BUSINESS DOCUMENTS

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  1. 4. A trader has not yet received an order but commits information to writing showing the conditions and prices under which specified goods could be supplied.
  2. 8. After comparing suppliers' terms, a business selects one supplier and now needs to communicate precisely the quantities, descriptions and delivery requirements of the goods it wants supplied
  3. 11. Several invoices, payments and adjustments have accumulated over a period. Rather than sending another charge for a particular supply, the seller sends a document consolidating the movements on the customer's account and revealing the balance awaiting settlement
  4. 13. Two documents arise from the same sea shipment. One concerns the carrier's receipt and carriage of the goods; the other tells the exporter the financial charge arising specifically from their transportation.
  5. 14. An order has already reached the supplier, but the purchaser still requires confirmation that it was received and that the proposed goods, terms and delivery arrangements are acceptable.
  6. 15. An international seller does not demand immediate settlement but still wants written evidence of the debt, the amount involved and the future payment date. The buyer's signature will cause the instrument to become accepted.
  7. 19. Customs officials are less concerned with where a shipment departed than with where its goods were actually produced, since this may influence the tariff treatment applied.
  8. 20. A seller wants to communicate the expected amount payable before reaching the normal charging stage, possibly because payment is required before despatch. Which document resembles, but does not perform exactly the same role as, the usual charge document?
  9. 21. In a transport document, this party is identified not by whether payment has been made or whether the party owns the goods, but by the fact that the goods are being sent from that party to another destination.
  10. 22. A producer has a willing overseas customer and transportation available, yet the goods cannot lawfully depart because the government regulates their movement out of the country.
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  1. 1. A single payment reaches a supplier who has several unpaid invoices for the same customer. Which document removes the uncertainty over how that payment should be allocated?
  2. 2. an error is discovered after invoicing that caused the customer to owe less than should have been charged. Which subsequent document corrects the account without replacing the original invoice?
  3. 3. Before any external supplier is contacted, an employee identifies a need for materials but lacks authority to purchase them directly. Which internal document initiates the approval process?
  4. 5. A carrier acknowledges receiving an exporter's goods, identifies sender, receiver and destination, but the mode of transport makes a Bill of Lading inappropriate.
  5. 6. An invoice was correctly issued at the time, but subsequent circumstances such as returned damaged goods mean the customer's liability should now be less than the amount previously charged.
  6. 7. This term does not describe an individual document but the entire commercial process within which documents may move between buyer and seller from the ordering stage through settlement.
  7. 9. A transporter requires a record identifying the party dispatching the goods, the party receiving them, the packages carried and acknowledgement at destination.
  8. 10. Customs officials examining a vessel require a consolidated record rather than separate documentation for only one consignment. Which document allows them to identify the different cargoes and consignments aboard?
  9. 12. Sent by a prospective buyer seeking information about prices, availability, discounts, delivery arrangements, or payment terms before purchasing.
  10. 16. Ownership of goods has effectively moved through the transaction, but the seller now needs a document that converts details of quantities, prices, discounts and applicable taxes into an amount due from the purchaser.
  11. 17. Unlike a document requesting settlement, this document is generated after settlement and therefore serves as evidence that the customer's monetary obligation has been discharged.
  12. 18. An exporter has surrendered goods to a sea carrier. The importer will later require a document connected with the shipment in order to take possession at destination.