Commercial invoices are required to ship goods overseas, however, most exporters don't know the first thing about creating a commercial invoices. Worse, importers rarely understand what information is required on a commercial invoice in order to import goods. The good news is, commercial invoices are not that hard to do correctly. It just takes some basic understanding of the purpose of a commercial invoice and a willingness to seek out experts who can answer questions on how to tailor commercial invoices for specific countries.