外贸英文制单1-2章(Documentation for Foreign.pptVIP

Chapter 1 Overview for Documentation Documents act as a medium for realization of int’l trade by means of delivering and submitting documents.No matter what the links they are, such as making goods ready,declaring inspection for commodities,export clearance,export transportation, cargo insurance and payment，or sending ship for transportation, import insurance,checking documents for payment, import clearance for taking delivery, cargo inspection and claim)，there is no doubt that all those links are involved in making out of documents, delivery of documents and transmission of documents so that the documents can satisfy the requirements of commerce, banking, insurance, inspection, customs house and government agents for dealing with supervising the import and export. Section 1 The implication of export documents 1.The implication of export documents Export documents, also called export certificates, refers to the documents or certificates, which are used for dealing with delivery of goods, transportation, insurance, commodity inspection, payment and clearance. 2.Features of export documents (1) Datamation of commodities Modern business is symbolic delivery.After the seller has delivered the goods, he must present the documents(title to the goods) to the bank for fulfillment of business contract.On the other hand, the buyer should effect the payment for getting the documents in order to take delivery at port of destination. The main reason is that the documents represent the actual goods. Generally speaking, all export documents involves two functions, such as one possessing commodity attributes or representing commodity value, packing and quality, or presenting the quantity and place of origin. The others act as currency attributes, or directly used for the function of payment. (2) commercialization of commodity International trade means the transaction of documents so that the seller and the buyer do business through the delivery of docume