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Ice2007  #439079  Mon, 05 Nov 07 05:34 PM
We have arranged the surveyor for these goods inspection on November 07. After that, they will submit us a certificate which is certify that these goods can be return to China. The certificate will be sent you as soon as possible. The charge of this arrangement is USD240.00, we will deduct it from your next payment. Please advise when will you pick up these goods return to your factory for reworking?   
  
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Terryxpress  #439408  Tue, 06 Nov 07 10:36 AM
We have arranged for the surveyor to inspect these goods in November (or do you mean, on 7th November).
After that: your paragraph sounds like it is part of a formal letter to a client or customer, so that "after that" is slightly too informal. You could say, "Following this inspection, they will submit a certificate to us which will certify that these goods can be returned to China. This certificate will be sent/forwarded ("forwarded" is more in keeping with the formal tone of the letter) to you as soon as possible. The charge for this is USD240, which we will deduct (which will be deducted) from your next payment.
(By using the passive tense -will be deducted - you are making it more formal, which is more in keeping with a business letter, less personal, as it avoids using the personal pronoun "we".)

Please advise when you will be able to collect the goods ("pick up" is too informal, too casual for a business letter)
for return to your factory for ...
reworking: I am unsure whether this is the best word, as I don't know what the actual goods are, or what is apparently wrong with them. Possible alternatives are,
for modification, for repair, for alteration.
Hope this helps.
  
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Feebs11  #439644  Tue, 06 Nov 07 09:42 PM
 Ice2007 wrote:
We have arranged with the surveyor for these goods to be inspected on November 07. After that, they will submit us a certificate which is to certify that these goods can be returned to China. The certificate will be sent you as soon as possible. The charge for this arrangement is USD240.00. We will deduct this sum/amount from your next payment. Please advise when you will pick up these goods for return to your factory for reworking?   
  
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