12 January 2012
A REQUEST LETTER PRESENT TO BANK ALONGWITH INVOICE, PURCHASE ORDER :
The Import Letter of Credit guarantees an exporter payment for goods or services, provided the terms of the letter of credit have been met.
A bank issue an import letter of credit on the behalf of an importer or buyer under the following Circumstances
* When a importer is importing goods within its own country. *
When a trader is buying good from his own country and sell it to the another country for the purpose of merchandizing trade. * When an Indian exporter who is executing a contract outside his own country requires importing goods from a third country to the country where he is executing the contract.
The first category of the most common in the day to day banking