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A Guide to Developing Agricultural Markets and Agro-enterprises 1 Edited by Daniele Giovannucci Basic Trade Finance Tools: Payment Methods in International Trade 1 Daniele Giovannucci This is part of a series of straightforward and practical (rather than an academic) papers by leading experts and presented in a specially designed format as brief and basic teaching tools with resources for more in-depth expertise. They address topics relevant to the design, monitoring, and assessment of projects and interventions for the promotion of agricultural enterprises and markets in developing countries. Information provided may change and is not a substitute for professional banking advice. Keywords: Trade, finance, credit, export, payment, letters of credit. Abstract: The increasing participation of relatively inexperienced enterprises in international trade calls for a concise and jargon-free, general reference to the many ways by which traders can arrange for payments to be made and the relative merits, from a risk standpoint of each. The most common methods i.e. letters of credit, are covered in some detail including their basic mechanics and examples. I. Introduction Many agro-enterprises, even those that operate on a global scale are sometimes unfamiliar with the legal controls, cultural expectations, business practices, and regulatory mechanisms of other coun