BefamiliarwiththecontentsofL/CBeabletorushtheestablishmentofL/CBeabletoadvisetheestablishmentofL/CBeabletoaskforamendmenttoL/CBefamiliarwiththewordsandexpressionsusedinestablishingandamendingL/CIfatransactionisconcludedonL/Cbasis,theimporterwillmakearrangementwithabankfortheissuanceofthecreditinfavoroftheexporter.TheopeningbankissuesanL/Candthensendsittoitsforeignbranchorcorrespondenttoadvisethebeneficiary(exporter).IntheexporttradeinChina，foreignclientsoftendelayinopeningtheL/Cwithinthetimelimitstipulatedinthecontractforonereasonoranother.ThesellershouldurgethebuyertoopentheL/Csoastoensurethesmoothperformanceofthecontract.OnreceiptoftheL/C,itisessentialforthesellertoexaminethetermsintheL/C.TheL/CtermsshouldbeinstrictconformitywithS/Cstipulations.Inactualpractice，theunconformitybetweentheL/C,S/Candnationalpolicyoftenoccursforthereasonofthebuyer'sortheopeningbank'snegligenceormistakes，orspecialregulationsoncreditsinsomenations,orafewbuyers’trapintheL/C.Therefore,theexaminationofthecreditisakeystepforthesellerintheexecutionofthecontract.UponexaminationoftheL/C,thebeneficiaryshouldlistoutallthediscrepanciesandcontacttheapplicantforamendmentstotheL/Cwithoutanydelay.HeshouldalwaysbearinmindthatbeforethereceiptoftheamendmentstotheoriginalL/Cfromtheissuingbankadvisedthroughthesameadvisingbank,hecannevermakeshipment,otherwisehewillputhimselfinaveryunfavorableposition.如果合同規(guī)定用信用證方式支付,進口商需向銀行提出申請,要求開立以出口商為受益人的信用證。銀行開出信用證后將其發(fā)給其國外分行或代理行,通知行將信用證交給受益人(出口商)。在中國的出口業(yè)務中,國外客戶經(jīng)常因為各種各樣的原因不能在合同規(guī)定的時間內(nèi)開立信用證,為確保合同的順利履行,賣方應催促買方開證。賣方在收到信用證后應立即對信用證進行審核以確保信用證的條款和合同的條款完全一致。在實際業(yè)務中,由于買方或開證行的疏忽或錯誤、有些國家對信用證的特殊規(guī)定或一些買方刻意的行為,信用證和合同條款以及國家政策常常不符。因此審證非常重要。在審核完信用證后,受益人必須列出所有的不符點并立刻與開證申請人聯(lián)系,要求修改信用證。值得注意的是,信用證的修改須由原通知行轉遞,受益人在收到信用證的修改通知之前不能裝運貨物,不然他會陷于非常不利的處境。SpecimenLetter1-RushingtheEstablishmentofL/CDearMr.Gable，

Re:L/CunderSalesConfirmationNo.1309Wearepleasedtohavesigned,afterexchangeofseveralfaxesande-mails,SalesConfirmationNo.1309for8,000piecesof100%CottonMen’sJacketsItemNo.7009A.Thedateofshipmentisdrawingnear,butuptillnow,wehavenotreceivedthecoveringL/C.WearesurethatyouareawareofthefactthatyourL/CshouldreachusbeforeDec.20soastofacilitateshipment.Pleasedoyourbesttoexpediteitsestablishmenttoenableustoexecuteyourorderwithinthetimestipulatedinthecontract.Meanwhile,pleaseseetoitthattheL/CtermsareinstrictconformitywiththoseintheS/Cinordertoavoidsubsequentamendments.Welookforwardtoreceivingyourfavorableresponseatanearlydate.

Yoursfaithfully,BenQiuSpecimenLetter1-LanguagePoints1.expediteitsestablishment速開信用證，還可說rushanL/Cexpeditev.加速（處理）某事，有時也用hasten,hurry,rushexpeditedelivery/production盡快交貨/加速生產(chǎn)e.g.我們買主急需這批貨，你方能否盡快裝運？Ourbuyersareinurgentneedofthegoods,couldyoumanagetoexpeditetheshipment?SpecimenLetter1-LanguagePoints2.stipulatev.規(guī)定，制定e.g.合同規(guī)定由買方投保Thecontractstipulatesforinsurancetobecoveredbythebuyer.Thecontractstipulatesthatinsurancebecoveredbythebuyer.按規(guī)定，貨物應裝在結實的木箱里Asstipulated,thegoodsshouldbepackedinstrongwoodencases.stipulationn.規(guī)定，條款e.g.信用證和合同的條款必須嚴格相符ThestipulationsintheL/Candthecontractshouldbeinstrictconformitywitheachother.SpecimenLetter1-參考譯文Re:第1309號售貨確認書項下的信用證經(jīng)過傳真和郵件往來，我們很高興和你方就8000件款號7009A的全棉男夾克簽訂了售貨確認書。

裝運期已臨近，但我們至今未收到相關信用證，你方一定清楚信用證必須在12月20日前到達我方以順利裝運。請盡快開立信用證，以便我方能在合同規(guī)定的時間內(nèi)裝運，同時，為了避免日后的修改，信用證的條款必須和合同的條款完全一致。

期待早日收到好消息。

1.RushingtheEstablishmentofL/CWhenatransactionisconcluded，thebuyershould

applytohisbankfortheestablishmentofL/CwithinthetimestipulatedintheS/C.However，theremaybe

circumstanceswherethebuyerfailstodoso,thesellerwill

havetosendfaxesoremailstourgehim.Thiskindof

messageshouldbewritteninapoliteandrestrainedway

andoftenconsistsofthefollowingparts:MentioningthenumberoftherelevantS/Cororder;

StatingthefactthattheL/Chasnotreached;

UrgingtheestablishmentoftheL/Ctoensurepunctualshipment;Expressingexpectationforapromptreply.1.催促開立信用證當交易達成時,買方應在合同規(guī)定的時間內(nèi)向其銀行申請開立信用證。但有時買方不能及時開證,賣方就不得不發(fā)傳真或電子郵件來敦促。這類信件應寫得禮貌、克制，通常包含以下幾個部分:提及相關合同號或訂單號；說明還未收到相關信用證；敦促買方盡快開立以保證按時裝運；希望對方及時回復。1.RushingtheEstablishmentofL/C We’dliketodrawyourattentiontothefactthatthestipulatedtimeofshipmentisdrawingnear,butwehavenotreceivedanynewsfromyouaboutitsestablishment.

我們想提請貴方注意，合同規(guī)定的裝運期已經(jīng)臨近，但我方仍未從你方收到任何關于開證的消息。AsthegoodsunderS/CNo.128havebeenreadyforshipmentforquitesometime,itisimperativethatyoutakeimmediateactiontohavethecoveringL/Copened.

第128號銷售確認書項下的貨物已備妥待運很長時間了，貴方必須立即行動開出信用證。Thetimeofshipmentisapproaching,butwehavenotyetreceivedyourL/C.Pleasedoyourutmosttoexpediteitsestablishmentsothatwemayeffectshipmentbeforetheendofthismonth.

裝運期已臨近，但我們還未收到相關信用證，請盡最大努力開立信用證以便我方在月底前發(fā)貨。WeregretthatwecouldnotshipthegoodsbyanAprilvesselbecauseofthedelayofyourL/C.W