Export Documentation: Part 3 – Bill of Lading & Air Waybill

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Export Documentation

Export documentation is critical. It needs to very accurate and comprehensive and to meet the full requirements of the importing country. This month we will be looking at the Ocean Bill of Lading (BL or BoL) and the Air Waybill (AWB)

Bill of Lading

There are many articles on the internet on the Bill of Lading. I have restricted my comments to what I consider the important points gained from my experience of exporting, mostly in full container loads (Fcls), to the developing world for the past 30 years. All Sea shipments require a Bill of Lading. A BL is a receipt for the goods by the shipping line. Of all the export shipping documents the BL is the most important because an original Ocean BL is …..

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Export Documentation: Part 1 – Invoice

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Export Documentation

Export documentation is critical.  It needs to very accurate and comprehensive and to meet the full requirements of the importing country. For the next few months we will examine various documents starting today with an Export Invoice

Export Invoice

An export invoice is different to a normal accounting invoice. Whereas an accounting invoice is primarily a method of a seller to get paid by a customer, an export invoice contains a lot more fields of information relating to, for example, the product(s), the terms, method of shipping, export/import licenses, container numbers etc. Failure to complete an export invoice correctly and accurately could result in….

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Sourcing from the EU

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EU Map

We source most commodity chemicals from China because of cost advantage. However Europe still has some Chemical products that are Internationally competitive including many speciality Chemical raw materials. The following Chemicals we buy from mainland Europe for shipment to Africa, the Middle East and South America…..

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Exporting to Angola

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Angola Map

Cayley Chemicals have been exporting to Angola for quite a number of years, but Angola is considered one of the more difficult countries in the world to successfully export to. The process of importing goods into Angola is time consuming and highly bureaucratic. Unlike many other African countries that require an eCTN (see our article here), Angola relies on hard copy certificates as opposed to electronic tracking. The World Bank….

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Electronic Cargo Tracking Note (eCTN)

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South East Asia Map

We regularly supply LABSA from LG Korea to Burundi and one of the mandatory requirements of Burundi, amongst other African countries, is that an eCTN (Electronic Cargo Tracking Note) is required. These eCTN’s, otherwise known as waiver certificates, are required by certain African countries to effectively control, supervise and manage import / export traffic to the country. The eCTN is an official, maritime document issued upon shipment at the loading port and mandatory for ….

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Sourcing from Malaysia / Indonesia / Korea / Taiwan

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South East Asia Map

Cayley Chemicals has built a relationship over many years with a wide variety of chemical manufacturers throughout the world but mainly from the Far East, India and Europe. It takes a great deal of experience to sort the ‘wheat from the chaff’ and to determine which manufacturers consistently produce high quality products at competitive prices and who ship reliably.

We have been buying from  Malaysia, Indonesia, Korea and Taiwan for quite a few years, principally Stearic Acid, Glycerine and Labsa and have built a rapport with a number of different producers that can meet our customers demand for ….

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