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The Incoterms or International Commercial Terms are a series of pre-defined commercial terms published by the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) relating to international commercial law. [ 1] Incoterms define the responsibilities of exporters and importers in the arrangement of shipments and the transfer of liability involved at various ...
FOB (shipping) FOB ( free on board) is a term in international commercial law specifying at what point respective obligations, costs, and risk involved in the delivery of goods shift from the seller to the buyer under the Incoterms standard published by the International Chamber of Commerce. FOB is only used in non-containerized sea freight or ...
International commercial law. International Commercial Law is a body of legal rules, conventions, treaties, domestic legislation and commercial customs or usages, that governs international commercial or business transactions. [ 1] A transaction will qualify to be international if elements of more than one country are involved.
The Current Procedural Terminology ( CPT) code set is a procedural code set developed by the American Medical Association (AMA). It is maintained by the CPT Editorial Panel. [ 1] The CPT code set describes medical, surgical, and diagnostic services and is designed to communicate uniform information about medical services and procedures among ...
Freight transport. This map of shipping routes illustrates the relative density of commercial shipping in the world's oceans. Freight transport, also referred as freight forwarding, is the physical process of transporting commodities and merchandise goods and cargo. [ 1] The term shipping originally referred to transport by sea but in American ...
The United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods ( CISG ), sometimes known as the Vienna Convention, is a multilateral treaty that establishes a uniform framework for international commerce. [ 1][ Note 1] As of December 2023, it has been ratified by 97 countries, representing two-thirds of world trade.
The Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits (UCP) is a set of rules on the issuance and use of letters of credit. The UCP is utilized by bankers and commercial parties in more than 175 countries in trade finance. Some 11-15% of international trade utilizes letters of credit, totaling over a trillion dollars (US) each year.
CPT (file format), of Corel Photo Paint and others. CPT (programadora), a defunct Colombian television production company. CPT Corporation, a 20th-century word processor manufacturer. Colored people's time, offensive US expression for lateness. Columbia Pictures Television, branch of Columbia Pictures. Cost per thousand, advertising term.