We are in a difficult situation and would appreciate some advice. We are a 3rd country based trading company (let’s assume “Singapore” for this case) and have bought goods from an Indian manufacturer and shipped them to our client in Europe. The client in Europe needs a “Certificate of Origin – Form A”.
The relevant Indian government organisation is not willing to issue a form-a, with our Singapore co. as shipper, because it’s not an Indian registered company.
Usually when we purchase from china, we are easily able to get a Form with shipper shown as “Chinese Company O/B of Our Singapore Co”. But it seems that this is not possible in India?
The solution advised by client is, we get a CO-Form A, Issued by the real manufacturer with the real manufacturer as “shipper” and “to order of” as consignee. In this form, column 10 (Invoice No), would be the invoice number of invoice issued by the manufacturer to our singapore Co. In this case the customer says, the EU Customs authority “may” ask us to provide a copy of the invoice between the real manufacturer and our Co. This exposes our margin, hence is not preferred by us.
The goods have already been on board for the last 10 days. Would appreciate some advice on this.
Other Notes: This is purely a TT Transaction, hence no LC Involved
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