While an export consignment gets ready to leave a country, it is vital to record every minute detail about it. Needless to say, a country’s Customs department is responsible to validate this data. At the same time, the exporters must abide by the importance of sharing all pieces of information accurately. To make this process hassle-free, exporters need to submit a statement known as export declaration (ED). For example, in Australia, the exporters must report goods intended for export to the Australian Border Force. For this, they need to fill what is called an export declaration form which contains all important fields detailing the consignments. The Australian Border Force, on finding the details accurate, validates the data and issues export declaration numbers. So, what is export declaration number? In short, it is a unique number that the Australian Border Force issues against an export declaration it receives from an exporter. Every export declaration number (or EDN) is exclusiv