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CISG-online number
2847
Case name
ThyssenKrupp Metallurgical Prods. GmbH v. Sinochem Overseas Comp.
Jurisdiction
China
Court
中华人民共和国最高人民法院 (Supreme Court of the People's Republic of China)
Judges
Ke Zhu (Judge), Mingzhu Cheng (Judge), Xuefeng Ren (Judge)
Date of decision
30 June 2014
Case nr./docket nr.
(2013) Min Si Zhong Zi No. 35
Claimant 1
Name
Sinochem Overseas Comp.
Place of business
Singapore
Role in transaction
Buyer
Respondent 1
Name
ThyssenKrupp Metallurgical Products GmbH
Place of business
Germany
Role in transaction
Seller
Case History
Sinochem Overseas Comp. v. ThyssenKrupp Metallurgical Prods. GmbH
江苏省高级人民法院 (Higher People's Court Jiangsu Province)
China, 19 December 2012 – (2009) Su Min San Chu Zi No. 0004, CISG-online 4342
Present decision affirming
Seller 1
Name
ThyssenKrupp Metallurgical Products GmbH
Place of business
Germany
Buyer 1
Name
Sinochem Overseas Comp.
Place of business
Singapore
Category of goods
33: Petroleum, petroleum products and related materials
Goods as per contract
25,000 tons of petroleum coke
Price
7'756'828.55 USD (U.S. Dollar)
CISG applicable
yes
CISG applied
yes
(Domestic) law applied in addition
New York law
Key CISG provisions applied
Art. 25; Art. 35
Relevant CISG provisions not cited
Art. 6; Art. 7(2)
Editorial remark
On 25 February 2019, this decision was selected and re-issued by the Judicial Committee of the Supreme People's Court as "Guiding Case No. 107 (Sinochem International (Overseas) Pte. Ltd. v. ThyssenKrupp Metallurgical Products GmbH – A Dispute over a Contract for the International Sale and Purchase of Goods)."
CLOUT number
1701
Comments on this decision 3
Peng Guo & Shu Zhang, 'The Use of Extrinsic Materials in the Application and Interpretation of the CISG: China’s Approach adopted by the Supreme People’s Court', Internationales Handelsrecht (IHR) (2020), 230–236 [– in English]
Qiao Liu, 'The Chinese Guiding Case System through the Lens of a CISG Case', 51 Hong Kong Law Journal (HKLJ) (2021), 339–362 [– in English]
Yiwen Zhu, 'Analysis of the Determination of Fundamental Breach of Article 25 of the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods – Analysis of “Sinochem International (Singapore) Ltd. v. ThyssenKrupp Metallurgical Products Ltd. International Contract for Sale and Purchase of Goods”', in: Augustin Holl, Jun Chen & Guiyun Guan (eds.), Proceedings of the 2022 5th International Conference on Humanities Education and Social Sciences (ICHESS 2022), Dordrecht: Atlantis Press (2023), 1585–1594 [– in English]  
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