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Dispatching - answer The act of prioritizing all of the jobs related
to shipping goods.
Certificate of Origin - answer A document attesting to a
shipment's country of origin.
Duty (trade) - answer A tax levied by government on the
importation, exportation, or use and consumption of goods.
Export - answer Products produced in one country and sold in
another.
Free trade agreements - answer An agreement between one or
more countries which eliminates tariffs, import quotas, and
preferences on most (if not all) goods and services traded
between them.
Import - answer Products bought in one country and produced in
another.
Intermodal transport - answer 1) Shipments moved by different
types of equipment combining the best features of each mode. 2)
, The use of two or more different carrier modes in the through
movement of a shipment.
Import Quota - answer A limit on the quantity of a good that can
be produced abroad and sold domestically.
Shipping manifest - answer A document that lists the pieces in a
shipment. A manifest usually covers an entire load regardless of
whether the load is to be delivered to a single destination or too
many destinations. Manifest usually list the items, piece count,
total weight, and the destination name and address for each
destination in the load.
Shipping Order - answer A document which specifies the
products to be shipped, customer information and the mode of
transportation.
Tariff - answer An official schedule of taxes and fees imposed by
a country on imports or exports.
Two-part label manifests - answer Computer printed labels which
are attached to the package exterior and both sections of the
label contain the same information. When the package is placed
onto the vehicle, the driver tears off one section of the label which
serves as the delivery record.
Hand-held bar code manifesting - answer This manifesting uses
bar code labels and hand-held scanners to record containers as
they are loaded onto the vehicle. The scanners transmit the data
to a computer where information is retained for the record. Most