Post Shipment Stage

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m The Post-shipment stage consist of the following

stages:
1. Submission of Documents by the C&F Agent to the Exporter
2. Shipment Advice to Importer
3. Presentation of Documents to Bank for Negotiation
4. Dispatch of Documents
5. Acceptance of the Bill of Exchange
m °n the completion of the shipping
procedure, the C&F agent submits the
following documents to the exporter:
¦ A copy of invoice duly attested by the
Customs
¦ Drawback copy of the shipping bill
¦ A full set of negotiable and non-negotiable
copies of bill of lading
¦ The original L/C, export order or contract
¦ Duplicate copy of the ARE-I form
m Shipment Advice to Importer:

¦ After the shipment of goods, the


exporter intimates the importer about the
shipment of goods giving him details about
the date of shipment, the name of the
vessel, the destination, etc. He should also
send one copy of non-negotiable bill of
lading to the importer.
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Submission of relevant documents to the bank and the process of getting the
payment from the bank is called DzNegotiation of the Documentsdz and the
documents are called DzNegotiable Set of Documentsdz. The set normally
contains:
¦ Bill of Exchange, Sight Draft or Usance Draft
¦ Full set of Bill of Lading or Airway Bill
¦ °riginal Letter of Credit
¦ Customs Invoice
¦ Commercial Invoice including one copy duly certified by the Customs
¦ Packing List
¦ Foreign exchange declaration forms, GR/S°FTEX/PP forms in duplicate
¦ Exchange control copy of the Shipping Bill
¦ Certificate of °rigin, GSP or APR Certificate, etc.
¦ Marine Insurance Policy, in duplicate
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¦ The bank negotiates these documents to the importerǯs bank in the


manner as specified in the L/C. Before negotiating documents, the
exporterǯs bank scrutinizes them in order to ensure that all formalities
have been complied with and all documents are in order. The bank
then sends the Bank Certificate and attested copies of commercial
invoice to the exporter.
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Bill of Exchange accompanied by the above documents


is known as the Documentary Bill of Exchange, It is of
two types:
¦ u   
   
 u In case of sight
draft, the drawer instructs the bank to hand over the relevant
documents to the improper only against payment.
¦ u   
   u In case of
usance draft, the drawer instructs the bank to hand over the
relevant documents to the importer against his acceptance of
the bill of exchange.

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