UPS has extended its Paperless Invoice service to international air freight shipments enablingcustomers to process all shipments electronically and has added 25 new countries to its WorldShip
shipping software.The digital customs clearance which UPS has previously provided for small packages is nowavailable for air cargo in more than 90 countries.
UPS said the extension of its paperless service saves time, money and trees. The free-of-chargesolution enables customers to operate in a more efficient way by integrating order processing,shipment preparation and commercial invoice data. The data are then transmitted to customs officesaround the world avoiding difficulties arising in respect to paper documents.
Through the digital storage, the number of errors made manually is considerably reduced. Theservice also avoids submitting incomplete paperwork. The extended solution can be accessed via theUPS Internet Shipping and UPS CampusShip software and will be available through UPS WorldShip inJanuary.
In a second international technology enhancement, UPS added 25 new origin countries to UPSWorldShip. The availability of this technology option means customers can generate labels andprepare packages for shipping without having to use pen and paper.
Greatly reducing the chance for manual errors, UPS WorldShip software can now be used for smallpackage and air freight shipments in 63 countries. The newly added countries include Argentina,Bahrain, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Chile, Dominican Republic, Egypt, Estonia, Greece, Guam, Iraq,Israel, Kuwait, Latvia, Lithuania, Nepal, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Slovakia,South Africa, Sri Lanka and United Arab Emirates. WorldShip can be installed in any of 20languages.
“We are committed to making international shipping as simple as possible for our customersaround the world,” said Scott Aubuchon, director of international air freight marketing forUPS.”Our expanded services enable more of our customers to streamline and expedite the customsprocess while cutting costs and saving time.”
UPS was the first parcel carrier to offer electronic customs clearance for small packageshippers in January 2008. Since then, the company has extended its geographical coverage to morethan 90 destination countries accepting electronic customs data and to more than 70 in whichinternational export packages can be processed electronically.
