Air Freight Consignment Process

Handle consignment. After preparing all the goods and receiving the opened letter of credit, after review (or modification) and finding no errors, each foreign trade company and industrial and trade enterprise can handle consignment, that is, fill in the "Consignment Note" according to the relevant shipping terms in the letter of credit and the contract, as well as the name of the goods, number of pieces, shipping date, destination, etc., and provide relevant documents, and submit them to the foreign transport company as the basis for booking flights.
Arrange cargo hold. After receiving the consignment note and relevant documents, the foreign transport company will work with the Civil Aviation Administration of China to arrange the space according to the loading principle, the nature of the goods, the quantity of the goods, the destination, etc., combined with the flight, and then the Civil Aviation Administration of China will issue the air waybill.
Loading and loading. According to the flight, the foreign transport company will pick up the goods from the warehouse on behalf of the foreign trade companies or industrial and trade enterprises and send them to the airport, and send the goods to the designated space for shipment with the loading documents.
Issue the waybill. After the goods are loaded, the Civil Aviation Administration of China will issue the general air waybill, and the foreign transport company will issue the air waybill. The air waybill has three originals and twelve copies. There are three original copies, the first one is given to the consignor, the second one is kept by the foreign transport company, and the third one is given to the consignee along with the goods. Twelve copies are used for customs declaration, financial settlement, foreign agency, transit distribution, etc.
Issue a shipping notice. After the goods are loaded, a shipping notice can be issued to the buyer so that the other party can prepare to pay, redeem the bill, and handle the receipt of the goods.