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Is Switch B/L Legal ?

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..... My friend Ayush is importing sanitary products from China send it directly to USA. He apply the concept of switch B/L My friend / CHA / FF / NVOCC / Experts every one told me that Switch B/L is legal But I don't feel it is as .......... COO is stating that goods are of Indian origin . What is the view point of experts about Switch B/L ? - Reply By surya narayana - The Reply = D .....

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..... ear Friend, Can you elaborate what is Switch B/L ? Best Regards Suryanarayana - Reply By Kishan Barai - The Reply = Respected Suryanarayana Sir, Let us assume that a person from INDIA receive purchase order from USA. Now, INDIAN do not want to purchase goods from India, He planned to purchase goods from CHINA Sell it to USA. Now, if INDIAN tell to CHINA party that he is going to send go .....

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..... ods to USA, there is full possibility that CHINA USA will come together in future. Now to avoid this INDIAN exporter import goods from china but does not file bill of entry for imports in India., he contacts shipping line for Switch B/L so now shipper consignee is changed and now USA party becomes importer and INDIAN party becomes exporter (in new bill of lading ). So CHINA party will feel .....

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..... that his importer is from INDIA, USA party will feel that he is importing from INDIA. CHINA USA will never come in contact with each other as INDIAN is middle man. Such kind of transaction is widely used in INDIA shipping line call it Switch B/L - Reply By MUKUND THAKKAR - The Reply = please advise your freind to genrate the invoice in favour of USA party. while doing the BL switch .....

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..... transcation. with out genrating the Invoice. it is difficult to take FC in india. please also confrim that Invoice value is greater than china invoice please approch to chambers for getting COO. chamer will be issuing the same. Switch B/L is possible in your. please infrom your supplier of chaina that shipping line BL will be switch at India. so according to your china supplier take necessar .....

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..... y action. shipping line will be charge extra in india for this procedure. - Reply By Kishan Barai - The Reply = Yeaaa, he does the same but does not inform China party, that he is going to switch, he only inform to shipping line for Swith B/L. Thank you MUKUND THAKKAR Sir. - Reply By malay pota - The Reply = Dear Friends There is no question of legality about the Switch BL no doubt there a .....

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..... re some insurance Company including TT club has raised question that why Switch BL is issued? but issuance of Switch BL is a practice and in my view i have not yet come to across about the illegality of Switch BL.However the insurance company has to take some extra caution is Switch BL is issued. The fo;;owing is the concept of switch BL A Switch bill of lading is the second set of bill of lad .....

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..... ing that may be issued by the carrier (or agent) in exchange for the first set of bill of lading originally issued when the shipment was effected. Switch bills are required and requested generally when there has been a change in the original trading conditions some of them are as under: Goods could have been resold and the discharge port has now been changed to another port and this could hav .....

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..... e occurred as a high-seas sale .. The seller (who could be an intending agent) does not wish the name of the actual exporter to be known to the consignee in case the consignee strikes a deal with the exporter directly.. The seller does not want to know the buyer to know the actual country of origin of the cargo so he requests that the port of loading be shown as some port other than the one t .....

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..... he cargo was loaded from.. Hope this will resolve the questions. - Reply By Kishan Barai - The Reply = Thank you very much Malay Pota Sir. - Is Switch B/L Legal ? - Query Started By: - Kishan Barai Dated:- 30-3-2016 Customs - Import - Export - Customs - SEZ - Got 6 Replies - Customs - Discussion Forum - Knowledge Sharing, reply post by an expert, personal opinion Tax Management India - tax .....

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