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Letters of Credit for Export

In: The Trade and Receivables Finance Companion

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  • Stephen A. Jones

    (AXS Trade Finance Ltd.)

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The primary concern of a seller is whether they will be paid by the buyer for the shipment of goods. A letter of credit provides an independent payment undertaking of a bank, subject to the presentation of complying documents. For the seller, it is often said that ‘the documents are more important than the goods’. If the documents do not fully conform to the credit, this is known as a ‘discrepant’ presentation which at best can result in delayed payment and at worst in rejection of documents and no payment. This chapter discusses the optimum structure of the export letter of credit to mitigate risk for the seller and to provide a pre-shipment finance or post-shipment discount or negotiation solution. The same trading scenario is examined in Chap. 5 to illustrate the key differences in structure between an export and import letter of credit.

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  • Stephen A. Jones, 2019. "Letters of Credit for Export," Springer Books, in: The Trade and Receivables Finance Companion, chapter 6, pages 73-94, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-030-25139-0_6
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-25139-0_6
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