外贸英语函电 Unit 11 Quality and Quantity.pptVIP

Unit 7 Quality and Quantity Unit 7 Quality and Quantity 1．Quality：品质 The quality of goods is the synthesis of inner quality and external form of the goods, such as their chemical elements, physical and mechanical functions, specific biological properties, as well as their shapes, structures, colors, tastes, and so on. Unit 7 Quality and Quantity In international transactions, there’re different ways of showing quality: ? Sale by Actual Quality ? Sale by Sample(seller’s sample, buyer’s sample, counter sample) ? Sale by Specification ? Sale by Grade ? Sale by Standard ? Sale by Descriptions and Illustrations ? Sale by Trade Mark or Brand ? Sale by Name of Origin Unit 7 Quality and Quantity  2．Quantity：数量 The quantity of goods is the particular volume that stands for the weight, volume, length, width, height, number of pieces, etc. For example: 50 tons of sugar, 100 hectoliters of beer, and 500 linear meters of steel pipe. The quantities of many commodities are calculated by weight. Gross Weight, Net Weight, Conditional Weight, Theoretical Weight, Legal Weight and Net Net Weight are the commonly adopted ways of calculation. Sometimes, “Gross for Net” is also used for weight calculation. 3．Fair Average Quality (FAQ)良好平均质量 FAQ is an average grade based on samples that is used in the sale of agricultural commodities. Normally, samples should be obtained from different parts of the available stock of produce offered for sale. After examining the samples by sight, smell, taste and touch, the assessors will select those samples which they consider representative of the bulk of the samples, mix them together and reduce the lot to a single reference sample which is declared to represent the Fair Average Quality of the seller’s stock. 4．Quality Tolerance：品质公差 Quality Tolerance is usually used in the trade of agricultural products, industrial raw materials or some light industrial products. Tolerance means the permissible range within which the quality suppli