Pro forma invoices are automatically generated and attached to the shipment based on the item values you transmit in the XML.

Beside the <delivery_address>, <items> etc. we need the following information:

Head:

<shipping>
    <shipper_address>
        <reference/>
        <company>required</company>
        <company2/>
        <company3/>
        <salutation/>
        <first_name>required</first_name>
        <middle_name/>
        <last_name/>
        <title/>
        <recipient_details/>
        <address>required</address>
        <address2/>
        <city>required</city>
        <postcode>required</postcode>
        <state/>
        <country>required</country>
        <countrycode>required</countrycode>
        <phone/>
        <fax/>
        <email/>
    </shipper_address>
</shipping>

<invoicing>
    <biller>
        <reference/>
        <company>required</company>
        <company2/>
        <company3/>
        <salutation/>
        <first_name>required</first_name>
        <middle_name/>
        <last_name>required</last_name>
        <title/>
        <suffix/>
        <address>required</address>
        <address2/>
        <city>required</city>
        <postcode>required</postcode>
        <state/>
        <country/>
        <countrycode>required</countrycode>
        <phone/>
        <fax/>
        <email/>
        <comment/>
        <tax_number>required</tax_number>
        <vat_id>required</vat_id>
        <commercial_register_entry>required</commercial_register_entry>
        <sales_control_number/>
        <bank_code>required</bank_code>
        <bank_name>required</bank_name>
        <bank_account>required</bank_account>
        <bank_iban_swift>required</bank_iban_swift>
        <bank_bic>required</bank_bic>
        <account_holder/>
        <director_1>required</director_1>
        <director_2/>
        <director_3/>
        <director_4/>
        <director_5/>
        <signature>required</signature>
        <eori_number>often required</eori_number>
    </biller>
</invoicing>

For each item:

<customs_declaration>
  <product_type>Books</product_type>
  <customs_tariff_number>49019900</customs_tariff_number>
  <country_of_origin>Germany</country_of_origin>
  <value_of_goods>
    <currency>EUR</currency>
    <amount>22.60</amount>
  </value_of_goods>
</customs_declaration>

• See the XML examples for details.
• http://www.zolltarifnummern.de/
• For a goods value over 1000 Euros, you must split the orders into multiple orders (= shipments).

If you don't deliver a proforma invoice for non-EU despatches we will create a standard document like the following for you:

proformasample.pdf