外貿信函

廣義上的外貿信函還包括電報、電傳、明信片以及各種商務報告書、廣告詞等。

外貿信函是外貿交往的重要工具，外貿人員不僅要懂得外貿英語，而且必須善於運用外貿英文與貿易夥伴進行書信交流。

里我們介紹一種商務信函中最通用的格式－齊頭式。主要特徵就是每行均從左邊頂格寫，常常採用開放式的標點方式，即除了信文部分，其它部分在必要時才使用標點。信中各段落之間均空一行。

一、信頭

二、編號（寫信人的名字縮寫）和日期

三、封內地址

四、事由

五、稱呼

六、開頭語

七、正文

八、結尾語

九、結束語

十、簽名

十一、附件

要求對方付款信函

Dear Sirs， We have pleasure in advising you that your order of March 6 has been shipped today by M/Y ‘Applol’ from Tokyo．Please find enclosed our invoice for @ 6182 and note that we have drawn on you for this amount at sight attaching the shipping documents to our draft． As arranged，we have instructed our bankers to send the documents against payment of our draft which we recommend to your protection。 Yours faithfully，

中文對照

敬啟者：閣下3月6日訂貨已交由阿波羅輪承運，今天已從東京港啟航，特此奉告。現隨函附上美金6182元匯票，開給貴方的匯票是見票即付期票，同時附上裝船文件，敬請查收。依照安排，現已指示我方銀行發出我方匯票付款文件，對貴方是有利的。 ×××敬上

英文商務信函範文

A.建立貿易關係

1.我們願與貴公司建立商務關係。

2.我們希望與您建立業務往來。

3.我公司經營電子產品的進出口業務，希望與貴方建立商務關係。

例句：

1.We are willing to eatablish trade relations with your company.

2.Please allow us to express our hope of opening an account with you.

3.This corporation is specialized in handing the import and export business in electronic products and wishes to enter into business relations with you.

B.自我推薦

1.請容我們自我介紹，我們是……首屈一指的貿易公司。

2.本公司經營這項業務已多年，並享有很高的國際信譽。

3.我們的產品質量一流，我們的客戶一直把本公司視為最可信賴的公司。

例句：

1.Let us introduce ourselves as a leading trading firm in…

2.Our company has been in this line of business for many years and enjoys high

international prestige.

3.Our products are of very good quality and our firm is always regarded by our

customers as the most reliable one.