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International Trade vocabulary · Shipping and Transport

Partial shipment

Meaning in international trade, with examples

nounCommon term

In international trade, partial shipment means: The sending of an order in two or more lots, on different dates or vehicles, instead of all at once.

In Turkish: kısmi sevkiyat, kısmi yükleme, parçalı sevkiyat

How it is used

A standard L/C field: 'partial shipments allowed' or 'not allowed'. Under UCP 600 partial shipments are allowed unless the credit says otherwise. Sellers use them when part of an order is ready earlier than the rest.

Example sentences

  1. Partial shipments are allowed, so we will send the first 60 percent next week.

  2. The customer refused a partial shipment and wants the full order in one container.

Common collocations

  • partial shipments allowed
  • partial shipments prohibited
  • make a partial shipment
  • first partial shipment
  • shipmentA quantity of goods sent together from one place to another, or the act of sending them.
  • transshipmentThe unloading of goods from one ship or vehicle and reloading them onto another during the journey to the final destination.
  • letter of creditA bank's written promise to pay the seller a set amount, provided the seller presents documents that meet the exact conditions of the credit within the stated time.
  • UCP 600Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits: the ICC rules, in force since 2007, that most banks use for issuing and handling letters of credit.

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