Import and export LCL shipping documents! These three important stages must be clarified
Dec 19, 2023
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I. Export customs declaration, booking stage
The main documents are
● 1. Power of attorney for booking;
● 2. Power of attorney for customs declaration (can be omitted if the cargo owner declares himself);
● 3. Customs declaration
● 4. Commercial invoice
● 5. Packing list and weight list;
● 6. Export license
● 7. Commodity Inspection Certificate
● 8. Certificate of origin
● 9. Insurance policy
● 10. Export LCL and other relevant documents.
Use it to determine the following attributes of the ticket
(i) Physical properties: 1. name; 2. gross weight; 3. volume; 4. number of pieces and packaging; 5. marking and numbering.
(B) transport properties: 1. consignor; 2. consignee; 3. notifier; 4. ship name, voyage; 5. port of loading; 6. port of discharge; 7. destination; 8. mode of transport handover; 9. mode of payment of freight.
(iii) Legal attributes: 1. Whether it is in accordance with the relevant legal provisions of the exporting country; 2. Whether it is in accordance with the relevant legal provisions of the importing country; 3. Whether Customs has agreed to the export release.
As a carrier, the consolidation company should first pay attention to whether the customs declaration documents and power of attorney of the goods are in line with each other and whether it is one ticket; secondly, it should also check the cabin allocation situation in time to ensure that the goods are allocated according to the flights and time required by the consignor; and finally, notify CFS to make good preparations for receiving the goods. At this time, the accuracy of the documents and related information is very critical, such as the occurrence of problems in notifying the consignor and the relevant departments in a timely manner.
The consignor had better choose to have their own export LCL cargo packing quasi list and a CFS professional LCL company act as an agent for the export transportation business, such as if they momentarily cannot find the company's quasi list and afterwards must tell the company in the quasi list of the fourth plus the LCL company's signature seal.
II. CFS Receiving, Containerization and Port Loading Stage
1. At this stage, in addition to the important documents for the customs declaration, the LCL company has to prepare the loading list for the second customs declaration. The copy of the receipt, the duplicate copy of the receipt, the duplicate copy of the receipt, the duplicate copy of the customs, and the settlement copy of the port charges should not be omitted from the loading list. The consignor of the loading list should fill in the consolidation company, and the consignee should fill in the agent of the consolidation company in the port of destination or transshipment port. They should also clearly fill in all the packing quasi-certificates, markings and numbers, number of pieces and packages, name, gross weight, volume, and other relevant data of the batch of containers and cargoes in turn.
2. At this stage, we should not only further verify the conformity between the customs declaration documents and the power of attorney, but also verify the conformity between the goods and the single goods, so as to make sure.
3. If the name, weight, quantity of goods, the actual situation, and relevant regulations do not match, we should promptly contact the owner of the goods and the relevant parties to change the documents to make them consistent with the actual situation of the goods. If the company fails to report, the LCL company shall bear the corresponding responsibility if any problem occurs in the subsequent transportation and customs clearance.

Ⅲ. Departure of goods from the port and customs clearance at the port of destination, pick-up phase
1. Preparation of the ocean bill of lading, the main elements of which are:
● ① Name and address of the consignee;
● ② The name and address of the consignor;
● ③ The date and place of issue of the bill of lading;
● ④ Place of acceptance and delivery of goods;
● ⑤ Marking of the goods;
● ⑥ The name, packaging, number of pieces, weight, and size of the goods;
● ⑦ Goods in good condition;
● ⑧ number of copies of the bill of lading issued;
● ⑨ Terms of transportation;
● ⑩ Freight terms.

The container bill of lading is an important document for sea transportation; its role is as follows:
① responsibility delimitation. The container bill of lading is issued; that is, the carrier has received the goods, and the security of the transportation is responsible.
proof of delivery. The LCL company will send the bill of lading to the agent of the port of destination in order to obtain the right to pick up the goods.
③ Conclusion of the contract of carriage. Once the bill of lading for containerized sea freight is issued, the carrier of the container collects the freight charges by virtue of it and promises to complete the task of transportation of the containerized goods in a safe and error-free manner.
④ Certificate of property rights. Who has the bill of lading, who has ownership of the goods, and who can be freely transferred to buy and sell?
2. House B/L
Container consolidation is composed of a number of consignors and consignees of goods. The consolidation company, according to its packing quasi-orders, made a corresponding small bill of lading.
3. Bill of ladingn
The consignee of LCL in the destination port with a small bill of lading in the delivery of the relevant costs from the agent of LCL company to exchange the voucher for the goods, and according to this and related documents for customs clearance.
Documents accompany the entire logistics operation; many parties involved in the transportation of goods cannot see the actual goods, and the only thing that can be checked is the documents. The documents are accurate, and timely delivery is critical in the transportation of goods.

