COMMERCE 101.

MAIN DOCUMENTS USED IN FOREIGN TRADE.

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There are various documents which facilitate International Trade and they include the following:

1.     CERTIFICATE OF ORIGIN

This is a document that shows where goods come from or where it is manufactured. This document also enables the custom and excise authorities to determine the duties, the importer should pay on the goods because it attracts preferential duties. It must be signed by custom officers in the exporting countries.

2.     AIRWAY BILL

It is used when goods are been transported by air. It shows the name of the consignor/exporter, airport of loading, destination. It also shows the nature, weight, value of goods and the fright charged.

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FINANCIAL ACC 101.

TRIAL BALANCE EXERCISES.

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Today we are back to Acc 101 with one more illustration on Trial Balance, so let’s get started.

ILLUSTRATION:

Enter the following in the books, balance off and extract a trial balance for the month of March 1994.

March 1- Started business with N 15,000 in the bank and N 7,650 cash in hand.

March 2- Put N 650 of the cash into bank account.

March 3- Bought Goods on credit from: Ayo N 200, Aina N 300, Bikiya N 170, and Timi N 135.

March 4- Cash Sales N 500.

March 5- Bought Machinery by cheque N 700.

March 7- Bought goods for cash N 1,000.

March 9- Paid Insurance by Cash N 60.

March 11- Paid Wages by cheque N 300.

March 13- Received Loan from Ojo by cheque N 620.

March 15- Goods sold on credit to: Dapo N 300, Femi N 65, Kunle N 120, and Gbenga N 120.

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ECONS 101.

FACTORS OF PRODUCTION.

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Factors of Production refer to Agents, Components or resources which are combined together to produce goods and services. There are four factors of production namely:

a.     Land

b.     Labour

c.      Capital

d.     Entrepreneur

LAND.

Land is defined in economics as a free gift of nature, it does not only include the land surface but all other free gifts of nature and natural resources like forest, mineral resources, rivers etc. The supply of land is unlimited unlike other factors of production. The reward for land is RENT.

Characteristics of Land {Its Features}:

1.     Land is immobile, it can’t move from one place to another.

2.     The Supply of land is fixed, it is impossible for man to increase the quantity of land.

3.     Land is a free gift of Nature.

4.     Land is subject to diminishing returns, this happens when a land is frequently bought under cultivation, and it reduces its productivity.

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