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2010 Guarante Export Nordea

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Guarantees for exports

- improving your international trade

Secure against the unexpected. Obtain advance payment


Advance payment is naturally beneficial to you as
the seller, but buyers can be reluctant to pay in
Guarantees are commonly used to cover the risk advance due to the risk of not receiving a refund in
of non-compliance by a contract party to fulfil case of non-delivery.
agreed obligations, e.g. failure to pay or deliver.
Guarantees can be used in open account trade as By offering the buyer an advance payment guarantee
well as a complement to collections and documen- you increase the likelihood of obtaining an advance
tary credits. or partial advance payment, also when you trade
under collections or documentary credits.
Common types of guarantees
Advance payment guarantee Secure the payment
Payment guarantee If you trade on an open account basis or use collec-
Performance guarantee tions, you rely on the buyer being willing and able to
pay as agreed. A payment guarantee in your favour
On demand or accessory securing the buyers payment obligations will provide
On demand guarantees are independent of the you with compensation should the buyer fail to pay.
underlying trade contract and payable directly
upon the beneficiarys claim, while accessory In order for you to further reduce your risk, if you
guarantees are connected to the underlying and your buyer so agree and at the request of your
contract and payable upon the guaranteed partys buyers bank, Nordea can issue* the payment
actual default under the contract. guarantee in your favour. This way your risk is on
Nordea instead of the buyers bank.
*) subject to credit approval.
Nordea Bank AB (publ) Marketing 05.10 (19760003)
How it works In cases of claims for payment under the guaran-
First you and the buyer agree on the terms of the tee, Nordea will check the claim as well as inform
contract (1). In this case your buyer agrees to you, depending on the nature of the guarantee, as
effect advance payment against a direct advance to whether you should effect payment or possibly
payment guarantee. You will then apply for the refuse until your actual contractual default has
guarantee at Nordea (2). Nordea issues the been determined.
requested guarantee based on the information
in the contract between you and your buyer. Welcome to contact us and to find out more about
how we can assist you with your trade finance
The guarantee is then advised to your buyer transactions. You can also find us on the web
directly from Nordea as an original paper version nordea.com/tradefinance
(3) or by SWIFT through a correspondent bank as
a post office (3a & 3b). You are now ready to
start the trade (4).

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Nordea Trade Finance:

Located in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden as well as in China, Estonia,


Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Singapore, UK and USA.
Offers a full range of trade finance services including collections, documentary
credits and guarantees as well as trade finance related e-solutions.
Is the largest Trade Finance Bank in the Nordic region.

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