Foreign Trade Documentation Practice

Author: Dai Bin
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Publish Date: 2002-08-01
Features: This book systematically elaborates on the types, functions, formats, and key points of various settlement documents in import and export businesses. It includes three major basic documents—invoices, transport documents, and insurance documents—as well as various auxiliary settlement documents. The book also introduces domestic business documents related to import and export operations, such as chartering and booking shipping space, insurance, filing claims, and customs clearance. Given that sales contracts and letters of credit are fundamental documents and one of the main bases for document preparation in import and export operations, their nature and content have a direct impact on document work. Therefore, the book provides a detailed discussion on international sales contracts and letters of credit. Considering the increasing adoption of EDI in international trade, which has brought about new changes in the preparation, processing, handling, and transmission of import and export documents, the book dedicates a chapter to introducing the basic knowledge of EDI. Additionally, the book collects over 100 domestic and international document samples. Most of the professional terms discussed in the book are accompanied by their English equivalents.