Can you ship this batch of cotton within five or six weeks ?
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user
What kind of cottons are they ? May I see your list ? Ah , machine prints .
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assistant
Yes , mainly prints . There are a few plain as well . Here they are .
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user
I see . And the quantities .
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assistant
200 rolls of each . Make it 200 rolls for each sample .
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user
How many rolls altogether ?
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assistant
Twenty prints and five plain . That makes 5,000 rolls in all .
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user
Six weeks , did you say ?
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assistant
Yes , five to six weeks .
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user
We could manage the plain rolls in six weeks . The prints might be put off to eight weeks .
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assistant
Eight weeks ? We can wait that long .
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user
That's the best we can do just now , I'm afraid .
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assistant
Can't you make it seven weeks for the prints ?
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user
What about taking the prints in two shipments ? Two thousand rolls in seven weeks , and the remained a week later .
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assistant
That might be acceptable . I shall have to cable our Beijing office to get their approval . You can definitely supply in the time you've given me , I suppose .
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user
Yes , I'll see that you get those delivery . Shipping by ' S . S . American ' as usual , is that all right ?
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assistant
That's right .
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user
When can we expect your confirmation of the order ?
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assistant
As soon as I hear from Beijing , that will be either Friday or Saturday .
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user
All right .
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assistant