Lloyd's Law Reports

Professor Robert Merkin KC; Dr Johanna Hjalmarsson

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AGROEXPORT STATE ENTERPRISE FOR FOREIGN TRADE v. COMPAGNIE EUROPEENE DE CEREALES

[1974] 1 Lloyd's Rep. 499

QUEEN'S BENCH DIVISION(COMMERCIAL COURT)

Before Mr. Justice Ackner

Sale of goods (f.o.b.) - Export licence - Contract for sale of 50,000 tons of Rumanian maize - Export licence to be obtained by sellers - Licence granted for export of about half of contract quantity - Subsequent application for balance refused because of failure of maize crop due to natural calamity - Sellers unable to deliver balance - Whether sellers could rely on "prohibition of export" clause in contract - London Corn Trade Association contract form no. 64 (1963 ed.).

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