Export documentation guides

Practical guides for exporters presenting documents under letters of credit — grounded in UCP 600 and ISBP 821, written for the desk, not the textbook.

July 4, 2026 · ~10 minute read · OpenLC Research

The bank refused your LC documents. Here is exactly what to do next.

A crisis playbook for a refusal notice: decode the MT734 fields, audit the bank's own UCP 600 Article 16 obligations, then work the decision tree — cure and re-present, applicant waiver, or collection basis.

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July 4, 2026 · ~11 minute read · OpenLC Research

Letter of credit discrepancy examples: 10 worked cases with the actual document text

Ten side-by-side examples — what the credit's field said, what the document actually said, the verdict under UCP 600 / ISBP 821, and whether each one is fixable before you present.

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July 4, 2026 · ~9 minute read · OpenLC Research

Letter of credit document checklist: what to verify before you present to the bank

An interactive, rule-by-rule checklist of what document examiners actually verify on the five core export documents — plus the cross-document consistency trap and the shipment / presentation / expiry dates triangle.

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