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Under developmentThe UNVTD project is in development phase and is not yet ready for production implementation. The final approved and implementable standard is expected to be released before the end of December 2026.
Verifiable Trade DocumentsCommercial Invoice

Commercial Invoice

The UNVTD commercial invoice is the invoice for cross-border trade. Alongside the commercial content it carries the information that customs and trade finance need from it: references to the bill of lading and letter of credit, the port of entry, origin and destination, the trade terms, and freight and insurance costs. It complements domestic e-invoicing formats such as EN 16931 rather than replacing them.

Schema Structure

Sample Rendering

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Example

Example json payload:

https://unvtd.unece.org/commercial-invoice-example.json 

Schema

JSON Schema, referenced by the credential’s credentialSchema and used for validation:

https://unvtd.unece.org/commercial-invoice-schema.json 

The same schema in YAML, for reading:

https://unvtd.unece.org/commercial-invoice-schema.yaml 

To validate the business document on its own, without the credential envelope, use the credentialSubject part of the same schema:

https://unvtd.unece.org/commercial-invoice-schema.json#/properties/credentialSubject 

Context

Semantic linked data context:

https://unvtd.unece.org/commercial-invoice-context.jsonld 

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