Section 2

Customs Documentation

Step 1

Word bank

1) air waybill - авиагрузовая накладная, авиационный коносамент

2) Bill of lading - коносамент, морская (трамспортная) накладная

3) cargo processing - обработка груза

4) cash flow - баланс оборотных средств

5) certificate of origin - сертификат происхождения

6) сlear (clearance) - уплачивать пошлину; очищать (товары) от пошлин

таможенная очистка, растаможивание, уплата пошлин

7) CMR form - транспортная накладная (Си-Эм-Ар-форма)

8) commercial invoice - коммерческий инвойс, счет-фактура

9) consignment (consigner, consignee) - партия отправленного или прибывшего товара, груз (грузоотправитель, грузополучатель)

10) deferment – отсрочка

11) delay - задержка, приостановка; простой

12) DHL mail - экспресс-почта

13) in full – полностью

14) mark and number of package - маркировка и нумерация груза

15) packing list - упаковочный список

16) release the goods - снять арест с товара; «выпустить», «растаможить» товар.

Task 1. Read the following words, mark the stress on each word: accompany, affect, captain, carrier, commerce, contact, control, delay, exporter, occur, processing, relevant, storage, vessel

Task 2. Translate the following words and learn their pronunciation:

a) cargo, carriage, certificate, clearing, compulsory, consignee, consignment, consignor, dimension, European, forwarder, freight, frequently, haulier, identify, invoice, issue, issue, origin, receipt, sign, signature, throughout, unique, weight

b) authority, cleared, consequence, deferment, demurrage, double, equipment, immediately, insurance, load, machinery, original, permit, punctual, reinforcement, required, seize, turnaround, unavoidable, warehouse

Task 3. Match up Customs documents and their descriptions: a commercial invoice, a packing list, the Bill of lading, the CMR, a customs declaration.

1) contains customs duties and taxes calculated and entered on the form,

2) contains the name of shipping line,

3) contains the marks and numbers of the packages, the price and terms of sales,

4) contains number and kind of package,

5) contains a statement about the origin of the goods,

6) contains all the relevant information about the load and the details of the trailer and the carrier,

7) contains the net and gross weight,

8) contains details of shipment,

9) contains the names, addresses and other information about the consignor and the consignee and a full description of the goods,

10) the full dimensions of the package.

Step 2

Text work

Task 4. Find out the difference between cargo-processing and passenger-processing. Try to find as many differences and similarities as possible.