国际贸易Unit 6-12.docVIP

Unit 6 Quantity of Goods Key: I.Here given in the following are short forms for some units of measure and weight. Please give the complete form of each: 1)吨 2)盎斯 3)磅 4)品脱 5)码 6)加仑 7)令 8)公斤 9)克 10)平方米 II. Please fill in the blanks with what you have learnt in this unit. 1. If the seller delivers a quantity of goods greater than that provided for in the contract, the buyer may take delivery or refuse to take delivery of the excess quantity. 2. Gross weight refers to the net weight plus the tare weight of the goods. 3. There are four ways to calculate tare: by actual tare, by average tare, by customary tare, by computed tare. 4. If the buyer takes delivery of all or part of the excess quantity, he must pay for it at the contract rate. 5. Conditioned Weight refers to the kind of weight derived from the process, with which the moisture content of the commodity is removed and standardized moisture added both by scientific methods. 6. Legal weight is the weight of the goods and the immediate package of the goods. 7. A complete more or less term should include three parts: 1) certain proportion; 2) who has the right to decide the more or less term when the goods are delivered; 3) pay attention to the calculation of more or less clause. 8. At the time of the conclusion of a contract, the quantity clause should be clearly and definitely stipulated so as not to give rise to disputes. III. Please give the following definitions for the names in English. 1. Gross weight is the sum of total weight of the commodity itself and the tare (the package weight). That’s to say it refers to the net weight plus the tare weight of the goods. 2.Net weight is the actual weight of commodity without the addition of the tare. In international trade if the goods are sold by weight, the net weight is often used. 3. Actual tare: The actual weight of packages of the whole commodities. 4. Average tare: In this way, the weight of packages is calculated on the basis of the average tare o