Lesson 17 — Import / export 进出口 Business Chinese Information and Chinese vocabulary for doing business in China.

安全检查 (安检 (an1 quan2 jian3 cha2 an1 jian3) ) Security check

到付运费 (dao4 fu4 yun4 fei4) Freight forward

关税 (guan1 shui4) Customs duty

关税壁垒 (guan1 shui4 bi4 lei3) customs barrier
海关 (hai3 guan1) Customs

海关申报 (hai3 guan1 shen1 bao4) Customs declare

海运 (hai3 yun4 ) Ocean freight

水运 (shui3 yun4) Ocean freight

空运 (kong1 yun4) Air freight

快寄 (kuai4 ji4) Express delivery

清关 (qing1 guan1) Customs clearance

包装 (bao1 zhuang1) Packaging

保税区 (bao3 shui4 qu1) The low-tax, tariff-free zone

保险 (bao3 xian3) Insurance

报关 (bao4 guan1) Apply to customs

报关费 (bao4 guan1 fei4) Customs clearing charges
报关行 (bao4 guan1 xing2) Customs broker
标准 (biao1 zhun3) Standard

补贴 (bu3 tie1) subsidy

仓库 (cang1 ku4) Warehouse

产地证明书 (chan3 di4 zheng4 ming2 shu1) Certificate of origin
产品 (chan3 pin3) Products

出口 (chu1 kou3) Export

出口退税 (chu1 kou3 tui4 shui4) Export tax break. Certain taxes such as value added tax will be returned if the products are exported.

代理 (dai4 li3) Agent

代理权 (dai4 li3 quan2) The right to be someone’s agent

代理人 (dai4 li3 ren2) Agency

代理商 (dai4 li3 shang1) Agency

单据 (dan1 ju4) Receipt

电汇 (dian4 hui4) Telegraphic transfer
发票 (fa1 piao4) Invoice

供应商 (gong1 ying4 shang1) Supplier

关卡 (guan1 ka3) Barrier

关税 (guan1 shui4) Customs duties

广交会 (guang3 jiao1 hui4) Guangzhou Trade Fair, China Foreign Trade Guangzhou Exhibition. The largest trade show in China, twice a year: one in the Spring and one in the Autumn.

合同 (he2 tong2) Contract

汇价 (hui4 jia4) Exchange rate

汇率 (hui4 luu4) Exchange rate

货运经纪人 (huo4 yun4 jing1 ji4 ren2) Freight broker

基准汇价 (ji1 zhun3 hui4 jia4) Basic exchange rate by Central Bank

技术壁垒 (ji4 shu4 bi4 lei3) Technological barrier

加工 (jia1 gong1) Manufacture

加工厂 (jia1 gong1 chang3) Factory

加工区 Manufacture park (jia1 gong1 qu1) manufacture zone

价款 Price (jia4 kuan3) charge

交货 (jiao1 huo4) Deliver

结算 Settle accounts (jie2 suan4) pay balances

进出口 (jin4 chu1 kou3) Import/export

进出口许可 (jin4 chu1 kou3 xu3 ke3) Permission for import/export of certain products

进口 (jin4 kou3) Import

立方 (li4 fang1) Cubic

律师 (luu4 shi1) Attorney

律师信 (luu4 shi1 xin4) Power of Attorney

买方 (mai3 fang1) Seller

卖方 (mai4 fang1) Buyer

配额 (pei4 e2) Quota

企业 (qi4 ye4) Company

企业名录 (qi4 ye4 ming2 lu4) Company Directory

倾销 Dump (qing1 xiao1) sale below cost

求购 Wanted (qiu2 gou4) want to buy

入关 (ru4 guan1) Entry

手续 (shou3 xu4) Procedure

授权书 (shou4 quan2 shu1) Power of Attorney

外汇 (wai4 hui4) Foreign currency

外贸 (wai4 mao4) Foreign trade

委托 (wei3 tuo1) consignment

许可 (xu3 ke3) Permission

许可证 (xu3 ke3 zheng4) Permission for import/export of certain products

样品 (yang4 pin3) Sample

已付 (yi3 fu4) Paid

易货贸易 (yi4 huo4 mao4 yi4) Barter trade

银行外汇牌价 (yin2 hang2 wai4 hui4 pai2 jia4) Bank exchange rate

邮局 (you2 ju2) Postal office

运费 (yun4 fei4) Freight charges

运送经纪人 (yun4 song4 jing1 ji4 ren2) Forward agent

帐户编号、帐号 (zhang4 hu4 bian1 hao4 zhang4 hao4) Account number

中国造 (zhong1 guo2 zao4) Made-in-China

专利局 Patent Bureau (zhuan1 li4 ju2) Patent Office

转口贸易 (zhuan3 kou3 mao4 yi4) Entrecote trade