small, rechargeable or not)
- Acid batteries – including non-spillable batteries
- Flammables
- Corrosives
- Compressed Gases (including compressed air)
- Special considerations
- Is this U.S. goods returning?
- Will these items be re-exported?