（一）事实依据：
    I. Statement of Facts:
    申诉人MM公司和被诉人VV有限公司之间的争议的原因在于被诉人没有履行于1992年5月14日缔结的由其提供8,000公吨铝锭的470E和471E号合同义务。
    This dispute existing between the Plaintiff, M. M. Corp. and the Defendant, V. V. Co., Ltd was brought about by the Defendant’s failure to commit itself to the contracts 470E and 471E concluded on the 14th of May, 1992 for the supply of 8000 metric tons of Aluminum Ingots.
   根据上述两个合同规定，8,000公吨铝锭本应在1992年7月至12月期内从欧洲数个港口全部发出，月装货量按合同具体规定执行。本公司，即申诉人，于1992年6月7日通过中国银行伦敦分行开出了E25520和E25733两张信用证。
    According to the stipulations of the said contracts, 8000 metric tons of Aluminum Ingots should have been completely delivered from European ports during a period from July to December, 1992, and each month a quantity specified thereby should have been shipped. This Corporation, the Plaintiff, issued letters of credit E25520 and E25733 on the 7th of June, 1992 through the Bank of China, London.
     鉴于上述两个合同分别规定将汉堡、鹿特丹和安特卫普及汉堡和鹿特丹作为各自的发货港，故申诉人曾多次发电传给被诉人，要求其将发货港的具体名称及准备发货的时间告知申诉人，以便本公司派船。然而，被诉人对申诉人的电传却采取躲避态度，一直不予答复。
     As these two contracts stipulate Hamburg/Rotterdam/Antwerp and Hamburg/Rotterdam respectively for the port of loading, the Plaintiff had therefore sent faxes on many occasions to the Defendant, asking them to advise the Plaintiff of the exact name of this Corporation to send vessels. But, the Defendant had failed to reply to those faxes dispatched by the Plaintiff by taking an evasive attitude.
     直到申诉人电传和写信一再催促，并经我方驻某某城商务代表处协助洽商，被诉人才于1992年11月26日通过我方驻某某城商务代理处递交给申诉人一封信函，通知申诉人新的装货安排。按照这个新的装运安排，8,000公吨铝锭须在1993年1月6日期间内才能全部发出。
    It was not until the Plaintiff sent faxes and letters time and again to urge on and with the help of our Commercial Office in [ ] city to negotiate with the Defendant, that the Defendant finally forwarded a letter on the 26th November, 1992 to the Plaintiff through our Commercial Office in [ ] city, informing the Plaintiff to the new arrangement for shipment. As being indicated by this new arrangement for shipment, the delivery of 8000 metric tons of Aluminum Ingots would have to be completed within a period from January to June, 1993.
     尽管被诉人不按合同所规定的时间履行交货义务已使申诉人损失惨重，但申诉人仍接受了由被诉人提供的新的装货安排。然而，被诉人却违背允诺，再次拒不履行由自己提出的新的装货安排，致使本公司蒙受了更大的损失。
     In spite of suffering significant losses caused by the Defendant’s failure to fulfill its contractual obligation, the Plaintiff still accepted the New arrangement for shipment presented by the Defendant. Whereas the Defendants had neither kept its original promise nor committed itself again to the subsequent arrangement for shipment put forward by itself, thus bringing even greater losses to the Plaintiff.
    尽管如此，为让被诉人具有最后一次履行允诺以执行合同的机会，申诉人于1994年11月16日通过一名英国律师[ ]先生向被诉人转交了一封信函，说明准许被诉人在收到该信函起的45天之内履行其提交合同所规定货物的义务，如被诉人不履行义务，申诉人将依据上述两合同第16条的规定，正式将该争议提交对外贸易仲裁委员会仲裁，要求被诉人赔偿本公司遭受的一切损失。