ICC Digital Library Forum

LC called for Cert of Weight and Cert of Quality. Docs presented are dated after shipment date.Is this a discrepancy?

Paragraph 14 of ISBP relates to this issue:

"14) Any document, including a certificate of analysis, inspection certificate and pre-shipment inspection certificate, may be dated after the date of shipment. However, if a credit requires a document evidencing a pre-shipment event (e.g. pre-shipment inspection certificate), the document must, either by its title or content, indicate that the event (e.g. inspection) took place prior to or on the date of shipment. A requirement for an “inspection certificate” does not constitute a requirement to evidence a pre-shipment event. Documents must not indicate that they were issued after the date they are presented."

Yes, unless the L/C required that the certificates to be dated before or on shipment, they could be dated later then date of shipment (but at latest on the date of presentation).

Best Regards,

Pavel Andrle

ISBP can only add clarity or confirmation to the UCP, but the UCP does not preclude acceptability of documents issued post-shipment, unless otherwise indicated in the credit.

Laurence

As usual, Laurence is "spot on".
Don Smith
US