Ten short cases from daily logistics work. Each one shows the problem, what I did, the result, where it can go wrong and what a human must verify. No code needed.
A shipper books 200 power banks by road and sea and writes “no dangerous goods” on the booking. The label on the product says 3.7 V, 20,000 mAh.
CASE 2A paint-thinner type product arrives with an SDS where Section 14 says “not regulated for transport”. Section 9 shows a flash point of 28 °C.
CASE 3A customer ships 24 bottles of 1 L in a carton by sea. The SDS shows an aquatic toxicity hazard and the forwarder asks if it is dangerous goods.
A seller in Italy sells EXW to a buyer in a non-EU country. The buyer has no EU export presence. Nobody can lodge the export declaration.
CASE 5An exporter wants the preferential duty rate for a consignment to the UK and puts an origin statement on the invoice without a registration number.
CASE 6A distributor abroad asks for a quote for a chemical powder. Sales wants to ship quickly and has only a customs code.
A carrier writes about demurrage and detention charges. The recipient pastes the email into a general translator and misreads which charge applies to what.
CASE 8An email to a carrier contains references that must not change by one character. A translation that rewrites any of them causes a wrong booking.
Scenarios are illustrative unless a case says that the output was run. Check the status line on each page. Last reviewed: 8 October 2026.