Ordered before May, but ship after Nov 15 — you still pay the 50% surcharge?

Here's a deadline most buyers haven't clocked: if your dealer opened a Letter of Credit on or before 15 May 2026, your vehicle escapes the 50% customs duty surcharge — but only if it's shipped on board by 15 November and that LC was never amended. Change the engine spec, the unit count, or even the expiry date on the LC, and the exemption disappears. With barely two weeks left, container bookings out of Japan are tightening and some orders already look stuck in yard queues. One side says this is just normal trade-deal housekeeping — importers knew the terms going in, and anyone who amended their LC for a better spec took that risk themselves. The other side says ordinary buyers who paid a deposit months ago are now hostage to shipping line delays and port congestion they have zero control over, and could get hit with a surcharge for something that isn't their fault at all. If you've got an order riding on this cutoff, has your dealer actually confirmed the vessel and loading date, or are you just hoping it clears in time? මැයි මාසයේ LC විවෘත කළත්, නොවැම්බර් 15න් පෙර නැව්ගත කළේ නැත්නම් අධිභාරය ගෙවන්න වෙයිද?