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procedures at load port, carrier issues Bill of Lading to you. The shipper under this bill of lading is you in
India and consignee is your buyer ABC in China. The port of loading will be ‘your loading port’ and port of
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Once after receiving original bills of lading from you, ABC in China surrenders the said original Bills of
Lading with the carrier and make arrangements to issue another Bill of Lading to him, by mentioning
shipper as ABC,CHINA and consignee as ZYZ, USA. This bill of lading is called ‘switch bill of lading’. So
ABC in China sends the said bill of Lading to his buyer XYZ, USA. The said switch Bill of lading is used by
ABC for discounting or negotiating his export bills with Bank.   Surrender of Bill of Lading procedures and express release

bill of lading procedures are also followed as regularly used in export trade.

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BALAJI: On 20 February 2013
If I am bringing the consignment from Europe to Indian port & switch the b/l at USA. Can I mentioned
USA buyer name in the documents like Certificate of origin & health certificate for clearance at India?
What is the procedure to clear the same in India without revealing the Indian ultimate buyer name in the
said above certificates?

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admin: On 20 February 2013

Hi Balaji, 1. Your question is brilliant but genuine and practical. Most of the countries allow to mention
the details of your USA client (in your example) in Certificate of Origin, Health Certificate or any other
specific documents if any. However, country of shipment and country of origin of goods will be
European country. 2. If certificate of origin, health certificate and other specific documents if any issued
by other agencies can be mentioned the details of USA customer, you can go ahead with other normal
triangular shipment documentation which totally hide all details of Europe final seller from Indian final
buyer. In other cases, you can appoint an agent who acts as an Importer in India. He completes import
customs formalities and delivers cargo to the final buyer in India. Some of the customs brokers act as
Importer also to protect such customers from contacting directly with final buyer and final seller.

Sanjay: On 03 July 2013

Hello Balaji, Company A in India bought material from company B in Muscat and sold it to company C in
Bahrain. The idea was that the company B would send the BL and other docs to company A in India and
then the company A would switch BL in India and send a new BL and new set of Docs to the company
C in Bahrain. Now the problem is that when the company B approached Maersk line and told tgem
about this switch they said switching can't be done in India and Pakistan. They also added that the
transit time from Oman, Muscat to Bahrain is just 11 days. I need to know- 1) is it true that the BLs can't
be switched in India? 2) is it because of the short transit time that Maersk is not allowing switching?
Rgds Sanjay Singh

Rajeev: On 30 July 2013

Sir, Following Point No. 2 in your answer is not clear. Please elaborate. My question is how to hide name
of the Actual export on Certificate of Origin ? admin Says : Wednesday, February 20, 2013 2.If certificate
of origin, health certificate and other specific documents if any issued by other agencies can be
mentioned the details of USA customer, you can go ahead with other normal triangular shipment
documentation which totally hide all details of Europe final seller from Indian final buyer.

John: On 09 October 2013

Hi Rajeev, Author is right, you can clarify with a good consultant in this regard.

santhosh Kumar: On 16 December 2013

You have describe with very well manner, It is understandable, I wants seek with you," What is cross
trading??
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sagar singh: On 07 March 2014

hi sir,this is sagar i am not getting how can you change certificate of origin of that product.because on
certificate of origin you have to write origin country name and after that buyer will know about indian
seller.how can you hide all these detail

Surendran Kollerath: On 10 March 2014

Hi Sagar Singh, In a triangular shipment, final buyer may know that his supplier is sourcing goods from
another country. So final buyer does not care about the country of origin of goods if no restrictions by
importing country. So almost all final buyers are aware of country of originally manufactured.

G RAVI KUMAR: On 23 August 2014

Sir, regarding triangular b/l or switch b/l I have small doubt. You infomred above that I am exporting
consignemns to ABC,China. ABC China receive order from XYZ, USA. In the bill of lading, you also
asked to mention Final Destination and place of delivery USA. Also mentioned to surrender by ABC,
china. If ABC, China the B/L, how can get XYZ, USA delivery order. This BL has already surrendered by
ABC,China's bank. Please explain With kind regards G Ravikumar cell:96772 80455

Manna: On 28 September 2014

I would like to know how is switch bill of leading different from triangular bill of leading..... Kindly
explain... Regards.

vinit naik: On 09 October 2014

i have a FOB export order (shipment going to third country). t & c are adv payment (as this is a trial order
of very less value) & on FOB. my buyer is in UK. the buyer wants his company name as the shipper on
the b/l, is this possible, if yes please do explain the procedure. switch b/l is what i know of but he says
his shipments ex china has his company name in the b/l.. please advise.

Uma: On 30 October 2014

Afternoon, My question as follows:- 1. For Triangle shipment, if not required switch BL it is fine right? As
long between the A / b / C companies are some how related. 2.Example the shipment from Singapore to
USA and payable in Malaysia, the bill of lading should be remarked as "Freight Prepaid or Collect"?
Obviously the BL will remark with condition "payable in Malaysia". However, the payment should be
strictly remark as "Collect" or "Prepaid"? Or this is very subjective questions? Please advice. Thanks.

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Admin: On 30 October 2014

Hi Uma, Read all my artcles about Triangular shipment.

ANAND: On 06 November 2014

Hello 1. Can switched BL be split into more than one switch BL within the total goods quantity?. 2. Will
the switch BL will carry the same original BL No. ? 3. How to identify a particular switch BL is related to
a particular original BL. Please explain , Thanks.

Admin: On 25 November 2014

Hi Ravikumar, XYZ, USA can collect delivery order by submitting Switch Bill of Lading issued to
ABC,China. ABC China can also surrender same switch bill of lading to the carrier and arrange to send a
message to final destination of cargo for not insisting for Bill of Lading. or You submits your Bill of lading
to your bank, your bank sends the same BL to xyz'bank. xyz'bank delivers same BL to xyz as per terms
of delivery and payment. xyz submits the same Bill of lading with carrier to issue switch bill of lading.
carrier issues switch bill of lading, this switch bill of lading is surrendered with carrier at destination port,
collect delivery order from them, submits with custodian of cargo to release goods after import customs
clearance of importing country.

sam: On 26 November 2014

Dear Sir, Our buyer is asking for a guarantee letter from the us authorizing him to 'Switch the B/L". is it
advisable? Following is the buyer's text: Please arrange to endorse the B/L by putting a company chop
and signature on the back of all the original B/Ls.Kindly also please send a guarantee letter addressed
to the shipping Company authorizing "ABC HONGKONG., Ltd." to switch for a new set of B/L in Hong
Kong. Please arrange to send us the endorsed B/L and the guarantee letter. We can send you a
guarantee letter, that we take full responsibility and liability for this change.

Jason: On 17 December 2014

I am supplier in India, got a order from Europe and going to purchase from china. I am aware about the
triangular shipment. But what is the procedure if I want to supply shipment on FOB China basis because
my company is not registered in china.

Franky: On 07 April 2015

It is known that OHBL is sent in cover in Air shipment. Is there a possibility of SWITCH HAWB in air
shipment. Thank you.
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Denster : On 16 April 2015

Dear Sir, Need your assistant can we Express release or Surrender the 2nd Leg BL (sWITCH BL). Rgds
Denster Pimenta

Husein Tinwala: On 23 April 2015

Hi, Please provide your inputs wrt to following transaction: Company A, in India gets an order from
Company B in china. Company A shall procure the goods from Company C in US. Now we wish to
deliver the goods directly from US to China. How do we go about it? Do we require siwtch b/l in this
case or we just have to mention in the BE/BL that "delivered to" and "nofify to" parties are different.
please advice. Regards, Husein.

anton: On 27 April 2015

dear Admin, how about POL?? can we write in the new BL from China ?? cause we also didn't want
buyer know from where we ship.. Thanks

Farz : On 08 June 2015

A export to B, but A receive the remitence by C. It may be sister concern company, is any objection from
RBI by doing so Or any other way to get rid off this situation

Kuldeep Sabhnani : On 02 July 2015

I have gone thru the site 'http://www.howtoexportimport.com'. Its a very informative site. I am specially
interested in triangular transactions. My query is that in triangular transactions the Bill of Lading can be
changed once the consignment reaches the agent from the supplier before sending the consignment to
the consignee. Is it possible to change the country of origin of the goods as well? Ex. If my supplier is
from China and consignee is in Uk and i am in India, can i ship the consigment first to India so that the
country of origin of the goods can be changed to India instead of China. At times even if the product is
good just because its Chinese the product is not accepted in certain countries. Pls let me know if there
is a way out and if there is a legal procedure available . I understand that BIL can be changed but am
not sure of COO.

Noel Jathanna : On 08 July 2015

Can you please help & let me know the bank requirements for payment towards import & documents for
export in case of 'SWITCH transaction' where material is purchased & sold without materials cleared in
our country? It's import & export in the same transaction.
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SAVITA UPADHYAY: On 16 July 2015

I have a shpmt from India to Thailand which has to be Switched in Italy. now as the shpmt is going to
thailand hence we have to also issue a COO (country of origin) for cnee to take a duty benefit, pls advise
in Switch BL how can we issue the COO by hiding actual shpr of India that the end cnee of thailand
should not come to know about the actual shpr. Appreciate you kind help

Pramod: On 26 September 2015

Hi, I have a supplier in HK who can ship products directly to UK. I have paypal account in INDIA and I
have eBay account. Suppose if some one from UK buys item in eBay then I will receive funds to my
PayPal account in India. I will then order the product from HK supplier and send this Item directly to UK
customer. In this case, what are the procedures?

murali : On 14 October 2015

I happened to come across your blog on Import and Export and found the information very very useful.
Thank you very much for such an informative blog. We are a non-profit section 25 company and we are
working with artisans in Channapatna to promote the Channapatna handicraft. We are a livelihood
development organisation involved in skill training and providing marketing support to artisans. Currently
we are exporting our products and we are interested to explore selling our products directly to
customers outside india through e-commerce. We would like to understand the documentation and
procedures that we have to follow for this - billing, customs documents, bank procedures etc.

John: On 18 November 2015

I'm buying cargo from china on CAD Basis. I'm in India. Cargo going to Dubai. How to make my
documents ? Please suggest. I need to protect my end client from the chinese company.

raju: On 18 December 2015

hi can i change Place of receipt and Port of loading in 2nd leg of switch BL cargo is loaded from India
F/dest is yangon BL will be switch at singapore so can i mention POL as singapore in 2nd leg BL ?

Murali.R: On 21 February 2016

Hi, Curious to know, what is the impact on Export Manifest at Load Port once a BL is switched at
intermediate leg. Does the Export Manifest at load port needs ammendment ?. Thanks in advance
Murali

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Murali: On 28 March 2016

Hi, Myself Murali and new to freight forwardign industry. can any one tell what is meant by: Exchange bill
of lading, and in what scenario's the same can be used. Thanks in Advance

Puneet Singla: On 11 July 2016

Hi, My Query is on Triangular shipment. Company 'A' an Indian company has given an order to a Finland
company 'B' for a product. This Finland company has further given the order to another Indian company
'C'. All are independent companies. Now 'C' has received the advance from 'B' with delivery
instructions to be made to 'A' i.e. within India. Therefore how will the 'C' show shipment of goods
against the advance Foreign remittance received from 'B' and how will 'A' show imports for foreign
remittance made to 'B'. Also how will the GR will be given to the bank. Regads

SHEIKH FARID: On 12 July 2016

HI, My query is that A purchase a plant from B in terms of DAP Now shipment reached at destination
and A insisting to do the customs clearance by B in this regards please guide me who will be
responsible for the customs clearance at destination in terms of DAP. Regards.

apurva soni: On 22 August 2016

Hi, I AM ABOUT TO START TRIANGULAR EXPORT, BUT IN MY CASE I AM SHIPPING MATERIAL
FROM CHINA (ABC) TO QATAR (XYZ) AND WE HAVE A COMPANY IN INDIA. SO QUESTION IS ABOUT
THE CERTIFICATE OF ORIGIN AND BL AS I DONT WANT TO DISCLOSE THE MY SUPPLIERS NAME
ABC TO MY BUYERS NAME XYZ. SO HOW SHOULD I GO ABOUT. PLEASE ADVICE REGARDS

bemi: On 30 August 2016

Hi, Would appreciate your opinion on below situaion. We are based in India and our client is based in
China. Our client has asked us to Quote prices FOR SEZ Kandla. (meaninng the chinese client will be
buying from us and selling to their client in SEZ Kandla. In this situation: 1) How can we document this
Export, we will be exporting under Advance Authorization License. 2) Will our Export Invoice , Packing
List, Copy of Transport Receipt showing Our name as Exporter and Chinese compnay name as
Importer/Buyer with destination of Goods SEZ Kandla : be acceptabel as Proof of export? 3) For exports
to SEZ we need to file Bill of Export. Do we need to file Bill of Export with Shipper as our name and
Buyer as our Chinese client , with their address of China , however our Contract will show the
Destiantion and price as FOR Kandla.

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dev: On 02 September 2016

Hello, if i have issued a BL in the name of the company who doesn't have a IEC code so whats the
procedure to change the name of consignee. can it be done and whats the procedure for the same

alam ahmad: On 21 September 2016

how the container of the said shipment will move. will it directly go to the USA from India ? or will it first
go to china from india thn USA. if container will move directly from india to USA, what will be shown on
the indian shipping bill as port of final destination. thanks

Mohan: On 05 October 2016

CAN ANY ONE INFORM THAT IF THE BUYER IS IN US AND PLACE THE ORDER FOR PURCHASE OF
MATERIALS AND HE REQUESTED US TO DELIVER IN INDIA. CURRENCY IS IN US DOLLAR. WHAT IS
THE PROCEDURE TO BE ADOPTED LOCALLY. CAN WE CLAIM ANY EXPORT BENEFIT SINCE WE
ARE RECEIVING MONEY IN NFE

Afaq: On 22 December 2016

I have received an order. My company is based in India. I need to pickup goods from Indonesia and ship
to end user in Saudi Arabia. I will pay the supplier in Indonesia and the end user of Saudi Arabia will pay
me upon delivery. Now that I am getting foreign currency in my bank and I wont have shipping bills with
me. What should be submitted to my bank? Please advice

Shah : On 20 February 2017

Hi My buyer (consigne) is in Usa and he wants the cargo delivery in Qatar so how I can prepare the
documents please advise me

M Arif: On 16 May 2017

I just want to know if Switching Air Waybill or switching BL is legal?

amit : On 24 May 2017

suppose we have a import from china but we do not want to declare the loading port as china . we
declare loading port as Indonesia for instance .will it require the coo for Indonesia origin . will the vessel
track will be checked by indian customs .

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Jey: On 14 June 2017

my customer required swithch bill requirement from Ex-Australia to srilanka upto port by Airfreight is it
possible &since ive checked checked with my contacts &other sources they can be trying only through
Sea freight LCL,But not possible in Air freight please confirm total weight of the cargo is 400kg

BHAVESH K PATEL: On 17 June 2017

Dear Sir, I am company A in India, I got order from a client C in Iran. I want to purchase from a supplier B
in China and supply it to client C in Iran. I want to hide details of Supplier from Client. I understood all
details of switching BL and all. But I want to know about Certificate Of Origin and PhytoSanitary
Certificate. I want to know who issues these documents. Can we reissue only this two documents in
India. Can we get a certificate of Origin stating China as Origin Country from India.

Hitesh: On 04 July 2017

First of all many many thanks for describing so many articles in deep. It is very helpful for the new
players like us. Regarding Switch of B/L I came across situation somewhat different from what you
described. I am in India and have my buyer in Middle East. And supplier is in Indonesia. My Buyer and I
work on LC. While my supplier does not work on LC. But he has having arrangement in India Say party-
X who can finance him. So arrangement is like that My buyer issue me LC and I transfer that LC to
party-x which in turn will transfer money to my supplier. So my supplier Issue B/L with my name as
Consignee and Party-x as notify party. Than I have to switch the bill in India by making myself as shipper
and my buyer as consignee and notify party. So my question is that is this type of arrangement and
trade possible and B/L can be switched. Please advice. Best Regards, Hitesh

Bala: On 14 July 2017

Thanks to all for your brilliant presentations. On the Switch BL, i heard that we can change on the
shipper & consignee columns. What about POL & POD. Shall we change that too.

Baskar: On 07 September 2017

Hi I am purchasing some materials from Japan and asked them to deliver partial material to China and
the balance materials to India. But the tax invoice what will get from Japan is for partial materials as per
their customs but i paid them full advance amount. So as per the papers, Japan still have pending
materials to me. In this case, how the papers need to be consigned.

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selva: On 28 November 2017

Hi Sir, I'm New to Logistics, need your assistance. How to identify the bill of lading types with the copy
of pdf, will there any watermark or clause stating as Original bill / Sea way bill / Switch bill / express /
telex etc...

Zarksis B.Munshi: On 17 July 2018

Sir, In case of air freight how can we do triangular shipments because the time span is so less and an
AWB is a non negotiable document. Please advise.

Zarksis B.Munshi: On 17 July 2018

Sir, For triangular shipments in airfreight can we use an FCR to the shipper instead of issuing the first set
of switch AWB. Please advise. Thanks and best regards.

Subbarao : On 08 November 2018

I want to import from UAE and do high sea sale to Germany. I am trader in india. In this case the ship
does not come to india. Does this transaction attract custom duty in india.

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