ICC Digital Library Forum

the documentary credit calls for goods of italian origin. The goods are : women's wearing apparel. Presented invoices indicating "country of origin is Italy". The details appearing under the single article show the scientific name, for ex. Capra Hircus and origin China, which is the origin of the raw material.
Does the fact that there are two origin be considered as discrepancy.

Thanks in advance

Roland

I would pick this up as a discrepancy.

Phil

If the document(s) in question clearly showed the goods had been manufactured in Italy from Chinese raw materials I personally believe –without liability/responsibility- I would consider the document(s) not discrepant as the documents showed that the goods themselves were of Italian origin.

There does seem to be a discrepancy here, but it is important to know on which document the Chinese origin appears and whether it is clearly mentionned that the chinese part is the raw material only.

We run into problems with the difference between "origin" and "provenance", since banks don't always differenciate between the two but many (if not all) customs authorities do.

Also in many countries you can change the "nationality" of the goods by importing them and paying the customs'. So this question can be more complicated than it seems at first sight.

Judith

We need to focus on the documentary requirements. If a C/O of Italian origin was required and presented, I would regard references to the origin of the raw materials in the invoice as extraneous and find no discrepancy, ceteris paribus.

Laurence Bacon