Zabaniyah
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In short, exports doing business without letter of credits are fools ! No one would risk an export without a guarantee or Letter of credit
If these Bangladeshi exporters had LC, they would have been compensated straight away by the bank
AGAIN THESE ARE PRIVATE CONTRACTS
contracts with govt are always backed by Bank Guarantee
For exports in Bangladesh, it is acceptable to receive payments on an open account basis. Though, this is only for exports, and big orders, like for Wal-Mart in USA and such. In fact, much of the world's transactions occur through the open-account basis, particularly in the Western World.
For imports exceeding $10,000, they must be opened through LC under UCP600, ISBP, IPO, GFET and other provisions.
If a bank does not honor, that is reported globally in the media, and that hurts the bank's reputation. It's a violation as per UCP.
Bangladesh Bank had become strict about the matter:
Banks to be fined for failure to pay foreign parties for LCs
"These exporters are as per ICC Publication 600 are likely to be categorized as bank defaulters and they will not able to pay workers wage only because of non-payment of Lilliput Kidswear," feared Rahman.
Funny, it doesn't say anything about exporters. It is the issuing bank. Bank to bank transactions are separate from the contractual relations between supplier and buyer as per UCP.
And since he is referring UCP 600, then most certainly it was issued through an LC by the issuing banks in India. They are the ones bearing that liability. So they can do so at their own risk and responsibility.
Can anyone give me a list of those banks working with the exporters in India? I want to know about those specific banks.
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