1、申请开立信用证前，一定要落实进口批准手续及外汇来源。  
２、   开证时间的掌握应在卖方收到信用证后能在合同规定的装运期内出运为原则。  
３、   开证要求“证同一致”，必须以对外签订的正本合同为依据。不能用“参阅XX号合同”字样为依据，也不能将有关合同附件附在信用证后，因信用证是一个独立的文件，不依附于任何贸易合同。  
４、   如为远期，要明确汇票期限，价格条款必须与相应的单据要求、费用负担及表示方法相吻合。  
５、   由于银行是凭单付款，不管货物质量如何，也不受合同约束，所以，为使货物质量符合规定，可在开证时规定要求对方提供商检证书，明确货物的规格品质，指定商检机构。  
６、   信用证内容明白无误，明确规定各种单据的出单人，规定各单据表述的内容。  
７、   合同规定的条款应转化在相应的信用证条件里，因为在信用证结算方式下，只要单据表面与信用证条款相符合，开证行就必须按规定付款。如信用证申请书中含有某些条件而未列明应提交与之相应的单据，银行将认为未列此条件，而不予理采。  
８、   明确信用证为可撤销或不可撤销信用证。   来源：www.examda.com
９、   国外通知行由开证行指定。如果进出口商在订立合同时，坚持指定通知行，可供开证行在选择通知行时作参考。   
１０、在信用证中规定是否允许分批装运、转运、不接受第三者装运单据等条款。  
１１、我方国有商业银行开出的信用证一般不接受要求其他银行保兑的条款。
四．进口信用证申请书的填制  
信用证申请书   
不可撤消跟单信用证申请书  
APPLICATION FOR IRREVOCABLE DOCUMENTARY CREDIT  
ATTENTION NO NET WEIGHT  
TO:                                                 DATED:  
Please established □ BY SWIFT/TELEX□ By airmail an irrevocable Credit as per followings  
Advising Bank                       IRREVOCABLE DOCUMENTARY CREDIT No.  
                                         Expiry Date  
Applicant                           Beneficiary  

Currency code   Amount (in figures)  
(in words)  
Quantity an Credit amount tolerance           %  
Credit avaliable with   □ ANY BANK    □  Issuing Bank  
By  □    negotiation      □ Acceptance  □  Sight Payment  □ Deferred Payment at   
Draft at        for       % of invoice Value  
Partial Shipment □    allowed  □   not allowed     transhipment □allowed  □ not allowed  
Loading on board From                             For Transportation to   
Latest date of shipment:  
（45A）Description of Goods:  
Price Item:  
Packing:  


   
（46A）Documents required: (marked with×)  
( ) Signed Commercial Invoice in             copies including L/C No. and Contract No. as mentioned above  
( ) 2/3 set of clean on board ocean Bills made out to order and blank endorsed marked “freight          ”  
□showing freight amount  “notifying  □ applicant □    ”  
( ) Air waybills showing  “freight  □ to collect □ prepaid □indicating freight amount”    and consigned to □Applicant   □ Issuing Bank     □  
( ) Insurance Policy/Certificate in     for 110% of the invoice value showing claims payable in Guangzhou China in currency of the draft, blank endorsed, covering(□ Ocean Maring Transportation □ Air Transportation □ Over Land Transportation)  All Risks. War Risks,           including               as per               
Clause (A)                              
( ) packing List/Weight Memo in               copies including quantity/gross and net weights of each package and packing condition      as cased for by the L/C  
( ) Certificate of Quality in    copies issued by □ Beneficiary □ public recognized surveyor□ manufacturer  
( ) Beneficiary’s certified copy of cable/telex dispatched to the accountees within    hours after shipment, advising □name of vessel □ B/L No □ wagon No □ Shipping date □ Contract No □ L/C No commodity quantity ,weight and value of shipment.  
( ) Certificate of origin in            copies   


  Beneficiary’s certificate certifying that they have sent document to the applicant by courier service including 1/3 set of original B/L,  
commercial invoice in one original and one copy, packing list in one original and one copy indicating cases’No., containers’No., parts’No./description/quantity of each case and gross weights of each case. Certificate of Origin in one original,  
insurance policy/certificate in one copy and the courier receipt should be attached for negotiation .  
( ) Plant Inspection Certificate issued by Inspection and Quarantine Department of Official Authority  
in the country of the shipper if the goods are packed into coniferous wood package; Statement of non-coniferous wood packing material issued by the shipper in the use of non-coniferous wood packing material; Statement of no wood packing material issued by the shipper in the use of non-wood packing material.  
  All document must be issued in English.  
Additional conditions  
( ) Document s issued earlier than L/C issuing date are not acceptable  
( ) All banking charges and interest if any outside opening bank are for account of beneficiary  
( ) All documents to be forwarded in one cover unless otherwise staled  
( ) The remaining               % of invoice value  
( ) Third party as shipper is not acceptable  
Period for presentation: Documents to be presented within  days after the date of issuance  
of the transport documents , but within the validity of the credit  
Charges   □  Beneficiary   □    Applicant