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Comments

Hari nair: On 21 January 2014

Hi I have customer who is doing triangular shipments.He is based in Mumbai and importing from
Switzerland to Dubai.Everyhting is fine and we issue switch B/Ls for him but he is requsting us to issue a
COO from malasia.Is this possible?? as per my shipping knowledge COO can be issued only from the
manufaturing country.Here in this case from Switzerland. Do we have any other option to tackle this issue
Awaiting yours. Hari Nair.

Kumar, Mumbai: On 18 November 2014

Hi one of our customer need to do triangular shipment, he is situated in Germany and need to do the
shipment to Africa, he is sourcing from India he had 10 to 20 suppliers from India, his intention is to do
this triangular shipment as buyer console to his consignee in Africa. But for cost reduction he need to
avoid switch BL's as it attracts cost's. Is there any way to avoid switch BL and to do triangular shipment
by hiding the ultimate supplier and ultimate buyer

Gulmira: On 18 June 2015

I buy material from India and want my customer doesn t see manufacturer details. Can we make Switch
Certificate of Origin? If yes what are the rules?

Md.Anwarul Islam: On 02 July 2015

Hi!I have a situation where one country(main buyer) wants to buy and deliver to a 2nd country ( final
receiving country).From 3rd country(main communicator between main buyer and main
manufacturer/supplier) wishes to do the business,who will procure(import) the goods from 4th
country(main supplier) and request for shipment(export the goods to the 2nd country as mentioned
earlier).Do this type of business can work,how the B/L will be issued.Here 3rd country will act as an
importer(import goods from 4th country) but the goods will not enter in his own country and get the B/L
from the exporter and make payment to them.Again 3rd country will send a 2(two) sets of B/L, one to the
main buyer(1st country) for payments and for final receiving country(2nd country) to take the delivery of
the goods.Finally 3(three) sets of B/L will be required here.In this event main buyer will make payments
1st(after getting of B/L) and the main manufacturer/supplier will get payment within 45 days after actual
date of shipment.

aresh: On 16 July 2015

i would like to know can a Indian certificate of origin can be issued. for a cargo which i have bought from
ABC CHINA and i am selling the cargo XYZ USA. cargo will not touch Indian port & will travel directly
from China to USA.

Usha Chandran : On 15 October 2015

I work in a department which deals with Import & Export Clearance. And your information regarding the
import & Export on the website had helped me a lot in my Job, Thanks to you. I have a clarification on
Importing of Maps. we have one of the Customer who had imported Maps and wants to clear the
shipment. he is an individual. Please advice how to proceed with this. Do we need to get a No Objection
from any Department. Please guide me.

Amit Sharma: On 29 October 2015

Dear sir, Can we do the triangular shipment via air mode, if yes then pleas suggest HAWB can be switch
in air mode,

Harsh Jain : On 20 April 2016

I have a query , the answer of which I was unable to find. online. Q . Around 2% of my shipment has
some defects for which the buyer is asking for a credit note or replacement.I'm willing to accommodate
this request.Please guide me on the steps to be taken from my end for the same i.e documentation,
customs, bank etc.

Rameez Raja: On 10 August 2016

My name is Rameez Raja and I have been in a bit of a fix and was doing some research and happened
to read your articles. I understand that you are a very learned man with great knowledge and may be You
can give me a piece of advice So my situation is like this. I am based out of India, Delhi and have
registered export company also but along with this I have started trading goods from China and shipping
to Malaysia, Singapore. So the goods will be manufactured in China and shipped directly to the party.
Ofcourse I am the vendor and the POs from the buyer are all issued in my company name. The problem
and the big question is goods exported from China need FormE/Certificate of origin. Now can shipper
details in Form E different from BL because I plan to make a switch BL.

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Rahul: On 10 August 2016

THIS IS RAHUL FROM CHENNAI. I AM INTERESTED IN PHARMA EXPORT BUSINESS. I GOT NO
CLUES ON HOW TO GET EXPORT ORDER FROM COUNTRIES ARE THERE ANY DEDICATED SITE
THAT PROVIDE PLATFORM FOR IMPORT EXPORT.

SD EXPORTS IMPORTS : On 08 April 2017

Dear Team, I got an order at Maldives, but the goods are at China. China party ready to supply to
Maldives, But Maldives buyer made purchase order on my Indian company name. Guide me at the
earliest sir.

SUSHIL SINGAL: On 13 July 2017

I saw that all the discussions are with regards to sea shipments . In sea shipments , you switch B/L but
my situation is with regards to air shipment . I do not want to let my buyer knows who is actual seller and
actual seller should not know who is final buyer . How we can do this in case of Air shipment , how we
can manage COO and all the other documents . Please advise

Leonardo: On 28 August 2017

is triangle shipment still possible in vietnam ? we are 100% FDI foreign company in vietnam and the bank
told us we can't do traignle shipment anymore thank you

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