18/07/2014

The basics of global trade transactions for your imports and exports

A company that has decided to export its products to a new market or to buy from a new supplier in a different country cannot take for granted that the potential transaction(s) will be viable, profitable or provide goods at a price and quality that are competitive. From a financial point of view, a transaction may prove unrealistic if the cost of entering a market is too high, the competition is gruelling, or the price the company needs to charge in the new market is not competitive.

06/06/2013

Trade finance as a competitive advantage

The ability (typically, but not exclusively) for exporters to offer “terms,” or a financing package, to importers to close the sale is increasingly common in…