Ngày 17/4/2013 Phòng Thương Mại Quốc tế (International Chamber of Commerce – ICC) đã thông qua Bộ quy tắc thông nhất về nghĩa vụ thanh toán ngân hàng (Uniform Rules for Bank Payment Obligation – URBPO), một bộ tiêu chuẩn mới trong tài trợ chuỗi cung ứng có tác dụng thúc đẩy thương mại quốc tế. URBPO, có hiệu lực …

QUESTION Dear Mr. Old Man, We own a shop specialized in selling stone statues and garden sculptures for domestic customers as well as foreign tourists. We do not have problem with domestic buyers as they would agree to pay in advance part of the invoice value as a pledged amount and they will pay the remaining amount when the goods are …

QUESTION Dear Mr. Old Man, We appreciate your urgent help please! LC issued by our bank stipulates: ———————————————— 41D: Available with ANY BANK BY NEGOTIATION 42C: Draft at SIGHT FOR 100 PCT OF INVOICE VALUE 42A:Drawee (OUR BANK SWIFT CODE) 46A: Documents required Signed commercial invoice in triplicate. 3/3 set of Originals of clean ‘Shipped on board’ ocean Bill of …

QUESTION Dear Mr. Old Man: ISBP745 D7 “When a credit requires shipment to commence from a port, i.e., when the first leg of the journey, as required by the credit, is by sea, a multimodal transport document is to indicate a dated on board notation, and in this event paragraph E6 (b-d) will also apply.” I don’t understand why should …

QUESTION Dear Mr.  Old Man, 1) Can the beneficiary present the documents to the nominated bank with instruction that payment is to be paid to another party? 2) If yes, how can we incorporate this clause into the LC? Thank you. Regards, BD ——— ANSWER Hi, 1) Yes. The beneficiary can assign any proceeds to which it may be entitled …

QUESTION Dear Mr. Old Man, Please help me with the following: 1)  LC requires “Signed commercial invoice”, but the invoice presented is signed with a stamp bearing the name of the beneficiary, e.g., ABC Co., Ltd. Can the stamp be treated as a signature? 2) LC does not require insurance policy to indicate number of originals. 2.1 Is it acceptable …

QUESTION Dear Mr. Old Man, LC does not allow partial shipments. Documents were presented to the issuing bank in two separate covering schedules. The first set reached the issuing bank’s counter on 5 October, 2015 and the second set on 8 October, 2015.  However, the bills of lading in the two sets showed goods were shipped on the same vessel …

QUESTION Mr. Old Man, We are exporting some goods to Nigeria. Importer Bank is First Bank of Nigeria, confirming bank is Standard Chartered Bank, Mumbai and advising bank is State Bank of India, Nagpur, India. In our LC there is a clause, wherein through our advising bank, we have to submit 2/3 original Shipped on Board OCEAN BILL OF LADING …

QUESTION Dear Mr. Old Man, We will appreciate your prompt answer to the following questions: Question 1: – LC stipulates: Insurance covered by the beneficiary. Insurance certificate in assignable form and blank endorsed  covering all risks  for 110pct of invoice value showing claim payable by settling Agent with full address in Vietnam in invoice currency in full set. – Presented Insurance …

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