Common Terms of Prices and Expenses
advertising cost 广告费
appraised 估价
basic price 基价
buying offer 买方发价
ceiling price 最高价
C.I.F. value 赶岸价
combined offer 联合发价
cost and freight (C.& F.) 到岸价；运费在内价
cost and insurance (C.& I.) 保险在内价
cost, insurance and freight (C.I.F.) 运费及保险在内价
counter offer 还价：还发价
current price 现时价
entertainment expenses 交际费
ex-dock (factory) 码头（工厂）交货价
ex-mine (plantation) 矿区（农场）交货价
wx-maker's godown 制造商仓库交货价
ex-quay (wharf) 码头交货价
ex-ship 输入港船上交货价
first cost 生产成本价
floor price 最低价
franco 全部费用在内价
free alongside(on) ship 船边（上）交货价
free on rail 火车上交货价
free overside 出入港船上交货价
free out (F.O.) 卸货费船方免责
freight collect 运货由提货人交付
freight repaid 运费预付
freight terms 岸上交货价
landing (loading) charges 起货（装载）费
local (spot) 当地付货价
miscellaneous expenses 杂项开支
net price 净价；实价
offer on sale or return 许可退货发价
offer without engagement 不受约束发价
out-of-pocket expenses 零星开支
overhead 日常开支；日常管理费
packing charges 包装费
prime cost 原价；主要成本
rebate 回折
retail price 零售价
stevedorage 码头工人搬运费
storage charges 仓租
sundry chargesd（expenses) 杂费
surcharge 附加费
wharfage 码头费
wholesale price 批发价
开头语与自我介绍
1.从中华人民共和国驻…大使馆商务参赞处获悉贵公司名称和地址，现借此机会与贵方通信，意在达成一些实际交易为开端，以建立业务关系。
Having had your name and address from the Commercial Counselor's office of the Embassy of the People's Republic of China in..., we now avail ourselves of this opportunity to write to you and see if we can establish business relations by a start of some Practical transactions.
2.从中国国际贸易促进会获悉，你们有意采购电器用具。
We have heard from China Council for the Promotion of International Trade that you are in the market for Electric Appliances.
3.驻贵地的中国领事向我们介绍，你公司是…生产…（商品）的大出口商。
Your name has been recommended to us by the Chinese Consul stationed in your city as large exporters of ... goods produced in ....
4.从…获悉你们行名及地址并了解你们是……有经验的进口商。现向你们开报…，盼能在贵地市场推销。
From ..., we have obtained your name and address and understand that you are experienced importers of .... We have pleasure in offering you ... of which we would appreciate your pushing the sale on your market.
5.从…获悉你公司专门经营…，现愿与你公司建立业务关系。
We learn from ... that your firm specializes in ..., and would like to establish business relationship with you.
6.承……的介绍，获悉你们是……有代表性的进口商之一。
Through the courtesy of.... we have learned that you are one of the representative importers of ...
7.据纽约司密斯公司所告，得悉你公司名称和地址，并得知你们…日本东京商会已把你行介绍给我们。
Your name and address has been given to us by Messrs. J. Smith & Co., Inc., in New York, who have informed us that your firm has been recommended to us by the Chamber of Commerce in Tokyo, Japan.
8.承贵地…银行通知，你们是…的主要进口商（出口商），并有意与中国进行这些方面的贸易。
The.... Bank in your city has been kind enough to inform us that you are one of the leading importers (exporters) of ... and are interested in trading with China in these lines ...
9.据了解，你们是中国…（商品）有潜力的买主，而该商品正属我们的业务经营范围。
We are given to understand that you are potential buyers of Chinese ...,which comes within the frame of our business activities.
10.通过贵国最近来访的贸易代表团，我们了解到你们是信誉良好的…进口商，现发信给你们，盼能不断地接到你们的定单。
Through your trade delegation that recently paid a visit to this country, we learned that you are well-established importers of ... and are writing to you in the hope of receiving your orders from time to time.
11.我们欣然寄发这封自荐信，希望是互利关系的前奏。
We are glad to send you this introductory letter, hoping that it will be the prelude to mutually beneficial relations between us.
12.我们有幸自荐，盼望能有机会与你们合作，扩展业务。
We have the Pleasure to introduce ourselves to you with the hope that we may have an opportunity of cooperating with you in your business extension.
13.我们冒昧通信，以期待与贵公司建立业务关系。
We take the liberty of writing to you with a view to building up business relations with your firm.
14.现向贵司自我介绍，我们是国营公司，专门经营轻工业品。
We wish to introduce ourselves to you as a state operated corporation dealing exclusively in Light Industrial Goods.
15.也许你们已有所知，我们是国营公司，经营……（商品）的进出口业务。
As you may be well aware, we are a state-operated corporation handling such items as .. in both import and export business.
16.鉴于你们是…的主要进口商之一，特此联系，盼能建立业务关系，以有助于你们满足各项需求。
As you are one of the leading importers in ..., we have pleasure in contacting you in the hope of establishing business relations and rendering you assistance in a wide range of your requirements.
17.了解到你们对…（商品）的进口和出口都感兴趣，故愿自荐，希望在我们两公司间建立互利的业务关系。
We understand that you are interested in both the import and export of ... and it is on this subject that we wish to introduce ourselves in the hope of establishing mutually beneficial business relations between our two corporations.
18.你公司是信誉卓著的照相机进口商，我公司极愿与你公司建立业务关系。为此，我们现在寄去商品目录和价目单，用以向你公司毛遂自荐。
The high reputation, which you are enjoying as camera importers, has rendered us desirous of entering into business relations with you. Accordingly, we introduce ourselves to you by sending you our catalogs and price-lists.
19.我们经营的商品包括本国第一流造纸厂的产品，因此，我们有良好条件就你们提出的商品，向你们的顾客提供质量最可靠的商品。
The commodities we are handling consist of the manufactures of the first-rate paper mills of this country, and so we are in a good position to serve your customers with the most reliable quality of the line you suggest.
20.我们专门经营中国美术工艺品出口，愿与你们进行交易。
Specializing in the export of Chinese Art & Craft Goods we express our desire to trade with you in this line.
21.我们的主要业务是纺织品和手工艺品。
Our lines are mainly textiles and handicrafts.
22.我们经营这项业务已有多年。
We have been in this line of business for many years.
23.本信目的是探索与你们发展贸易的可能性。
The purpose of this letter is to explore the possibilities of developing trade with you.
24.我们愿在平等互利、互通有无的基础上与你公司建立业务关系。
We are willing to enter into business relations with your firm on the basis of equality, mutual benefit and exchanging what one has for what one needs.
25.我们愿与你们建立友好业务关系，分享互利的交易。
We wish to establish friendly business relations with you to enjoy a share of mutually profitable business.
26.盼直接洽谈，以便将你公司特种经营商品引进我地市场。
We wish to enter into direct negotiation with you with a view to introducing your special lines in our market.
27.我们有意向中华人民共和国寻求原油供应来源的可能性.
We are interested in the possibility of establishing sources of supply of crude oil from the People's Republic of China.
28.建议试试利用一下我们的经验和专门知识。
We advise you to make use of our experience and special knowledge on trial.
29.相信我公司的对外贸易经验以及对国际市场情况的熟悉，可能使我们有资格得到你们的信任。
We trust that our experience in foreign trade and intimate knowledge of international market conditions will entitle us to your confidence.
30.我公司与此地可靠的批发商有密切联系，能与你公司作可观的进口业务。
Being closely connected with reliable wholesalers here, we shall be able to do considerable import business with you.
31.我们能开报十分优惠的条款。
We are able to quote you very advantageous terms.
美语与英语在国际商务方面的差异-----单词拼法上的差异
美语与英语在单词拼法上的差异主要有两种：一种是单词发生单变使得个别字母不相同，另一种是美语单词较为简化。前者如enquire（英）与inquire（美），这两个单词公第一个字母不相同，都是商品交易前，一方向对方洽询有关商品的价格、数量、交货时间及付款条件等的询价，也叫询盘；"车胎"英国用tyre，美国用tire；；"睡衣"英语用pajamas，美语用pyjamas；"执照""特许证"英语用licence，美语用license。这类单词仅一个字母不同，发音上有的相同，有的相似。
美语的单词一般比英语单词要简单。近年来，美语越来越趋向简化，充分体现了美国人生活和工作高效快捷的现代化特性。这些较为简化的词大都源于英语，大量词汇在英语里仍然保持原貌，而进入美语后，这些单词就逐渐变得简单起来，从而使用起来较为方便。如较常见的单词colour（颜色），在美误里就拼成color，少了一个"u"字母；refrigerator（电冰箱）美语是fridge，美语比原词要简单得多。美语单词的简化现象是美语与英语在单词拼法上的差异的主要表现。现将商务英语中比较常见的这类单词列举如下：
英语 美语
catalogue catalog 商品目录
woollen woolen 羊毛
acknowledgement acknowledgment 确认
cheque check 支票
aerophane airplane，plane 飞机
honour honor 荣誉
jewellery jewelry 珠宝
storey story 楼层
judgement judgment 判断
kilogramme kilogram 公斤
cigarette cigaret 卷烟
programme program 节目、程序
traveller's cheque traveler's check 旅行支票
advertisement ad 广告
advertising agent adagent 广告代理人
advertising rates, etc adrate, etc 广告费
labour labor 劳动
不过，也有极少数单词美语比英语在拼法上稍微复杂一点，比如"instalment"（分期付款），美语经常双写"1"，拼成"installment"，而英语只单写"1"；某些常用的简化词特别是非常流行的缩略词如"ad"（advertisement 的缩略形式）在英语里也被采用。
美语与英语在国际商务方面的差异—日期、数字表达方面的差异
在日期方面，美英的表达方式是有差别的。以日为先，月份为后，此为英国式，美国式则与此相反。如一九九六年三月二日的写法：
2nd March, 1996（英）
March 2, 1996（美）
在美式的写法中，1st, 2nd, 3rd的st, nd, rd是不使用的。由于日期书面表达不同，读法也不一样。如1987年4月20日，英式的写法是20th April, 1987，读成the twentieth of April, nineteen eighty-seven；美式的表达是April 20, 1987，则读成April the twentieth, nineteen eighty-seven。同样，全部用数字表达日期时，英美也有差别。1998年5月6日按照英国式应写成6/5/98，而按照美国式应写成5/6/98；01.08.1998是英国式的1998年8月1日，按照美国的表达方式却是1998年1月8日，美国的1998年8月1日应写成08，01，1998。因此，全部使用数字来表示日期时，往往发生误解，在商务活动中必须谨慎使用。
表达百万以上的数字概念英美的差别甚大，如one billion英语指的是"万亿""兆"，而美语则只"十亿"；one trillion英语晨相当于million million million=1018,是百万兆，在美语里却相当于英国英语的one billion，是"万亿"、"兆"。
在数字口头表达方面，两国也存在着差别。$175（175美元）英语读成a(one) hundred and seventy five dollars，美语读成one hundred seventy five dollars，常省略and；表达连续同样数字的号码时，英语习惯用double或triple，美语一般不这样用，如电话号码320112，英语读成three two zero, double one two，美语则读成three two zero one one two, 999 234英语读成nine double nine (triple nine) two three four，美语则读成nine nine nine two three four，不过美国人也把连续三个相同的号码读成three 加上这个数字的复数形式，如999读成three nines。
商业信函的7个“C”原则
写信的原则（Writing Principles）已从原来的3个“C”（Conciseness, Clearness, Courtesy）发展到目前的７个“C”：Completeness, Clearness, Concreteness, Conciseness, Correctness, Courtesy, Consideration
实例:
Dear Sirs,
With reference to your letter of April 9, we are pleased to accept your offer of 100 tons of Copper Wire as per your Offer Sheet No.8/070/02B. Please go ahead and apply for your Export Licence. As soon as we are informed of the number of the Export Licence we will open the L/C by cable.
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