商务接待英语情景口语对话 商务英语口语对话:进出口

商务英语口语对话:进出口  

A: How long will it take for our order to be delivered?
B: Let's see. You are importing fifty containers of textiles from China. They should be able to place your order before the end of next week. It will take 2 days for shipping to the port city of Ningbo. The freight will take 3 weeks on the open ocean and will arrive in Los Angeles approximately a month from today. Domestic shipping will be your responsibility
you can make arrangements with the pier in Los Angeles.
A: Fine
we will handle domestic shipping
but what about customs? Will we have to pay tariff on our imports? I hope we don't run into any problems with the border control.
B: No
the Chinese pany has that all worked out. With the paperwork you receive with the shipment
you should be good to go.

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freight:goods that are transported by ships
planes
trains or lorries/trucks; the system of transporting goods in this way (海运、空运或陆运的)货物;货运
to send goods by air freight 空运货物
a freight business 货运公司
passenger and freight transportation services 客货运业务

tariff:a tax that is paid on goods ing into or going out of a country 关税

work sth out:to find the answer to something; to solve something 找到…的答案;处理;解决
to work out a problem/puzzle/code 解决问题；弄清疑团；破译密码
Can you work out what these squiggles mean? 你能辨认出这些潦草的字迹是什么意思吗？
I couldn't work out where the music was ing from. 我弄不清这音乐是从哪里传来的。
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