GLOSARRY

TATIANA ALEJANDRA SARMIENTO HERRERA

IVONNE NATALIA GONZALEZ

MARIA FERNANDA LOPERA

EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION SAN MATEO

FACULTY OF MANAGEMENT

BOGOTÁ

2014

INTERNATIONAL TRADE

COMERCIO INTERNACIONAL

1. AGREEMENT (Acuerdo, trato): a settlement, especially one that is legally

enforceable; covenant; treaty

2. ASSURER (Asegurador): to make an event certain; ensure

3. AGAINST DELIVERY (Contra entrega): payable immediately when the

merchandise is delivered

4. AGRICULTURAL GOOD (Productoagropecuario): perishables // property without

industrial processing

5. AIR MAIL (Correoaéreo): a system of conveying mail by aircraft

6. BOYCOTTS : The negative output of a product or commodity

7. BACK FREIGHT (Flete de regreso): A payment that is owed to a maritime

shipping company when the transportation of goods extends beyond the contracted

destination port due to circumstances beyond the shipper's control.

8. BACKING (Garantía): support given to a person, cause, or enterprise.

9. BARRIER (Barrera): anything serving to obstruct passage or to maintain separation,

such as a fence or gate

10. BOOKING (Reservamaritima): Customer's concluded arrangement with a goods or

services supplier (carrier, hotel, restaurant, publisher, etc.) representing a completed

sale. Also called reservation or transaction.

11. BAD STOWAGE (Distribucióndefectuosa de la carga): loading of cargo in an

aircraft or ship in a manner that not provides optimum safety for the vessel and the

cargo.

12. CARRIER (Transportista): person, or organization employed to carry goods or

passengers.

13. CARTAGE (Transporteefectuadopormedio de camiones): Charge for transporting

goods for short distances, such as within a commercial area or town.

14. CLEAN ON BOARD (Limpio a bordo): A transport document issued by a carrier to

a shipper based on a dock receipt or provided by a customs broker that proves goods

have been shipped and which has no clause or notation which indicates that the

shipped goods or their packaging were defective or insufficient in number.

15. CONTAINER (Contenedor): Standardized re-sealable transportation box for

unitized freight handling with standardized equipment.

16. CONTAINER SHIP (Barco contenedor): Container ships are cargo ships that carry

all of their load in truck-size intermodal containers, in a technique called

containerization.

17. CRATE (Embalaje de tablas): a rugged box (usually made of wood); used for

shipping

18. CUSTOM (Aduana): habitual patronage, esp of a shop or business // the customers

of a shop or business collectively

19. DUTY FREE (Libre de arancel aduanero): It means you do not pay taxes on the

items, normally you will need to show a ticket for travel on the same day out of the

country where the shop is located.

20. EXPORT (Exportación): commodities (goods or services) sold to a foreign country

21. EXSHIP (Sobre buque): A trade term requiring the seller to deliver goods to a buyer

at an agreed port of arrival. The seller remains responsible for the goods until they

are delivered.

22. FREIGHT POLICY (Póliza de flete): commercial transport that is slower and

cheaper than express // the price charged for such transport

23. HEAVY LIFT (Carga pesada): hard to bear, accomplish, or fulfil: heavy demands //

coarse or broad: a heavy line, heavy features

24. HOLD (Bodega): to hold in trust // save to deposit

25. SHIPER (Flete): to place, transport, or travel on any conveyance, especially aboard

a ship.

REFERENCES

http://www.portalcomercioexterior.cl/glosario_terminos http://www.reverso.net/text_translation.aspx?lang=ES