Understand trade terms in document workflow context.

The main commercial document that states seller, buyer, goods, quantity, price, currency, Incoterms, and payment terms.

A packing and logistics document that explains package count, quantities, gross weight, net weight, CBM, and marks.

Bill of Lading. A sea transport document often used for cargo release, bank submission, and shipment evidence.

Air Waybill. An air transport document used as carriage evidence and a shipment tracking reference.

A standard set of trade terms that allocates cost, risk, delivery point, insurance, and clearance responsibilities.

A bank payment arrangement where document wording, shipment dates, copies, signatures, and values are reviewed strictly.

The seller of record for checkout. For Documents Dock global billing, Paddle handles payment, tax, receipts, invoices, and refunds.

A preliminary invoice sent before shipment to confirm price, quantity, currency, and Incoterms, often used to arrange payment or an import permit.

A buyer-issued order that fixes the agreed items, quantities, price, and terms; its number is referenced across the shipment's documents.

A document identifying where goods originate. It may support a preferential tariff claim or satisfy an importing-country evidence requirement.

The party to whom the goods are shipped and released, named on the transport document (B/L or AWB).

The contact the carrier notifies when cargo arrives, often the consignee or its forwarder or customs representative.

Gross weight includes packaging; net weight is the goods only. Both appear on the Packing List and are cross-checked against the B/L or AWB.

Cubic metres: the shipment volume used for freight pricing and to verify the Packing List against transport documents.

An electronic cargo release that lets the consignee collect goods without an original paper B/L after the shipper surrenders it at origin.

An agreement that may lower tariffs when the goods meet its origin rules and the required proof of origin is available.

The Harmonized System code used to classify goods. India declares on the 8-digit ITC(HS) line under the Customs Tariff in force, and import or export policy conditions attach to that line; confirm the final code with CBIC, DGFT, or your Customs Broker.

The Indian Customs EDI Gateway, the electronic filing portal through which Bills of Entry, Shipping Bills, and related customs messages are lodged.

The import declaration filed with Indian customs for goods being cleared for home consumption or warehousing. Your Customs Broker normally files it on ICEGATE.

The export declaration filed with Indian customs. It is the reference that later export-proceeds and incentive records are matched against.

Importer-Exporter Code, the trader identifier issued by DGFT that is required to import or export goods from India.

Indian Trade Clarification based on the Harmonized System — the 8-digit national schedule that carries India's import and export policy conditions.

The Authorised Dealer code of the trader's bank branch, registered at the port so that shipment banking and export-proceeds reporting can be linked to declarations.

Electronic Bank Realisation Certificate, generated on the DGFT platform from bank-reported realisation of export proceeds. It evidences that payment for an export shipment was received.

A licensed agent permitted to prepare and file customs declarations on the importer's or exporter's behalf. The trader still carries declaration-accuracy liability.