Haitao clearance
The meaning of agency
Agency refers to the agent signing a contract with a third party or carrying out other legal acts on behalf of the principal in accordance with the authorization of the principal, and the principal directly enjoys the rights and obligations arising therefrom. The agent and the agent are a relationship of entrustment and entrustment, not a relationship of buying and selling. ‘‘ In international trade, agency and distribution are essentially different:
(1) The exporting enterprise is in a buying and selling relationship with a foreign distributor, and is in a principal-agent relationship with a foreign agent.
(2) There is no relationship between the exporting enterprise and the customer in the distribution business, but in the agency business, it is a buying and selling relationship, and the exporting enterprise bears the responsibility of performing the contract.
(3) The source of profit for overseas distributors of Haitao customs clearance is the price difference of reselling commodities, and the agent collects commission for providing services to the client.
(4) Foreign distributors should bear the risks of falling prices and backlogs of goods, while agents should not bear the risks of transactions.
(2) The rights and obligations of the agent
In the process of agency, it generally involves the principal, the agent and the third party. The principal is a person who appoints an agent to act for himself in the agent's behavior and is responsible for the legal consequences of the agent's behavior. An agent is a person who accepts the entrustment of the principal in the agency, acts in accordance with the provisions of the agency agreement, and receives a commission. The third person is a person outside the agency agreement who directly or indirectly has rights and obligations between the principal and the agent.