改证函

信用证仍为当前我国出口企业结算货款的主要方式之一。但来证与买卖合同不符或意外事件影响履约时，卖方就必须致函要求开证申请人指示开证行及时改证。来证与合同不符时，为促进合同顺利执行，卖方应如何撰写出一封诚恳得体的改证函，以求赢得各方的合作，达到及时改证之目的。

一份规范的改证函主要包括三方面内容：
　　1 感谢对方开来信用证。
　　2 列明不符点并说明如何修改。
　　3 感谢对方合作，并希望信用证修改书早日开到。
　　常用的语句有：
　　(1) Thank you for you L/C No.xxxxxx issued xxxxBank, Los Angeles Branch dated February 5, 2000.
　　(2) We are very pleased to receive your L/C No.YUC9022 established by the National Bank of Bangladesh dated March 1, 2001 against S/C No.98DXB15.
　　(3) However, we are sorry to find it contains the following discrepancies.
　　(4) But the following points are in discrepancy with the stipulations of our S/C No. ERT12.
　　(5) As to the description of the goods, please change the “trading” to“trad”.
　　(6) Please delete the clause “The invoice evidences that the goods are packed in wooden cases,” and insert the wording “The invoice evidences that the goods are packed in seaworthy cartons.”
　　(7) Thank you for your kind cooperation. Please see to it that the L/C amendment reaches us within next week, otherwise we cannot effect punctual shipment