Chapter V Offers and Counter-Offers
Content Lesson 10 (A) Firm Offer Lesson 11 (A) A Counter offer (B) Reply to the Above Lesson 12 (A) New Price for Repeat order (B) Reply to the Above
外贸知识链接 发盘(Offer),又称报盘或报价,指出口商为了销售某种产品,向进口商提出有关交易条件,并表达成交的愿望。 出口商可以在收到进口商询盘后进行发盘,也可以对老客户或可能对自己产品感兴趣的新客户主动发盘。 发盘内容包括品名、规格、数量、包装、价格、付款方式和交货期等,有时客户还会提出包装和保险要求,若询盘项目较多,则可以随寄报价单的方式进行发盘。
外贸知识链接 发盘可以分为实盘和虚盘。 实盘(firm offer):发盘人承诺在一定期限内,按发盘所述交易条件出售货物;如受盘人在有效期限内表示接受,则交易达成,发盘内容即成为买卖合同的组成部分。实盘应包括明确肯定的交易条件(如品名、规格、数量、价格、支付方式、装运期等)并说明发盘有效期。 虚盘(non-firm offer):发盘人有保留地表示愿意按一定条件达成交易,对双方没有约束力。虚盘不规定发盘的有效期,并且附有保留条件。
实盘常用表达 1.This offer is subject to your reply reaching here/us before October 2. 该发盘以你方十月二日前复到我方为有效。 2.This offer is/remains valid until Thursday our time. 该发盘以本地时间周四前答复有效。 3.This offer is/remains firm/open/valid /good/effective for three days. 该发盘3天内有效。 4.This offer is subject to your reply in ten days 该发盘以你方10天内回复有效。
虚盘常用表达 1.This offer is subject to our final confirmation. 该发盘以我方最终确认为准。 2.We are offering you the following goods without engagement/obligation. 该发盘无约束力。 3.Our offer is subject to goods being unsold. 该发盘以货物未售出为条件。 4.Our offer is subject to prior sales. 我方发盘货物有权先售。 5.This offer is subject to change without notice. 该发盘如有变更,不做预先通知。
Background of A Firm Offer (接第五课) Alicia 收到Jeremy发来的具体询盘后, 应其要求进行发盘。
Thank you very much for your order inquiry. From: alicia0618@tchina.com To: Jeremy Weiner @hotmail.com Sent: November13, 2010 10:07 AM Subject: Flip Flop Attachment: PI Dear Jeremy, Thank you very much for your order inquiry. At your request, we are pleased to make you an offer, subject to your reply reaching us by November 20,2010 as follows: “Fail Fascia” Brand Flip Flops ( EVA style) Unit price: HC13097 USD0.75 /pair FOB C2 Fuzhou HC808B301 USD0.85/pair FOB C2 Fuzhou Size range: 35/41 Color: navy blue, black Lesson10 A Firm Offer
Quantity: 31,200pairs Packaging: Each pair in a poly bag, 24pairs/CTN Leading time: within 45 days upon receipt of L/C or 30% deposit payment Payment: Western union, Money gram, papal. Or 30% deposit T/T in advance, 70% balance by irrevocable L/C at sight. Please kindly check our attached PI for your reference.
We look forward to your feedback. Best regards, Alicia As there has been a large demand for the items, such a growing demand can result in an increase in price. We advise you to place an order ASAP. We look forward to your feedback. Best regards, Alicia China Oriental Footwear Import & Export Corp.
Notes 1. Thank you very much for your order inquiry. 翻译:非常感谢您的询盘。 2. At your request, we are pleased to make you an offer, subject to your reply reaching us by November 20,2010 as follows: 1) at one’s request:常用于句首,按对方要求办某事后通知对方,意为:按照某人要求;应某人的要求 =as requested (by you) At your request, we are sending you our latest catalogue and price list. 应你方要求,现寄去我方最新的目录和价目表。
2. At your request, we are pleased to make you an offer, subject to your reply reaching us by November 20,2010 as follows: As requested, we have instructed our bank to open the relative L/C. 按照要求,我们已指示我方银行开立相关信用证。 2) offer: n. /v. 报盘 句型:make/send/give sb an offer for sth 向某人报某商品价格 We are pleased to make you an offer for Forever Brand Bicycles as follows. 我们很高兴向你方就永久牌自行车报盘如下。
请向我方报20公吨花生成本加运费伦敦价。 Please make us an offer for 20 M/T of groundnuts on CFR London basis. 动词offer用法:to offer sb (the price for) sth We are offering you (the price for) 50 M/T of cement [si'ment] . 我们现向你方报50公吨水泥的价格。 国际贸易中单价四要素:货币、单价金额、计量单位和贸易术语。用at连接价格: We are glad to offer you 1000 sets of computers at US$500 per set CIF New York. 我们很高兴向你方报1000台电脑的价格,每台500美元CIF纽约。
重点句型:offer sb sth at(价格) , for shipment during(装运日期) 你来翻译: 我们现向你方报2000箱鱼罐头(canned fish) ,每箱50美元FOB青岛,2012年5月份装船。 We are offering you 2000 cartons of canned fish at US$50 per carton FOB Qingdao, for shipment during May 2012.
2. At your request, we are pleased to make you an offer, subject to your reply reaching us by November 20,2010 as follows: 3) be subject to: 以…为准/为条件 注意to是介词,后接名词或名词性短语 This offer is firm subject to your reply reaching us within one week. 本报盘以你方一周之内复到有效。 翻译:应贵方要求,现报盘如下,以我方在2010年11月20日前收到你方答复为准:
Notes 3. “Fail Fascia” Brand Flip Flops ( EVA style) Size range: 35/41 Unit price: HC13097 USD0.75/pair FOB C2 Fuzhou HC808B301 USD0.85/pair FOB C2 Fuzhou Size range: 35/41 Color: navy blue, black “Fail Fascia”牌拖鞋(EVA款式) 单价: HC13097 每双0.75美元FOB福州含2%佣金 HC808B301 每双0.85美元FOB福州含2%佣金 尺码范围:35 /41 颜色:海军蓝色,黑色 Notes
4. Quantity: 31,200pairs 数量:31200双 5.Packaging: Each pair in a poly bag, 24pairs/CTN polybag [‘pɔlibæg] n. 塑料带;胶袋 =plastic bag 包装:每个塑料袋装一双,一箱装24双。 6.Leading time: within 45 days upon receipt of L/C or 30% deposit payment leading time: 指客户下单到交货的时间 2) upon receipt of一俟收到…;一收到…就 交货时间:收到信用证或30%押金后45天内交货
7. Payment: Western union, Money gram, papal 7. Payment: Western union, Money gram, papal. Or 30% deposit T/T in advance, 70% balance by irrevocable L/C at sight. Western union:西联汇款。1851年成立于美国,最初是一家电报公司。1871年,引入汇款服务,并成为公司的主要业务。西联目前已成为汇款服务的全球领跑者,全球共有480,0000多个合作网点遍及200多个国家,而在中国的合作网点超过32,0000个,服务覆盖全国31个省、自治区和直辖市。其在中国的合作伙伴包括中国邮政储蓄银行、中国农业银行、中国光大银行、中国建设银行、浙江稠州商业银行、吉林银行、哈尔滨银行、福建海峡银行、烟台银行、温州银行、徽商银行、上海浦东发展银行。
用Western union如何汇款? 到最近的西联合作网点,广东可到中国邮政储蓄银行、中国农业银行、中国光大银行和中国建设银行办理。 第一步:填写汇款表单并出示身份证或其它证件; 第二步:将要汇出的款项连同服务费用交给银行。 第三步:确认收据上的所有信息无误后,签收收据。收据的内容包括汇款监控号码(MTCN),可使用MTCN在网上跟踪汇款的状态 。 第四步:通知收款人 将汇款必要信息如汇款人姓名、汇款金额、汇款监控号码(MTCN)和汇款国家/地区告诉收款人。 第五步:跟踪汇款 进入西联中国官方网站主页上(http://www.westernunion.cn)的 “跟踪” 链接,键入汇款人姓名的拼音和汇款监控码(MTCN)来跟踪汇款的状态。
用Western union如何取款? 到最近的西联合作网点办理。 第一步:确认汇款已经到位,随时可以取款 在前往西联合作网点之前,可以直接联系汇款人进行确认,也可在网上跟踪汇款状态,拨打中国地区免费热线:800 820 8668。 第二步:前往合作网点 携带以下信息: 汇款人的姓名(包括姓、中名和名);汇款国家/地区;汇款金额;汇款监控号码(MTCN); 第三步:填写“取款”表单,并提供汇款监控号码(MTCN),出示收款人有效身份证; 第四步:阅读并签署收据 第五步:取款 银行将款额连同收据一同交给收款人。
MoneyGram: 速汇金,是国际速汇金公司通过其全球网络办理的一种个人间的环球快速汇款业务,可在十余分钟内完成由汇款人到收款人的汇款过程。 网站:https://www.moneygram.com 取款步骤:确认汇款到位;向客户索要汇款密码, 汇款人姓、名;到当地的合作银行的MONEY GRAM柜台填写收款表,填写客户及收款人的相关资料,并提供收款人有效身份证即可取钱。 注意:单笔速汇金汇款最高金额不得超过10000美元(不含),每天每个汇款人的速汇金累计汇出最高限额为20000美元(不含)。
Papal:总部在美国加州的因特网服务商,其母公司为全球最大的电子商务在线交易平台eBay。 Papal允许在使用电子邮件来标识身份的用户之间转移资金,即时支付,即时到账,是世界第一的在线付款服务,全世界超过2.2亿的用户,在跨国交易中超过90%的卖家和超过85%的买家认可并使用PayPal 电子支付业务。注册PayPal账户完全免费,注册后就可立即开始接受信用卡付款 。 它的支付流程是买家先付款后卖家才发货。因PayPal是用信用卡实名制注册,故卖家的信用较好。如果卖方不发货或质量不符等问题,买方可以提出上诉, PayPal会帮助买方收回费用。 网站:https://www.paypal.com
PayPal支付流程 1. 付款人登录https://www.paypal.com,通过电子邮件注册,开设PayPal帐户,通过验证,并提供信用卡或者相关银行资料,增加帐户金额,将一定数额的款项从其开户帐户(如信用卡)转移至PayPal帐户; 2.当付款人启动向第三人付款程序时,必须先进入PayPal帐户,指定特定的汇出金额,并提供收款人的电子邮件帐号给PayPal; 3.PayPal向收款人发出电子邮件,通知其有等待领取或转帐的款项; 4.如收款人也是PayPal用户,其决定接受后,付款人指定款项即转移至收款人Paypal账户; 5.若收款人没有PayPal帐户,收款人可依PayPal电子邮件内容指示连线站进入网页注册,取得PayPal帐户,收款人可以选择将取得的款项转换成支票寄到指定的处所、转入其个人的信用卡帐户或转入另一个银行帐户。
7. Payment: Western union, Money gram, papal 7. Payment: Western union, Money gram, papal. Or 30% deposit by T/T in advance, 70% balance by irrevocable L/C at sight. 付款方式:西联汇款,速汇金,贝宝或30%电汇预付,70%余额采用即期不可撤销信用证支付。 8.Please kindly check our attached PI for your reference. PI: proforma[prəfɔ:mə] invoice形式发票,估价单 ,是出口商应进口商的要求发出的,有出售货物的名称、规格、单价等内容的非正式参考性发票,供进口商向贸易或外汇管理当局申请进口许可证或外汇等时用; 还可作为报价单使用。(P80) 翻译:请查阅附件中的估价单作为参考。
9. As there has been a large demand for the items, such a growing demand can result in an increase in price. We advise you to place an order ASAP. large demand for:大量需求 a growing demand:不断增长的需求 result in:导致 advise sb. to do sth. 建议某人做某事 最近对该型号的拖鞋需求量很大,不断增长的需求将导致价格上涨。我们建议你尽快下单。 10. We look forward to your feedback. feedback:反馈;回复 翻译:期待您的反馈。
收到询盘后发盘信函写法小结 确认收到并感谢对方询盘 针对询盘函要求进行发盘 说明对方答复的期限 可顺便强调一下该报盘的优 商品 交期 规格 支付 数量 包装 价格 保险 … 说明对方答复的期限 可顺便强调一下该报盘的优 势,敦促对方采取行动
Exercise I. Translate the following expressions into Chinese: 1.“联想”牌电脑 2.永久牌自行车 3. 每桶净重…美元CFR Lagos 4. 每打人民币10元CIF 香港 5.每床15英镑伦敦成本保险加运费含5%佣金 Lenovo Brand computer Forever Brand bicycle USD...per drum CFR Lagos CNY10/dozen CIF Hong Kong GBP15 per piece CIFC5% London
Exercise II. Categorize the following expressions. “F” for firm offer and “N” for non-firm offer. ( )a) subject to change without notice ( )b) offer valid until Thursday our time. ( )c) subject to our final confirmation ( )d) subject to goods being unsold N F N N
( )e) offer firm the following on the same terms and conditions. ( )f) subject to prior sale ( )g) offer open three days. ( )h) subject to your reply reaching here before October 2. ( )i) without engagement ( )j) offer reply in ten days F N F F N F
Exercise 1根据你方要求,我公司就如下货物向贵方报价,以我方最后确认为准。 As requested, we are making you an offer for the following goods, subject to our final confirmation. 2.我们了解到你方市场对EVA行李箱需求强劲,随函附上第555号报价单,供你方考虑。 We understand that there is a strong demand for EVA luggage in your market. Attached is our quotation sheet No.555 for your consideration.
3.兹报盘,茉莉花茶每公斤价格为1,125人民币元,神户(Kobe) CIF价,下周交货。 We are offering you jasmine tea at CNY1125 per kilo CIF Kobe for shipment within next week. 4.感谢贵公司对电镀铁板(galvanized iron sheet)的询盘,现报价如下,敬请惠顾订货为盼。 Thank you for your inquiry for galvanized iron sheet. Now we are making you an offer as below and awaiting/expecting your order.
Exercise 5.此报盘以我货未售出前、收到你方回函接受为准。 This offer is subject to the goods being unsold on receipt of your reply.
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