国际贸易实务试卷A卷(英文)09.12

《国际贸易实务》2009-2010学年第一学期期末考试试卷（A卷）

考核对象：‘4+0’国贸084班

‘4+0’国贸085班

考试时间：2小时

班级：_______ 学号：________ 姓名：_________ 成绩：________

Ⅰ. Put T for true or F for false in the brackets at the end of each statement. ( 15% )

1.（ F ）According to INCOTERMS 2000, if the seller exports ceramics using CIF term, he must insure the goods against All Risks plus Risk of Clash and Breakage.

2.（ F ）According to INCOTERMS 2000, under CIF Liner Terms Hamburg, the buyer must pay the discharging fees in the port of destination.

3.（ F ）International customs and practice is the international standard which is of some guiding significance to international business men. So all the international business men should abide by the international customs and practice.

4.（ T ）When the charterer fails to load or unload the goods within the stipulated period of time, he has to pay demurrage to the ship-owner.

5.（ F ）In order to avoid complications, we should try our best to use much more kinds of methods to stipulate the quality of the goods.

6.（ F ）According to CISG, if the package of the goods is not in acordance with the terms and conditions of the contract, the buyer could lodge claims, but he couldn’t reject the goods.

7.（ F ）According to CISG, if the seller delivers a quantity of goods greater than that provided for in the contract, the buyer may take delivery or refuse to take delivery of all the quantity (including the excess quantity and the contracted quantity).

8.（ F ）A chinese company exports 1500 bags of cement using CIF term in the contract and has insured the goods against F.P.A. before shipment. However five bags fall into water when loading in the port of shipment. Because the five bags have not been on board yet, the insurance company is not responsible for the loss of the five bags.

9.（ T ）According to UCP 600, if there isn’t any other stipulation, the transshipment is allowed.

10.（ F ）The clause of “ CIF London, New York or Tokyo, at buyer’s option” is reasonable and we could agree when exporting goods.

11.（ T ）According to UCP 600, the L/C is independent of the underlying transactions.

12.（ F ）According to CISG, the offeror can withdraw his offer, but he can not revoke it no matter what happened.

13.（ F ）The colletcing bank should promise to get the money from the buyer under Collection.

14.（ T ）According to UCP 600, the beneficiary should present full set clean on board B/Ls if the L/C requires B/Ls with no special terms and conditions.

15.（ F ）Under Collection, the payer of the draft should be the buyer’s bank.

Ⅱ. Please choose the best answer from the following choices of each question. ( 20% )

1. An exporter in Guangzhou has agreed to sell goods to a company in New York. The exporter is responsible for arranging transport but not insurance. Which of the following shipping terms is correct? ( )

A. CIF New York B. FOB New York

C. CFR New York D. FOB Guangzhou

2. According to UCP 600, if there is no special description about the form of the L/C in it, then this L/C is ( )

A. irrecovable and non-transferable B. recovable and transferable

C. irrecovable and transferable D. recovable and non-transferable

3. Which term means the minimum cost coverage by the seller? ( )

A. EXW B. FCA C. FAS D.FOB

4. According to CISG, when sale by sample and there are not any other detailed stipulations in contract, the goods delivered by the seller should be ( )

A. About same as the sample B. same as the sample

C. different a little from sample D. A, B, C are all right.

5. A B/L acts as ( )

A. a receipt of goods by the carrier

B. an evidence of the contract of carriage

C. a document of title for the goods

D. A, B, C are all right.

6. Under D/A, the draft must be ( )

A. sight draft B. time draft C. banker’s draft D. clean draft

7. According to CISG, the offer can be submitted ( )

A. in written form B. orally C. in written form or be sent orally

8. The shipping Mark usually doesn’t contain ( )

A. the code name of shipper or consignee

B. number of packages

C. name of destination

D. chemical characteristics

9. In the following payment terms, ( ) is the safest term to the seller.

A. sight payment L/C

B. D/P at sight

C. Payment at 30 days after delivery of goods

D. Cash with order

10. In the following statements about loading and discharging charges in charter party, ( ) is correct.

A. F.I. means the shipper should unload the goods by himself.

B. F.O. means the shipper should load the goods by himself.

C. The time charter party shouldn’t stipulate terms about these charges.

D. The ship-owner isn’t responsible for these charges in tramp shipping.

Ⅲ. Calculation ( 25% )

1. A Company in Guangzhou quotes its exporting price, USD950 Per Metric Ton FOB Guangzhou, to a German company. But the German company requires the exporter to offer CIF Hamburg price ( with the goods insured W.P.A. plus War Risk). If the freight from Guangzhou to Hamburg is USD180 Per Metric Ton, the insured amount is 110% of CIF value and the premium rate is 1.3% of W.P.A. plus War Risk.

(1) Please calculate how much this exporting company should offer CIF Hamburg price per Metric Ton with the same profit. ( 10% )

(2) If the German company requires the exporter to offer CIFC5% Hamburg price ( with the goods insured W.P.A. plus War Risk). Please calculate how much this exporting company should offer CIFC5% Hamburg price per Metric Ton with the same profit. ( 5% )

2. A company in Shanghai exports some garments to a foreign company. the total exporting amount is USD 70000 FOB Shanghai. If the domestic purchasing price of these garments is 450000 RMB. The domestic total charges (including all kinds of domestic fees and taxes) are 40000 RMB. And the export tax rebate is 3000 RMB. And the exchange rate is USD1:RMB7. Please calculate the rate of profit or loss of this export transaction. ( 10% )

Ⅳ. Case Study (40%)

A Chinese exporter exported 5000 sets electrical household appliances to an importer on the basis of USD 600 per set CFR Los Angeles. Both parties agreed to stipulate the following in the contract:

“…… 40% payment by T/T in advance and 60% payment by D/P 90 days after sight.

The buyer should remit the 40% of total value on or before September 30th, 2008.

Shipment from Chinese port to Los Angeles, not later than Oct. 21st, 2008.

Packed in wooden box fumigated more over 12 hours with H2S gas.

Partial shipment and transshipment are prohibited. ……”

After received buyer’s remittance money September 28th, the exporter shipped 3000 sets in Shanghai Port on Oct. 4th, 2008, then sent shipping advice on time to the importer and got one set of clean on board B/Ls. Then the exporter shipped the other 2000 sets on board the same vessel in Guangzhou Port on Oct. 8th, 2008, sent shipping advice on time to the importer and got other one set of clean on board B/Ls. And then the vessel began to sail to Los Angeles.

1. Whether the seller has breached the contract provision of “Partial shipment and transshipment are prohibited” or not? Why? ( 5% )

2. If during the transportation from Guangzhou to Los Angeles by sea, the ship struck on a rock and got stranded. Therefore, the ship arrived at Los Angeles after a delay (latter about 20 days than usual time) and part of goods have been damaged during transportation.

According to INCOTERMS 2000, whether the importer has the right to make a claim against the seller because of transportation delay? Why? ( 5% )

3. If these appliances had been insured against W.P.A as per China Insurance Clause before shipment. And if the Inspection Certificate states that: 1000 sets suffered losses at USD 30000 due to the above event; the other 4000 sets are in good conditions and quality. Whether the insurance company should compensate the damage or not? Why? ( 6% )

4. If the importer became bankrupt Nov. 2008, without paying money and taking the collection documents, what should the collecting bank do? Was the collecting bank responsible for receiving and keeping goods? Why? What should the exporter do? Why? (10% )

5. If the exporter entrust bank for D/P, but importer borrowed the full set of documents from collecting bank with T/R before payment and later the importer became bankrupt, what should the exporter do? Why? (7% )

6. If the payment term in the contract was changed to “40% payment by T/T in advance and 60% payment by L/C 90 days after sight” and the importer became bankrupt Nov. 2008, whether the exporter could receive payments on time provided that it had made complying presentation to issuing bank on time? Why? (7% )