Levy of penalty on Exporter and CHA - consignments of rice were...

Levy of penalty on Exporter and CHA - consignments of rice were exported to Iran but delivered/diverted/discharged at Jabel Ali Port, Dubai and sold in UAE - M/s. SSIGPL lost the ownership of the goods as soon as ‘let export order’ was issued by the Customs authorities. After the said let export order it was the responsibility of the Shipping Lines to ship the goods to the foreign buyer and the exporter having no control over the goods. - M/s. SSIGPL cannot be held responsible if the importer situated at Iran had given instruction to change the port from Bandar Abbas port to Jabel Ali port as after the ‘let export order’ was issued by the Customs authorities it was the importer at Iran who became the owner of the goods. - AT