Jamal Steel, a rapidly growing small steel company with annual revenues of $8 million is looking to buy a large industrial furnace from Shinto Manufacturing, a Japan-based company. Rather than have a letter of credit binding the two parties, both agree on a draft. In international commerce, Shinto Manufacturing, the party initiating the draft is known as the

A. maker. B. drawee. C. buyer. D. agent. E. drafter.

The correct answer is A. maker.

Explanation:

The manufacturing industry (manufacturing) is the production of added value of merchandise for use or sale using labor and machinery, tools, chemical and biological processes, or formulation. The term can refer to a wide range of human activities, from handicraft to high technology, but it is more commonly applied to industrial production, in which raw materials are transformed into finished products on a large scale. Such finished products can be used to manufacture other more complex products, such as airplanes, appliances or cars, or be sold to wholesalers, which in turn sell them to retailers, which they then sell to end users or consumers.