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优马思教育-您的商务英语顾问 优马思教育制作 INCOTERMS 2000 专家问答(1) 前言：《国际贸易术语解释通则》（以下称Incoterms ）的宗旨是为国际贸易中最普遍使用的贸易术语提供一套解释的国际规则，以避免因各国不同解释而出现的不确定性，或至少在相当程度上减少这种不确定性。 Incoterms 现行版本是Incoterms 2000，与Incoterms 1990相比看上去变化很小。原因很明显，即Incoterms当前已得到世界承认，所以ICC决定巩固Incoterms在世界范围内得到的承认，并避免为了变化而变化。另一方面，在修订过程中，ICC尽量保证Incoterms 2000中的语言清楚准确地反映出国际贸易实务。无论是实质变化还是形式变化都是在对Incoterms的使用者广泛调查的基础上做出的，而且对1990年以来Incoterms专家小组（专门为Incoterms使用者提供额外服务的机构）收到的咨询意见给予了充分考虑。本文即ICC Incoterms专家小组就《Incoterms 2000》中的一些问题给予的解释与回答。希望此文能对业内人士更好地理解《Incoterms 2000》有所帮助。 1 - CFR Could the delay in receiving the documents by the buyer be considered as a delay in taking delivery of the goods because of the delay receiving the documents? Query: “In a CFR contract, can we consider the delay in receiving the documents by the buyer, as a delay in taking delivery of the goods clearance of the goods delayed (sic) because of the delay receiving the documents?”. Response: ?There is no provision as such in Incoterms CFR. However, Article A8 states that The seller [...] must provide the buyer without delay with the usual transport document [...]. This document [...] must [...] enable the buyer to claim the goods from the carrier at the port of destination [...]”. 2 - FAS Payment of costs handling or manipulations. Query: 搮e in Incoterms 2000 FAS, who - seller or buyer - has to pay the costs of manipulation or handling. According to A4 (FAS),the seller must place the goods alongside the vessel nominated by the buyer at the loading place named by the buyer, and A6 tells us that the seller must pay all costs relating to the goods until such time as they have been delivered in accordance with A4. It is clear that the seller has to pay the cost of unloading the truck and of placing the goods next to the ship, even if this is a very brief trip. But what happens if there are some meters between the place where the seller leave the goods and the point where they can be taken for the ship? Who has to pay that cost? Point 11 of the I