外贸英语函电

Specific inquiry

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In a specific inquiry, a businessman points out what product(s) he wants. He may ask for a catalogue, a pricelist, samples, etc, or ask for an offer.

Specific inquiry

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List the name and description of the commodities inquiried for;

give a brief introduction of your market situationask whether there is any possibility of allowing special discount or offering some certain percent of commission;

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D. Indicate your demand or hope in terms of payment and time

of shipment or delivery;

E. Stating the possibility of placing an order with the exporter

of the mentioned type of commodity.

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Inquiries should be made concisely and clearly to the point;

As is the general practice in international trade, the receiver of an inquiry will respond without delay with an offer, quotation , booklet or order.

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Useful phrases

We hope that you can send us the following information:我们希望得到如下信息：

There is a good demand here for these products.本地该类产品需求很旺盛。

Your early reply is awaited with much interest.肯盼归您的尽快答复。

We are greatly interested in your products.我们对贵公司的产品十分感兴趣。