Quality & compliance
Inspected lot by lot. Documented clause by clause.
Two things decide whether an export order goes well: whether the goods match the contract, and whether the documents match the credit. This page explains how we handle both.
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100% quality inspected
Every lot checked before it is packed.
Inspection is not a sample at the end. It starts when goods arrive at the warehouse and ends when the container is sealed.
Intake sampling
Samples are drawn from every incoming lot and logged with its source and date.
Physical analysis
Grade size, moisture, admixture, colour and defects are measured against the contract specification.
Laboratory testing
Where the contract calls for it, accredited laboratories test aflatoxin, pesticide residues, microbiology or other parameters.
Packing and marking
Bag or tin weights, labels, lot numbers and shipping marks are checked before stuffing.
Stuffing supervision
Container condition is checked, and loading and fumigation are recorded with photographs.
Release
Inspection results go to you before documents are released. Buyer-nominated inspection agencies are welcome.
What we measure
Parameters by product.
Each commodity is judged on the measures its own trade uses. Limits are set in your contract.
Rice
- Average grain length
- Broken percentage
- Moisture
- Chalky and damaged grains
- Admixture of other varieties
Coconut
- Moisture
- Fat content
- Free fatty acid
- Colour and granulation
- Microbiology
Cashew
- Count per pound
- Moisture
- Broken and lower grade kernels
- Scorched and spotted kernels
- Infestation
Cardamom
- Pod size in mm
- Litre weight
- Colour
- Moisture
- Immature and split pods
Black pepper
- Bulk density in g/l
- Moisture
- Light berries
- Extraneous matter
- Pinheads and broken
Global Incoterms®
Quote on the rule that fits your supply chain.
Each Incoterms® rule sets who pays for each leg of the journey and where risk passes from seller to buyer. Choose a rule to see the split for a container shipment from Cochin.
FOB · named place: Cochin PortFree On Board
We deliver the goods on board the vessel you nominate at Cochin, cleared for export. You pay ocean freight and insurance. Risk passes once the goods are on board.
A simplified summary of Incoterms® 2020 for a containerised sea shipment loaded at Cochin. Named places, insurance cover and costs at each terminal are set in the sales contract, which governs. Incoterms® is a registered trademark of the International Chamber of Commerce.
LC compliance
Documents prepared to the letter of the credit.
Banks pay against documents, not goods. A single discrepancy between an invoice and a credit can hold up payment and the release of cargo, so every document is checked against the credit before it is presented.
21days
The default window under UCP 600, Article 14(c), for presenting documents after the shipment date, and never later than the credit's expiry. We plan document preparation inside it.
The typical document set
- Commercial invoiceDescription, quantity, unit price and Incoterm exactly as the credit states them.
- Packing listMarks, numbers, net and gross weights for every package.
- Bill of ladingFull set of clean, on-board ocean bills, consigned and endorsed as required.
- Certificate of originNon-preferential, or preferential where a trade agreement applies.
- Phytosanitary certificateIssued by India's plant quarantine authority for plant products.
- Fumigation certificateWhen the importing country or the credit requires it.
- Inspection certificateFrom our inspection, or an agency you nominate.
- Certificate of analysisLaboratory results for the parameters in your contract.
- Insurance certificateFor CIF and CIP shipments, for the cover the credit names.
- Weight certificateNet and gross weight for each lot.
Start a conversation
Send us the grade, the quantity and your port.
We reply with a firm offer on your Incoterms® rule, with validity and shipment window.