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CISG-online number
3060
Case name
Transmar Commodity Group Ltd. v. Cooperativa Agraria Industrial Naranjillo Ltda.
Jurisdiction
USA
Court
U.S. Court of Appeals (2nd Circuit)
Judges
Debra Ann Livingston (Judge), Ralph K. Winter (Judge), Rosemary S. Pooler (Judge)
Date of decision
09 May 2018
Case nr./docket nr.
16-3532-cv
Claimant 1
Name
Transmar Commodity Group Ltd.
Place of business
USA
Role in transaction
Buyer
Respondent 1
Name
Cooperativa Agraria Industrial Naranjillo Ltda.
Place of business
Peru
Role in transaction
Seller
Case History
Transmar Commodity Group Ltd. v. Cooperativa Agraria Industrial Naranjillo Ltda.
Cocoa Merchants' Association of America
Arbitration, 02. 2016, CISG-online 3079
Cooperativa Agraria Industrial Naranjillo Ltda. v. Transmar Commodity Group Ltd.
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
USA, 21 September 2016 – 16 Civ. 3356, CISG-online 2849
vacating (setting aside) arbitral award
Present decision reversing and remanding
Seller 1
Name
Cooperativa Agraria Industrial Naranjillo Ltda.
Place of business
Peru
Role in trade
Producer
Buyer 1
Name
Transmar Commodity Group Ltd.
Place of business
USA
Role in trade
Dealer / Trader
Category of goods
7: Coffee, tea, cocoa, spices, and manufactures thereof
Goods as per contract
Cocoa butter
CISG applicable
yes, Art. 1(1)(a)
CISG applied
yes
(Domestic) law applied in addition
New York law
Key CISG provisions interpreted
Art. 8(3); Art. 9(2)
Non-provision-specific issues addressed
Formation of party agreement on dispute resolution clause; Interpretation of dispute resolution clause; Preemption of parol evidence rule
This decision cites the following other CISG-online cases 5
Cooperativa Agraria Industrial Naranjillo Ltda. v. Transmar Commodity Group Ltd.
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
USA, 21 September 2016 – 16 Civ. 3356, CISG-online 2849
Hanwha Corp. v. Cedar Petrochemicals, Inc.
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
USA, 18 January 2011 – 09 Civ. 10559 (AKH), CISG-online 2178
Geneva Pharmaceuticals Technology Corp. v. Barr Laboratories, Inc.
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
USA, 10 May 2002 – 99CIV3607(RWS), CISG-online 653
MCC-Marble Ceramic Center, Inc. v. Ceramica Nuova D'Agostino S.p.A.
U.S. Court of Appeals (11th Circuit)
USA, 29 June 1998 – 97-4250, CISG-online 342
Delchi Carrier, SpA v. Rotorex Corp.
U.S. Court of Appeals (2nd Circuit)
USA, 06 December 1995 – 95-7182, 95-7186, CISG-online 140
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Decision published in 4
721 Federal Appendix (Fed.Appx.) 88
Internationales Handelsrecht (IHR) (2019), 22–23
2018 Westlaw (WL) 2127410
2018 LexisNexis database for U.S. District Court cases (U.S. Dist. LEXIS) 12110
Comments on this decision 3
Kristen David Adams & Candace M. Zierdt, 'C.I.S.G.', 74 Business Lawyer (Bus. Law.) (2019), 1311–1317, at 1312–1313 [– in English]  
Franco Ferrari, 'What Is Wrong With the "Transmar" Decisions', New York Law Journal (7 September 2018) [– in English]
William P. Johnson, Willem den Hertog, Martin Aquilina & Samuel G. Wieczorek, 'International Contracts Committee', 53 The Year in Review: An Annual Publication of the ABA/Section of International Law (ABA/SIL YIR) (2019), 61–78, at 63–64 [– in English]  
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