Tariffs and Customs Terms S.1.115

Question 1

cargoes that need special stowage, supervision and checking owing to their value. Examples: fancy items, apparels, furs, laces, spirits, precious items. These items are kept in a special cargo locker. Petroleum products and dangerous goods are also considered as such for they require specially-designed containers.

Answer 1

special cargoes

Question 2

a storage area for special cargoes

Answer 2

special cargo locker

Question 3

a container designed for special merchandise (e.g., dry bulk container for dry bulk commodities like sugar and grains, tank container for gas, and open-top and platform container for heavy equipment, lumber, etc.)

Answer 3

special container

Question 3

a common carrier authorized to transport special cargoes, like households’ goods, petroleum products and hazardous materials.

Answer 3

special-commodities carrier

Question 4

a warehouse for products that require unique facilities, such as grains (through conveyor elevator), liquid (through tank) and tobacco (through barn)

Answer 4

special-commodity warehouse

Question 5

a region in a country, often in an industrial park, providing privileges to export-oriented enterprises, like duty-free importation, hospitable labor climate and tax incentives. It houses several enterprises (locators) that assemble, process or manufacture raw materials into finished products for export.

Answer 5

Special Economic Zone

Question 6

a document issued behalf of an underwriter stating the terms and conditions of marine insurance. It is issued when evidence of insurance is being required, for instance, by a bank before granting a letter of credit application.

Answer 6

special policy of insurance

Question 6

one wherein the opening bank transmits the instrument or draft to the beneficiary through its correspondent bank. As such, payment or negotiation is made by the latter bank in the country of exportation.

Answer 6

specially advised letter of credit

Question 7

a customs authority for loading of articles (e.g., provisions or bunker fuel) on a ship even without an export entry or export declaration.

Answer 7

special permit to load

Question 8

a customs authority for the transfer of certain imported shipments from customs custody to other storage area or premises prior to payment of duties and taxes.

Answer 8

Special permit to transfer

Question 9

a program of the United Nations that encourages more participants in international trade and commerce, especially small and medium-size enterprises.

Answer 9

Special Programme for Trade Efficiency (SPTE) [for the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development]

Question 10

refers to cement mixer, fire truck, ambulance and/or medical unit, armored military vehicle, luxury/tourist bus with specialized body, etc.

Answer 10

special purpose vehicle

Question 11

a freight rate not normally imposed

Answer 11

special rate

Question 12

a label added to the invoice to signify that the pre-shipment inspection has been completed and all inspection requirements have been met

Answer 12

Special Security Label

Question 13

a safeguard used by a World Trade Organization member to protect is domestic sector from imports not yet put under quota

Answer 13

special traditional safeguard mechanism

Question 14

imported nonagricultural feeds or food for race horse, fighting cocks, aquarium fish, zoo animals and other pets subject to value-added tax.

Answer 14

specialty feeds

Question 15

a freight rate applied to a particular article based on revenue ton, under the tariff of certain conference lines (e.g. garments, furniture, canned goods). it is usually lower than the general cargo rate and is published to apply to a particular point of origin to a specified point of supply

Answer 15

specific commodity rate

Question 15

a kind of duty imposed on luxury items such as tobacco or alcohol, based on quantity, volume, or weight, without regard to an article’s market value or price

Answer 15

specific duty

Question 15

a principle under the agreement on subsidies and countervailing measures, which encourages subsidy to an export product

Answer 15

specificity

Question 15

rate a freight rate applied to a particular merchandise, based on a full container load, and under a published tariff of certain conference

Answer 15

specific box rate box

Question 16

a freight rate nation Confer resolution of the International Air Transport Association Cargo Tariff Coordination Conference.

Answer 16

specified rate

Question 17

a bill of lading that covers goods already delivered by the carrier without, however, surrender of a signed copy of the document

Answer 17

spent bill of lading

Question 18

a situation wherein the consignment of goods has been split into two or more consignment.

Answer 18

split

Question 19

inspection of a minor portion of goods in a shipment.

Answer 19

spot-checking

Question 19

to move a trailer or boxcar into an area used for loading or unloading of cargoes; a ship that may load immediately after the charter contract has been fixed; cargo ready for loading.

Answer 19

spot