Tariffs and Customs Terms C.1.26

Question 1

a system for collecting and disseminating information on court decisions and arbitration awards based on conventions and model laws emanating from the work of UNCITRAL [United Nations Commission on International Trade Law]

Answer 1

Case Law on UNCITRAL Texts

Question 2

a mode of payment in which a bank or an intermediary transfers title documents to the buyer upon payment in cash.

Answer 2

cash against documents

Question 3

a bond in cash filed by an importer with Customs when the declared value of goods is being contested by Customs; or to secure the interest of government prior to release of a shipment

Answer 3

cash bond

Question 4

check a check drawn by the cashier (manager) of a bank, and drawn against the bank itself.

Answer 4

cashier’s check

Question 5

full payment made prior to arrival of a shipment. This method is often used in a small purchases or when the goods are built to order, such as specialized machinery.

Answer 5

cash in advance

Question 6

payments made at the time of delivery of goods.

Answer 6

cash on delivery

Question 7

a mode of payment wherein the exporter is paid in cash for the shipment.

Answer 7

cash payment

Question 8

a method of cash payment made at the time of order, and the transaction becomes binding on both buyer and seller

Answer 8

cash with order

Question 9

an element of dumping that refers to the relationship between an economic injury suffered by a nation’s domestic industry and the dumping of goods threat

Answer 9

casual link

Question 10

literally means: “Let the buyer beware.” A principle in sales that warns the buyer to be cautious in checking the price and quality of goods

Answer 10

caveat emptor

Question 11

a place in a vessel where a container can be arranged.

Answer 11

cell

Question 12

steel bars and rails of a vessel used to steer containers during loading and unloading of cargoes

Answer 12

cell-guide

Question 13

the location of a cell aboard the vessel.

Answer 13

cell position

Question 14

a part of U.S. Customs Automated Commercial System that effects accurate and timely collection and submission of entry summary data

Answer 14

Census Interface System

Question 15

refers to the One-Stop Shop for Tax Credit and Duty Drawback Center (of the Philippine Department of finance) to which claims for tax refunds are being processed

Answer 15

Center

Question 16

an agency of the Philippine Department of Trade and Industry that manages export promotion, trade fairs, and exhibits, trade missions and other promotional activities.

Answer 16

Center for International Trade Exposition and Mission

Question 17

a regional trade arrangement among Costa Rica (1962), El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua, signed in 1960.

Answer 17

Central American Common Market

Question 18

a trade agreement among the “Visegrad” countries-Poland, The Czech Republic, Siovakia and Hungary-which is parallel to the European Free Trade Association

Answer 18

Central Europe Free Trade Association

Question 19

a warehouse that performs central functions for a number of warehouses (e.g., maintenance of capacity stock). See also warehouse.

Answer 19

central warehouse

Question 20

a kind of Charter Approved by the Chamber of Shipping of the United Kingdom, generally used for transport of grains

Answer 20

Centrocon Charter

Question 21

a document issued by an appropriate government authority, attesting to the quality or purity of commodities.

Answer 21

certificate of analysis

Question 22

a document issued by the Philippine Insurance Commission authorizing a surety to do business with Customs as a bonding firm.

Answer 22

certificate of authority

Question 23

a certificate issued by a ship classification society stating the class under which a vessel is registered.

Answer 23

certificate of classification

Question 24

a certificate obtained prior to export of a shipment, attesting to the fact that it complies with the standards prescribed by the importing country.

Answer 24

certificate of conformity

Question 25

a document signed by the vessel’s master, owner, and charterer, setting forth the date and hour of the ship’s delivery, her condition and that of her bunkers, ballast, volume of water for boilers, and coal (in the case of steamship)

Answer 25

certificate of delivery