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CISG-online number
6126
Case name
Sanmei Trading Co., Ltd v. Fujian Zhangzhou Metals & Minerals Import and Export Co., Ltd
Jurisdiction
China
Court
厦门市中级人民法院 (Intermediate People's Court Xiamen, Fujian Province)
Judges
Zongjie Chen (Presiding Judge), Dongsheng Zhang (Justice), Yaling Ke (Judge)
Date of decision
Aug 1994
Case nr./docket nr.
(1993) Xia Jing Chu Zi No 124; (1994) Xia Jing Chu Zi No 24
Claimant 1
Name
Sanmei Trading Co., Ltd
Place of business
Japan
Role in transaction
Buyer
Respondent 1
Name
Fujian Zhangzhou Metals & Minerals Import and Export Co., Ltd
Place of business
China
Role in transaction
Seller
Case History
Present decision
Sanmei Trading Co., Ltd v. Fujian Zhangzhou Metals & Minerals Import and Export Co., Ltd
福建省高级人民法院 (Higher People's Court Fujian Province)
China, 12. 1994 – (1994) Min Jing Zhong Zi No 123, CISG-online 6128
affirming in part, reversing in part
Seller 1
Name
Fujian Zhangzhou Metals & Minerals Import and Export Co., Ltd
Place of business
China
Buyer 1
Name
Sanmei Trading Co., Ltd
Place of business
Japan
Category of goods
27: Crude fertilizers, other than those of division 56, and crude minerals (excluding coal, petroleum and precious stones)
Goods as per contract
Granite stone materials
CISG applicable
yes, Art. 1(1)(a) and parties' agreement
(Domestic) law applied in addition
Chinese law
Key CISG provisions applied
Art. 30
Decision published in 1
Peng Guo, Haicong Zuo & Shu Zhang (eds.), Selected Chinese Cases on the UN Sales Convention (CISG), Vol. 1, Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer (2022), at 14–15 [Abstract – in English]
Comment on this decision 1
Chaolin Zhang, Shu Zhang & Peng Guo, 'Sanmei (Japan) Trading Co., Ltd v Fujian Zhangzhou Metals & Minerals Import and Export Co., Ltd', in: Peng Guo, Haicong Zuo & Shu Zhang (eds.), Selected Chinese Cases on the UN Sales Convention (CISG), Vol. 1, Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer (2022), 13–25 [– in English]