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FORFAITING
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Forfaiting
The forfaiting owes its origin to a Frenchterm forfait which means to forfeit (or
surrender) ones rights on something to someone else.
Under this mode of export finance, theexporter forfaits his rights to the futurereceivables and the forfaiter loses recourse tothe exporter in the event of non-payment bythe importer.
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Methodology It is a trade finance extended by a forfaiter to
an exporter/seller for an export/sale
transaction involving deferred payment termsover a long period at a firm rate of discount.
Forfaiting is generally extended for export of
capital goods, commodities and serviceswhere the importer insists on supplies on
credit terms.
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Methodology
The exporter has recourse to forfaiting usuallyin cases where the credit is extended for longdurations but there is no prohibition for
extending the facility where the credits arematuring in periods less than one year.
Credits for commodities or consumer goods is
generally for shorter duration within one year.Forfaiting services are extended in such casesas well.
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Mechanism
There are five parties in a transaction of
forfaiting. These are :
1. Exporter
2. Exporters bank
3. Importer
4. Importers bank and
5. Forfaiter
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Mechanism
The exporter and importer negotiate the proposedexport sale contract. These are the preliminarydiscussions.
Based on these discussions the exporter approachesthe forfaiter to ascertain the terms for forfeiting.
The forfaiter collects from exporter all the relevantdetails of the proposed transaction, viz., details
about the importer, supply and credit terms,documentation, etc., in order to ascertain thecountry risk and credit risk involved in thetransaction..
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Documentation and cost
Forfaiting transaction is usually covered either by apromissory note or bill of exchange. In either case ithas to be guaranteed by a bank or, bill of exchangemay be avalled by the importer bank.
The Aval is an endorsement made on bill ofexchange or promissory note by the guaranteeingbank by writing per aval on these documentsunder proper authentication.
The forfeiting cost for a transaction will be in theform of commitment fee, discount fee anddocumentationfee.
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Mechanism- a case Export-Import Bank of India, (EXIM Bank) has
started with a scheme to the Indian exporters byworking out an intermediary between the exporterand the forfaiter.
The scheme takes place in the following stages:
1. Negotiations being between exporter and importerwith regard to contract price, period of credit, rateof interest, etc.
2. Exporter approaches EXIM Bank with all therelevant details for an indicative discount quote.
3. EXIM Bank approaches an overseas forfaiter,obtain the quote and gets back to exporter with the
offer.
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Mechanism- a case
4.Exporter and importer finalise the term of contract.All costs levied by a forfaiter are to be transferred tothe overseas buyer. As such discount and othercharges are loaded in the basic contract value.
5. Exporter approaches EXIM Bank and it in turn theforfaiter for the firm quote. The exporter confirm theacceptance of the arrangement.
6. Export takes placeshipping documents along withbill of exchange, promissory note have to be in theprescribed format.
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Mechanism- a case
7.Importers bank delivers shipping documents to
importer against acceptance of bill of exchange or on
receipt of promissory note from the importer as the
case may be and send these to exporters bank withits guarantee.
8. Exporters bank gets bill of exchange/promissory
note endorsed with the words Without Recourse
from the exporter and present the document(s) to
EXIM Bank who in turn send it to the forfaiter.
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Mechanism- a case
9. Forfaiter discounts the documents at the pre-determined rate and passes on funds to EXIM Bankfor onward disbursement to exporters bank nostroaccount ofexporters bank.
10.Exporters bank credits the amount to the exporter.11.Forfaiter presents the documents on due date to the
importers bank and receives the dues.
12.Exporters bank recovers the amount from the
importer i.e assumes complete responsibility forcollection without recourse to exporter.
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DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
FACTORING AND FORFAITING
1.Suitable for ongoingopen account sales, notbacked by LC oraccepted bills orexchange.
2. Usually providesfinancing for short-termcredit period of upto180 days.
1. Oriented towards singletransactions backed byLC or bank guarantee.
2. Financing is usually formedium to long-termcredit periods from 180days upto 7 yearsthough shorterm creditof 30180 days is alsoavailable for largetransactions.
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3.Requires a continuousarrangements betweenfactor and client,whereby all sales arerouted through thefactor.
4. Factor assumesresponsibility forcollection, helps clientto reduce his ownoverheads.
3. Seller need not route orcommit other businessto the forfaiter. Dealsare concludedtransaction-wise.
4. Forfaitersresponsibility extends tocollection of forfeiteddebt only. Existingfinancing lines remainsunaffected.
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5. Separate charges areapplied for
financing
collection administration
credit protection and
provision
of information.
5. Single discount chargesis applied which dependon
guaranteeing bankand country risk,
credit
period involved
currency of debt. Additional charges
is commitment fee.
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6. Service is available for
domestic and export
receivables.
7. Financing can be withor without recourse; the
credit protection
collection and
administration servicesmay also be provided
without financing.
6. Usually available forexport receivables onlydenominated in anyfreely convertiblecurrency.
7. It is always withoutrecourse andessentially a financingproduct.
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8. Usually no restrictionon minimum size oftransactions that can becovered by factoring .
9. Factor can assist withcompleting importformalities in thebuyers country andprovide ongoingcontract with buyers.
8. Transactions should be
of a minimum value of
USD 250,000.
9. Forfaiting will acceptonly clean
documentation in
conformity with all
regulations in theexporting/importing
countries