在International shippingIn the process, in order to ensure the safe transfer of import and export goods, various documents need to be prepared during the entire transportation process。Each of these documents has a specific purpose and is provided by freight forwarders and owners。They not only connect the two parties, but also distinguish their respective rights and operations。
What documents are the owners and forwarders responsible for when exporting by international sea？
1. Export documents provided by the owner:
If there is a good freight forwarder, in fact, the owner needs to do very little。As long as these necessary export documents are prepared, the freight forwarder can be entrusted to complete the relevant operations。The owner needs to provide the following export documents:
1.Export power of attorney: It is the certificate that the owner entrusts to transport the goods, which contains the basic information of a large number of goods。
2.Export goods list: is the owner of the cargo in accordance with the relevant provisions to fill in the production, authorized to the freight forwarder for goods consignment documents。
3.PACKINGLIST: The packing list is a supplementary document to the invoice, which writes the details of the packaging matters agreed by the buyer and the seller to facilitate the foreign buyer to carry out customs inspection and inspection when the goods arrive at the port of destination, and usually can add relevant content to the commercial invoice。
4.INVOICE: If the export of goods must be invoiced, it can be used for customs declaration, that is, the INVOICE is printed directly on A4 paper, but your unit is required to issue a special export invoice when declaring tax free。
5.Export license: It is a document that the state approves the export of commodities, but it is not required for every commodity。
6.Tax refund form: indicates the documents that an export enterprise fills in to the customs when exporting products according to the export license and export invoice。The customs inspection confirms that it has a certain legal effect, which is an important evidence for export product declaration and departure, and an important evidence for applying for export product tax refund。
7.Customs declaration manual: manual is a way of customs duty free supervision, generally divided into import processing manual and import processing manual。Import of raw materials and auxiliary materials do not need to pay tariffs, just register the import quantity on the manual issued by the customs, and register the export of finished products on the manual when exporting。At the expiration of the contract or manual, customs will check the quantity of imported and exported finished products。
2. Export documents responsible for freight forwarders:
Relatively speaking, the freight forwarder is responsible for more documents, which have the following categories:
1.Export order:
The export bill of ten has its own function, the transfer object is different, the information data is also different。The meaning of each link is:
First: Container cargo consignment note (the owner retains the bottom)(B/N);The second: container cargo consignment note (the ship agent retains the bottom);Third: Freight Notice (1);Fourth: Freight notice (2);Fifth: Site receipt (shipping order)(S/O);Fifth copy: Application for Port charges for export goods;Sixth: Large copy (copy of site receipt);Seventh: Site receipt (D/R);Eighth: the freight forwarder retains the bottom;Ninth: Cargo allocation Receipt (1);10th Copy: Accommodation Receipt (2)。
2.B/LORIGINAL/COPY:
In foreign trade, a bill of lading is a document issued by the transport department to the consignor when the goods are transported。The consignee may deliver the goods to the Ministry of Transport of the destination by presenting the bill of lading。The bill of lading must be signed by the carrier or the ship to take effect, and is one of the valid documents for maritime goods to declare to the customs。
3.Sea Bill (SEAWAYBILL)
A maritime transport document indicates a contract of carriage of goods by sea and a document that cannot be transferred when the carrier receives the goods or loads them。The front of the sea waybill is basically the same as the bill of lading, but it is printed with the words non-transferable。
4.Export goods declaration form:
(1) Necessary documents :① Customs declaration form;② Power of attorney for customs declaration;③ Packing list;④ Invoice;⑤ Contract;⑥ Copy of letter of credit。
(2) Other documents :① Export license;② Duty-free manual;③ commodity inspection certificate;④ Certificate of origin。
5.Cargo declaration
A customs declaration list is a list of information about exported goods, including quantity, name, specifications, gross weight, net weight and other product-related information。
6.Warehouse entry notice
It refers to the purchase notice issued by the freight forwarder to the consignor, including the ship name and voyage, bill of lading number, port of departure, port of destination, delivery station information, weight scale and other basic information of the goods。
7.Pre-furnished manifest
The pre-arranged manifest means that the shipping agent company generates pre-arranged manifest data according to the booking information of the exporting company。The pre-ordered manifest is reported the same as the imported manifest。The export clean manifest is reported in the same format as the customs declarer。The important information basis used by the customs for import and export clearance inquiries。
8.Container Packing List (CLP)
When exporting, it is factories, cargo owners, wharves, and shipping companies。A file used by freight forwarders to check packing data。Whether the content record of container packing list is accurate is related to the safety of container transportation。