This document details all the fields available to set up a DHL Express Billing account.
These are detailed below:
| FIELD | DESCRIPTION | REQUIRED | |
| DOM | INTL | ||
| Sender name | Ship From name |  |  |
| Sender company | Company name |  |  |
| Contact phone | Ship From phone |  |  |
| Shipper account# | Account number that will be liable as shipper |  |  |
| Shipper payment type | Select the Payment Type; the account number provided will be used in conjunction with this mode |  |  |
| Billing account # | Account number that will pay for shipping |  |  |
| Duty account # | Account number that will pay for duties |  | |
| Shipper EORI number | Specify shipper EORI (Economic Operators Registration and Identification) number (for European Union shipments) |  | |
| Shipper tax number | Specify the Tax number (for non-EU shipments, could be VAT tax id) |  | |
| Shipper IOSS number | Specify the IOSS (Import One Stop Shop) number (for European Union shipments) |  | |
| Shipper ID | Indicate your DHL Express Shipper ID | ||
| Registered account # | Optional DHL registered account # | ||
| Package type code | Select the package type code you will use; the code will be provided to DHL for its identification |  | |
| Package type | Indicate the packaging type (Your packaging for generic, other options for branded/classified packagings) |  | |
| Is Dutiable | If checked, indicates that shipments processed through the account are dutiable |  | |
| Calculate insured value | If checked, it calculates the insured value from the SKU lines | ||
| Default package description | Package description that will be sent to the carrier by default |  |  |
| Currency code | Indicate the currency code that you intend to use for declaring the customs value of individual line items |  | |
| Export reason code | Define if the export will be permanent, temporary, etc. |  | |
| Export reason | Detail the export reason (business, commercial, etc.) |  | |
| Skip trade documents | If this option is selected, a paper commercial invoice in DHL format will not be generated. If you choose this option and do not enable paperless trade, you will be required to provide a paper commercial invoice in your own format | ||
| Paperless trade | When chosen, this option activates the use of ETD (Electronic Trade Documents). If not chosen, it reverts to employing either DHL's Paper Customs Invoices or custom invoices in your preferred format, provided that you have selected 'skip trade documents' | ||
| Duties & Taxes prepaid | Enable this option if you wish to signify that duties and taxes have been pre-paid for your shipments | ||
| Terms of trade | Utilize this dropdown menu to choose the Incoterms applicable to your shipments |  | |
| Commercial invoice template | Select the Commercial Invoice template (model) you'd like to use from the dropdown |  | |
| Print waybill | Indicates if waybills are to be printed or not; default expects the order to determine if true or false, while enabled forces true and disabled forces false; auto leaves DHL decide according to the case | ||
| Tracking number mode | Allows to choose between the regular or waybill number as tracking number | ||
| Add DHL logo on label | If checked, it adds the DHL logo in the label | ||
| Notify recipient by e-mail | If checked, requests the carrier to send e-mail notifications to the ship-to e-mail provided as part of the order | ||
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