In recent years, air freight and related policies have also been changing. How to agree on freight forwarding charges requires both parties to actively communicate and adjust in time to avoid disputes. Recently, the Changshu Court heard a dispute case arising from the refusal to pay due to objections to freight forwarding fees.

In recent years, air freight and related policies have also been changing. How to agree on freight forwarding charges requires both parties to actively communicate and adjust in time to avoid disputes. Recently, the Changshu Court heard a dispute case arising from the refusal to pay due to objections to freight forwarding fees.

In recent years, air freight and related policies have also been changing. How to agree on freight forwarding fees requires both parties to actively communicate and adjust in time to avoid disputes. Recently, the Changshu Court heard a dispute case arising from the refusal to pay due to objections to freight forwarding fees.

In recent years, air freight and related policies have also been changing. How to agree on freight forwarding charges requires both parties to actively communicate and adjust in time to avoid disputes. Recently, the Changshu Court heard a dispute case arising from the refusal to pay due to objections to freight forwarding fees.

The court found that the defendant entrusted the plaintiff to export the goods and should pay the freight forwarding fee in accordance with the contract. For the specific amount of the freight forwarding fee, it can be seen from the quotation that the weight is calculated by volume weight, and the freight price is 65 yuan/kg, but the final settlement is calculated at 60 yuan/kg, which did not exceed its quotation. The plaintiff prepared a statement to the defendant about the export of the relevant agent. After receiving the statement, the defendant did not raise an objection. At the same time, the plaintiff requested the plaintiff to issue an invoice, which showed that the defendant recognized the freight forwarding fee. Therefore, the court affirmed the freight forwarding fee of 120,000 yuan claimed by the plaintiff. Regarding the defendant’s argument that the plaintiff did not deliver the goods to the designated consignee to sign for receipt, according to the evidence submitted by the plaintiff, the goods have been shipped according to the address provided by the defendant, and there are corresponding inquiry forms and receipts showing that the goods have been delivered by the defendant’s legal representative Signed for the receipt, and in the WeChat contact between the two parties, the defendant never claimed that the goods had not been received, but only raised objections to the volumetric weight billing method. Therefore, the court did not support the defendant's defense. In the end, it was judged that a trading company of the defendant should pay a freight forwarding fee of 120,000 yuan to the plaintiff, an international freight forwarding company. Later, the defendant appealed and the verdict was upheld in the second instance.

Judge reminded: In international freight forwarding, policies, prices, etc. are all uncertain factors. How to convert variables into constants within a controllable range requires both parties to take an active and effective way to communicate during the early and mid-term signing of the contract. And agreed in the contract. If the goods received later are found to be inconsistent with the agreement between the two parties, such as product quality, unclear accounts, etc., negative omissions such as refusal to pay the purchase price, failure to raise objections in time, etc., cannot be used as an effective means of expression, but should be passed in time. Notify the other party by email, telephone, etc., and communicate actively.