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Unit 6 Letter of Credit
English Correspondence for International Trade
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Objectives
To write an email to urge the buyer to open the L/C
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To understand the email notifying the seller the opening of the L/C
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To write an email to notify the buyer to amend the L/C
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Activities
What to do?
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Urging the establishment of L/C
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Notifying the opening of an L/C
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Proposing amendments to L/C
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Language practice
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Activity 1 What to do?
I. Read the four situations below and talk with your partner about what the importer or the exporter should do in each situation. Match the situations with the choices in the list.
Situation 1
The importer and the exporter have agreed to do business on L/C terms and the importer has just established the relevant L/C through the Bank of China, New York Branch. What should the importer do next?
B. The importer notifies the exporter of the opening of the L/C.
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Activity 1 What to do?
Situation 2
The importer and the exporter have agreed to do business on L/C terms and the shipment is to be effected in May. The goods are ready for shipment and it is already April, but the exporter hasn’t received the relevant L/C. What should the exporter do?
Situation 3
The exporter has received the draft L/C. After careful checking, the exporter has found that the spelling of the beneficiary’s name is wrong. What should the exporter do?
A. The exporter urges the importer to open the relevant L/C.
C. The exporter notifies the importer to amend the relevant L/C.
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Activity 1 What to do?
Situation 4
The importer and the exporter have agreed to do business on L/C terms and the shipment is to be effected in May. The exporter doesn’t receive the relevant L/C until the mid of May. It is impossible to effect shipment in May as stipulated in the PO since it is too late. What should the exporter do?
D. The exporter asks the importer to extend the relevant L/C.
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Activity 2 Urging the establishment of L/C
I. Suppose a friend borrowed 1,000 Yuan from you in Jan