Practical Foreign Trade Knowledge

To do foreign trade, it is necessary to know something about freight.

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Standard 20 "

InsideLength InsideWidth InsideHeight DoorWidth DoorHeight Capacity TareWeight MaxiCargo

19 "4" 7 "8" 7 "10" 7 "8" 7 "6" 1172cft 4916lbs 47900lbs

5900m 2350M 2393m 2342m 2280m 33,2cub.m 2230Kg 21770kg

Standard 40 "

InsideLength InsideWidth InsideHeight DoorWidth DoorHeight Capacity TareWeight MaxiCargo

39 "5" 7 "8" 7 "10" 7 "8" 7 "6" 2390cft 8160lbs 590400lbs

12036m 2350M 2393m 2340m 2280m 67,7cub.m 3700kg 26780kg

Container is

20 foot container specifications: 5 905mm x 2 350mm x 2 392mm volume 33.2 M3

40 ft container flat box: 12 036mm x 2 350mm x 2 392mm volume 67.7 M3

40 ft container high: 12 036mm x 2 350mm x 2 697mm volume 76.3 M3

For frozen products, there are specialized refrigerated containers, usually 40 feet.

What kind of container to choose depends on the product.

Products with large volume, large quantity and light weight, of course, are more cost-effective, because as long as they are not overweight, 40 feet can be loaded with two containers of 20 containers, but the freight rate is cheaper than that of two 20 foot containers. 40.

However, it should be noted that when calculating container loading, the volume of unit product can not be simply removed by volume.

Because of the limitation of container terminals at various ports, for example, some limit 20 tons of cabinet 17 tons, 40 feet cabinet is 25 tons.

More attention should be paid to inland pportation. The limits of inland countries are varied, ranging from 15 tons to 20 tons in the United States.

In addition, there is a convex angle of the size of a lunch box in the upper left and right corner of the container, which will affect the loading. When calculating, especially when it is expected to be full, it is necessary to consider this factor.

For some products that need moistureproof, various moisture-proof agents can be placed in containers.

Foreign trade colleagues summed up a lot of effective small experience.

For example, choose the commonly used "silica gel" moisture-proof agent, and put it in the container around the container with cheap stockings.

Customs customs will usually check the Customs at the time of customs declaration and sometimes even open the box.

Therefore, when a container is loaded with a variety of goods, it is best to pick a box / door on each door to reduce the risk of thorough inspection of the goods.

After booking, the forwarder will allocate the container to the consignor.

Each container has a unique number brush on the box.

After the shipper has loaded, seal the container door with SEAL LOCK (a one-time printed special serial lock) and record the number of the lead seal as a shipping record with the container number.

Sign the container incoming / Equipment Interchange Receipt and return to the container terminal.

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Pallets are used for padding goods and loading and unloading with forklifts.

The maximum load can reach 2 tons.

Usually made of wood.

Because European and American countries have regulations on the importation of wood products, they must be fumigated and inactivated. Therefore, containers for wooden pallets must also be fumigated and fumigated.

Fumigation can be entrusted to freight forwarders.

If you do not want to fumigate (fumigation cost), you can choose plastic or composite wooden pallets as appropriate, and the price is slightly more expensive.

3. the one-off lock used for the lead sealing container has the unique corresponding number, which is sealed and recorded on the bill of lading after being installed.

Unless checked by the customs, the consignee should be delivered to the consignee in good condition.

4. common jargon and terms of freight

Customs clearance: if the goods fail to declare in time, or when the customs declaration information is not complete, in order to rush the shipping date, they should be flexible one day before sailing, and strive to clear the customs quickly.

Cabinet: due to the congestion of the port, the shipment was delayed after the customs clearance was not released in time.

Trailer: drag the container from container to the location of the goods and return it after loading.

Check: containers are checked by Customs at random.

The owner will incur additional charge for the checking.

Small cabinet: one of the common names of 20 foot counters, and the corresponding 40 foot cabinet is a large cabinet.

Heavy containers: containers loaded with goods.

The "no load" is called "lucky cabinet".

Selling: goods that are large and light in weight.

Such goods are generally calculated in terms of volume or cost.

The calculation method is the volume of goods (cubic centimeter) /6000= kg.

Heavy cargo: goods that are small in size and heavy in weight.

CFS: Container Freight Station.

CY: container yard (Container Yard) container pfer, custody, stacking of the station.

DOOR: in container pportation terminology, the warehouse location where the consignor and the consignee voluntarily load and unload goods.

According to the handover of goods pportation at CFS, CY and DOOR three points, CY---CY, CFS---CY, DOOR----DOOR and so on are divided into different ways.

These methods will be displayed on the bill of lading.

The meaning corresponds to: for example, CY---CY is the container loading yard storage yard from the loading port or container loading yard to the destination or unloading port.

Besides shipping, common international cargo pportation includes air freight and international express.

Air freight is issued by AIR WAY BILL (AWB).

Air waybill does not have the privilege of proving and controlling maritime bill of lading, nor does it have the practice of instructing the bill of lading.

Because airfreight must specify the consignee, so it is similar to a bill of lading in a bill of lading. The consignee does not have to pay the original bill of lading, only to prove his status.

Therefore, when doing air pportation, we must have psychological preparation. When you deliver the goods to the air freight forwarder, you will give it to the customer.

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There is no specific bill of lading for international express delivery, but only a consignment order for the shipper is left.

There is the only express number on the bottom of each express.

Famous international express companies have their own websites.

For example:

FedEx:http://www.fedex.com/cn/

DHL:http://www.cn.dhl.com/

UPS:http://www.ups.com/asia/cn/chsindex.html

TNT:http://www.tnt.com/country/zh_cn.html

On their respective websites, you can check the status of express delivery in real time by express the bottom number, and you can also see the affiliate's way of contact in your location.

The cost of express delivery can be paid by the sending party, or it can be paid by the recipient on the premise that the Recipient agrees.

To pay the way of operation, first ask customers in an international courier company's account (most customers have similar accounts), and then to the courier company to inquire about the validity of this account, confirm the correct post payment.

It should be noted that if there is no written confirmation that the client really agrees to pay, then if the customer refuses to pay, the courier company will turn to collect fees from the sender.

Apart from the world-famous express companies, there are many express companies in China.

Domestic express companies sometimes use "second-hand" agents as well-known international express businesses.

For domestic customers, such agents are not without benefits.

For example, some international courier companies require that if the payment is made, the sender himself also needs the account of the express company or the risk deposit.

Those who do not want to do so will arrange international courier through domestic express companies, that is, circumvent the settlement, because they have a cooperation agreement with the international express company.

Of course, this naturally is not directly insured by international express companies, but it is not a big problem as long as it is not a very valuable item.

Shipping goods by international express saves the trouble of declaration and cancellation.

But when customers receive the goods, they sometimes need to pay import duties according to the amount declared by the consignor.

Therefore, this point should be taken into consideration when the value of the express delivery declaration is taken into consideration.

Paying attention to learning and accumulating knowledge of freight pport is good for shipping smoothly and saving costs.

Through the first 6 days of study, we have basically grasped the general process and daily operation of foreign trade, as well as detailed steps and precautions for developing foreign trade on the Internet.

Foreign trade itself is a very practical job. Apart from the theoretical knowledge in books, experience is more important.

For example, when it comes to trade disputes, legal liability and judicial settlement are usually discussed in theory, but in practice, it is very unrealistic because of the high consumption of manpower and financial resources.

Therefore, more exchanges with colleagues, efforts to circumvent the resolution, more feasible.

Therefore, on the last day of the course, we will focus on the long accumulated experience and lessons of foreign trade colleagues in the form of informal discussion and case study.