Vendor Central: Contesting Chargebacks and Invoice Reconciliation
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A commercial invoice is a shipping document required for all international shipments. This requirement applies for shipments crossing a border, regardless of the mode of transportation, you are required to provide a commercial invoice for each shipment. It indicates the products, quantities, and agreed-upon prices for the products you have provided to Amazon.
show moreThe commercial invoice is used by the importer for customs clearance. And therefore the information you provide must accurately reflect the shipment details. If you are shipping via small parcel carrier, for example, ups or a truck carrier, either truckload or less than track load, you must submit the commercial invoice for each shipment in vendor central.
If you are shipping via ocean or air freight carrier, you need to create a commercial invoice that meets Amazon’s requirements. Commercial invoice requirements can be found in the vendor central resource center by going to the support center, clicking view resource center. Scrolling down to operations and downloading the Amazon import vendor workflow file.
And review the document named import vendor trade compliance manual within. Important to note is that commercial invoices are for shipping purposes only and are not used for processing payments to you. The standard invoices you generate on vendor central are for processing payments to you. So for an imported purchase order, You would need to submit both the standard invoice as well as the commercial invoice on vendor central.