21/07/2022
How to export live animals
Posted on 21 July 2022 Category : How to export
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How to export live animals?
This post explains export process of live animals, government rules to export live animals, different precautions to be taken care to export live animals, export documentation for live animals.
If you would like to export live animals, detailed general information on how to export has been mentioned in separate article. Learning export process for live animals makes easier to you if you can go through the said post.
After choosing your export product as live animals, terms of payment and terms of delivery are agreed with your overseas buyer along with other terms and conditions and issue Proforma invoice, in turn you receive export order for live animals followed by purchase order from your overseas buyer. The terms of payment for your export contract could be advance payment, Documents against Acceptance DA, Documents against Payments DAP, or under Letter of Credit LC, and the terms of delivery for your export of live animals might be EX-Works, FOB, CFR, CIF, DAP, DDP or any other Inco terms. The finance against export can be arranged from your bank for preshipment packing creditor post shipment finance against export orders for live animals. Insurance can be arranged against credit risk and about other risks involved in export of live animals. After quality check (QC), proper packing is arranged with Palletization or Crating if required. Type of container is decided if export shipment of live animals is on FCL basis otherwise LCL if mode of shipment of live animals is by sea. Export invoice, export packing list ,certificate of origin (GSP – Generalized System of Preference) and other documents are prepared based on the purchased order or LC to export live animals. After completion of export customs clearance either by exporter or his Customs broker, Bill of Lading or AWB is issued by carrier, if consolidator involved, HAWB or HBL is issued. The documents for export of live animals is discounted, arrange for collection or negotiated if export of live animals is on Letter of credit basis.
Any importer or exporter of live animals should know HTS code (HS code) of their export product. live animals falls under HS code (HTS code) 01. Click here to know 6 digit HS code of your export product. In India live animals are classified under ITC code (Indian Tariff Code) chapter 01. Click here to know 8 digit ITS code, if you export or import from (to) India.
An export permit from either exporting country or importing country (or both) has to be obtained for export or import of live animals. Such export permit to export live animals is issued as per foreign trade policy of exporting country or importing country. You may contact concerned authority to collect accurate information to export live animals from your country.