Export Terms & Practices

Country Code

Published 2014-06-30 | By Wong

Countries & Regions	Country Name	Country Code	IDD Code
Afghanistan	阿富汗	AF	93
Albania	阿爾巴尼亞	AL	355
Algeria	阿爾及利亞	DZ	213
Andorra	安道爾共和國	AD	376
Angola	安哥拉	AO	244
Anguilla	安圭拉島	AI	1264
Antigua and Barbuda	安堤瓜及巴爾布達	AG	1268
Argentina	阿根廷	AR	54
Armenia	亞美尼亞	AM	374
Ascension	阿森松		247
Australia	澳大利亞	AU	61
Austria	奧地利	AT	43
Azerbaijan	阿塞拜疆	AZ	994
Bahamas	巴哈馬	BS	1242
Bahrain	巴林	BH	973
Bangladesh	孟加拉	BD	880
Barbados	巴巴多斯	BB	1246
Belarus	白俄羅斯	BY	375
Belgium	比利時	BE	32
Belize	伯利茲	BZ	501
Benin	貝寧	BJ	229
Bermuda Island	百慕大群島	BM	1441
Bolivia	玻利維亞	BO	591
Botswana	博茨瓦納	BW	267
Brazil	巴西	BR	55
Brunei	汶萊	BN	673
Bulgaria	保加利亞	BG	359
Burkina Faso	伯基納法索	BF	226
Burma	緬甸	MM	95
Burundi	布隆迪	BI	257
Cameroon	喀麥隆	CM	237
Canada	加拿大	CA	1
Cayman Island	開曼群島		1345
Central African Republic	中非共和國	CF	236
Chad	乍得	TD	235
Chile	智利	CL	56
China	中國	CN	86
Colombia	哥倫比亞	CO	57
Congo	剛果	CG	242
Cook Island	科克群島	CK	682
Costa Rica	哥斯大黎加	CR	506
Cuba	古巴	CU	53
Cyprus	賽普勒斯	CY	357
Czech Republic	捷克	CZ	420
Denmark	丹麥	DK	45
Djibouti	吉布地	DJ	253
Dominica Rep.	多明尼加共和國	DO	1890
Ecuador	厄瓜多爾	EC	593
Egypt	埃及	EG	20
EISalvador	薩爾瓦多	SV	503
Estonia	愛沙尼亞	EE	372
Ethiopia	埃塞俄比亞	ET	251
Fiji	斐濟	FJ	679
Finland	芬蘭	FI	358
France	法國	FR	33
French Guiana	法屬圭亞那	GF	594
French Polynesia	法屬玻利尼西亞	PF	689
Gabon	加蓬	GA	241
Gambia	岡比亞	GM	220
Georgia	格魯吉亞	GE	995
Germany	德國	DE	49
Ghana	加納	GH	233
Gibraltar	直布羅陀	GI	350
Greece	希臘	GR	30
Grenada	格林伍德	GD	1809
Guam	關島	GU	1671
Guatemala	瓜地馬拉	GT	502
Guinea	幾內亞	GN	224
Guyana	圭亞那	GY	592
Haiti	海地	HT	509
Honduras	洪都拉斯	HN	504
Hong Kong	香港	HK	852
Hungary	匈牙利	HU	36
Iceland	冰島	IS	354
India	印度	IN	91
Indonesia	印尼	ID	62
Iran	伊朗	IR	98
Iraq	伊拉克	IQ	964
Ireland	愛爾蘭	IE	353
Israel	以色列	IL	972
Italy	義大利	IT	39
IvoryCoast	象牙海岸		225
Jamaica	牙買加	JM	1876
Japan	日本	JP	81
Jordan	約旦	JO	962
Kampuchea (Cambodia )	柬埔寨	KH	855
Kazakhstan	哈薩克斯坦	KZ	327
Kenya	肯雅	KE	254
Korea	韓國	KR	82
Kuwait	科威特	KW	965
Kyrgyzstan	吉爾吉斯坦	KG	331
Laos	老撾	LA	856
Latvia	拉脫維亞	LV	371
Lebanon	黎巴嫩	LB	961
Lesotho	萊索托	LS	266
Liberia	利比理亞	LR	231
Libya	利比亞	LY	218
Liechtenstein	列支敦士登	LI	423
Lithuania	立陶宛	LT	370
Luxembourg	盧森堡	LU	352
Macao	澳門	MO	853
Madagascar	馬達加斯加	MG	261
Malawi	馬拉維	MW	265
Malaysia	馬來西亞	MY	60
Maldives	馬爾代夫	MV	960
Mali	馬里	ML	223
Malta	馬爾他	MT	356
Mariana Island	馬里亞那群島		1670
Martinique	馬提尼克		596
Mauritius	毛里求斯	MU	230
Mexico	墨西哥	MX	52
Moldova, Republic of	莫爾達瓦	MD	373
Monaco	摩納哥	MC	377
Mongolia	蒙古	MN	976
Montserrat Island	蒙特塞拉特島	MS	1664
Morocco	摩洛哥	MA	212
Mozambique	莫三比克	MZ	258
Namibia	納米比亞	NA	264
Nauru	瑙魯	NR	674
Nepal	尼泊爾	NP	977
Netherlands Antilles	荷屬安的列斯		599
Netherlands	荷蘭	NL	31
NewZealand	新西蘭	NZ	64
Nicaragua	尼加拉瓜	NI	505
Niger	尼日爾	NE	227
Nigeria	尼日利亞	NG	234
North Korea	朝鮮	KP	850
Norway	挪威	NO	47
Oman	阿曼	OM	968
Pakistan	巴基斯坦	PK	92
Panama	巴拿馬	PA	507
Papua New Guinea	巴布亞新磯內亞	PG	675
Paraguay	巴拉圭	PY	595
Peru	秘魯	PE	51
Philippines	菲律賓	PH	63
Poland	波蘭	PL	48
Portugal	葡萄牙	PT	351
Puerto Rico	波多黎各	PR	1787
Qatar	卡塔爾	QA	974
Reunion	留尼旺		262
Romania	羅馬尼亞	RO	40
Russia	俄羅斯	RU	7
Samoa Eastern	東薩摩亞(美)		684
Samoa Western	西薩摩亞		685
San Marino	聖馬利諾	SM	378
Sao Tome and Principe	聖多美及普林西比島	ST	239
Saudi Arabia	沙烏地阿拉伯	SA	966
Senegal	塞內加爾	SN	221
Seychelles	塞舌耳	SC	248
Sierra Leone	塞拉里昂	SL	232
Singapore	新加坡	SG	65
Slovakia	斯洛伐克	SK	421
Slovenia	斯洛文尼亞	SI	386
Solomon Island	所羅門群島	SB	677
Somali	索馬里	SO	252
South Africa	南非	ZA	27
Spain	西班牙	ES	34
Sri Lanka	斯里蘭卡	LK	94
St. Lucia	聖盧西亞	LC	1758
St. Vincent	聖文森特	VC	1784
Sudan	蘇丹	SD	249
Suriname	蘇里南	SR	597
Swaziland	斯威士蘭	SZ	268
Sweden	瑞典	SE	46
Switzerland	瑞士	CH	41
Syria	敘利亞	SY	963
Taiwan	臺灣省	TW	886
Tajikistan	塔吉克斯坦	TJ	992
Tanzania	坦桑尼亞	TZ	255
Thailand	泰國	TH	66
Togo	多哥	TG	228
Tonga	湯加	TO	676
Trinidad and Tobago	特立尼達和多巴哥	TT	1809
Tunisia	突尼斯	TN	216
Turkey	土耳其	TR	90
Turkmenistan	土庫曼斯坦	TM	993
Uganda	烏干達	UG	256
Ukraine	烏克蘭	UA	380
United Arab Emirates	阿拉伯聯合酋長國	AE	971
United Kingdom of Britain	英國	GB	44
United States of America	美國	US	1
Uruguay	烏拉圭	UY	598
Uzbekistan	烏茲別克斯坦	UZ	233
Venezuela	委內瑞拉	VE	58
Vietnam	越南	VN	84
Yemen	葉門	YE	967
Yugoslavia	南斯拉夫	YU	381
Zaire	薩伊	ZR	243
Zambia	尚比亞	ZM	260
Zimbabwe	辛巴威	ZW	263

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Glossary for China economic and trade

Published 2014-06-27 | By Wong

1st tier cities
1st tier cities are municipalities directly administered by the central government (Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai Chongqing) that are designated as the major economic and commercial centres of China. But in terms of the actual state of development, only Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou are recognized as the first tier cities.

2nd and 3rd tier cities
s are regional economic centres/cities other than Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou. Administratively, regional economic centres are basically provincial capital cities or subprovincial cities which have independent economic status within a province. 3rd tier cities are larger cities which are economically more developed but are not the provincial capital or subprovincial cities.

PRD
Production line in a PRD factory
Acronym in full: The Pearl River Delta
The Pearl River Delta (PRD) is one of China’s leading economic regions and a major manufacturing center located at the south. The PRD economic zone is formed by 9 cities, namely Guangzhou (the provincial capital), Shenzhen, Foshan, Zhuhai, Jiangmen, Zhongshan, Dongguan, four districts and counties of Huizhou and four districts and counties of Zhaoqing. Continue reading →

Economic Glossary

Published 2014-06-17 | By Wong

BRICS
The acronym for an association of five major emerging economies: Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.

G8
Acronym in full: The Group of Eight
The Group of Eight (G8) is a forum for the governments of eight of the world’s largest national economies, United States, Japan, Germany, United Kingdom, Italy, Canada and Russia. With the G20 major economies growing in stature, world leaders from the group announced in 2009 that the group will replace the G8 as the main economic council of wealthy nations. Continue reading →

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Glossary for Letter of Credit (L/C Glossary)

Published 2014-06-16 | By Wong

Acceptance Draft
payable at a fixed or determinable future date, upon the face of which the drawee has acknowledged in writing his/her obligation to pay at maturity.

Account Party
The party instructing the bank to open a letter of credit and on whose behalf the bank agrees to make payment. In most cases, the account party is the importer/buyer, and is also known as the applicant. Continue reading →

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Glossary for International Trade

Published 2014-06-15 | By Wong

Abusive Draw
Drawing on a standby letter of credit when no violation of the underlying contract has occurred.

Acceptance
Acceptance constitutes an unconditional obligation on the part of the accepting party to pay the draft at maturity. A draft accepted by a bank is called a “banker’s acceptance” whereas one accepted by a company is called a “trade acceptance.”

Account Party
Party for whom a letter of credit is opened. “Account party” and “applicant” are the same, but sometimes one party will agree with the issuing bank to make all payments under a letter of credit showing the name of another party (as in the case of affiliated companies). Banks may refer to one of these parties as the applicant and the other as the account party. Continue reading →

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Container Capacity

Published 2014-06-14 | By Wong

Type of Container	Internal Dimension (mm)	Door Opening (mm)	Capacity (cu.m.)	Max Pay Load (Kgs)	Container Tare (Kgs)	Max Gross Weight (Kgs)
20 foot Dry Container	L: 5,900 W: 2,345 H: 2,380	W: 2,345 H: 2,380	32.8	21,750	2,250	24,000
20 foot Heavy Tested Dry Container	L: 5,900 W: 2,345 H: 2,380	W: 2,345 H: 2,380	32.8	28,000	2,400	30,400
40 foot Dry Container	L: 12,000 W: 2,348 H: 2,380	W: 2,338 H: 2,277	67.1	26,660	3,680	30,480
40 foot High Cube Steel Dry Container	L: 12,000 W: 2,348 H: 2,690	W: 2,338 H: 2,577	75.8	26,280	4,000	30,280
20 foot Open Top Container	L: 5,900 W: 2,346 H: 2,330	W: 2,338 H: 2,277	32.0	18,120	2,200	20,320
40 foot Open Top Container	L: 12,037 W: 2,345 H: 2,330	W: 2,338 H: 2,277	65.5	26,380	4,100	30,480
20 foot Steel Reefer Container (integral type)	L: 5,504 W: 2,290 H: 2,263	W: 2,290 H: 2,239	28.5	27,440	3,040	30,480
40 foot High Cube Steel Reefer Container	L: 11,573 W: 2,290 H: 2,544	W: 2,290 H: 2,509	67.4	26,080	4,400	30,480

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