International Pricing Strategies
International Pricing Strategies
International Pricing Strategies
Strategies
International Pricing Compared to
Domestic Pricing
• Fluctuation in Exchange Rates
• Accelerating Inflation in Certain Countries
• Use of alternative payment methods such as leasing barter and
counter-trade
International Pricing Objectives
• In order to determine the price of a new product in the international
market, the objectives are as:
• 1. Maximum Current Profit
• 2. Maximum Market share
• 3. Maximum Market Skimming
• 4. Product-Quality Leadership
International Pricing Framework
Pricing Approaches for International
Markets
• 1. Cost-based Pricing
• 2. Full Cost Pricing
• 3. Marginal Cost Pricing
• 4. Market-based Pricing
• 5. Skimming Pricing
• 6. Penetration pricing
• 7. Premium pricing
• 8. Economy pricing
• 9. Cost leadership pricing
Cost-based Pricing
• Costs are widely used by firms to determine prices in international
markets especially in the initial stages.
• Generally, new exporters determine export prices on ‘ex-works’ price
level and add a certain percentage of profit and other expenses
depending upon the terms of delivery
Full Cost Pricing
• It includes adding a mark-up on the product’s cost to determine price.
• Now assume, manufacturer wants to earn a 20 % markup on sales.
The manufacturer’s markup price is given by
Marginal Cost Pricing
• As the intensity of competition in international markets is much
higher than the domestic market, competitive pricing becomes a
precondition for success.
• A large number of firms adopt this pricing approach.
Terms of Payment in International
Transaction
• Cash in Advance
• Letter of Credit
• Draft
• Consignment
• Open Account
Countertrade as a Pricing Tool
• Countertrade is a unique way of setting overseas transactions. At
times, countries experience difficulty in generating enough foreign
exchange to pay for imports. They, therefore, need to devise creative
ways to get the products they want.
Different types of counter trade
• Barter Without cash
• Counter purchase Purchase materials back from a country
• Offset exporter greater flexibility to choose the goods
• Switch trading sells the credits to a third-party
• Buyback Compensation pricing
Barter
• Barter is the direct exchange of goods/services between two parties
without a cash transaction.
Counterpurchase:
• Suppose a US firm sells some products to China. China pays the US
firm in dollars, but in exchange, the US firm agrees to spend some of
its proceeds from the sale on textiles produced by China.
Offset
• Pepsi can fulfill the obligation with any firm in Russia
Switch Trading
• a US firm concludes a counterpurchase agreement with Poland for
which it receives some number of counterpurchase credits for
purchasing Polish goods.
• The US firm cannot and does not want any Polish goods, however it
sells the credits to a third-party trading house at a discount. The
trading house finds a firm that can use the credits and sells at a profit.
Buyback
• A US chemical company built a plant for an Indian company and
accepted partial payment in cash and the reminder in chemicals
manufactured at the plant.
Price distortions
• Deviations of quoted prices from a level that would clear the market if
all participants were trading for conventional products.
• Significant gaps between mark-to-market prices
• Use advantages in market access or in pricing know-how to extract
value.
Dumping
• In international trade, this occurs when one country exports a
significant amount of goods to another country at prices much lower
than in the domestic market