Eastern Wealth Trading Hong Kong, 2,891 Avocados to HKG, flew 8 Aug 2026, AUD 54,929.00 (1038303)
8 INVOICEDWhere it stands
- Where the goods are: due to have landed by the ETA held; no word yet from the carrier, the forwarder or the customer that it has, since 13 Aug 2026 12:00 AEST (the ETA Thu 13 Aug stated in the mailbox2026-08|19ff3e57591e52a8 (an estimate until the carrier confirms))
- What the customer has been told: told it left, 15 Aug 2026 12:52 AEST (our post in "C&A - HKG - Eastern Wealth", in the later update)
- Receivable: invoice 1038303 AUD 18,260.00 still due, 47 days overdue; the reminder waits on an answer in Needs you
- What happens next: On hold: 2 questions only Quenton Carter can answer are open on this trade. It is on the desk regardless; the questions are under "What is waiting, and on whom".. It is being finished by hand, off the desk; nothing is sent on it from here.
- Not certain: An ETA passed with no recorded arrival is an arrival NOT YET CONFIRMED. It is never a delay unless the carrier or the forwarder says so.
What the customer has been told
| Booked | Told 9 Aug 2026 14:55 AEST (our email from quenton@carterandassoc.com.au) |
| Received by the forwarder | No word held; it has left |
| Departed | Told 15 Aug 2026 12:52 AEST (our post in "C&A - HKG - Eastern Wealth", in the later update) |
| Arrived | Told 15 Aug 2026 12:52 AEST (our post in "C&A - HKG - Eastern Wealth") |
Sold, bought and P&L
Sold and bought, invoiced and billed
The lines
| product | quantity | sell | buy |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hass avocados, Class 1, 16/23, 5 kg tray | 1,931 | sell AUD 19.00, the unit it is per is not stated ledger invoice |
buy not stated landed or ex farm is not recorded |
| Hass avocados, Class 1, 16/23, 5 kg tray | 960 | sell AUD 19.00, the unit it is per is not stated ledger invoice |
buy not stated landed or ex farm is not recorded |
The ledger
| document | counterparty | amount | state |
|---|---|---|---|
| bill 00241793 / 1038303 |
VISION INTERNATIONAL linked by named on the document |
AUD 14,970.76 paid AUD 0.00, outstanding AUD 14,970.76, 44 days past due no instalment is recorded against this document |
Unpaid due 26 Aug 2026 no term printed on it |
| invoice 1038303 |
EASTERN WEALTH TRADING HONG KONG LIMITED linked by named on the document |
AUD 54,929.00 paid AUD 36,669.00, outstanding AUD 18,260.00, 47 days past due no instalment is recorded against this document |
Unpaid due 23 Aug 2026 Payment terms and trade limits as per signed agreement between Companies unless otherwise specified. |
Invoiced AUD 54,929.00, of which AUD 18,260.00 is outstanding. Billed to us AUD 14,970.76, of which AUD 14,970.76 is outstanding.
Deposit and release
Release is standard. On the invoice terms AUD 54,929.00 falls due before release; received AUD 36,669.00; still to come AUD 18,260.00, chased on its own invoice. The documents go to the customer as normal.
No instalment is recorded on this invoice, so the whole invoice is due before release.
No release has been recorded on this desk for this trade.
Every receipt in, every payment out and every claim is on the timeline below under payments and claims, each with its date, its counterparty and its currency. What is above is the position; what is below is how it got there.
Open invoices for Eastern Wealth Trading Hong Kong, each with its state
Changes in Xero
Each change is described in plain words. Nothing is made in Xero until James or Quenton presses its button, and each one made is recorded as a draft note for Obsidian.
Raise a draft sales invoice from our commercial invoice
Replace a supplier bill's lines from the reissued supplier invoice
What this trade made
Vision International's bills against the rate card
Nothing is billed above the card. Billed below the card: AUD 2,459.56, in our favour. Billed on charges the card carries no rate for: AUD 15.00, not compared.
- Bill 00241793 / 1038303: nothing over the card, AUD 2,459.56 under it.
International Freight: billed AUD 11,895.40; the card gives AUD 14,308.71. Recorded only: an undercharge is never raised.
Handling: billed AUD 1,730.24; the card gives AUD 1,761.07. Recorded only: an undercharge is never raised.
Export Security Screening: billed AUD 865.12; the card gives AUD 880.54. Recorded only: an undercharge is never raised.
Electronic processing fee is billed AUD 15.00 (line 8 "Electronic Processing Fee") and the card in force carries no rate for it, so it is recorded and not compared.
| Trade P&L | total |
|---|---|
| Revenue | AUD 54,929.00 |
| Cost of goods so far | AUD 14,970.76 |
| Gross profit | Incomplete: grower bill not in |
| Gross margin (% of revenue) | Incomplete: grower bill not in |
| Markup (% on cost) | Incomplete: grower bill not in |
After the trade: quoted against billed
Forwarder charges: quoted AUD 17,415.32, billed AUD 14,970.76, AUD 2,444.56 less than quoted (-16.3% of the bill).
The desk holds no stack from before the shipment. The quote here is what the pricer would have quoted: the Vision rate card in force on the departure day, priced after the event. Source: the bill checker's pricing of Vision bill 00241793 on the card in force on the departure day (BNE to HKG by air, Singapore (SQ) PMC). Forwarder charges ex GST: the Vision rate card in force on the departure day (what the pricer would have quoted) against the Vision bills. Produce is compared on its own line. Gap is actual less quoted. The trade is open, with its bills in.
Forwarder charges, line by line
| Charge | Quoted | Billed | Gap | Why |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| International Freight Quoted: AUD 14,308.71: AUD 1.30 per kg of gross weight, freight only on 11,006.7 kg. Billed: AUD 11,895.40, no rate or weight stated on the bill. |
AUD 14,308.71 | AUD 11,895.40 | AUD 2,413.31 under the quote |
|
| Departmental permit and tonnage (not counted in the gap) Quoted: AUD 38.09. |
AUD 38.09 | not held | agrees |
|
| Documentation Quoted: AUD 275.00. Billed: AUD 275.00. |
AUD 275.00 | AUD 275.00 | agrees | Agrees. |
| Electronic Processing Fee Billed: AUD 15.00. |
not held | AUD 15.00 | AUD 15.00 over the quote |
|
| Export Security Screening Quoted: AUD 880.54. Billed: AUD 865.12. |
AUD 880.54 | AUD 865.12 | AUD 15.42 under the quote |
|
| Handling Quoted: AUD 1,761.07. Billed: AUD 1,730.24. |
AUD 1,761.07 | AUD 1,730.24 | AUD 30.83 under the quote |
|
| RFP Quoted: AUD 40.00. Billed: AUD 40.00. |
AUD 40.00 | AUD 40.00 | agrees | Agrees. |
| Temperature Recorder Quoted: AUD 150.00. Billed: AUD 150.00. |
AUD 150.00 | AUD 150.00 | agrees | Agrees. |
Pricer corrections this trade is evidence for
- Add the Electronic Processing Fee to air quotes: the pricer already holds this position
Documents
The documents
The three a trade must be able to show
| document | is it in the folder |
|---|---|
| purchase order | 4 files in the folder are named as one |
| commercial invoice | 4 files in the folder are named as one |
| packing list | 2 files in the folder are named as one |
Every document on this trade, each time it was issued, what it prints and who holds it, is on the timeline below under documents. This section answers only whether the trade can show its papers, which is a different question from when each one was made.
163 files sit in this trade's folder, of which 13 files are typed as a document and 20 files could not be typed from what they print.
Dates
Its calendar
A cut-off is not on this record: there is no column for one on the shipment or the trade, so none can appear here however many are in the forwarder's mail.
What is waiting
What is waiting, and on whom
3 messages came in on this trade with nothing going out after them. The oldest is email on 18 Sep 2026 18:08 AEST, 20 days ago: AP/AR Report 18/09/2026. The last thing that went out from us on this trade was 17 Sep 2026 18:20 AEST.
4 things are missing, behind 4 open items: the same missing fact is filed once for each document it stops, so the rows below are the facts and the counts are the consequences. An age is how long the ITEM has been on the record, not how long the thing it describes has been true.
| what is missing | what it stops | who settles it |
|---|---|---|
| Two sources disagree | costed against billed: International Freight | James McNamara open 12 days no by-when set |
| Not held | The assistant did not answer a question on this trade: could not answer | James McNamara open 15 days by 24 Sep 2026 |
| 1038303 short | 92 size-16 trays of the 2,983 ordered were not invoiced ("to follow", 7 Aug). Did they ship later, get credited, or were they held? (1038303) | Quenton Carter open 15 days no by-when set |
| growers unrecorded | No grower bill is on the record for the trades listed: for each, who supplied the fruit and at what buy price, so the bill can be matched or raised? | Quenton Carter open 15 days no by-when set |
Freight
The freight
| mode and carrier | document | dates | weights |
|---|---|---|---|
| air carrier not recorded, SQ266 |
AWB 618-55465362 | departed 8 Aug 2026 arrived not stated |
gross weight not recorded chargeable weight not recorded |
Freight cost from the forwarder's bill in our copy of Xero: Vision International bill 00241793, AUD 14,970.76.
The dates, carrier, vessel and weights above are as recorded on the shipment; where one is missing, it prints as a gap and the forwarder's own document settles it.
Market
Market
- Chile avocado into Hong Kong: in its peak weeks over the next eight weeks, against our avocado window (Hass, with market access in China, Korea and Japan). Expect price pressure; time volume ahead of it or hold for the lull (Seasonal export calendars (USDA FAS GAIN annual reports and industry bodies), read 7 Oct)
- Australia's fruit and nut exports to Hong Kong: AUD 37.1m in 2026-06 to 2026-08, -16% on the same three months a year earlier. Domestic competition for the same buyers (ABS International Trade in Goods, merchandise exports (SITC, country), read 7 Oct)
- Duty into Hong Kong: 0%; no preference to claim, no COO for duty. Rivals: US, Chile, Peru, South Africa, Egypt, New Zealand, China 0%. (Hong Kong Customs and Excise Department - Cargo Clearance, read 1 Oct)
- Brent: UNVERIFIED, so no price direction is drawn. the second source differs by 20.3%, more than 15%. Futures USD 104.26 (Thu 8 Oct); US EIA Brent SPOT price (Europe) via FRED USD 125.44 (Tue 6 Oct) (Brent front-month futures (BZ=F), ICE via Yahoo Finance chart endpoint, read 8 Oct)
- avocado: 1 of 5 production regions have adverse weather in the next 7 days. Supply normal on weather alone (Bureau of Meteorology, state precis forecast, read 8 Oct)
- Hong Kong: Christmas Day 25 Dec to 26 Dec: public holiday; a retail peak in the weeks before. Sea freight to land before it should leave by c. 4 Dec; expect a lull after, and rival origins shipping into the same window (Published festival calendars (Chinese New Year, Ramadan, Diwali), read 7 Oct)
- Hong Kong: Chinese New Year 6 Feb to 12 Feb: the largest fruit gifting season in the region (mandarins, grapes, pears); customs and ports close or slow for several days. Sea freight to land before it should leave by c. 16 Jan; expect a lull after, and rival origins shipping into the same window (Published festival calendars (Chinese New Year, Ramadan, Diwali), read 7 Oct)
Commodity outlook. Feeds last read 9 Oct, 09:52 am.
Who is on it
The parties
| role | who | where that came from |
|---|---|---|
| Customer | EASTERN WEALTH TRADING HONG KONG LIMITED | the counterparty record |
| Billed us | VISION INTERNATIONAL | a bill in the ledger |
| Grower | not named on this trade |
Addresses and their state
| counterparty | address | state |
|---|---|---|
| VISION INTERNATIONAL | Adam Downing adam.downing@vision.com.au | proved |
| VISION INTERNATIONAL | angela.thompson@vision.com.au | proved |
| VISION INTERNATIONAL | VIF Accounts bneaccounts@vision.com.au | proved |
| VISION INTERNATIONAL | VIF Export bneexport@vision.com.au | proved |
| VISION INTERNATIONAL | Gauresh Patel gauresh@vision.com.au | proved |
| VISION INTERNATIONAL | Hugh Philip hugh.philip@vision.com.au | proved |
| VISION INTERNATIONAL | Kaumil Patel kaumil.patel@vision.com.au | proved |
| VISION INTERNATIONAL | leanne.james@vision.com.au | proved |
| VISION INTERNATIONAL | Leigh Gadsby leigh@vision.com.au | proved |
| VISION INTERNATIONAL | Liam Fraser liam.fraser@vision.com.au | proved |
| VISION INTERNATIONAL | Mandy Collins mandy.collins@vision.com.au | proved |
| VISION INTERNATIONAL | Michael Thirgood mic@vision.com.au | proved |
| VISION INTERNATIONAL | nathan.graham@vision.com.au | proved |
| VISION INTERNATIONAL | Romer Tortoza romer.tortoza@vision.com.au | proved |
| VISION INTERNATIONAL | Sean McGrory sean.mcgrory@vision.com.au | proved |
| VISION INTERNATIONAL | Tennille Green tennille.green@vision.com.au | proved |
| VISION INTERNATIONAL | +61416229659 | unproved |
| VISION INTERNATIONAL | angela.thompson@vision.com.au, liam.fraser@vision.com.au, sean.mcgrory@vision.com.au, bneexport@vision.com.au | unproved |
| VISION INTERNATIONAL | bneexport@vision.com.au, liam.fraser@vision.com.au | unproved |
| VISION INTERNATIONAL | Greg Firth greg.firth@vision.com.au | unproved |
| EASTERN WEALTH TRADING HONG KONG LIMITED | info@easternwealthhk.com | unproved |
| VISION INTERNATIONAL | liam.fraser@vision.com.au, bneexport@vision.com.au | unproved |
| VISION INTERNATIONAL | Pricing pricing@vision.com.au | unproved |
Writing to us on this trade: VIF Export bneexport@vision.com.au; Liam Fraser liam.fraser@vision.com.au.
All eleven steps
The eleven stages
A stage is not a column anybody writes. It is a projection over the evidence, rebuilt from it every time, so nothing here was asserted by a code path that happened to run. Where a trade sits is the highest of the first seven; what it owes is the last four, and a trade can be invoiced and on the water at once. This trade is at INVOICED.
| stage | state, and what the evidence says | evidence |
|---|---|---|
| QUOTE needs our word |
not reached no priced offer is carried on this trade yet. The 710 quotes priced since 1 May 2026 are deliberately not seeded: 313 of those quotes carry no freight figure at all and the fan-out multiplies a foreign price by the exchange rate twice, so loading them would put figures on the record that nobody can acquit. That decision is recorded here rather than left silent. |
no evidence |
| ORDER needs our word |
not reached not evidenced, and the trade is past it. This is a hole. |
no evidence |
| TRADE OPENED needs our word |
reached dated not stated, on a document |
4 pieces of evidence. Each move is a line on the timeline below. |
| BOOKED needs counterparty word |
reached dated not stated, on a document |
3 pieces of evidence. Each move is a line on the timeline below. |
| DEPARTED needs document |
reached dated 8 Aug 2026, on a document |
1 piece of evidence. Each move is a line on the timeline below. |
| ARRIVED needs counterparty word |
not reached nothing on this trade evidences it yet. |
no evidence |
| DELIVERED needs our word |
not reached the proving document is not defined. James to state it. Until he states it, the only route is a trader recording delivery against one of four labelled proofs, and which one was used is stored. |
no evidence |
| INVOICED needs document |
reached dated 9 Aug 2026, on a document |
5 pieces of evidence. Each move is a line on the timeline below. |
| PAID IN needs document |
part dated not stated, with no grade recorded. Part settled: what was invoiced and what has been received both print below. |
no evidence |
| PAID OUT needs document |
not reached nothing on this trade evidences it yet. |
no evidence |
| RECONCILED needs document |
not reached the cost stack has not been built yet, so there is nothing to strike a result against |
no evidence |
This table answers which of the eleven are evidenced and which are not. WHEN each one moved, and on what, is on the timeline below under changes. A date there is the date the EVIDENCE carries, which is not always the date the thing happened: a container that arrived on Monday and was reported on Thursday is dated Thursday.
What disagrees with the old record
Nothing the old record says about this trade disagrees with the evidence this record holds.
Messages
What has happened, in one order
Everything the record holds on this trade — what was said, what was produced, what moved, what was paid, what was pressed and what was asked — on one line each, newest first, in Sydney time. It is one list and not seven, because a trader asking what happened on Tuesday should not have to read seven.
Showing mail only. Show everything.
what was said carterandassoc@obsidianadvisory.com.au · in · email
AP/AR Report 22/09/2026
(no specific reference to 1038331 in this message) AP/AR report cover note from Atul Sangvekar (Obsidian Advisory) dated 22/09/2026; figures only in linked Google Sheets (AR and AP) and attached xlsx files; body names no trade.
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what was said carterandassoc@obsidianadvisory.com.au · in · email
AP/AR Report 21/09/2026
(no specific reference to 1038331 in this message) AP/AR report cover note from Atul Sangvekar (Obsidian Advisory) dated 21/09/2026; figures only in linked Google Sheets (AR and AP) and attached xlsx files; body names no trade.
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what was said carterandassoc@obsidianadvisory.com.au · in · email
AP/AR Report 18/09/2026
(no specific reference to 1038331 in this message) AP/AR report cover note from Atul Sangvekar (Obsidian Advisory) dated 18/09/2026; figures only in linked sheets/attachments, body names no trade. Notes AR report not included (though AR link given) because Export team emailed about AR adjustments; …
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what was said Carter & Associates · out · email
RE: 1038303 Eastern Wealth HKG - please confirm the trays flown on 618-55465362 and 618-55465432
Hello Liam and Mandy Following our email of 9 September: for our invoice 1038303 to Eastern Wealth Trading, Hong Kong, could you please confirm, for each of air waybills 618-55465362 and 618-55465432 as flown, the consignee, the flight and date, the tray count by size, and the gross weight in kg. Thank you. CARTER & ASSOCIATES Excellence in Fresh Produce
what was said james@carterandassoc.com.au · out · email
Open accounts - book corrections after today's reconciliation
(no specific reference to 1038326 in this message) Reply from james@ to Atul: 'Investigate the void advice. Everything else is correct' — approving the Export team's corrections other than the void items.
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what was said carterandassoc@obsidianadvisory.com.au · in · email
Open accounts - book corrections after today's reconciliation
(no specific reference to 1038326 in this message) Atul re-sends (16 Sep) the same request asking whether to proceed with the Export team's AR corrections in Xero.
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what was said carterandassoc@obsidianadvisory.com.au · in · email
AP/AR Report 15/09/2026
(no specific reference to 1038326 in this message) AP report cover note from Obsidian Advisory (Atul Sangvekar); figures only in linked Google sheet/attached xlsx, body names no trade. AR report not included because the Export team emailed about AR adjustments; updated AR report to follow once adju…
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what was said quenton@carterandassoc.com.au · out · email
Missing PO Details and Supplier Purchase Bills
(no specific reference to 1038324 in this message) Quenton replies to Atul's 10 Sept missing PO/purchase bill list asking 'why is this so?'. No new trade figures.
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Show all 92 lines — 84 older lines not printed.
26 lines carry no time at all and sit at the end.
Capture stops where the channels stopped: body backfill exports@carterandassoc.com.au at 7 Oct 2025 16:10 AEDT; body backfill james@carterandassoc.com.au at 9 Jul 2025 07:00 AEST; the carriage feed at 9 Oct 2026 08:19 AEDT; email, exports@carterandassoc.com.au at 9 Oct 2026 11:47 AEDT; email, james@carterandassoc.com.au at 9 Oct 2026 11:47 AEDT; email, quenton@carterandassoc.com.au at 9 Oct 2026 11:47 AEDT; gmail history exports@carterandassoc.com.au at 9 Oct 2026 11:47 AEDT; gmail history james@carterandassoc.com.au at 9 Oct 2026 08:23 AEDT; older mail read back, exports@carterandassoc.com.au at 9 Oct 2026 02:53 AEDT; older mail read back, james@carterandassoc.com.au at 9 Oct 2026 02:53 AEDT; older mail read back, quenton@carterandassoc.com.au at 9 Oct 2026 02:53 AEDT; older mail read back, recipients lane at 9 Oct 2026 05:13 AEDT; purchase mail at 9 Oct 2026 11:20 AEDT; files received, exports@carterandassoc.com.au at 9 Oct 2026 05:39 AEDT; trade states at 9 Oct 2026 11:33 AEDT; WhatsApp messages at 9 Oct 2026 11:46 AEDT; WhatsApp pictures at 9 Oct 2026 11:39 AEDT. Nothing after those times is on this timeline, whether or not it happened. A press is recorded before anything it would change, so a refusal and a failure leave the same trail as a success.
Actions on this trade
The acts
James McNamara, general manager, signed in on your own link. Every press below is recorded against this name. There is no way to press as somebody else, because there is no shared token and nothing in the address bar says who you are.
At DEPARTED
What is owed while a trade sits here: the final invoice and packing list regenerated on the transport document and the certified weights, the forwarder holding them, the customer holding the final invoice and the pre-alert, and every original the destination requires dispatched with its courier and tracking number recorded. Late here means: an original is recorded as having to travel with no courier record.
Documents
| document | produced | it prints | |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOOKING CONFIRMATION | not stated | no total on it | recorded with no file on this machine |
| BOOKING CONFIRMATION | not stated | no total on it | recorded with no file on this machine |
| BOOKING CONFIRMATION | not stated | no total on it | recorded with no file on this machine |
| COMMERCIAL INVOICE | not stated | no total on it | recorded with no file on this machine |
| COMMERCIAL INVOICE | not stated | no total on it | recorded with no file on this machine |
| COMMERCIAL INVOICE | not stated | no total on it | recorded with no file on this machine |
| COMMERCIAL INVOICE | not stated | no total on it | recorded with no file on this machine |
| PACKING LIST | not stated | no total on it | recorded with no file on this machine |
| PACKING LIST | not stated | no total on it | recorded with no file on this machine |
| PURCHASE ORDER | not stated | no total on it | recorded with no file on this machine |
| PURCHASE ORDER | not stated | no total on it | recorded with no file on this machine |
| PURCHASE ORDER | not stated | no total on it | recorded with no file on this machine |
| PURCHASE ORDER | not stated | no total on it | recorded with no file on this machine |
| credit note | not stated | no total on it | recorded with no file on this machine |
| transport document | not stated | no total on it | recorded with no file on this machine |
Received by email
| file | from | arrived | where it is |
|---|---|---|---|
| TAX INVOICE - 00241793 - QCFRESBNE (26-Aug-26).PDF | Carter & Associates Finance | 26 Aug 2026 18:48 AEST | in trade 1038303's 10_Correspondence |
| Original 3 - (for Shipper) - 618-55465432.PDF | VIF Export | 12 Aug 2026 12:55 AEST | in trade 1038303's 05_Freight |
| Original 3 - (for Shipper) - 618-55465362.pdf | Liam Fraser | 7 Aug 2026 16:16 AEST | in trade 1038303's 05_Freight |
Send
What takes it forward
ARRIVED is reached by pressing one of its own acts, and PAID IN is reached by pressing one of its own acts. A press before its evidence exists comes back asking for the evidence; it is never an error and never drops what was typed.
Move it on
It is at DEPARTED. The estate moves a card itself when the evidence lands; moving it by hand asks what shows it, and the trade's own messages and documents are the taps.
Only stages ahead of this one. A card that has gone forward wrongly is put right with “correct a fact”, which writes the old value, the new one, who and when; walking a trade backwards through the stages would leave the record saying it happened twice.