文档介绍：Unit 9 Packing 包装
世纪商务英语外贸函电
Basic Knowledge Concerned
Letter-writing Guide
monly Used Expressions and Sentences
Sample Letters
Practical Training
Part One
Part Two
Part Three
Part Four
Part Five
Contents
Part One
Packing is of great importance in foreign trade. When talking about packing, details such as manners of packing, kinds of packing materials, marking on the packing, the burden of packing cost, etc. should be involved.
There are two types of packing, the packing for sale or inner packing and the transportation packing or outer packing. The former is one part of a product as it is nearly impossible for modity without packaging to be distributed into the sales outlets such as supermarkets and convenience stores in today’s highly specialized and globalized market economy. It serves as an essential promotional tool for the sale of products by attracting the attention of potential buyers.
The packing in the context of international trade and this unit refers mainly to the latter type, the transportation packing, which provides protection for goods transported for long distance, mostly by sea. It provides easy marks for operation staff at the docks to distinguish the goods they handle and for consignees to identify their goods when receiving them at the destination ports.
1. The Significance of Packing
Part One
A packing clause is an integral part of a sales contract or a Letter of Credit. Generally, the following contents are required in the packing clause:
(1) who is to bear the packing cost: the seller or the buyer
(2) the method of packing: cases, bales, barrels, baskets or containers, etc.
(3) the packing specification: the quantity in each unit, the dimension of the
package, etc.
(4) the marking on the outer packing
2. The Indispensable Contents Required in a Packing Clause
Part One
3. The Role of a Packing List
Responding to the requirements of some buyers the exporter needs to issue a packing list to confirm the detail