我所经历的最慢国际T/T汇款


今年3月23日,我带着印度客人来到河北新乐市,与新乐华宝洽谈PVC保鲜膜设备。由于事先准备的充分,加之客户购买需求强烈,经过两天不算艰难的技术交流和商务谈判,结果十分顺利地签约。
根据我方的形式发票,客户于25日下午(登机前)从印度将款T/T汇出。

电汇路径大概是这样的:如果要快的话,我通常要求客户从当地付款行将款直接汇至美国银行(如花旗)的中国商业银行(如建行)的帐户,款在境外一般1-2天;
然后,转至国内总部(北京),随后,款在国内转移,从总行至省分行,至县市区支行,至企业所在地的开户行,款在境内一般2-3天。因此,一般而言,如果汇款路径正确,款项会在3-5日内到达指定帐户。

客户将款汇出后,要求我们款到帐后立即通知他们。于是,我和工厂等了3天后(3月28日)向我们当地的银行查询,结果款未到,5天后(3月30日)再次查询,依然未到。

我觉得此项汇款出现问题,因此,要求客户查询他们的银行,并希望他们提供回款底单,以便于我方查询。

第6天,3月31日,客户将其当地银行(汇款行)的网上汇款信息发了过来,内容见附件一。
接下来的2天,我查询我们的银行,款依然未到。

4月3日(第9天)我指出汇款路线有问题,中间出了个韩国工业银行( INDUSTRIAL BANK OF KOREA (HEAD OFFICE SEOUL) SEOUL )

4月7日(第13天),我要求客户再次查询,并指出:如果款不能达到指定帐户,又可能会退回到汇款行。
4月8日(第14天),客户将其查询的美国银行收款信息发过来,内容附件二。

该信息表明款已于3月26日抵达美国花旗银行,但后面的情况不得而知。

没有办法,只有等待,等待,再等待!

终于,4月14日(第20天),我们当地银行电话通知款已到帐。我也及时通知了客户。期间无数次国际长途,无数次电子邮件,搞得我昏头转向,不可开交。

我也知道,款在境外传递的很快,然而,进入国内就慢得多了,改革开放30年来,银行的效率没有多大改变。另外,还有一点,就是款在途中多停留几天,银行就可以多赚点利息。对此,我已习以为常,见怪不怪。
但是,这一次是我从事国际贸易20年来最慢的一次,慢的让人无法忍受,难以置信。

附件一:
STATE BANK OF INDIA VAPI INDUSTRIAL TOWNSHIP GUJARAT

User Id : NKP  Date  : 2008/03/25 17:40:35
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STATE BANK OF INDIA VAPI INDUSTRIAL TOWNSHIP GUJARAT

User Id : NKP  Date  : 2008/04/08 16:17:10
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