全英文国际商务单证

For example

Transshipment Contract LC Contract LC not allowed allowed allowed not allowed

Discrepancies between contract and LC---- amend LC or not


⑤orderliness No more than three times of covering correction stamp in one document High quality of sheets ---- image of the company

Step3 Look through documents required Strict Compliance LC Each other
Commercial invoice Key transaction or accounting documents description of the goods Quantity Price Total amount Delivery and payment terms



Bill of lading Key transportation document A receipt for merchandise A contract to deliver it at the prescribed port of destination Whoever holds the document can claim possession of the goods “shipper” “consignee” “carrier”
What to do as a documentation specialist


Step 1 Look through the letter of credit Terms and conditions Contract VS LC UCP600, ISBP (International Standard Banking

The insurance policy To guarantee the financial protection against the risk of loss or damage with regarding to a contingency or peril

Drafts Signed by a person (drawer), and addressed to another person (drawee) to pay a stated sum of money to the third person (payee) on demand or at a fixed or determinable future time.

ຫໍສະໝຸດ Certificate of origin Establish the country of origin of the goods shipped Submit it to the authority of importing country Issued by China exit and entry inspection and quarantine bureau or Council for the promotion of international trade General tax 45% Most-favored-country treatment 15 % General system of preference treatment 5 %
S/C, P/I, P/O
L/C
Amendment
D/P
T/T
Manufacture or purchase
Exporting detail sheet Consign for shipment (shipping order)
Inspect and quarantine
Inspection Bill for custom clearance Inspection certificate


Step4 Present documents
Expiry date Presentation period Expiry place




Step5 File for reference Commercial invoice Bill of lading

Flow chart of export documents
Custom clearance documents


④Conciseness Terseness and economy in writing achieved by expressing a great deal in just a few words To reduce the possibility of documents with discrepancies
Practice for the Examination of Documents under Documentary Credits)
Article 17 Original Documents and Copies


a. At least one original of each document stipulated in the credit must be presented. b. A bank shall treat as an original any document bearing an apparently original signature, mark, stamp, or label of the issuer of the document, unless the document itself indicates that it is not an original.



Advantageous to the seller (beneficiary) or not? Yes ------ not amend LC No-------amend LC? Worth?------ time and money
Amendment to an LC
buyer ① request seller (applicant/importer) (beneficiary/exporter) ② order ④notification

② Completely Content Category Copies


③In time The date of issuing a document does not exceed the expiry date of LC or other prescriptive dates e.g. latest date of shipment
The purpose of documents in international trade

To the exporter An accounting record of a transaction A receipt for goods shipped The means for export clearance of the goods
issuing bank ③notification advising bank (buyer’s bank) (seller’s bank)

Step2 Fill in Documents required ① Strict Compliance LC Each other Goods

International Trade Documentation
What is a document?

“document” comes from the Latin “documentum” meaning official paper. The word also carries meanings of “proof” and “evidence”. A document is an official paper that serves as proof or evidence of something.

To all of the above Proof of ownership of goods at any time and place throughout the transaction
The key documents of international trade




To the country of import and its regulatory agencies Proof of the right to import Statistics and census information regarding the goods imported Evidence that the goods imported will not harm the health and safety of its citizen An accounting tool for assessing duties and fees


To the importer An accounting record of transaction Assurances that the goods ordered are the goods shipped The means for clearing goods through customs at the destination
What are international trade documents




Official papers that serve as proof or evidence of international transactions. Official papers has been expanded to include non-paper proof or evidence, such as faxes and pure electronic transmissions that are never actually printed (electronic data interchange)

To the insurer A means of evaluating risks Valuing a shipment Tracing the point of loss in a coverage claim

To the country of export and its regulatory agencies Proof of the right to import Statistical and census information regarding the goods exported An accounting tool for assessing duties and fees


To the shipping company and freight forwarder An accounting record of a transaction Instructions on where and how to ship the goods

To the banks Instructions and accounting tools for collecting and disbursing payments