Northwest Airlines
Shipping and Routing Guide

Overview

The purpose of this policy is to provide guidelines to Northwest Airlines/KLM employees and suppliers regarding the instructions for shipping from international locations. It provides a method for expediting shipments and minimizing cost. Northwest Airline's responsibility in this process is as follows;

• to ensure that all suppliers are made aware of the required documentation for international shipping and U.S. Customs clearance.
• to ensure that the supplier has the required information to prepare this documentation.
• to ensure that each supplier has the proper instruction on how the parts should be transported.
• to ensure that the supplier has provided the carrier/forwarder with the instructions on the pre-clearance FAX procedure or that the supplier has complied with NWA pre-alert requirements.

Suppliers do not have access to NWA's World Wide Shipping System (WWS). Consequently, the commercial invoices, which would otherwise be available to NWA in our internal systems, consist of manual paperwork. The commercial invoices are required for Customs purposes to cross international borders and in the assessment of duties. In addition, a properly completed international Air Waybill will be required.

In order to expedite international shipments into the United States, Northwest Customs Administration needs to have access to the Air Waybill and invoice before the material arrives. This enables NWA to pre-clear the shipment while it is enroute, and to ensure that the lowest possible duties are paid while complying with the U.S. Customs regulations relating to values and country of origin. Customs Administration will check relevant data in SCEPTRE based on the stock numbers and/or part numbers appearing on the invoices. Adherence to this process will reduce the transit time by one to three days.