Difference between EGM and IGM (Collected)
What is the difference between IGM and EGM. How to differ Export General Manifest (EGM) with Import General Manifest (IGM). What is Export General Manifest EGM and what is Import General Manifest IGM.
Export General Manifest (EGM)
EGM in export trade means Export General Manifest. This is the document which has to be filed with customs department by shipping liners or air craft liners. Once your cargo crossed the border of your country, the ‘export’ taken place and government of the said country treat the said goods as ‘export’. As per customs point of view, once issued ‘let export order’ customs department allowed the cargo to move out of country. Further tracking on the cargo is not available with the customs. In other words, issuing ‘let export order’ does not mean that cargo moved out of country.
The act of movement of cargo is carried out by the carrier of goods. Once after completion of customs formalities, goods are moved by the carrier. Once the cargo crossed border of the country, carrier intimates customs department by filing necessary documents regarding the departure of the goods with details of vessel/aircraft, date of sailing/flying etc. EGM is one of the proofs taken by customs department as proof of export while certifying the export promotion copy of shipping bill.
Import General Manifest (IGM)
If any goods arriving after crossing border to your country is called imports. Generally, imports are by air or sea. Once after arrival of goods at airport or sea port, the carrier has to intimate customs department of the respective country about the complete details of arrival of goods. This intimation is filed in a specified format instructed by customs department. Accordingly the carrier of goods files the details of cargo in specified format with customs immediately up on arrival of goods. This procedure is called import manifesting. Once after filing import manifest, the importer or his appointed customs broker files Bill of Entry with customs department to complete the customs procedures to take delivery of cargo. Once the procedures and formalities completed, the goods is ‘passed out of customs’. The importer can take delivery of goods with the permission of carrier.
What is Import General Manifest? (collected)
Once before arrival of cargo at destination port, the carrier has to file the details of cargo arriving to such port of importing country with the Customs. The filing of such details of cargo is called IGM filing (Import General Manifest filing). The procedures to file IGM (Import General Manifest) are done by the carrier of goods or his agent. Normally IGM is filed on the basis of Bill of Lading or Airway bill, issued by the carrier. The IGM Import General Manifest contains the details about shipper, consignee, number of packages, kind of packages, description of goods, airway bill or bill of lading number and date, flight or vessel details etc.
Once after filing Import General Manifest, the importer or his customs broker files necessary documents for import with customs under the said imported goods. This filing is done on the basis of Import General Manifest (IGM) information filed by the carrier on arrival of goods. If any mistakes in filing Import General Manifest, the import customs clearance documents cannot be accepted, as the details of such documents has to be matched with the details in Import General Manifest (IGM).
So if any details in IGM filed wrongly, such details have to be amended with customs before filing documents of clearance. Once after amendment necessary information in Import General Manifest, the importer or his agent can file bill of entry and proceed to complete customs formalities to take delivery of cargo.
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Can an IGM be amended without amending shipping documents? What does an NOC mean in amendment of IGM?
In this article, we can discuss about the procedures and formalities to amend Shipper name in Import General Manifest. Let me explain the situations where amendment of IGM occurs and customs procedures to amend IGM.
There may have many reasons to amend the shipper name in Import General Manifest. Commonly there are two cases among them. Firstly, if a freight forwarder is involved in shipment, the shipper’s name would have mentioned as the freight forwarder name at load port by oversight. The freight forwarder name as shipper name in IGM face difficulty in import customs clearance procedures and thereby an amendment of IGM on shipper may be required to take delivery of imported goods. However, consol IGM amendment procedures can resolve such issues.
Secondly, if a seller has more than one firm holding with the same directors/partners, there are chances of interchange of shipper details by oversight on Bill of Lading/AWB and other documents. Inward and outward remittance of each country has to be accounted as per purchase order or LC.
Let us discuss the procedures to amend shipper name in Import General Manifest (IGM). If a wrong filing of Import General Manifest is filed with customs, firstly the correction has to be effected at origin. Means, the shipper has to amend in all related documents pertaining to the said shipment. Bill of Lading or Airway bill has to be revised by mentioning amended shipper name with necessary formalities with carrier who issued bill of lading or airway bill. Customs department needs a ‘No Objection’ letter or undertaking from the shipper who are presently reflected in IGM as shipper.
Based on No objection letter or undertaking from present shipper along with the amended Airway bill or Bill of Lading, customs department of most of countries amend shipper’s address in the Import General Manifest, with necessary permission and formalities.
Once after amending shipper name in Import General Manifest, the importer or his agent can file bill of entry and proceed to complete customs formalities to take delivery of cargo.
In this article, I have explained about the circumstances where amendment of shipper details occurs in IGM, how to amend shipper name in Import General Manifest, the formalities at load port to correct shipper name and the procedures at destination customs location to amend shipper name in Import General Manifest. Do you wish to add more information about amendment of Shipper name in Import General Manifest?
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