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PAYMENT BY LETTER OF CREDIT( L/C)

Letter of Credit; is a guarantee for the payment of cost of exported goods.
Banks and special finance organizations issue an importation permit within 10 days after ther receive instruction from the importer they perform the sale of foreign currency. A time letter of credit can be opened in general principles. Payment date can be freely determined according to the bill of lading and/or other transportation documents. It is not allowed to take the imported goods from the customs if Transfer Certificate of Turkish Money or Buying Certificate of Foreign Exchange is not issued or a register showing that a Foreign Exchange Deposit Account (Time Letter of Credit Exluded) is opened.


A contract is made between seller and buyer sating that payment shall be done by letter of credit.
The importer instructs his ordering bank to open a credit in favour of the exporter.
Ordering bank notifies the corresponding bank at country of the exporter that credit will be opened and asks for confirmatin.
Corresponding bank at country of the exporter informs him that credit shall be opened asks him to confirm that the exportation shall be performed.
Exporter ships the goods.
Exporter submits the shipping documents to the corresponding bank
The bank effects the payment after seeing that the documents are in conformity with terms and conditions of the L/C (Endorsement-policy may be subject to payment).
Ordering bank checks the documents whether they conforms to the L/C.
If the exporter sent the documents to the ordering bank, ordering bank pays directly to the exporter or corresponding bank
Payment may be done either to the corresponding bank, confirming bank or to the bank accepted the endorsement or policy.
After approval of the ordering bank that the documents are in conformity with letter of credit, documents are sent to the exporter order the amount of the L/C paid to him.
Importer takes the goods after submitting the documents to the carrier.

 

TYPES OF LETTER OF CREDIT (L/C)

Revocable L/C: Importer and exporter may cancel (terminate) the L/C sparately.
Irrevocable Letter of Credit : L/C may be cancelled by the approvel of the all concerned parties.
Confirmed Letter of Credit: As explained above, it is a kind of L/C that parties performs export procedures based on an agreement made between them.

 

PAYMENT IN ADVANCE

In this kind of payment, importer pays the amount of goods to the exporter without bill of lading or document title and before the goods are exported
The cost of the goods intended to be imported is transferred by the importer to the ordering bank of his country and as a national money
Ordering bank gives an instruction to its corresponding bank in the country of the exporter and asks for the payment of the cost to the exporter
The exporter, receives his export cost from the corresponding bank as a national money and arranges a foreign exchange bill
Exporter sends the ordered goods to the importer.

 

PAYMENT CASH AGAINST DOCUMENTS : (CAD)

In this kind of sale, importer pays cost of the goods against docoments representing subject goods.
A sale contract is made between importer and exporter
Exporter sends the goods.
Exporter submits related documents to his (ordering bank) bank
Ordering bank sends these shipping documents to corresponding bank together with a letter of foreign exchange
Importer makes the payment of the cost of goods to his corresponding bank
Corresponding bank sends shiiping documents to the importer.

 

PAYMENT AGAINST GOODS

It is a kind of exportation that the importers pays the cost of goods after he receives them.
Exporter sends the goods.
Importer takes the goods from customs
Importer deposits the Money to the bank
The bank transfers the Money to the exporter

 

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