2008-3-26 16:45
jennifer88
外贸函电集
Establishing Business Relations
Beidaihe Jifa Comprehensive Agricultural Development Co., Ltd.
Middle Haibei Rd,
Beidaihe District,
Qinhuangdao, Hebei, 066000
P. R. China
December 13, 2007
Dear Sirs,
We owe your company and address to CCPIT HEBEI.
We are one of the biggest professional farm produce manufacturers in China, handling the distribution of all kinds of vegetables and flowers.
We avail ourselves of this opportunity to write you in the hope of establishing business relations with you.
In order to acquaint you with our business lines, please visit our website for more information.
Should you favor us with inquires for your specific requirements, we are in a position to supply you with the first class goods at competitive prices.
Your early reply will be much appreciated.
Yours faithfully,
Enquiry for Credit Standing
Your name and address was given to us as a reference by St.Polo&Co. Ltd., which plans to place an important order with us.
We know nothing about the firm and have only initial contact with them. So we will be much obliged if you could give us some information on their reputation and financial standing.
Any information you may give us will, of course, be treated as strict confidential and without any liability on your part.
We enclose an address and a stamped envelope for your reply.
A favorable reply
We have received from the Standard Chartered Bank, Bangkok branch, Thailand, the information you required.
St.Polo&Co. Ltd. was established in 1948 with a capital of GBP300,000. Their chief line is in the import and export of all kinds of foods, trading principally with China, Japan, Germany, Britain and America. Their supplier’s business with them is reported to have been satisfactory. The bankers have a high regard for their operating ability and financial standing. Its reputation here is good.
The above information is strictly confidential and is given without any liability on our part.
Unfavorable reply
We have made enquiries about the corporation mentioned in your letter of December 13. We have to inform you of considering carefully in trade with them.
Though the corporation is an old establishment, losses have been incurred for the latest 3 years in succession in the enterprise, and they have always delayed their payment in the past 3 years. It appears to us that the corporation’s losses were due to their bad management.
We would advise you to be cautious to any trade with them.
Please consider the above information as given in strict cofidence.
Enquiry
We learn from the latest issue of Business Week that your company handles the export of various types of computers.
We are much concerned about this line as part of the products also fall within our business scope. We shall appreciate it if you will make us offers for CTL988 Desk-top and CTL 985 Laptop CIF Mali for shipment during May/ June.
We look forward to your early reply.
A favorable reply
In reply to your inquiry of December 13, we are sending you under cover a copy of our illustrated catalogue together with our latest price list for the embroidery machine. Details of our conditions of sale and terms of payment are stated therein.
We hope that you will find our prices reasonable and look forward to your trial order.
Unfavorable reply
Thank you for your letter of December 13 inquiring for our computers.
Unfortunately, these models are out of stock because of increasing demand both at home and abroad. But we could make the shipment by the end of August and you can have a discount of 5% then.
We also have other models that are suppliable, for instance, CTL 989 and CTL 991 are meeting with a favorable reception in your market. If you are interested in any other models in the catalog enclosed, please let us know.
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