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CISG-online number
1365
Case name
Mintermet S.A. v. Henan Local Product Import and Export Co.
Jurisdiction
China
Court
河南省高级人民法院 (Higher People’s Court Henan Province)
Judges
Wenxuan Tong (Presiding Judge), Gang Feng (Judge), Xiaodong Peng (Judge)
Date of decision
17 July 2000
Case nr./docket nr.
(2000) No. 256, Final Decision of Yu Economic Cases
Claimant 1
Name
Henan Local Product Import and Export Company
Place of business
China
Role in transaction
Seller
Respondent 1
Name
Mintermet S.A.
Place of business
Switzerland
Role in transaction
Buyer
Case History
Henan Local Product Import and Export Co. v. Mintermet S.A.
河南省郑州市中级人民法院 (Intermediate People's Court Zhengzhou, Henan Province)
China, 1999 – (1999) No. 386 Zheng Jing Chu Zi, CISG-online 1220
Present decision affirming in part, reversing in part
Seller 1
Name
Henan Local Product Import and Export Company
Place of business
China
Buyer 1
Name
Mintermet S.A.
Place of business
Switzerland
Category of goods
5: Vegetables and fruit
Goods as per contract
28,000 metric tons of Chinese dried sweet potatoes
Price
3'599'000.00 USD (U.S. Dollar)
CISG applicable
yes
CISG applied
yes
Key CISG provisions applied
Art. 74; Art. 75; Art. 77
CISG provisions also cited
Art. 12; Art. 29(1); Art. 60; Art. 61; Art. 78
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) [Abstract – in English]
Case identifier in the old Albert H. Kritzer Database
000717c1
Comment on this decision 1
Mengsha Yang, 'Swiss Mirimet Company v Henan Native Products Import and Export Corporation', in: Peng Guo, Haicong Zuo & Shu Zhang (eds.), Selected Chinese Cases on the UN Sales Convention (CISG), Vol. 1, Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer (2022), 125–131 [– in English]
Full text of decision 1
Full text of decision
Original language: Chinese