Analyzing CIF Contracts in Relation to the Sale of Documents Relating to Goods

Key Concepts and Context

“A cif sale is not a sale of goods but a sale of documents relating to goods. It is not a contract that goods shall arrive, but a contract to ship goods complying with the contract of sale, to obtain, unless the contract otherwise provides, the ordinary contract of carriage to the place of destination, and the ordinary contract of insurance of the goods on that voyage, and to tender these documents against payment of the contract price.”

Critically analyse the above in relation to cif contracts.

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Analysis of CIF contracts

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