The overseas epidemic is still spreading rapidly. Against this background, Italy, Malaysia, Australia, the Philippines, Singapore and other overseas countries have begun to announce “country closures” and “city closures” to block the spread of the epidemic. These policies have also directly led to the interruption of production, logistics and transportation in many factories, and the global industrial chain has encountered huge challenges.
Just now, after a meeting between the Indian central government and state governments, they also decided to block all areas including the capital New Delhi. There are 75 administrative districts in the country that have been seriously affected by the epidemic. All passenger trains, subways, and interstate transportation are prohibited from operating, construction activities in the city are suspended, all religious places are closed, and all commercial facilities and factories in the city are closed until March 31, local time.
At the same time, in response to the epidemic prevention and control, the Directorate General of Shipping (DGS) of India has begun to implement a 14-day quarantine for ships departing from all ports in China and related countries with severe epidemics. The quarantine period is calculated from the time of departure from the last port.
Therefore, foreign trade and freight forwarders who have recently shipped goods to India must pay attention and inform each other to beware of prolonged transportation time of goods, as well as no one to pick up the goods after arriving in India, and transshipment failure. smooth!
▼India’s official notice: 75 city closure lists, including New Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and many other port cities
▼14-day quarantine notice from Directorate General of Shipping of India
In addition to the 75 administrative regions announced above, the Indian government has also authorized states to expand the list of closed areas based on their risk assessments. According to the Times of India, 82 regions across India have been blocked, including Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Punjab, Uttarakhand, and Called Uttar Pradesh), Jharkhand (Jharkhand), Jammu and Kashmir (Jammu and Kashmir) and Chandigarh (Chandigarh) and other regions.
According to the latest report from the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare of India, as of 10:30 a.m. local time on March 23, India had a total of 415 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 7 deaths, including The southern state of Maharashtra and the southern state of Kerala have the highest number of confirmed cases, with 67 infections each. Although it is not serious compared to Europe and the United States, the epidemic is currently spreading rapidly. India has a population of 1.3 billion. If it cannot be effectively contained, the consequences will be disastrous.
▼Empty streets
In addition to the risk that the goods may be detained at the port, various In addition to these additional port fees, all foreign trade and freight forwarders must also be aware that unscrupulous Indian buyers are taking advantage of the special circumstances during the epidemic to “make trouble.” Indian law allows importers not to take delivery of goods without payment. Therefore, foreign trade companies should be careful to prevent unscrupulous Indian customers from using this as an excuse to refuse payment or even abandon the goods. By then the goods are already on the road, or even arrived at the port, and foreign trade companies will face a dilemma. The worst result is that the goods are stranded at the port and auctioned, resulting in the loss of both money and goods.
It is understood that it is very difficult to return shipments in India. India’s return regulations: Exporters need to entrust a shipping agent to handle the return procedures after paying off port storage fees, agency fees and other reasonable expenses based on the certificate of abandonment of goods provided by the original importer, the relevant delivery voucher and the exporter’s letter requesting return.
Without this certificate, the bank or shipping agency can only be asked to provide a series of certificates, and the procedures are very complicated.
The Indian Customs has another provision regarding the auction of goods:
1. The arrival of the goods It can be stored in the customs warehouse for 30 days after port.
2. After 30 days, the customs will issue a delivery notice to the importer. If the importer cannot pick up the goods on time for some reason, he can apply to the customs for an extension according to his own needs.
3. If the importer still fails to declare and pick up the goods on time within the extended period, the customs will issue another (and last) notice to the importer urging him to pick up the goods.
4. If the importer still does not take delivery of the goods within the specified time after receiving the second notification from the customs, nor does he make any explanation or apply for an extension, the customs will auction the relevant goods. commodity.
When the goods arrive at the Indian port, IGM (cargo manifest declaration) needs to be made 3 days in advance. Once the importer code (IEC number) is indicated, the cargo rights have been transferred to the importer. . At this time, regardless of the owner of the cargoNeither the freight forwarder nor the shipping company can control the rights to the goods, regardless of FOB or CIF conditions, regardless of whether the bill of lading is “TO ORDER OF SHIPPER” (instruction bill of lading), whether the bill of lading is in your hand, whether it is L/C, D/ P or T/T, Indian importers can not return the goods and wait for the customs auction to obtain the goods at a low price.
Therefore, it is recommended that when exporting to India during this period, you must carefully verify the qualifications of the importer and strive to get full payment before shipping! Avoid the possible situation of losing all your money! </p
