Overview

The duties payment type and account information are entered into the Commodity / International section of the Rate & Ship page.

There are a total of six Duties Payment Types. Each type may or may not require additional information for the Duties Account Number, and Zip / Country.

The grid below defines the behavior for each of the parcel carriers.

Payment Type	With / Without Account Information	DHL	FedEx	UPS
Default	With Account Information	WNP	Carrier Default	Carrier Default
	Without Account Information	WNP	Carrier Default	Carrier Default
Collect	With Account Information	Account	Account	Account
	Without Account Information	Consignee	WNP	WNP
Recipient	With Account Information	Account	Account	Account
	Without Account Information	Consignee	Consignee	WNP
Sender	With Account Information	Consignor	Consignor	Consignor
	Without Account Information	Consignor	Consignor	Consignor
Third Party	With Account Information	Account	Account	Account
	Without Account Information	WNP	WNP	WNP
Consignee Billed (UPS)	With Account Information	Account	WNP	Consignee
	Without Account Information	Consignee	WNP	Consignee

• Account - Duties are billed to the provided account.

• Carrier Default - Each carrier has a default action and can change at any time. At the time of writing, the following are the knows behaviors of these carriers: FedEx Ground, FedEx Express, and UPS.

  • UPS - No account information is sent to UPS, and UPS will attempt to bill the consignee.

  • FedEx Ground - No account information is sent to FedEx, and FedEx will attempt to bill the consignee.

  • FedEx Express - FedEx Express requires a Duties Payment Type, which is defaulted to consignee.

• Consignee - Duties are billed to the consignee.

• Consignor - Duties are billed to the consignor.

• WNP - Will not Process due to lack of account information

Duties Payment Type

• Default - or blank will mean the duties are billed according to the default behavior of the carrier.

• Collect - The duties are billed to a specified account, possibly other than the consignee.

• Recipient - The duties are billed to the consignee.

• Sender - The duties are billed to the consignor.

• Third Party - The duties are billed to a specified account, possibly other than the consignee

• Consignee Billed (UPS) - The duties are billed to the consignee.