Trade

Situation : Your company makes spare parts for industrial achines, which you sell abroad. Use the words to complete the description of how you get the goods to your foreign customers.

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acknowledges,   bills of lading,   cargo,   cleared,   consignment,
container,   customs authorities,   delivery,   delivery date,
destination,   distributor,   export,   forwarding agent,   import,
letter of credit,   places,   port of arrival,   sea freight,
shipping documents,   warehouse
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A foreign company (1)           an order for some of your products.
It wants to (2)          some of your parts.
They want (3)         of the goods as soon as possible.
So they want to know the (4)        .
They also want to know what discount you can give on the (5)        .
They want you to send the goods by (6)         .
You pass the order to your (7)         department.
They contact your (8)          to do the necessary paperwork.
You do not have a (9)          in the country where your customer is based.
So you write to your bank to open a (10)          .
You send copies of all the (11)           to the bank.
These include copies of the (12)          .
Your (13)          manager puts the goods into a (14)          .
This forms part of the ship's (15)          .
The ship takes the goods to the (16)          closest to their final (17)          .
Here the consignment is checked by the (18)          .
Once they have been (19)        , they can go on to the customer.
Finally, your customer (20)          .