WHETHER TO SEND DOCUMENTS ON APPROVAL BASIS TO THE ISSUING BANK or THE CONFIRMING BANK? QUESTION Dear Mr. Old Man, We as the second advising bank and the beneficiary’s bank received MT 710 from Bank B (Country B) with the following details: Field 40B (Form of Documentary Credit): IRREVOCABLE ADDING OUR CONFIRMATION Field 52A (Issuing bank): BANK A (in Country A) Field 41A (Available with … by): BANK B BY NEGOTIATION … The beneficiary … Read More
WHETHER A CONGENBILL IS A CHARTER PARTY BILL OF LADING Intro In LC practice, confusion between liner bills of lading and charter party bills of lading is still very common. Things become even messier when an LC specifically names a Congenbill form but does not explicitly say: “Charter Party Bill of Lading acceptable.” Does that omission automatically mean that only an ocean (liner) bill of lading is allowed? The following … Read More
HOW TO BECOME AN EXPERT IN TRADE FINANCE 12 years ago an Indian reader said he downloaded all the articles and Q&A from the website “Mr. Old Man – For those who eat, sleep and breathe Letters of Credit” and printed them out with more than 1500 pages. He also asked me how to become a trade finance expert and I answered him. Recently I was very happy … Read More
LIỆU CÓ PHẢI GIAO DỊCH RỬA TIỀN? QUESTION Em chào anh, Liên quan đến Rửa tiền, em kính nhờ anh giúp em một case mà em chưa có cơ sở từ chối. Khách hàng bên em nhập khẩu than. Tuy nhiên, hợp đồng qui định phải ứng trước tiền khoảng 20-50%, và khoản ứng trước này phải được thanh toán bằng LC dựa trên hoá đơn và … Read More
WHERE THE DOCUMENTS WERE DESTROYED QUESTION Dear Mr. Old Man, I have a question for you. Let’s assume that the nominated bank received a presentation from the beneficiary and determined that the documents were complying with the terms and conditions of the LC. However, the documents were destroyed by accident while waiting for DHL to pick up. Can the nominated bank claim reimbursement from the … Read More
NEGOTIATION WITH RECOURSE AND NEGOTIATION WITHOUT RECOURSE QUESTION Kính gửi Mr. Old Man: Tôi muốn biết Lãi suất và Phí, Tỷ lệ và Thời hạn chiết khấu hố phiếu/chứng từ xuất trình kèm theo theo LC và chứng từ nhờ thu theo 2 hình thức CÓ TRUY ĐÒI VÀ MIỄN TRUY ĐÒI thông thường có khác nhau không và lý do dẫn đến sự khác nhau đó. … Read More
WHETHER THE ON BOARD NOTATION MUST ALWAYS INDICATE THE NAME OF THE VESSEL AND THE PORT OF LADING QUESTION Dear Mr. Old Man, The following LC clause: 44E: Any Australia port 44F: Laem Chabang/Bangkok port Thailand 44B: Bangkok, Thailand 46A: Full set ocean BL consigned to order blank endorsed, marked freight prepaid. If multimodal BL is presented, the on board notation needs to indicate the port of loading and name of the vessel. The BL presented indicates: Pre-carriage … Read More
WHERE THE DOCUMENTS ARE PRESENTED UNDER THE EXPIRED LC QUESTION Hello Mr.Old Man: Here is my case. I hope you have time to review and share with me your opinion. The beneficiary presented the documents to the confirming bank after expiry of the LC, the confirming bank sent the presenting bank a swift refusing to honour or negotiate the documents stating the following discrepancies: LC expired. Late remittance And asked … Read More
WHETHER THE BENEFICIARY CAN NEGOTIATE THE DOCUMENTS WITH THE 1ST ADVISING BANK QUESTION Hi Sir, Can the 1st advising bank contact the beneficiary and negotiate documents directly even there is a 2nd advising bank indicated in the LC? Regards, DC ———– ANSWER Hi, Where the L/C is available with any bank by negotiation, the beneficiary may present the documents to any bank including the first advising bank for negotiation, that is to … Read More
WHETHER THE ISSUING BANK CAN REFUSE THE DOCUMENTS BASED ON A DISCREPANCY IN THE DRAFT WHETHER THE ISSUING BANK CAN REFUSE THE DOCUMENTS BASED ON A DISCREPANCY IN THE DRAFT QUESTION Kính gửi: Mr. Old Man LC có kỳ hạn quy định thanh toán tại ngân hàng phát hành bằng hình thức chấp nhận hối phiếu kỳ hạn 30 ngày kể từ ngày vận đơn. Ngân hàng được chỉ định xuất trình bộ chứng từ … Read More