Study on the Clarification of the Rules on Electronic Communications for the Future Incoterms 2030

• 발행기관: 한국무역연구원
• 저자명: 최석범(Seok-Beom Choi)
• 간행물 정보: 『무역연구』제16권 제6호, 153~170쪽, 전체 18쪽
• 주제분류: 경제경영 > 무역학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2020.12.30

영문 초록

Purpose - The Incoterms are the well-known international standard terms of sales contract published by the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC). Incoterms have been regularly updated to keep pace with contemporary trade practice and the development of international trade including electronic communications such as the Electronic Data Interchange (EDI). The purpose of this paper is to contribute to the clarification of the rules on electronic communications in the Incoterms by finding the problems and solutions of the Rules on Electronic Communications in the Incoterms. Design/Methodology/Approach - From Incoterms 1980, the incoterms have been revised at regular intervals of 10 years. The Incoterms 2010 which entered into force from January 1st, 2011 was revised into the new Incoterms 2020, which will be effective from January 1, 2020. Electronic communications was firstly introduced in Incoterms 1990. Incoterms 2000 and Incoterms 2010 updated the rules on electronic communications including EDI. Incoterms 2020 gives two alternatives: paper documents and documents in electronic form. This paper studies and compares the rules on electronic communications in each edition of Incoterms. This paper employs a legal analysis by which this paper finds problems in the rules on electronic communications in the previous and current Incoterms, and proposes solutions for Incoterms 2030. Findings - The Incoterms 2020 contains eleven terms, each individual term representing a specific distribution of rights and obligations between the buyer and the seller with respect to the different modalities of delivery, transfer of risk and cost. Each respective party’s responsibility is very important regarding electronic communications. The findings of this paper are five problems of previous and current versions of Incoterms and five solutions for Incoterms 2030. Research Implications - Each individual Incoterm represents a specific distribution of rights and obligations between the buyer and the seller with respect to the different modalities of delivery, transfer of risk and cost. Previous studies did not deal with issues of electronic communications. This paper has the originality in that this paper presents the solutions for Incoterms 2030 by finding the problems in previous and currernt versions of Incoterms.

목차

Ⅰ. Introduction

Ⅱ. ICC Activities on Electronic Communications

Ⅲ. Previous and Current Versions of Incoterms and Electronic Communications

Ⅳ. Problems and Solutions

Ⅴ. Conclusion

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키워드

2030 Electronic Bill of Lading Electronic Communications ICC Incoterms Incoterms 2020 JEL Classifications: K12 K15 K33