Common vocabulary expressions for cross-border e-commerce logistics, customs declaration, payment and product quality

In the field of cross-border e-commerce, whether it is logistics, customs declaration, payment or product quality, a series of professional terms are needed for effective communication. This article will integrate the basic and expanded vocabulary of these fields to help practitioners better understand and apply.

1. Logistics related vocabulary

1. Transportation method

• Charter (to do charter)
• Sea transport (to transport by sea)
• Rail transportation (cargo by rail)
• Container transport (transport by container)
• Road transportation (cargo by road)
• Bonded stocking mode (bonded stocking mode)
• “Land, air, and land” intermodal transport (train-air-truck(TAT))
• Collect direct mail mode (collect direct mail mode)

2. Shipping fee

• Carriage paid (carriage paid)
• Free shipping (carriage free)
• Carriage forward (carriage forward)
• Basic shipping rate (basic rate)
• Overweight surcharge (heavy lift additional)

3. Bill of Lading

• Bill of Lading (bill of lading(B/L))
• Bill of Lading on board (on board/shipped B/L)
• B/L (received for shipment B/L)
• Direct Bill of Lading (direct B/L)
• Freight prepaid bill of lading (freight prepaid B/L)

4. Transportation

• Transportation facilities (transportation facilities)
• Transportation insurance (transportation insurance)
• Transport system (transport chain)
• Transportation permit (transportation permit)

5. Chartering

• Time charter (time charter)
• Return voyage charter (return voyage charter)
• Time charter trip (time charter trip)
• One-way charter (single voyage charter)

2. Vocabulary related to customs declaration

1. Basic vocabulary

• Customs declaration (customs declaration(C/D))
• Shipping documents (shipment documents)
• Extras (extras)
• Gross weight (gross weight)
• Net weight (net weight)
• Port of departure (port of departure)
• Port of destination (port of destination)
• Consignor (consignor)
• Consignee (consignee)
• Shipper (shipper)
• Carrier (carrier)
• Notify party (notify party)
• Contract No. (Contract No.)
• Invoice No. (Invoice No.)
• Shipping order number (S/O No.(shipping order))
• Voyage (Voy No.)
• Seal No. (Seal No.)
• Certificate No. (Certificate No.)

3. Payment related vocabulary

1. Basic vocabulary

• Payment (payment)
• Dishonour (dishonour)
• Discount (discount)
• Bill of exchange (draft)
• Promissory note (promissory note)
• Cheque (cheque)
• Invoice (invoice)
• Remittance (remittance)
• Settlement (settlement)

4. Vocabulary related to product quality

1. Quality description

• Best quality (best quality)
• High quality (high/superior quality)
• Above the average quality (above the average quality)
• Good quality (good/fine quality)
• Standard quality (standard quality)
• Uniform quality (uniform quality)
• Choice quality (choice/selected quality)
• First-class quality (first-class/rate quality)
• Bad quality (bad quality)
• Low quality (low quality)

2. Quality management

• Quality clause (quality clause)
• Quality landed (quality landed)
• Quality shipped (quality shipped)
• Delivery according to buyer’s sample quality (quality as per buyer's sample)
• Good Average Quality (Fair Average Quality(F.A.Q.))
• Quality is approximately the same as the sample (quality to be considered as being about equal to the sample)

The above vocabulary covers the main links in cross-border e-commerce, and I hope it can help everyone handle related matters more professionally.