Outward
Documentary Collection is the bills received from customers
(seller) under open account to be submitted to buyer's
bank either in Malaysia/ outside Malaysia to:
a)
Obtain
payment/ acceptance from buyer
b)
Deliver documents
against payment (D/P), or
c)
Deliver documents
against acceptance and/ or to obtain payment on maturity
date
Salient features of ODC
ODC is applicable
for both, local and foreign transaction
For local transaction,
before claim is made seller would normally have to deliver
the goods to the buyer and the buyer would have to acknowledge
receipt of goods. The delivery order is to be presented
to the bank when the claim is made
For foreign transaction,
the transport documents together with other documents
such as invoice, packing list etc are normally presented
and the document will only be released to buyer when
payment arrangement is made