Tallies retyped by hand
Every bundle's pieces, lengths and volumes typed from a mill's PDF into a sheet, then checked against the packing list, then typed again for the customer.
Lumber and timber
Software for lumber importers and exporters
Senda was shaped around the lumber trade. It reads mill tally sheets instead of making you retype them, keeps the order, the shipment, its containers and every tally and invoice that travels with them in one record, and its HS classification covers chapter 44 in full.
The problem
What this usually looks like today.
Paperwork that disagrees
The tally, the packing list and the commercial invoice each hold the same numbers, kept in step by whoever remembers to update all three.
Classification by memory
Which subheading of chapter 44 a species and a treatment fall under, looked up again on every new product.
In Senda
How the work gets done instead.
- 1
Upload the tally
Drop in the mill's tally PDF. Senda reads it, and a person reviews the values before they reach the shipment.
- 2
Export it the way your customer wants it
Tally reports go out as Excel or PDF, from the same reviewed values — no second copy to keep in step.
- 3
Draft the packing list and invoice
A packing list from the shipment and a commercial invoice from the order, built from what is already on file. You review and send them.
- 4
Classify with chapter 44 covered
HS suggestions from the US tariff schedule, with complete coverage of wood (44), pulp (47) and paper (48), and a US duty estimate on the shipment.
Where it stops
What it will not do.
Worth knowing before you book anything.
- Senda drafts two documents — the commercial invoice and the packing list. Phytosanitary and fumigation certificates, certificates of origin and bills of lading are uploaded, read and stored, not created.
- Senda files nothing with any customs authority and is not a customs broker.
- Duty figures are estimates to confirm with your licensed customs broker.
Questions
What people ask us.
Which tally formats can Senda read?
Tally sheets arrive as PDFs in many layouts. Senda reads them on upload and a person on your team reviews the values before they are used — so an unusual layout slows the review down rather than putting a wrong number on the shipment. Bring a few of yours to the workflow review and we will show you how they read.
Does Senda handle ISPM 15 or phytosanitary paperwork?
It stores and reads those documents alongside the shipment, but it does not create or file them. Upload the certificate you receive and it stays with the shipment it covers.
Is Senda only for lumber?
No, but lumber is where it started and where its classification is deepest. Pulp, paper, and iron and steel are also fully covered chapters; other goods classify from the schedule's own wording, and Senda tells you when it cannot confidently classify.
Start with your real workflow
See it on one of your own orders.
Tell us how your team works today and we'll walk one real order-to-shipment workflow with you before anything is signed.