File your first shipping bill, section by section

Walk through the guided shipping bill form from General Declaration to Review and Save.

Step-by-step guide Beginner 12 min Updated 7 Oct 2026

The shipping bill form has 9 sections. Four are required (General Declaration, Invoice, Item, Packing) and five are optional (DBK, Exchange, Docs, License, Re-Export).

Follow these steps

  1. Start a new shipping bill

    Open Shipping Bills and click New. Pick the exporter from your Exporter Master to pre-fill details.

  2. General Declaration

    Enter port, mode, nature of cargo and the basic declaration fields. Dropdowns are controlled lists, so choose rather than type.

  3. Invoice and Item

    Add the invoice number, date, currency and value, then add each item with its HS code, quantity and unit.

  4. Packing

    Enter package count, type and weights.

  5. Optional sections

    Fill DBK, Exchange, Docs, License or Re-Export only if they apply to this shipment.

  6. Review and Save

    On Review and Save the system checks all required sections. If one is incomplete a list shows exactly which section to fix.