General Information
Size and Weight limits
Export Declaration
Certificate of Origin
Commercial Invoice
Terms of delivery
Insurance and Intrastat
Export Checklist (pdf)

General Information

Terms of delivery

For the dispatch of packages in the EFTA states and third countries, your customer may select between five delivery terms:

Delivery Term 10 DDP:
Free of freight, duty and tax paid
Sender pays all resulting costs. The receiver has no costs.

Delivery Term 20 DDU:
Free of freight, duty paid and untaxed
The sender only pays the freight. The receiver bears all other cost.

Delivery Term 30 DDP, VAT unpaid:
Free of freight duty paid, untaxed
The sender pays freight, duties, customs and import duties. The receiver pays the resulting taxes.

Delivery Term 40 DDU, Cleared:
Free of freight, without customs and without taxes
The sender pays freight and customs clearings; the receiver pays the customs, import duties and resulting taxes.

Delivery Term 50 DDP
Free of freight, duty paid and "cleared"
The sender pays freight and customs duties, the receiver bears no costs.

The delivery term is intended for shipments of small value. Thus the customs clearance expenditure and/or the customs clearance time is reduced. The export check list (pdf) gives you clear information about papers necessary, value of goods limit etc. for parcel dispatch to the EFTA-States and to third countries. For more information please contact us.

Export of packages in European Union states

For despatching goods in the European Union states, the sticker "Export Parcel" is sufficient. Exceptions are air freight shipment to Greece and the export in states with their own customs jurisdiction (e.g. Gibraltar, San Marino, etc.). Here the commercial invoice is additionally necessary. (Partially original invoice or copy of invoice).

Restricted goods

The General trading conditions of the GLS Germany GmbH & CO. OHG apply. Dangerous goods (exception small quantities in road transport), objects of value, personal effects, works of art, alcohol, Carnet ATA commodity, living plants and animals as well as perishable foods are excluded from the transport.