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For shipments to locations outside DHL’s or DHLI’s territory
or jurisdiction, the documents or packages would be sent to a
“foreign” clearing point of the other company, and they would
then be completely processed by the receiving company. For
example, if DHL picked up a package in San Francisco that was
bound for a location in Southeast Asia, it would be transferred
to DHLI at one of DHLI’s foreign points of entry, and then DHLI
would take responsibility for customs clearance, further
transportation (frequently across international borders), and
delivery to the foreign consignee. The entity to whom the
customer first submitted the package was paid by the customer and
retained the payment even though another entity delivered the
package. Accordingly, in the above example, DHL would retain the
customer’s payment even though a DHLI/MNV company completed the
delivery. The worldwide air express service operated by DHL and
DHLI was generally represented as, and perceived to be, a single
worldwide delivery system (DHL network).
In the foreign portion of the DHL network, local operating
companies and independent agents operated under agreements with
DHLI and related companies. Normally, local operating companies
or agents billed customers an all-inclusive price for shipments
to other service areas. The local operating companies or agents
normally retained a percentage or predetermined portion of the
revenue received from their customers and remitted the remainder
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