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What do those abbreviations stand for on the UPS shipping labels? Here are the descriptions of those indicators you may see on the UPS shipping labels:

  • EDI: Paperless shipment where no paper invoice is required
  • EDI-CC: Paperless International (World Ease) Global Consolidated Clearance
  • EDI-DOC: Document shipment, Paperless or Non-Paperless
  • EDI-IDIS: Paperless or Non-Paperless customer uploaded invoice and/or additional documents for shipment
  • EDI-PULL: Paperless shipment where no paper invoice is required and the shipper intends UPS to pull other clearance related documents from the pouch and process at the origin
  • INV: Non-document shipment where paper invoice is required and all information, including invoice line detail, is keyed. Pull the customs copy of the Commercial Invoice.
  • INV-CC: Non-document GCC (WorldEase) shipment that contains invoice line detail from the shipping system
  • KEY: Non-document shipment where paper invoice is required and shipper did not data capture invoice line detail or critical information is missing
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