あるバナナ輸入の取引経過 : 成約から代金決済・国内流通まで
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概要
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Any export or import teaches us much, even if it is of a small amount and looks trifle. It reflects economic and political images of the world and implies pains and pleasure that the exporter or the importer has while he works. If students, and teachers as well, look through a file of letters and shipping documents that he keeps, visit the relative commercial places, interview them about the background of the trade, and construct a documentary, they will probably get excited and come to feel involved in the trade. They will be thus encouraged to acquire the knowledge on foreign trade. Truth appeals more than fiction does. So teachers should collect actual examples of export and import which are suitable for teaching materials. The following is a diary-style record of a real import of banana and shows how the banana went from producers in the Philippines to consumers in Japan, focusing on the import procedure. Banana clusters are cut off and gathered in at the slopes of hills in the Negros Island and carried on villagers' shoulders down the rocky paths to the packing center. They are cut up into hands, washed, dried, and packed in carton boxes. The banana, free of agricultural chemicals and post-harvest, is exported not by multinational corporations but by a grass roots trading company which helps the villagers to revive their community. On reaching Japan, the banana is quarantined, turned yellow by ethylene gas aging, and sold through consumers' cooperatives.
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