Reference library
Practical importing guides and official Australian Government resources. Use these alongside your own shipment evidence when you are reviewing duty, origin, freight or landed-cost questions.
8 guides · 3 learning paths · Approximately 49 minutes of reading
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What a Commercial Invoice records, why it sits at the centre of an import review, and what to check for consistency across your paperwork.
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What a Packing List records, how it supports shipment verification alongside the Commercial Invoice, and what to check for consistency across your shipment evidence.
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What a Certificate of Origin does, when an Australian shipment might need one, and what to check across your evidence.
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What an Import Declaration records, who typically lodges it, and how it fits alongside the Commercial Invoice, Packing List and origin evidence in an Import Cost Review.
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What Incoterms are, what they define between buyer and seller, and how they shape freight, insurance and landed-cost assumptions across a shipment.
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Featured Learning Paths
Each path groups existing guides into a logical sequence so you can build a working understanding rather than reading one document at a time.
Learn the core documents involved in an international shipment and how they fit together across an import review.
Build a working understanding of how classification and origin evidence connect to duty and Free Trade Agreement questions.
Read your freight, commercial and clearance paperwork together so landed costs are easier to explain and to trust.
Official Resources
Links to the current official publication rather than a hosted copy, so you always see the latest version.
Australian Government (DFAT)
Official DFAT guide to claiming preferential duty under ChAFTA, including origin requirements and supporting documentation.
MarginMining Guides
Plain-English guides written for ecommerce founders reviewing their own shipment evidence.
MarginMining guide
What a Certificate of Origin does, when an Australian shipment might need one, and what to check across your evidence.
MarginMining guide
What a Commercial Invoice records, why it sits at the centre of an import review, and what to check for consistency across your paperwork.
MarginMining guide
What a Packing List records, how it supports shipment verification alongside the Commercial Invoice, and what to check for consistency across your shipment evidence.
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What HS Codes are, why they matter for Australian imports, and how MarginMining highlights classification review opportunities across your shipment evidence.
MarginMining guide
What an Import Declaration records, who typically lodges it, and how it fits alongside the Commercial Invoice, Packing List and origin evidence in an Import Cost Review.
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What Incoterms are, what they define between buyer and seller, and how they shape freight, insurance and landed-cost assumptions across a shipment.
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What a Freight or Carrier Invoice records, the charges it commonly includes, and how MarginMining reviews it alongside your other shipment evidence.