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Examples of TRANSPORT documents:

d. Shipper’s Letter of Instructions (SLI)

• A Shipper’s Letter of Instruction (SLI) is a document is

designed to detail all the requirements of your shipment

from start to finish. When organising your export overseas,

your freight forwarder will request you to have this

document completed.

• An SLI is an optional document that conveys specific

instructions from exporters to their agents (usually freight

forwarders) for ocean and air shipments. Think of it as a

letter that tells your agent/forwarder how and where they

need to send your products.

• To provide transportation and documentation instructions;

• To provide export control and reporting information; and

• To convey authorization to the agent to transmit Electronic

Export Information (EEI) to the Automated Export System

(AES).