Packing list generator
Marks, package counts, net and gross weights, dimensions. Built to match the commercial invoice it travels with, because the two disagreeing is what gets a container held.
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Packages
| Marks | Description | Pkgs | Type | Net (kg) | Gross (kg) | Dimensions |
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What the packing list is for
The commercial invoice says what the goods are worth. The packing list says what is physically in the shipment and how it is distributed across packages. Customs officers use it to decide what to inspect and to check that what they find matches what was declared. Freight forwarders use it to book space. The consignee uses it to receive against.
Net weight and gross weight
Net weight is the goods alone. Gross weight is the goods plus every bit of packaging, dunnage, strapping and the pallet. Both belong on the list, and the difference between them should be plausible — an implausibly small gap on palletised freight is the sort of thing that invites a closer look.
Make it agree with the invoice
The single most common documentary problem in export is a packing list that disagrees with the invoice: different package counts, a description that reads differently, weights that do not reconcile. Because this generator draws from the same shipment record as the commercial invoice, the descriptions carry across automatically and cannot drift unless you change them on purpose.
Pallets and ISPM 15
If you are shipping on wood packaging material to almost any destination outside your own customs territory, the pallets must be heat treated or fumigated and stamped under ISPM 15. Note it on the packing list. Non-compliant wood is one of the few problems that can get an entire container refused entry and sent back at your expense.
Questions people actually ask
Do I need a packing list if I already have a commercial invoice?
In practice yes, for anything crossing a border. Carriers, forwarders and customs all expect one, and letters of credit almost always require it as a named document. The invoice answers what the goods are worth; the packing list answers what is in each package and what it weighs.
What weights should be on a packing list?
Net weight and gross weight for each line, and totals for the shipment. Net is the goods alone; gross includes all packaging and the pallet. If your destination or your letter of credit asks for tare weight as well, note it in the description column.
Should the packing list show prices?
No. Keeping values off the packing list is deliberate — the document often travels with the goods and gets handled by warehouse and delivery staff who have no business seeing the commercial terms.