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100 professional high frequency vocabulary sharing required for foreign traders

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1. International trade terms (incoterms)

Fob (free on board) — shipload delivery

Cif (cost, insurance, and freight) - cost plus insurance plus freight

Exw (ex works) - plant delivery

Ddp (deliveed duty paid) - after tax

Dap (deliveed at place) - destination delivery goods

Fca (free carrier) - delivery people

Cfr(cost and freight) - cost plus freight

L/c(letter of credit) - letter of credit

T/t(telegraph transport) - wire transfer

Payment modalities (payment terms)

L/c(letter of credit) - letter of credit

T/t(telegraph transport) - wire transfer

D/p (d)Documents against payment)

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O/a (open account) - payments on credit

Western union - western union

Paypal — babel

Escrow - third-party hosting payments

3. Logistics transport (shiping & logistics)

Bill of lading (b/l) - bill of lading

Air waybil (awb) - air waybill

CoNtainer freight state (cfs) - container terminal

Full coNtainer load (fcl) - whole container

Less than coNtainer load (lcl) - case cargo

Eta (estimated time of arrival) - estimated arrival time

Etd (estimated time of depart) - estimated time of departure

Freight forwarder — freight forwarder

Customs clearance - customs

Demurrage - demurrage

Detention charge - demurer fee

4. Import and export documents (i)Mport & export dI don't know

Commercial invoices (ci) - commercial invoices

Packing list (pl) - packing list

Certificate of origin (coo) - certificate of origin

Bill of lading (b/l) - bill of lading

Proforma innovation (pi) - form invoice

Customs declaration - customs declaration

Organisation

Insurance policy — insurance policy

Sales coNtract — sales contract

5. Quality controlNo, no, no, no

Quality coNtrol (qc) - quality control

Organisation

Factory audio — plant audit

Pre-shipinspection (psi) - pre-export inspection

Random sampling application - sampling

Aql (accessable quality level) - acceptable quality level

Defective late - bad rate

Ce centre - ce certification (eu market access certification)

Rohs compliance — rohs compliance (hazard substances limit directive)

6. Supply chain management (supply chain & sourcing)

Oem (original evaluation manufacturer) - original device manufacture business

Odm (original design manufacter) - original designer business

Moq (minimum order quantity) - minimum start order

Lead time — delivery cycle

Supply chain management

Just-in-time (jit) - timely production/instant stockpile

Stock keeping unit (sku) - inventory unit

Outsource — outsourcing

7. Tariffs and compliance (tariffs & compliance)

Hs code (harmo)Nized systems code) - customs code

I..Mport duty — import duties

Vat (value-added tax) - vat

Customs brokerage - customs agent

Free trade agreement (fta) - free trade agreement

Gsp (generalized system of planning) - gsp

8. Business communications

Inquiry - enquiry

Quote - quote

Counter offer - backup

Price list - price table

Negotiation — negotiation

Payment terms — terms of payment

After-sales service

Warranty - quality assurance

9. Customer relatioNo, no, no, no

Customer retention - clients maintain

Follow-up

Repeat order — return

Customer satisfacing - client satisfaction degrees

Complaint handling - complaints handling

Business etiquette - business protocol

10. Digital marketing & e-commerce

Seo (search engineering optimization) - search engine optimization

B2b (business to business) - business-to-business

B2c (business to customer) - business-to-consumer

Ppc (pay per click) - click-pay ad

Affiliate marketing - alliance marketing

Dropshipping - direct mode

Social media marketing

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