Trade Documents Upload API
Overview
This API improves your customs clearance process by providing the ability to electronically submit your trade documentation directly to FedEx. This API allows you to avoid printing and attaching customs documents to packages.
This API improves your customs clearance process by providing the ability to electronically submit your trade documentation directly to FedEx. This API allows you to avoid printing and attaching customs documents to packages.
Key Features
Flexible file formats
Vaild file types for uploaded documents are PDF, TXT, PNG, JPG, GIF, BMP, TIF, RTF, DOC, DOCX, XLS and XLSX.
This section represents a log of all technical updates associated with this API and its endpoints. All the changes made are grouped by date. The date mentioned denotes when these changes were loaded into production.
To know more about the features, visit the documentation page for this API.
August 21, 2026
The Upload Encoded Image endpoint was introduced. Use this endpoint to upload base64-encoded images.
July 15, 2024
The Upload Multiple Documents and Upload Multiple Encoded Documents endpoints were introduced that allow uploading a maximum of five documents in a file format or in a base64-encoded format respectively per transaction. This is applicable for both pre-shipment and post-shipment conditions.
