A large number of documents are used in the modern international trade such as marine bill of lading

, letter of credit, insurance policy, commercial invoice, packing list, air waybill, certificate of origin, multimodal transport document, parcel post receipt, rail waybill etc. The(1)evidences the contract of carriage of goods by at least two modes of transport. The(2)evidences the contract of carriage of goods by air. Unlike B/L,(3)evidences the contract of carriage but is not a document of title and is not negotiable. The document issued by the carrier or his agent to enable the consignee or his forwarding agent to take delivery of the imported cargo from the vessel or port is called(4)(5)is a document issued by the authorized body in the exporter's country stating the country of origin of the goods.