1. The case
A trading company shipped to a listed destination under a licence that named the consignee correctly and the destination correctly.
2. What changed
The consignee merged with an affiliate mid-contract, and the goods were to be delivered to the affiliate’s address two cities away.
3. What was not revisited
The licence.
4. What happened
At the declaration, the consignee name did not match.
The licence was amended, which took eight days.
5. The lesson
A change of consignee is a licence event, even where the buyer is economically identical.
6. The generalisation
Any change to the fields on the licence requires an amendment.
7. The register
Keep the licence fields alongside the sales order.
8. Closing view
The licence is fixed in its fields.
The commercial relationship is not.
*This article is based on China’s export licensing administration.*