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  International Payment Methods - Recommended Terms and Conditions for Payment.

Documentary Letter of Credit - Payment at shipment
Documentary Collection - Payment at delivery
Open Terms - Payment after delivery

Note 1: This page can be copied to a commercial web site | Example Page |
Note 2: Country to Country document requirements ref. www.FedEx.com (Global Business Manager).
Note 3: Letter of Credit and/or Documentary Collection management www.internetlc.com/LCmanagement/lcprocessing.htm
Note 4: Online Seminar on Payment Methods Intl Payment Methods

Documentary Letter of Credit:
A Letter of Credit is an undertaking issued by a bank in favor of a Beneficiary (exporter), which substitutes the bank's creditworthiness for that of the Applicant (Importer).  It is used to pay for a shipment of goods or services from one party to another.   The following are the minimum terms, conditions and information that is needed to be agreed upon between the Applicant and Beneficiary for the Applicants bank to issue the Credit to the Beneficiary.  The Terms should reflect the Purchase Agreement or Contract between the parties as to the description of goods and services, transportation method, Incoterm, shipping points, currency and the like.

SWIFT No. Description  (MT 700 Format) Terms
     
40A Form of Documentary Credit Irrevocable (Option: & Transferable)
50 Applicant Name Applicant's (Importers) Name, Address, Telephone, Facsimile & Email.
59 Beneficiary Beneficiary's (Exporty  Name, Address, Telephone, Facsimile & Email.
32B Currency / Amount USD $ X,XXX.XX
42C Drafts At Sight (or) 1-180 Days from Bill of Lading
43P Partial Shipments Allowed (or) Not Allowed
43T Transshipments Allowed (or) Not Allowed
44A Loading / Dispatch At/From Sea Shipment: FOB (or) CFR (or) CIF "From"
44A Loading / Dispatch At/From Air Shipment: EXW (or) CPT "From"
44B For Transportation To Sea (or) Airport "To"
44C Latest Date of Shipment dd mmm yy (minimum 21 days from Credit expiry date)
45A Goods Description Equipment And/Or Materials per PO No. XXXXX.
46A Documents Required: 1. Bill of Exchange
    2. Bill of Lading (or) Waybill
    3. Commercial Invoice
    4. Packing List
47A Additional Conditions Documents issued in English language.
49 Confirmation Confirmed (Preferably)

 

Documentary Collection
Instructions given by a seller (exporter) to its bank that the documents attached to a draft for collection are deliverable to the drawee (buyer / importer) only against the drawee's payment or acceptance of the draft.

--- Documents Required 1. Bill of Exchange
    2. Bill of Lading (or) Waybill
    3. Commercial Invoice
    4. Packing List

 

Open Account
A seller (exporter) ships goods along with the related documents to a buyer (importer) with no guarantee of payment.  The buyer then makes payment on its account in the manner and terms specified in the invoice.

--- Document Required 1. Commercial Invoice