Acceptance of the Terms of Use

These Terms of Use (as defined below) are entered into by and between you (for yourself and, if applicable, on behalf of an entity that you are authorized to represent) (“you” or “your”) and CBL International Limited and its subsidiaries and affiliates (“CBL International,” “Banle Group”, “Banle”, “Group”, “we,” or “us“). The following terms and conditions, together with any documents expressly incorporated by reference herein, including but not limited to our Privacy Policy (collectively, “Terms of Use“), govern your access to and use of the websites, applications or platforms operated by CBL International, including any content, functionality, and services offered on or through any such media (individually or collectively, as the context requires, the “Website”), as a guest. You acknowledge that additional terms and conditions and fees may apply to specific portions of the Website, which are incorporated by reference herein and made a part hereof (“Additional Terms”), and that you will be required to agree to the Additional Terms in order to use those specific portions of the Website.

Please read the Terms of Use carefully before you access or use the Website. By accessing or using the Website, you accept and agree to be bound and abide by these Terms of Use. If you are agreeing to the Terms of Use on behalf of an entity, you represent and warrant that you are authorized to bind that entity to the Terms of Use and by your agreement to these Terms of Use, such entity is bound to the Terms of Use. If you do not want to agree to these Terms of Use and the Privacy Policy, you must not access or use the Website.

Changes to the Terms of Use

We may revise and update these Terms of Use from time to time without notice in our sole discretion. All changes are effective immediately when we post them, and apply to all access to and use of the Website thereafter.

Your continued use of the Website following the posting of revised Terms of Use means that you accept and agree to the changes. You are expected to check this page from time to time so you are aware of any changes, as they are binding on you.

Accessing the Website

You may use the Website for your internal purposes in accordance with these Terms of Use. We reserve the right to withdraw or amend the Website, and any service or material we provide on the Website, in our sole discretion without notice to you. We will not be liable if for any reason all or any part of the Website is unavailable at any time or for any period. The Website may be designed for use only with certain supported browsers or may be subject to system limitations and minimum operating specifications. The Website may not work properly if used with other browsers or if these limitations and specifications are not met.

Intellectual Property Rights

The Website and its entire contents, features, and functionality (including but not limited to all information, software, text, displays, images, video, and audio, and the design, selection, and arrangement thereof) are owned by CBL International, its licensors, or other providers of such material and are protected by United States and international copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret, and other intellectual property or proprietary rights laws.

These Terms of Use permit you to use the Website only for legitimate purposes, including business purposes relating to your role as a potential or current supplier, distributor, or customer of CBL International. You must not reproduce, distribute, modify, create derivative works of, publicly display, publicly perform, republish, download, store, or transmit any of the material on our Website for any other commercial purposes, except as agreed in writing with CBL International or as follows:

• Your computer may temporarily store copies of such materials in RAM incidental to your accessing and viewing those materials.
• You may store files that are automatically cached by your Web browser for display enhancement purposes.
• You may print or download one copy of a reasonable number of pages of the Website for non-commercial use and not for further reproduction, publication, or distribution.
• If we provide desktop, mobile, or other applications for download, you may download a copy to your computer or mobile device, provided you agree to be bound by our end user license agreement for such applications.

• Modify copies of any materials from this Website except as otherwise agreed in writing with CBL International.
• Delete or alter any copyright, trademark, or other proprietary rights notices from copies of materials from this Website.
• Take any action that would result in any third party obtaining any ownership of or other intellectual property rights in or to the Website or any portion thereof.
• Reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble, reverse translate or otherwise attempt to reconstruct, identify, or discover any source code, underlying ideas, underlying user interface techniques, proprietary data representations, or algorithms contained in the Website by any means whatsoever, except to the extent the foregoing restriction is prohibited by applicable law.

If you print, copy, modify, download, or otherwise use or provide any other person with access to any part of the Website in breach of the Terms of Use, your right to use the Website will cease immediately and you must, at our option, return or destroy any copies of the materials you have made. This is in addition to any other rights and remedies that we may have against you at law or in equity. No right, title, or interest in or to the Website or any content on the Website is transferred to you, and all rights not expressly granted are reserved by CBL International. Any use of the Website not expressly permitted by these Terms of Use is a breach of these Terms of Use and may violate copyright, trademark, and other laws.

Trademarks

The CBL International name, logo, and all related names, logos, product and service names, designs, and slogans are trademarks of CBL International or its affiliates or licensors. You must not use such marks without the prior written permission of CBL International. All other names, logos, product and service names, designs, and slogans on the Website are the trademarks of their respective owners.

Prohibited Uses

You may use the Website only for lawful purposes and in accordance with these Terms of Use. You agree not to use the Website:

• In any way that violates any applicable federal, state, local, or international law or regulation (including, without limitation, any laws regarding the export of data or software to and from the US or other countries).
• For the purpose of exploiting, harming, or attempting to exploit or harm minors in any way by exposing them to inappropriate content, asking for personally identifiable information, or otherwise.
• For the purpose of training any artificial intelligence (including, without limitation, any large language models) or doing any computer analysis
• To transmit, or procure the sending of, any advertising or promotional material, including any “junk mail,” “chain letter,” “spam,” or any other similar solicitation.
• To impersonate or attempt to impersonate CBL International, a CBL International employee, another user, or any other person or entity (including, without limitation, by using email addresses or user names associated with any of the foregoing).
• To engage in any other conduct that restricts or inhibits anyone’s use or enjoyment of the Website, or which, as determined by us, may harm CBL International or users of the Website, or expose them to liability.

Additionally, you agree not to:

• Use the Website in any manner that could disable, overburden, damage, or impair the site or interfere with any other party’s use of the Website, including their ability to engage in real time activities through the Website.
• Use any robot, spider, or other automatic device, process, or means to access the Website for any purpose, including monitoring or copying any of the material on the Website.
• Use any manual process to monitor or copy any of the material on the Website, or for any other purpose not expressly authorized in these Terms of Use, without our prior written consent.
• Use any device, software, or routine that interferes with the proper working of the Website.
• Introduce, intentionally or unintentionally, and whether by one of your employees or by a malicious third party that gained access to your computer systems, any viruses, Trojan horses, worms, logic bombs, or other coding, computer programs, malware, or other material that is malicious or technologically harmful.
• Attempt to gain unauthorized access to, interfere with, damage, or disrupt any parts of the Website, the server on which the Website is stored, or any server, computer, or database connected to the Website.
• Attack the Website via a denial-of-service attack or a distributed denial-of-service attack.
• Bypass or breach any security device or protection used by CBL International or access or use the services other than by authorized users through the use of his or her own valid access credentials.
• Input, upload, transmit or otherwise provide to or through CBL International’s systems and services any information or materials that are unlawful or injurious, including any code the purpose or effect of which is to permit unauthorized access to, or to destroy, disrupt or otherwise interfere with the operations of any computer software, firmware, hardware, system or network, or the confidentiality and integrity of any data or information processed thereby; or
• Otherwise attempt to interfere with the proper working of the Website.

Feedback

We appreciate hearing from you and welcome your comments regarding the Website and/or CBL International’s products and services. If you send us any ideas, suggestions, inventions, or materials (“Ideas”), you agree that we will, to the extent permitted under law, (a) own, exclusively, all now known or later discovered rights to the Ideas; (b) not be subject to any obligation of confidentiality and will not be liable for any use or disclosure of any Ideas; and (c) be entitled to unrestricted use of the Ideas for any purpose whatsoever, commercial or otherwise, without compensation to you or any other person.

Monitoring and Enforcement; Termination

We have the right (but not the obligation) to:

• Take appropriate legal action, including without limitation, referral to law enforcement, for any illegal or unauthorized use of the Website.
• Terminate or suspend your access to all or part of the Website for any or no reason, including without limitation, any violation of these Terms of Use.

Copyright Infringement

The Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998 (the “DMCA”) provides recourse for copyright owners who believe that material appearing on the internet infringes their rights under U.S. copyright law. If you believe in good faith that materials posted on the Website infringe your copyright, you (or your agent) may send us a “Notification of Claimed Infringement” requesting that the material be removed, or access to it blocked. Notices must comply with the DMCA and be sent to: investors@banle-intl.com

Please note that as we are not headquartered in the US, we may nonetheless determine that the DMCA does not apply to us, and if so, we may decline to process any Notification of Claimed Infringement that is sent to us.

Reliance on Information Posted

The information presented on or through the Website is made available solely for general information purposes. Except as otherwise agreed with us in writing, we do not warrant the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of this information. Any reliance you place on such information is strictly at your own risk. We disclaim all liability and responsibility arising from any reliance placed on such materials by you or any other visitor to the Website, or by anyone who may be informed of any of its contents.

The Website may include content provided by third parties, including materials provided by other users, bloggers, and third-party licensors, syndicators, aggregators, and/or reporting services. All statements and/or opinions expressed in these materials, and all articles and responses to questions and other content, other than the content provided by CBL International, are solely the opinions and the responsibility of the person or entity providing those materials. These materials do not necessarily reflect the opinion of CBL International. We are not responsible, or liable to you or any third party, for the content or accuracy of any materials provided by any third parties.

Changes to the Website

We may update the content on the Website from time to time, but its content is not necessarily complete or up-to-date. Any of the material on the Website may be out of date at any given time, and we are under no obligation to update such material.

Use of Data

You agree that CBL International may collect and use technical data and related information that is gathered periodically to facilitate the provision of software updates, product support, product development, and other services to you and other users related to the Website. All information we collect on the Website is subject to the Privacy Policy. CBL International may collect, use, transfer, and disclose such information for any purpose, as long as such collection, use, transfer and disclosure is in compliance with the Privacy Policy. By using the Website, you consent to all actions taken by us with respect to your information in compliance with the Privacy Policy.

Linking to the Website

You may link to our homepage, provided you do so in a way that is fair and legal and does not damage our reputation or take advantage of it, but you must not establish a link in such a way as to suggest any form of association, approval, or endorsement on our part without our express written consent.

You agree to cooperate with us in causing any unauthorized framing or linking immediately to stop. We reserve the right to withdraw linking permission without notice.

Links from the Website

If the Website contains links to other sites and resources provided by third parties, these links are provided for your convenience only. This includes links contained in advertisements, including banner advertisements and sponsored links. We have no control over the contents of those sites or resources, and accept no responsibility for them or for any loss or damage that may arise from your use of them. If you decide to access any of the third-party websites linked to the Website, you do so entirely at your own risk and subject to the terms and conditions of use for such websites.

Geographic Restrictions

Access to the Website may not be legal by certain persons or in certain countries. If you access the Website from such countries, you do so on your own initiative and are responsible for compliance with local laws.

Disclaimer of Warranties

You understand that we cannot and do not guarantee or warrant that files available for downloading from the internet or the Website will be free of viruses or other destructive code. You are responsible for implementing sufficient procedures and checkpoints to satisfy your particular requirements for anti-virus protection and accuracy of data input and output, and for maintaining a means external to our Website for any reconstruction of any lost data. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PROVIDED BY LAW, WE WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE CAUSED BY A DISTRIBUTED DENIAL-OF-SERVICE ATTACK, VIRUSES, OR OTHER TECHNOLOGICALLY HARMFUL MATERIAL THAT MAY INFECT YOUR COMPUTER EQUIPMENT, COMPUTER PROGRAMS, DATA, OR OTHER PROPRIETARY MATERIAL DUE TO YOUR USE OF THE WEBSITE OR ANY SERVICES OR ITEMS OBTAINED THROUGH THE WEBSITE OR TO YOUR DOWNLOADING OF ANY MATERIAL POSTED ON IT, OR ON ANY WEBSITE LINKED TO IT.

YOUR USE OF THE WEBSITE, ITS CONTENT, AND ANY SERVICES OR ITEMS OBTAINED THROUGH THE WEBSITE IS AT YOUR OWN RISK. THE WEBSITE, ITS CONTENT, AND ANY SERVICES OR ITEMS OBTAINED THROUGH THE WEBSITE ARE PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS, WITHOUT ANY WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. NEITHER CBL INTERNATIONAL NOR ANY PERSON ASSOCIATED WITH CBL INTERNATIONAL MAKES ANY WARRANTY OR REPRESENTATION WITH RESPECT TO THE COMPLETENESS, SECURITY, RELIABILITY, QUALITY, ACCURACY, OR AVAILABILITY OF THE WEBSITE. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, NEITHER CBL INTERNATIONAL NOR ANYONE ASSOCIATED WITH CBL INTERNATIONAL REPRESENTS OR WARRANTS THAT THE WEBSITE, ITS CONTENT, OR ANY SERVICES OR ITEMS OBTAINED THROUGH THE WEBSITE WILL BE ACCURATE, RELIABLE, ERROR-FREE, OR UNINTERRUPTED, THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED, THAT OUR WEBSITE OR THE SERVER THAT MAKES IT AVAILABLE ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS, OR THAT THE WEBSITE OR ANY SERVICES OR ITEMS OBTAINED THROUGH THE WEBSITE WILL OTHERWISE MEET YOUR NEEDS OR EXPECTATIONS.

TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PROVIDED BY LAW, CBL INTERNATIONAL HEREBY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, STATUTORY, OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, NON-INFRINGEMENT, AND FITNESS FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

THE FOREGOING DOES NOT AFFECT ANY WARRANTIES THAT CANNOT BE EXCLUDED OR LIMITED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW.

Limitation on Liability

EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE AGREED IN WRITING WITH CBL INTERNATIONAL, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PROVIDED BY LAW, IN NO EVENT WILL CBL INTERNATIONAL, ITS AFFILIATES, OR THEIR LICENSORS, SERVICE PROVIDERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, OFFICERS, OR DIRECTORS BE LIABLE FOR DAMAGES OF ANY KIND, UNDER ANY LEGAL THEORY, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR USE, OR INABILITY TO USE, THE WEBSITE, ANY WEBSITES LINKED TO IT, ANY CONTENT ON THE WEBSITE OR SUCH OTHER WEBSITES, INCLUDING ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PERSONAL INJURY, PAIN AND SUFFERING, EMOTIONAL DISTRESS, LOSS OF REVENUE, LOSS OF PROFITS, LOSS OF BUSINESS OR ANTICIPATED SAVINGS, LOSS OF USE, LOSS OF GOODWILL, LOSS OF DATA, AND WHETHER CAUSED BY TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), BREACH OF CONTRACT, OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF FORESEEABLE.

Indemnification

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless CBL INTERNATIONAL, its affiliates, licensors, and service providers, and its and their respective officers, directors, employees, contractors, agents, licensors, suppliers, successors, and assigns from and against any claims, liabilities, damages, judgments, awards, losses, costs, expenses, or fees (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) arising out of or relating to violation of these Terms of Use by you and your users, including, without limitation, arising from your failure to obtain proper consents for the User Contributions, and/or arising from the unauthorized access or use of the Website through your account(s), including through the unauthorized use of your security credentials.

Governing Law and Jurisdiction

All matters relating to the Website and these Terms of Use, and any dispute or claim arising therefrom or related thereto (in each case, including non-contractual disputes or claims), shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of Hong Kong, without giving effect to any choice or conflict of law provision or rule (whether of Hong Kong or any other jurisdiction).

Any legal suit, action, or proceeding arising out of, or related to, these Terms of Use or the Website shall be instituted exclusively in the courts of Hong Kong, although we retain the right to bring any suit, action, or proceeding against you for breach of these Terms of Use in your country of residence or any other relevant country. You waive any and all objections to the exercise of jurisdiction over you by such courts and to venue in such courts.

TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED UNDER LAW, YOU HEREBY KNOWINGLY, VOLUNTARILY AND INTENTIONALLY WAIVE THE RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY WITH RESPECT TO ANY ACTION OR CLAIM ARISING OUT OF USE OF THE WEBSITE.

Waiver and Severability

No waiver by CBL International of any term or condition set out in these Terms of Use shall be deemed a further or continuing waiver of such term or condition or a waiver of any other term or condition, and any failure of CBL International to assert a right or provision under these Terms of Use shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision.

If any provision of these Terms of Use is held by a court or other tribunal of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable for any reason, such provision shall be eliminated or limited to the minimum extent such that the remaining provisions of the Terms of Use will continue in full force and effect.

Entire Agreement

Unless otherwise agreed in writing between you and us, the Terms of Use and the documents referenced herein constitute the entire agreement of you and us with respect to the subject matter described herein. A printed version of these Terms of Use and of any notice given in electronic form will be admissible in judicial or administrative proceedings based upon or relating to these Terms of Use to the same extent and subject to the same conditions as other contracts. Any rights not expressly granted herein are reserved.

Your Comments and Concerns

The Website is operated by:

CBL International Limited

Public Relations Department

All other feedback, comments, requests for technical support, and other communications relating to the Website should be directed to: investors@banle-intl.com.