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Foreign business risks
Credit risk
Inability and/or unwillingness to pay on the part of debtors and guarantors.
For example:
The buyer cannot or will not pay.
TopCountry risk (political risk)
Risk that political events or measures may prevent the performance of contractual obligations.
For example:
War, rebellion, revolution, annexation, civil unrest, embargo, boycott, government debt, protectionism.
Country risk (transfer risk)
Impossibility of converting and transferring the amount paid in the national currency.
For example:
Payment ban, exchange controls, moratorium, consolidation, transfer ban.
Manufacturing and performance risk
Importer cancels or changes the order unilaterally, or importer is unable to perform the contractual obligations.
For example:
Due to production problems, financial difficulties of the producer, late delivery of goods or missing delivery.
Delivery risk
Contractual delivery is impossible or cannot be reasonably expected due to a subsequent increase in the credit and/or country risk, or due to lack of transportation.
For example:
No ship available.
Transport risk (insurance)
Goods lost or damaged in transit.
Currency risk
Appreciation and depreciation of a currency or fluctuations in the CHF/foreign currency exchange rate.
For example:
In the case of completion of a contract or invoicing in a foreign currency.
Technical risk
The product does not conform to contractual specifications or the machine supplied does not function correctly.
For example:
Manufacturing defect, defective assembly, poor quality.
Settlement risk
The key settlement risks:
Non-compliance with deadlines, non-observance of national regulations, incomplete delivery, customs problems, missing or incorrect documentation.
Mailing risk
If a documentary credit or guarantee is valid and/or payable abroad, there is a danger than the documents will arrive too late or will be lost. Result: the payment is delayed or may even not be effected.
Important legal information - please read the disclaimer before proceeding.
Products and services in these webpages are not available for US persons, for the exclusion of residents of other nations see the disclaimers relating to the actual services.
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