Export Practice and Management
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Export Practice and Management THIRD EDITION
Alan E. Branch Course Director, International Trade, Basingstoke College of Technology, UK; Export Consultant; Chief Examiner; Visiting Professor, Institute of Maritime Studies, Gijon, Spain; Visiting Lecturer, Reading University and City University
Springer-Science+Business Media, B.V.
First published in 1979 as Elements of Export Practice Second edition 1985 Third edition 1994 © 1994 A1an E. Branch Origina11y published by Chapman & Hall in 1994
Typeset in 10/12pt Times by Expo Holdings, Malaysia ISBN 978-0-412-41530-2 ISBN 978-1-4899-7258-3 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-1-4899-7258-3
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Contents
Preface to the third edition Acknowledgements International trade 1.1 Scope of book 1.2 Function of international trade Survey of international trade 1.3
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The export and shipping office 2.1 The export office role 2.2 The export office organization and structure Export policy and records 2.3
18 18 19 26
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Characteristics of international transport modes: 1 The role and essentials of a transport system 3.1 3.2 Canals/inland waterways 3.3 International air transport 3.4 International road transport International rail transport 3.5 Channel Tunnel (Euro-Tunnel) 3.6
29 29 30 33 40 44 49
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Characteristics of international transport modes: 2 4.1 Containerization 4.2 Container bases 4.3 Non-containerizable cargo 4.4 Inland clearance depots Dryports 4.5 Sea transport 4.6 4.7 Pipelines 4.8 Palletization 4.9 Seaports 4.10 Sealair concept
52 52 62 66 69 69 70 74 74 75 77
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CONTENTS
5 Multi-modalism 5.1 Rationale of development of multi-modalism 5.2 Features of multi-modalism Multi-modalism strategy 5.3
6 Freight rates 6.1 Theory of freight rates 6.2 The constituents of the freight rate 6.3 Factors influencing formulation of freight rates 6.4 Air freight
