In general, an exporter, or an agent acting on his or her behalf, needs to fill an export declaration form and submit it to the Australian Customs to share information about the goods intended for export from the country. It is then that the Integrated Cargo System (ICS) of the Customs and Border Protection verifies the information and issues an export declaration number (EDN). To help you in this process, here are some important things about the export declaration that you should not miss. How Many Declarations? An exporter must file one export customs declaration per consignment. Now, a consignment is defined as goods one exporter (consignor) sends to one recipient (consignee) at one time. It means that if a consignor sends another consignment to the same consignee even within a short period of time, he or she must file a fresh declaration. It also means that if there is 1 consignor and ‘n’ number of consignees (even if their location is the same), the ‘n’ numbers of declaration