Splitting the bill of lading is a relatively common behavior in the foreign trade industry. For example, when there are multiple consignees for a single shipment, many foreign trade companies will use the method of splitting the bill of lading. However, is it allowed in every country? What about the bill of lading? This is not necessarily true. The following will bring you a summary of the requirements of various countries.
Countries that allow splitting
• Pakistan: Goods imported into Pakistan allow the same box to be split in multiple bills of lading.
• China: Goods imported into Xingang are allowed to be split in the same box on multiple bills of lading.
Countries that conditionally allow order splitting
• Ukraine: The same box is allowed to be split in multiple bills of lading for goods imported into Ukraine, but the consignee of each bill of lading must be the same.
• Russia: The goods imported into Russia are allowed to be split in the same box in a multi-ticket bill of lading, but the consignee must be a local company in Russia.
• Australia: Goods imported into Australia allow the same box to be split in multiple bills of lading, but the consignee of each bill of lading must be the same or belong to the same group.
• Saudi Arabia: The goods imported into Dammam; Jeddah; Riyadh are allowed to be split in the same box in a multi-ticket bill of lading, but the consignee must be the same and cannot be combined with other boxes in a bill of lading.
• Indonesia: The goods imported into Jakarta are allowed to be split in the same box in a multi-ticket bill of lading, but the consignee must be the same.
• Malaysia:
1. The goods imported into Pasir Gudang allow the same box to be split in multiple bills of lading, but the consignee of each bill of lading must be the same and cannot be handled as bulk. If the customer insists on releasing the goods to different consignees, it is recommended that the consignor contact his own customs clearance agent to inquire whether he can go through customs clearance according to the freight forwarding form issued by himself.
2. The goods imported into Port Klang allow the same box to be split in multiple bills of lading, but the consignee of each bill of lading must be the same (except for bulk cargo).
• Singapore: Goods imported into Singapore allow the same box to be split in multiple bills of lading, but the consignee must be the same.
• Iran: General cargo imported into Iran allows the same box to be split in multiple bills of lading, but if it is dangerous goods, the consignee and notifier of each bill of lading must be the same. The goods in the freezer are not allowed to be split in the same box on a multiple bill of lading.
• Philippines: Goods imported into the Philippines allow the same box to be split in a multi-ticket bill of lading, but if there are multiple consignees, the consignor needs to inform the consignee to designate an agent to arrange customs clearance and cargo release.
• Thailand: Bulk cargo imported into Thailand allows the same box to be split in a multi-ticket bill of lading.
Countries that do not allow splitting
• Bangladesh: Goods imported into Bangladesh are not allowed to be split in the same box on multiple bills of lading.
• Israel: Goods imported into Israel are not allowed to be split in the same box on multiple bills of lading.
