Prohibited HS Codes

📘

Executive Summary

Due to customs import rules and requirements, certain HS Codes will be prohibited based on destination country for international orders.

added

US international ordering

📘

Executive Summary

Sendle now supports sending International parcels from the United States. International shipments have slightly different data requirements than domestic shipments (including requiring HS codes), and US international shipments require a new contents type field.

added

US Shipping Product changes

📘

Executive Summary

We are changing our set of products in the US. This includes adding a new 3-day service, adding pickup to our USPS + Sendle products, and merging the First Class and Parcel Select USPS + Sendle products into a new Ground Advantage product.

improved

Route type simplification

📘

Executive Summary

We are simplifying how we return route types from the Sendle API. This may affect your integration if you use the types same-city, national, or export.

Delayed: International HS code requirement

📘

Executive Summary

The breaking change requiring HS codes on AU International shipments will now go live on March 1st, 2023. Merchants and senders must ensure their products have HS code information before this date.

fixed

Making idempotency keys more resiliant

📘

Executive Summary

Our Create Order endpoint may return the 425 Too Early status code when using an idempotency key (a feature designed to prevent duplicate orders). Your system should handle this status code in an appropriate way.

Requiring HS Codes for AU International

📘

Executive Summary

From February 1st March 1st 2023, HS codes will be required on international orders originating from Australia. Merchants and senders need to ensure their products have HS code information.

improved

CSV adjustment and penalty changes

📘

Executive Summary

The Offline / Manual Billing CSV will be changed from 5th September onwards. Partners using this file for reconciliation should make sure their systems correctly interpret the new types.

improved

CSV regional changes

📘

Executive Summary

The Dashboard Billing CSV file is changing. Partners using this CSV file (particularly reseller-style partners using this for account reconciliation) should make sure their systems correctly interpret the new and changed columns. Especially the Price column, which is changing to Total Price.

improved

CSV file changes

📘

Executive Summary

The Offline / Manual Billing CSV and Dashboard Billing CSV files have changed. Partners using either of these CSV files should make sure their systems correctly interpret the new types and the new column.