进出口业务名词解释.doc

Tariff: is a duty or fee levied on goods being imported into a country .It can be a revenue tariff or a protection tariff .According to the tome of collection, duties can be divided into import duty and export duty. According to the methods in which tariffs are collected, duties can be divided into specific duty ,as valorem duty ,mixed or compound duty and an alternative duty. Surtax: is additional, temporary, and discriminatory against goods from a particular country. It contains countervailing duty, anti-dumping duty and variable levy . Anti-dumping duty: is collected when importing country believes that there is a dumping（a not universally defined concept that can mean the selling price in a foreign country is below domestic selling price, world market price, or production cost） . Specific duty: is collected per physical unit-according to weight, volume, measurement, and quantity As valorem duty: is collected according to value or price ,for example, at a percentage of the price. Import license: is a permit import issued by the government to control the importing of the goods that have strategic importance to the importing country A charter party is required in charter shipping. A chapter party is a written contract between the ship operator and the charter(shipper) Shipped B/L:a B/L indicating that the goods have been shipped or loaded on board on a named vessel ,as evidenced by the pre-printed wording or the on board notation on the bill of lading. Clean B/L:bears an indication that the goods are received without damage, irregularities or short shipment. A straight B/L: is one in which the goods are consigned to a designed party. It is a non-negotiable bill of lading-title to the goods is conferred directly to a party named in the letter of credit and id not transferable to another party by endorsement.. Order B/L: is one n which the goods are consigned to the order of a named party. It is a negotiable bill of lading-the title to the goods is conferred to t