- •Customs tariffs, taxes and duties episode 1 Customs Tariffs in Russia
- •Vocabulary Notes on the Text
- •8. Retell the text according to the following plan:
- •Vocabulary and Speech Exercises
- •9. Insert appropriate prepositions:
- •10. Give the English equivalents of:
- •11. What do we call?
- •12. Read and translate the following text using a dictionary if necessary: Tariff Systems
- •13. Choose corresponding Russian terms for:
- •14. Answer the following questions:
- •15. Say whatever you know about:
- •Episode 2 Free Economic Zones (fez)
- •Vocabulary Notes on the Text
- •Read and translate the dialogue.
- •Give English equivalents of the following Russian phrases:
- •3. Answer the following questions:
- •4. Retell the dialogue:
- •Vocabulary and Speech Exercises
- •5. Read and translate the following dialogue. Report it as close to the text as possible. Paying Customs Duties and Taxes
- •Customs formalities (I) episode 1 Export-Import Documentation
- •Vocabulary Notes on the Text
- •5. Answer the following questions:
- •6. Sum up the contents of the text according to the following plan:
- •Vocabulary and Speech Exercises
- •7. Read and translate the following:
- •8. Ask questions in English to which the following Russian sentences are the answers and supply the answers:
- •9. Denote the following by a single word:
- •10. Read and translate the text: Customs Documents
- •11. Give English equivalents of:
- •12. Say whatever you can about:
- •13. Retell the text "Customs Documents" enlarging it by any additional information. Episode 2 Customs Control of the Cargo
- •Vocabulary Notes on the Text
- •Read and translate the dialogue.
- •Give the English equivalents of:
- •3. What do we call?
- •4. Explain the meaning of the following terms in English:
- •5. Answer the following questions:
- •6. Reproduce the dialogue in parts.
- •Vocabulary and Speech Exercises
- •7. Conduct the following two-way translation:
- •8. Choose corresponding Russian words for:
- •9. Explain the following terms in English:
- •10. Complete the following sentences:
- •11. Complete the dialogues and reproduce them in parts: a. Customs Inspection of the Baggage
- •B. Customs Control of the Cargo
- •12. Translate into English:
- •Customs formalities (II) episode 1 Transport Documentation
- •Vocabulary Notes on the Text
- •5. Sum up the contents of the text according to the plan:
- •Vocabulary and Speech Exercises
- •6. Complete the following sentences using the appropriate words and word expres sions from the box below:
- •7. Give English equivalents of:
- •8. Make up questions in English to which the following Russian sentences would be the answers. Do a two-way translation, using both the statements and the questions:
- •9. Say a few words about:
- •10. Give a free translation of the following:
- •11. Speak on:
- •Episode 2 a Fresh Look At Customs Intelligence1
- •Vocabulary Notes on the Dialogue
- •Read and translate the dialogue.
- •Find in the text English equivalents of the following:
- •3. Answer the following questions:
- •4. Sum up the contents of the dialogue according to the plan:
- •Vocabulary and Speech Exercises
- •5. Read and translate the following text:
- •6. Give English equivalents to the following words and phrases from the text above:
- •7. Give the main ideas of the text of Exercise 5 in the form of a dialogue between an interveiwer and a customs official. Use the collocations of Exercise 6.
- •8. Complete the following dialogue:
- •9. Translate into English:
- •10. Conduct a two-way translation:
- •Paying in foreign trade episode 1 Types of Payments in Foreign Trade
- •Vocabulary Notes on the Text
- •1. Read and translate the text.
- •2. Translate the following words and learn their pronunciation:
- •3. Give English equivalents of the following:
- •4. Explain the meaning of the following in English:
- •5. Answer the following questions:
- •Vocabulary and Speech Exercises
- •6. Fill in the required prepositions:
- •7. Read and translate the text. Pay attention to the words in bold type:
- •8. Give English equivalents to the following Russian terms:
- •9. What do we call?
- •10. Translate into English:
5. Answer the following questions:
1) When is the job of selling goods abroad considered to be completed?
What does the final part of the order cycle involve?
What can every exporter recall?
What is the first consequence of a mistake in documentation?
Why will the warehouse operator refuse to release the goods?
What are the other consequences of delay in delivery?
What are the main documentation forms required for exporting as well as for importing goods?
8) What is a commercial invoice?
9) From where are certificates of origin usually obtainable?
10) What should a packing list detail?
6. Sum up the contents of the text according to the following plan:
Errors in documentation and their possible consequences.
A commercial invoice as one of the main documents required for exporting and importing goods.
A certificate of origin and a packing list.
Vocabulary and Speech Exercises
7. Read and translate the following:
The commercial invoice contains the names and addresses of the Sellers and the Buyers, a full description of the goods delivered including the weights and numbers and marking of all the cases, the price per unit and the total value of the consignment. It also states the port of shipment and the date, the terms of delivery and the terms of payment. It is signed by an authorized person on behalf of the Sellers.
The Sellers shall inform the Buyers by cable or telex within 48 hours since the sailing date about the ship's name and her sailing date, the number of the Bill of Lading and the quantity of the goods shipped.
In every SAD, there is a box which requires the commodity code of the particular consignment to be inserted. The commodity code is usually a nine- or eleven-digit number which relates to a particular consignment. All these numbers come into the customs tariff.
Companies which import into the EC-countries require a nine-digit commodity code whereas imports to the rest of the world require an eleven-digit classification. This is a general rule and there are no exceptions, particularly with agricultural products.
8. Ask questions in English to which the following Russian sentences are the answers and supply the answers:
1. а) Одним из основных документов, используемых во внешнеэкономической деятельности при транспортных операциях, является коммерческий инвойс.
б) Он содержит все необходимые сведения об отправителе и получателе груза, а также данные о маркировке и нумерации груза, стоимости товара и условиях запродажи.
Упаковочный лист состоит из детального описания содержимого поставки; нумерации и типа упаковки, веса нетто и брутто, всех параметров и суммарного объема каждого упаковочного места.
а) Сертификат происхождения — это документ, удостоверяющий, что данный импортируемый товар изготовлен в дан- ] ном месте.
б) Сертификат происхождения позволяет таможенным органам определить, следует ли классифицировать товар согласно преференциальному тарифу.
с) Выдается он обычно торговыми палатами.