Customs tariffs, taxes and duties

5. Give sentences of your own to illustrate the meaning of the expressions from the previous exercise.

6. Translate into English:

товары второго сорта; недопоставленные товары (2 варианта); при обратной транспортировке; небольшая задержка; поломка оборудования; проведя расследование; неправильно истолковать; скидка в цене

7. Fill in the necessary prepositions or adverbs:

Dear Sirs,

The goods ordered__this number arrived today__good condition, and your invoice is checked and found correct. However, we have to point__that these articles were ordered subject__their arriving to us__the end of June. Since they did not reach us__10 July, we have been forced to have problems__our customers.

As you understand, a recurrence__this situation could result__our customers placing orders somewhere else. We are obliged, therefore, to insist that you observe delivery deadlines__future orders.

Yours faithfully,...

8. Translate into English:

Уважаемые господа!

К нашему сожалению, мы вынуждены сообщить вам, что ваша последняя поставка не соответствует обычным стандартам. Покрытие не очень хорошего качества и эмаль в некоторых местах потрескалась. С экспресс-почтой мы послали вам образцы последней и предыдущей поставок, для того, чтобы вы смогли видеть разницу в качестве товара сами.

Хотим сообщить вам, что всегда были уверены в высоком качестве вашего товара, и тем более (all the more) разочарованы, что этот товар был предназначен для нашего нового заказчика.

Поскольку нам пришлось забрать  этот товар обратно, просим вас сообщить нам незамедлительно, какие меры вы собираетесь принять в сложившейся  ситуации.

С уважением...

9. Write a leter of reply to the previous letter on behalf of the suppliers.

10. Reply to the letter of Exercise 7 on behalf of the producers.

11. Write a letter to your suppliers to inform them that some articles in three cases have been broken due to bad packing; you have the report of the insurance surveyor confirming this.

SPEECH PRACTICE

1. Role-play. Disagree with the following statements. Give your reasons. Use the formulas of disagreement:

Far from it.  You are mistaken.  I don’t think so.

1) The basic document used in insurance is a cover note.

2) General average means partial loss or damage accidentally caused to a particular lot of goods.

3) An insurance policy is issued for each shipment of goods.

4) Normally goods are insured for the CIF value of the consignment.

5) An insurance premium is the name given to the sum of money paid to the insured by an insurance company if something goes wrong to the goods.

6) If a customer is unsatisfied with the execution of his order he may sue the seller.

7) If the quality of goods is unsatisfactory, the customer sends the goods back to the seller.

8) If the supplier sends the wrong articles he asks the customer to sell them at a reduced price.

2. What do you think could happen if:

• a) imported goods were not insured?
• b) insurance companies didn’t demand the report on the damage?

3. Role simulation. Discuss in the form of the dialogue:

• 1) advantages of buying goods on the CIF terms for the seller;
• 2) the way of calculating the insurance premium;
• 3) the order of making a claim.

4. Speak on the following topics:

• 1) Main insurance documents.
• 2) Main types of goods insurance.
• 3) Main types of social insurance in the USA and Russia.