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''Trade - international trade.''
(LC).  


The injection of capital into a region, from outside the region.
A promise document issued by a bank or another issuer to a third party to make a payment on behalf of a customer in accordance with specified conditions.  


Most commonly, investment by a company or other entity based in another country.
Letters of credit are frequently used in international trade to make funds available in a foreign location.




==See also==
== See also ==
* [[Brexit]]
* [[Advising bank]]
* [[Capital]]
* [[Clean letter of credit]]
* [[Department for International Trade]]
* [[Commercial risk]]
* [[European Union]]
* [[Condition]]
* [[Free trade]]
* [[Confirmed letter of credit]]
* [[Free trade agreement]] (FTA)
* [[Confirming bank]]
* [[International trade]]
* [[Credit]]
* [[Investment]]
* [[Documentary credit]]
* [[Trade finance]]
* [[Irrevocable letter of credit]]
* [[World Trade Organization]]
* [[Issuing bank]]
* [[LOC backed]]
* [[Standby letter of credit]]
* [[Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits]]


[[Category:Accounting,_tax_and_regulation]]
 
[[Category:The_business_context]]
==Other links==
[http://www.treasurers.org/node/5279 Letters of credit and supply chain finance, Will Spinney, ACT 2009]
 
[[Category:Trade_Finance]]

Revision as of 06:11, 4 October 2013

(LC).

A promise document issued by a bank or another issuer to a third party to make a payment on behalf of a customer in accordance with specified conditions.

Letters of credit are frequently used in international trade to make funds available in a foreign location.


See also


Other links

Letters of credit and supply chain finance, Will Spinney, ACT 2009