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Documentary Collections

Intuition Publishing

Updated Sep 24, 2020

In a documentary collection, a seller (exporter) instructs its bank to release the shipping documents to the buyer provided the buyer has paid or accepted an enclosed draft or bill of exchange. A documentary collection is explained here and we discuss the parties and relevant documents to a documentary collection. The benefits and drawbacks of documentary collections are examined.

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