country mandatory requirements for shipping instructions

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Country Mandatory Requirements for Shipping

Instructions July 2019

This is a list of mandatory information per country that is needed for submitting Shipping Instructions

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COUNTRY EMAIL/Phone Mandatory

TAX/VAT REFERENCE MANDATORY ?

TAX/VAT REFERENCE FORMAT

OTHER MANDATORY REFERENCES

FORMAT OF OTHER REFERENCE NUMBERS

Algeria Only Phone Yes 15 Characters numeric format

Andorra Only Phone No

Gibraltar Only Phone No

Morocco Only Phone Yes 15 or 16 Characters numeric format

Portugal Only Phone Yes Country suffix (PT) + 9 numeric digits

Spain Only Phone Yes Country suffix (ES) + letter (optional)+8-digit code+letter (optional)

Tunisia Only Phone No







Cambodia Only Email Yes

Laos Only Email No

Myanmar (Burma)

Only Email No

Vietnam Only Email Yes

10 numberic digits + 3 optional digits( in case the company is a branch) . Ex : XXXXXXXXXX-XXX ( with -XXX is optional).

Falkland Island

Only Email Yes Start with GB followed by 6 digits

Guernsey Only Email Yes Start with GB followed by 6 digits

Ireland Only Email Yes Start with GB followed by 6 digits



TAX/VAT REFERENCE MANDATORY

?




Isle of Man Only Email Yes Start with GB followed by 6 digits

Jersey Only Email Yes Start with GB followed by 6 digits

Saint Helena Only Email Yes Start with GB followed by 6 digits

United Kingdom

Only Email Yes Start with GB followed by 6 digits

Iran Both Email and Phone Mandatory

Yes National ID 11 numeric digits







Oman Only Email No

Qatar Only Email No

UAE Only Email No

Malaysia Both Email and Phone Mandatory

No Registration of Companies (ROC)

The new business registration number format includes 12 digit characters, namely: i. 4 digits - years of business entity registered ii. 2 digits - business entity code iii. 6 digits - sequence number

Singapore Both Email and Phone Mandatory

No

Unique Entity Number ( Customer Own Reference )

The UEN format is TyyPQnnnnX (10 digits). For example, T08SS1234A Where: Tyy = Year of Issuance; PQ = Entity-Type (which is SS for societies registered with ROS); n = Running Number; X = Check Alphabet

Thailand Both Email and Phone Mandatory

Yes 13 digit characters

Botswana Only Email No



TAX/VAT

REFERENCE MANDATORY ?




Comoro Islands

Only Email No

Lesotho Only Email No

Madagascar Only Email No

Malawi Only Email No

Mauritius Only Email Yes

In case person is an individual then the tax should be VAT 8digits zero VAT00000000

BRN Number Companies: starts with C 8digits; Partnership: starts with P 8digits; Individuals: starts with I 8digits; other Societe/soc/Society starts with F 8digits

Mozambique Only Email Yes 9 digit number

Namibia Only Email No







Seychelles Only Email Yes

Tax should be TIN 9digits incase the person is not liable for tax then it should be TIN with 9 zero TIN000000000

South Africa Only Email No

Swaziland Only Email No

Zambia Only Email No

Zimbabwe Only Email No

Denmark Only Email Yes

Faroe Islands Only Email Yes







Norway Only Email Yes

Sweden Only Email Yes

Bahrain Only Email No

Iraq Only Email No

Jordan Both Email and Phone Mandatory

Yes

Kuwait Both Email and Phone Mandatory

No

Saudi Arabia Both Email and Phone Mandatory

No Company registration number

10 numeric digit







Yemen Only Email No

Afghanistan Only Email No

Pakistan Only Email Yes 7 digits

American Samoa

Only Phone No

Australia Only Email Yes ## ### ### ### - 2+3+3+3 digits with spaces

Cook Islands Only Phone No

Fed St of Micronesia

Only Phone No







Fiji Islands Only Phone No

French Polynesia

Only Phone No

Kiribati Only Phone No

Marshall Islands

Only Phone No

Nauru Only Phone No

New Caledonia Only Phone No

New Zealand Only Email Yes ############# - 13 digits no spaces







Niue Only Phone No

Palau Only Phone No

Papua New Guinea

Only Phone No

Samoa Only Phone No

Solomon Islands

Only Phone No

Timor Leste Only Phone No

Tonga Only Phone No







Tuvalu Only Phone No

Vanuatu Only Phone No

Wallis & Futuna

Only Phone No

Cape Verde Island

Only Phone Yes CVXXXXXXXXX

Gambia Only Phone No

Guinea Only Phone No

Guinea-Bissau Only Phone No







Mali Only Phone No

Mauritania Only Phone No

Senegal Only Phone No

Austria Only Email Yes

Belgium Only Email Yes

Germany Only Email Yes

Iceland Only Email No







Liechtenstein Only Email No

Luxemburg Only Email Yes

Netherlands Only Email Yes

Switzerland Only Email Yes

Japan Either phone or Email

No

Korea, South Both Email and Phone Mandatory

No

North Korea Either phone or Email

No







Canada Both Email and Phone Mandatory

No

Guam Both Email and Phone Mandatory

No

Northern Mariana Islands

Both Email and Phone Mandatory

No

St Pierre & Miquelon


No

United States Both Email and Phone Mandatory

No

Belize Both Email and Phone Mandatory

Yes Tax reference is not used

El Salvador Both Email and Phone Mandatory

Yes 14 characters, numeric format / i.e. NIT (Tax ID)







Guatemala Both Email and Phone Mandatory

Yes

8 characters, numeric format, the last one should be preceed by a "-" / i.e. RTU (Tax ID)

Honduras Both Email and Phone Mandatory

Yes 14 characters, numeric format / i.e. RTN (Tax ID)

Mexico Both Email and Phone Mandatory

Yes

13 Characters alpha-numeric format, always have 3 or 4 letters at the beginning / i.e. RFC (Tax ID): STRXXXXXXXXX, LVEXXXXXXGRA, GALDXXXXXXQXX

Nicaragua Both Email and Phone Mandatory

Yes

14 characters, numeric format; only the first one should be a letter, they should be separated by a "-" after ther first 4 characters and after the next 6 characters / i.e. RUC (Tax ID): J031-000006-6647

Burkina Faso Only Email No

Ivory Coast Only Email No

Liberia Only Email No







Sierra Leone Only Phone No

Bangladesh Both Email and Phone Mandatory

No

Bhutan Both Email and Phone Mandatory

No

India Both Email and Phone Mandatory

Yes

Maldives Both Email and Phone Mandatory

No

Nepal Both Email and Phone Mandatory

No

Sri Lanka Both Email and Phone Mandatory

No







Indonesia Both Email and Phone Mandatory

Yes

NPWP: Nomor Pokok Wajib Pajak For Country Indonesia, Tax Reference field length must be 15 numeric digits format NNNNNNNNNNNNNNN

Philippines Both Email and Phone Mandatory

Yes

PH VAT identification number For Country Philippines, Tax Reference field length must be 15 digits format NNNNNNNNNNNNNNX, where X can be either letters or numbers

China Only Email No

Hong Kong Only Email No

Macau Only Email No

Mongolia Only Email No

Taiwan Only Email No







France Only Email Yes

French Guiana Only Email No

Guadeloupe Either phone or Email

No

Martinique Either phone or Email

No

Mayotte Only Email No

Monaco Only Email No

Reunion Only Email No







Armenia Only Email No

Azerbaijan Only Email No

Bulgaria Only Email Yes 11 or 12 digit number with Prefix "BG"

Egypt Only Phone No

Georgia Only Email No

Israel Only Email Yes 9 digit number

Lebanon Only Phone No







Libya Only Phone No

Moldova Only Email No

Romania Only Email Yes 4 to 12 digit number with Prefix "RO"

Syria Only Phone No

Turkey Only Email Yes 12 or 13 digit number with Prefix "TR"

Ukraine Only Email No

Belarus Only Email No







Czech Republic Both Email and Phone Mandatory

Yes

Estonia Only Email No

Finland Only Email Yes

Hungary Only Email Yes

Kazakhstan Only Email No

Kyrgyzstan Only Email No

Latvia Both Email and Phone Mandatory

Yes







Lithuania Only Email Yes

Poland Only Phone Yes

Russia Either phone or Email

Yes

Slovakia Only Email Yes

Tajikistan Only Email No

Turkmenistan Only Email No

Uzbekistan Only Email No







Burundi Only Email No

Djibouti Only Email No

Eritrea Only Email No

Ethiopia Only Email No

Kenya Only Email No

Rwanda Only Email No

Somalia Only Email No







South Sudan Only Email No

Sudan Only Phone No

Tanzania Only Email No

Uganda Only Email No

Argentina Only Email Yes XX-XXXXXXXX-X

Brazil Only Email Yes XX.XXX.XXX/XXXX-XX

Paraguay Only Email No







Uruguay Only Email Yes XXXXXXXXXXXX

Benin Only Email No

Ghana Only Email No

Niger Only Email No

Nigeria Only Email No

Togo Only Email No

Albania Only Email Yes

10 characters, the first position

following the prefix is "J" or "K", and the last character is a letter







Bosnia and Herzegovina

Only Email Yes 12 numeric digits

Croatia Only Email Yes

Cyprus Only Email Yes

Greece Only Email Yes

Italy Only Email Yes

Macedonia Only Email No

Malta Only Email Yes







Montenegro Only Email Yes 8 numeric digits

San Marino Only Email No

Serbia Only Email Yes 9 numeric digits, last one is the check digit as per ISO 7064, MOD 11-10

Slovenia Only Email Yes

Anguilla Only Email No

Antigua and Barbuda

Only Email No

Aruba Only Email No







Bahamas Only Email Yes

Barbados Only Email No

Bermuda Island

Only Email No

Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba

Only Email No

Cayman Islands

Only Email No

Colombia Both Email and Phone Mandatory

Yes

Costa Rica Both Email and Phone Mandatory

Yes







Cuba Only Email No

Curacao Only Email No

Dominica Only Email No

Dominican Republic


Yes

Grenada Only Email No

Guyana Only Email No

Haiti Only Email No







Jamaica Only Email No

Montserrat Only Email No

Netherl. Antilles Only Email No

Panama

Both Email and

Phone Mandatory

Yes

Puerto Rico Only Email Yes

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Only Email No

St Kitts-Nevis Only Email No







St Lucia Only Email No

Suriname Only Email No

Trinidad & Tobago

Only Email No

Turks and Caicos

Only Email No

Venezuela Both Email and Phone Mandatory

Yes

Virgin Islands (Br.)

Only Email No

Virgin Islands (US)

Only Email No







Angola Both Email and Phone Mandatory

Yes NIFNNNNNNNNNN

Cameroon Both Email and Phone Mandatory

No

Central African Republic


No

Chad Both Email and Phone Mandatory

No

Congo Both Email and Phone Mandatory

No

Congo, Dem. Rep. of


No

Equatorial Guinea


No







Gabon Both Email and Phone Mandatory

No

Sao Tome and Principe

Only Email No

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