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INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS
1. CALCULATE CIFC 10 Dubai in case of the following situations:
a. F.O.B Mumbai U.S. $ 10,000
b. Net Weight of the Cargo 14 metric tonnes
c. Gross Weight of the Cargo 14 metric tonnes
d. Dimensions of the cargo 2 meters x 2 meters x 2 meters
e. Freight Rate U.S. $ 60 per metric tonne and U.S. $ 100 per cubic meter
f.
g. U.S $1 = INR 50
(Q.5, 2013; Q.2a, 2007)
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You are negotiating an export order with a customer. You are not able to get a loan from any
source
g. You are getting an order from Nigeria for $100,000. Nigeria has a bad reputation on payments.
You want the order badly. Multiple terms are possible
h. Company is exporting a power project which will be completed in 3 years
i.
You are in a working capital jam but extending credit is a must. All your bank limits are
exhausted. Needless to say, you want the business
j.
You have been dealing with a German firm for several years through Letter of Credit & usuance
letter of credit. The customer is now requesting for change in the credit terms. The customer
wants 120 days free credit but you are reluctant
k. Shipment has to be effected every month for the next 12 months in equal installments. The
customer wants to avoid L/C opening every month. You do not want to forgo the comfort given
by L/C
SITUATION # 2: Your overseas customer wants to get into a rate contract with you for supply of
goods worth $ 100,000 every month for the next 12 months. You are required to ship the goods by
10th of every month to his country. These goods are made to the specifications of the customer. This
is your first transaction with the customer. You have sketchy information about his
creditworthiness.
(Q.5, 2012; Q.3, 2009, Q.5, 2008; Q.5, 2006; Q.2, 2005)
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4. LETTER OF CREDIT
The documentary letter of credit is supposed to balance the Interests and Concerns of Importer and
Exporter. List the needs of both. Which is the best L/C
What are the Pros and Cons of the following?
a. Sight Draft/Documents on presentation also called as Cash against documents
b. Documents on Acceptance 120 days D/A
L/C is the most used payment term in International Trade. L/C is a perfect procedure to equally protect
your (seller) interests and your buyer's interests. Using L/C as a term of payment, you risk almost nothing
and at the same time it ensures the buyer that goods are shipped before the payment has occurred.
However, you only will be paid if all terms stipulated in the L/C are met and all documents specified in the
L/C strictly comply with agreed conditions and are presented in time.
Before choosing L/C as a term of trade, you must understand what it is, how it works and what you can
do to minimize risks involved in the L/C payment process.
L/C, ITS FORMS AND TYPES:
In "plain English", L/C is a conditional bank guarantee of payment for supplied goods. "Conditional" means
that to get paid you have to present the bank-guarantor with documents, which strictly comply with the
terms and conditions specified in the L/C.
There are different forms and types of L/C, which you may (or should not) use in your operations, viz.:
Revocable and Irrevocable L/C:
"A revocable L/C may be amended or cancelled by the Issuing Bank at any moment and without prior
notice to the Beneficiary." (UCP 500, Article 8, a). This is as simple, as that. Never accept this form of L/C
in your export arrangements.
Agree that the L/C is irrevocable before you go any further in your L/C negotiations. Although UCP 500
requires that L/C should indicate whether it is revocable or irrevocable (Article 6, b), it also says "in the
absence of such indication the Credit shall be deemed to be irrevocable." (Article 6, c)
Confirmed L/C:
When you export to a country with economic or political instability or if you are unfamiliar with the Issuing
Bank, you should require that the L/C be confirmed by a first-class bank. If L/C is confirmed, the confirming
bank is liable for the payment.
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Transferable L/C:
Transferable L/C is a perfect financial tool for middlemen to secure their margin without involving any
funds. It allows dealing with more than one beneficiary. When a transferable L/C is issued in your favor,
you can transfer it to your seller and use it as a payment.
L/C "can be transferred only if it is expressly designated as "transferable" (UCP 500, Article 48, b).
Transferable L/C must correspond with the original L/C, "with the exception of:
the amount of the L/C,
any unit price,
the expiry date,
the last date for presentation of documents,
the period for shipment,
Any or all of which may be reduced or curtailed." (UCP 500, Article 48, h)
L/C payable at sight
"Payable at sight" means that you'll be paid "immediately" (in fact, it may take up to 7 days) after
presentation of the documents stipulated in the L/C to the Issuing Bank or to the Confirming Bank if it was
confirmed.
L/C payable on the maturity date
If deferred payment was agreed, you'll be paid on the maturity date indicated in the L/C after presentation
of the documents stipulated in the L/C to the Issuing Bank. Don't forget to specify the date from which
the deferring period starts (e.g. 90 days after date of transport document).
The payments under L/C are usually made by the bank upon receipt of the documents stipulated in the
L/C and a bill of exchange issued by you.
The bill of exchange (the draft) is an unconditional order in writing, signed and addressed by the drawer
(you) to the drawee (the paying bank), requiring the drawee to pay the drawer a certain sum of money
according to the terms of the L/C.
Under L/C, always draw the draft on the bank, not on the buyer.
How L/C works:
There are at least four participants, when dealing with L/C:
The buyer the Applicant
You - the Beneficiary
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IDENTIFY ANY TWO MOST IMPORTANT KASH+CV FACTORS FOR NURTURING IN YOUR EMPLOYEES THAT
WILL MAKE YOU A GLOBAL LEADER EVENTUALLY
i.
About products/ markets/ consumers/ competition/ substitutes/ technology/ sales/ distribution/ digital
marketing/ Finance/ HR/ PR
ii.
Attitudes (a) To remain on top of their job thus passionate (b) open to new ideas/ culture, etc. by
keeping customer in mind always.
Lifestyle changes that your business requires / Answer That one thing question. Daily dose of motivation
ii.
Create Vision, Mission and Goals Focus on Mission and Get Result as by product
v.
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Explain with examples the strategies available to Indian Firms in the DAVAR and FROST framework
parameters viz. Assets/Competencies transferrable abroad and pressure in the Industry to
globalize. Cite Examples of Each Strategy suggested by you. (Q.2, 2012)
Explain the positioning for emerging market companies using DAVAR and FROST framework which
comprises of (a) Competitive Assets (b) Pressure to Globalize in the Industry (Q.3, 2010)
Discuss the DAVAR and FROST framework in terms of the competitive assets and the pressure to
globalize in the industry. Examine in detail the strategic options available to Indian companies (Q.1,
2007)
Discuss the Hexagon of Competitive advantage proposed by DAVAR and FROST which could help
Indian firms to go Global. Discuss at least four of the six hexagon points in detail with specific Indian
& International examples (Q.6, 2009; Q.3, 2013)
In todays open economy with foreign companies coming to India, local companies have to not only
defend their turf but also enter markets outside India. Currently most Indian companies operate at the
bottom of the global value chain by selling components or unbranded products; their challenge is to
develop business capabilities that equip them to compete at the top of the value chain. In this article we
shall focus on global strategies that will help companies participate in international markets.
But how does a company decide whether it is ready for global expansion? N Dawar and T Frost of Harvard
Business School have developed a framework that can help companies make this decision. According to
this matrix (Figure 01) companies should first consider whether the pressure to globalize is high or low.
Whether their industry is a local industry or can it go global? Then they should consider the competitive
assets of the company. Are the assets customized to the local market or can they be transferred abroad?
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This framework throws up four positions (D-C-D-E) that emerging market companies can adopt in the
open economy.
01 DODGER: (Kwality Walls & Vist)
(Focus on creating a synergy viz. by entering into a joint venture with the multinational, or allow to be
acquired by the multinational.)
Companies that have a high pressure to globalize, or are vulnerable to global competition, and do not
have a transferable competitive advantage, have no other option but to dodge competition. These
companies focus on a locally oriented link in the value chain, enter a joint venture, or sell out to a
multinational.
For example, Kwality, a dominant player in the Indian ice-cream market sold its brands and manufacturing
assets to Unilever, making Kwality-Walls the market leader in the Indian ice-cream market.
Similarly, when the Iron Curtain came down, Vist, a Russian PC manufacturer did not compete with
American or Japanese companies, but shifted focus to PC distribution. This was an artful move because
distribution in Russia was ridden with corruption and foreign companies faced difficulties in distributing
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products. As a result of this today they form an important link and support the Japanese and American
MNCs in their business.
02 CONTENDER: (Sundaram Fasteners & Bharat Forge)
(Focus on upgrading the company's capabilities and resources so as to be able to match foreign nationals
or multinationals globally, often by concentrating to niche markets.)
Companies that have competitive advantages that can be leveraged abroad and also have a high pressure
to globalize can compete aggressively in global markets. They focus on upgrading capabilities and resources to match multinationals globally, often by keeping to niche markets.
For example, Sundram Fasteners competes in global markets for niche auto components like radiator
caps. A measure of its global competitiveness is the fact that it won the General Motors', 'Supplier of the
Year' award for five consecutive years.
Similarly, Bharat Forge, the second largest forging company in the world, competes by being a global
supplier of specialized engine and chassis components for trucks and passenger cars. One out of every
two trucks in the US uses front axles made at Bharat Forge.
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(Focus on expanding into international markets similar to those of the local market, using the
competencies that had been developed at home.)
Companies that possess competitive assets, that can be transferred abroad, can adopt this position when
the pressure to globalize is low. They focus on expanding into markets similar to those of the home base,
using competencies developed at home.
Televisa, a Mexican media company globalized by making their Spanish language products available to
the Spanish speaking population across the world.
Another good example would be the case of Jollibee foods, a Philip-pines fast food chain that faced off
McDonald's by developing spicier products better suited to the Filipino palate. They then followed the
Filipino population across the world to globalize.
DEFINING COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE
Once a company has decided which position to adopt in the global scenario the next step is to identify its
inherent competitive advantage. To globalize successfully it is critical to have a strong basis of competitive
advantage that can be leveraged internationally. For newly internationalizing firms an initial competitive
advantage is the single greatest determinant of international success.
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CONDITIONS FAVOURING
ADVANTAGES
DISADVANTAGES
THIS MODE
EXPORTING
Risk
Investments
May Be Imposed
Transportation Costs
Required
Distribution
May
LICENSING
Exports
Unviable
Render
Utilization
Information
Company Viewed As An
Other Modes
Outsider
Import Barriers,
Minimizes
Investment Barriers
Investment
Risk
Speaking
To
Quality By Licensee
Leakage
Investment
Large Cultural Distance
Import Barriers
Overcomes
Restrictions
Large Cultural Distance
Management
Philosophies May Differ
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High Sales Potential
Dilution Of Control
firms
Low Political Risk
Greater
Risk
Than
Restrictions
On Foreign Ownership
Local Partner Can Provide Closeness To Market
Knowledge
Skills/Resource,
Distribution,
Brand
Spillovers
Network,
Name,
Political
Connections
Sharing Financial Risks
Viewed As Insider
Analyses
Management Control
Delays
In
Decision
Making
Exploit Product
WHOLLY OWNED
Import Barriers
Loss Of Opportunities
SUBSIDIARY-
Market
Financial
And
Political Risk
W.O.S
Small Cultural Distance
Minimizes
Required
No
Possibility
Nationalization
Knowledge Greater
Expropriation
Greater And Absolute Control
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What are the entry strategies available for the firm to go International? Start with the Lowest Risk
(MINIMAL INVOLVEMENT) and move to the highest risk (MAXIMUM INVOLVEMENT). Explain the
merits, advantages and disadvantages of each strategy? (Q.3, 2012; Q.2, 2010)
ii.
Explain and compare the following for going international / global. Bring out the merits and
demerits of the same
a. Waterfall Strategy
b. Sprinkler Strategy
c. Wave Strategy of Christopher Lymbersky (Q.2, 2013)
iii.
Examine the pros & cons of Waterfall & Sprinkler strategies, cross subsidization and standardization
(Q.1, 2005; Q.4, 2007)
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CROSS SUBSIDIZATION
Use cash flow generation or accrual in one market to fight competition in another.
For Example, Japan selling products internationally at low prices, particularly in the U.S.A.
Japan Causing the demise of the American Consumer Electronics Industry.
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9. You are a bicycle manufacturer in India for last several years and had a very successful run a few
years ago. What problems you could be facing in todays business environment in India particularly
after Liberalization, Privatization and Globalization commenced in 1991, why?
You have neither resources nor the inclination to manufacture motorized two-wheelers but wish to
continue in the bicycle business.
You want to explore the international market but you are a conservative firm you want to go from
least risk to higher risk levels. The pricing in the International markets will be taken care of by the
Importer in the respective overseas and so will be the distribution. You may be required to
change/adapt/modify the product and the communication mix. Apply WARREN KEAGANS
PRODUCT & COMMUNICATION ADAPTATION STRATEGIES as you go from the least risk to the
highest risk
Discuss Merits & Demerits of each strategy. Explain the concept of Environmental sensitivity to
products with examples. Is it relevant in the above situation?
(Q. 1 2012; Q.1, 2009; Q.3, 2005)
Once a decision for a market entry mode has been made, a firm must decide how much, if any, to adapt
its marketing mixproduct, promotion, price, and distributionto a foreign market. Warren J. Keegan
(1995) distinguished five adaptation strategies of product and communication to a foreign market (see
Table 1). These strategies are discussed briefly below:
STRAIGHT EXTENSION
In straight extension the same product is marketed to all countries (a "world" product), except for labeling
and language used in the product manuals. The assumption behind this strategy is that consumer needs
are essentially the same across national boundaries. Straight extension can be successful when products
are not culture sensitive and economies of scale are present. The Philip Morris USA tobacco company
used this strategy successfully with its Marlboro brand cigarette. The strategy has also been successful
with cameras, consumer electronics, and many machine tools.
PRODUCT MODIFICATION/ADAPTATION
A product modification strategy keeps the physical product essentially the same; modifications, however,
are made to meet local conditions or preference in package sizes or colors. Manufacturers of computers,
copiers, cars, and calculators have been successful in using this strategy. Companies may develop a
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country-specific product. If this strategy is employed, the product is substantially altered or new products
are produced across countries. For example, hand-powered washing machines have been successfully
marketed in Latin America.
COMMUNICATION ADAPTATION
It is extremely difficult to standardize advertising across countries because of variations in economic,
social, and political environments. Companies, however, can use one message everywhere, varying only
the language or color. Marlboro and Camel cigarettes, for example, essentially use the same message in
their international promotion programs. Transferability of an advertising message is still a difficult
problem even when the primary benefits of the product remain intact across national boundaries.
Some promotional blunders are well known to marketing students. Coors's slogan "Turn it loose" in
Spanish was read by some as "suffer from diarrhea"; in Spain, Chevrolet's Nova translated as "it doesn't
go"; and a laundry soap ad claiming to wash "really dirty parts" was translated in French-speaking Quebec
to read "a soap for washing private parts."
DUAL ADAPTATION
The fourth strategy, dual adaptation, involves altering both the product and the communications. The
classic example comes from National Cash Register, which manufactured a crank-operated cash register
and promoted it to businesses in less-developed countries.
PRODUCT INVENTION/INNOVATION
When products cannot be sold as they are, product invention strategy may be used. Ford and other
automakers have sold completely different makes of cars in Europe than the ones they sell in the United
States. Brewing companies have sold alcohol-free beer in countries where sales of alcoholic beverages are
prohibited.
PRICE STRATEGY
Multinational companies find it difficult to adopt a standardized pricing strategy across countries because
they have to deal with fluctuating exchange rates, differences among countries in transportation costs,
governmental tax policies, and controls (such as dumping and price callings).
Keegan proposed three global pricing alternatives:
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The first policy is called EXTENSION/ETHNOCENTRIC. Under this policy, the firm sets the same price
throughout the world and the customers absorb all freight and import duties. The main advantage of
this policy is its simplicity, but its weakness is its failure to take into account local markets' demand
and competitive conditions.
The second alternative is called ADAPTIVE/POLYCENTRIC. Under this policy, local management
establishes whatever price it deems appropriate at any particular time. This policy is sensitive to local
conditions; nevertheless, it may favor product arbitrage where differences in price between markets
exceed the freight and duty cost separating the markets.
The last alternative is called INVENTION/GEOCENTRIC PRICING. This policy is an intermediary
position. It neither sets a single worldwide price nor relinquishes total control over prices to local
management. This policy recognizes both the importance of local factors (including costs) and the
firm's market objectives.
CHANNELS OF DISTRIBUTION
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Environmental sensitivity is the extent to which products must be adapted to the culture-specific needs
of different needs of different national markets. Environmental sensitivity can be measured by viewing
product on an environmental sensitivity continuum. At one end of the continuum are environmentally
insensitive products that do not require significant adaptation to the environments of local markets in the
world. At the other end of the continuum are products that are highly sensitive to different environmental
factors. A firm with environmental insensitive products will spend less time determining the specific
conditions of local markets as the product in question is universal in nature. In case of environmentally
sensitive products, managers need to address country-specific economic, regulations, technological,
social and cultural environmental conditions.
Computers have low levels of environmental sensitivity but variations in country voltage requirements
require some adaptation. At the top right of the figures we have products with high environmental
sensitivity. For example, food is highly sensitive to climate and culture.
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Vernon's international product life cycle theory (1996) is based on the experience of the U.S. market. At
that time, Vernon observed and found that a large proportion of the world's new products came from the
U.S. for most of the 20th century. It was concluded that U.S. was the first to introduce technological driver
products.
Vernon theory was used to explain certain types of foreign direct investment made by the U.S. companies
after the Second World War in the manufacturing industry.
The U.S. has become a major importer of many of the goods that had once developed, produced and
exported. Vernon's international product life cycle is used to attempt to explain why this happened.
According to Vernon, in the first stage the U.S. transnational companies create new innovative products
for local consumption and export the surplus in order to serve also the foreign markets.
According to the theory of production cycle, after the Second World War in Europe has increased demand
for manufactured products like those proposed in USA. Thus, America firms began to export, having the
advantage of technology on international competitors.
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In the first stage of production cycle, manufacturers have an advantage by possessing new technologies.
However at these early stages of production, the products were not standardized as the nature of the
goods has implications such as price elasticity, the communication throughout the industry and also the
location of the product itself.
As the product starts to mature, the conditions also start to change. A certain degree of standardization
takes place and the demand of the products appeared elsewhere. As demand has increased, overseas
markets were imitating those products at a cheaper labor and overall cost. The U.S. firms were forced to
perform production facilities on the local markets to maintain their market shares in those areas.
Consequently the U.S. exports were limited.
As the markets in the U.S. and these other developed countries mature, the product became standardized.
The developments of the life cycle were once again changed. There were more demand and cheaper labor
costs from overseas countries, the pricing became the main competitive tool and cost became more of an
issue than previously. The producers internationally based in advanced countries then had the
opportunity to export back to U.S. This has led to the undeveloped countries offering competitive
advantage for the location of production and finally they became exporters.
This evidence suggests that the more a product is standardized; the location of production is more likely
to change. At the same time there is also evidence that unstandardized products will maintain their
location in more phosphorus location.
This also explains; 1950 to 1970 there were certain types of investments in Europe Western made by U.S.
companies. There were areas where Americans have not possessed the technological advantage and
foreign direct investments were made during that period.
He believes that there are four stages of production cycle and the location of production depends on the
stage of the cycle:
STAGE 1: INTRODUCTION
New products are introduced to meet local needs, and new products are first exported to similar countries
i.e. countries with similar needs, preferences and incomes.
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STAGE 2: GROWTH
A copy product is produced elsewhere and introduced in the home country to capture growth in the home
market. This moves production to other countries, usually on the basis of cost of production.
STAGE 3: MATURITY
The industry contracts and concentrates and the lowest cost producer will win.
STAGE 4: DECLINE
Poor countries constitute the only markets for the product. Therefore almost all declining products are
produced in LDCs.
Vernon's product life cycle model can explain both trade and FDI. By adding a time dimension to the theory
of monopolistic advantage, the product life cycle model can explain a firm's shift from exporting to FDI.
Initially a firm when innovate a product, it produces at home enjoying its monopolistic advantage in the
export market, thus specializes and exports. Once the product becomes standardized in its growth product
phase, the firm may tend to invest abroad and export from there to retain its monopoly power. The rivals
from the home country may also follow to invest in the same foreign country's oligopolistic market.
Vernon's theory implies that overtime the main exporter may change from exporter to importer. This
leads to the low cost producers becoming exporters.
One weakness of this theory can be that Vernon's view is ethnocentric. It can also be said that many new
products are now produced in advanced economies such as Japan.
Globalization means that there is more dispersed and simultaneous production of comparative
advantage.
The final weakness of this theory is that this study was carried out in the 60s. The world's trading importing
and exporting has changed immensely over the years.
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MERCANTILISM
THE
ADVANTAGE
By Whom
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ABSOLUTE THE
COMPARATIVE
ADVANTAGE
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When
Basis of Theory
The base of this theory was the Adam Smiths theory starts Each
commercial
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country
should
in
the
transition from local economies profitable if you can import production for which it
to national economies, from goods that could satisfy has less opportunity cost.
feudalism to capitalism, from a better the necessities of
rudimentary trade to a larger consumers
international trade.
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that
wealth and that to increase a leads the exchanges from countries can gain from
country wealth; one country had any market, internal or trade even
to take some wealth from external, is to determine if one of them is less
another, either through having a the value of goods by productive than another
higher import/export ratio. So, measuring
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Imposition of restrictions in buyers country by the Government for remittance sale proceeds
which may block or delay the payment to the exporter;
ii.
iii.
New import restrictions in the buyers country of cancellation of valid import license after the
date of shipment or contract, as applicable;
iv.
Cancellation of valid export license or imposition of new licensing restrictions after the date of
contract, applicable under Contracts Policy;
v.
vi.
Any other loss that has occurred in buyers country, which is not covered under general insurance
and beyond the control of exporter and / or the buyer.
In case, where the buyer happens to be foreign Government or Government department and it refuses to
pay, the default will fall under the category of political risks.
Commercial disputes including the quality disputes raised by the buyer, unless the exporter obtains a
decree from a competent court in the importers country in his favor
ii.
iii.
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iv.
v.
vi.
ECGC does not cover those risks that are covered by the commercial insurers. Exporter can take
comprehensive policy that covers both commercial and political risks. If the exporter wants, he can take
only policy that covers political risks, depending on the requirements. However, it is important to note
ECGC does not issue the policy covering only commercial risks.
If the goods are confiscated by the customs on charges of smuggling, then insurance does not cover.
DUTY DRAWBACK:
Concept of Duty Drawback / Duty Drawback Scheme (Q.6, 2013; Q.6, 2012; Q.6, 2008)
A refund that can be obtained when an import fee has already been paid for a good, but the good is then
subsequently exported. In order to obtain a duty drawback, a business does not have to have paid the
import duty, nor do they have had to perform the product's exportation, they only need to be assigned
the drawback from those to whom it would typically be due.
The term drawback is applied to a certain amount of duties of Customs and Central Excise, sometimes the
whole, sometimes only a part remitted or paid by Government on the exportation of the commodities on
which they were levied. To entitle goods to drawback, they must be exported to a foreign port, the object
of the relief afforded by the drawback being to enable the goods to be disposed of in the foreign market
as if they had never been taxed at all. For Customs purpose drawback means the refund of duty of customs
and duty of central excise that are chargeable on imported and indigenous materials used in the
manufacture of exported goods. Goods eligible for drawback applies to
a.) Export goods imported into India as such;
b.) Export goods imported into India after having been taken for use
c.) Export goods manufactured / produced out of imported material
d.) Export goods manufactured / produced out of indigenous material
e.) Export goods manufactured /produced out of imported or and indigenous materials. The Duty
Drawback is of two types: (i) All Industry Rate (AIR) and (ii) Brand Rate.
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The All Industry Rate (AIR) is essentially an average rate based on the average quantity and value of inputs
and duties (both Excise & Customs) borne by them and Service Tax suffered by a particular export product.
The All Industry Rates are notified by the Government in the form of a Drawback Schedule every year and
the present Schedule covers 2837 entries. The legal framework in this regard is provided under Sections
75 and 76 of the Customs Act, 1962 and the Customs and Central Excise Duties and Service Tax Drawback
Rules, 1995.
The Brand Rate of Duty Drawback is allowed in cases where the export product does not have any AIR of
Duty Drawback or the same neutralizes less than 4/5th of the duties paid on materials used in the
manufacture of export goods. This work is handled by the jurisdictional Commissioners of Customs &
Central Excise. Exporters who wish to avail of the Brand Rate of Duty Drawback need to apply for fixation
of the rate for their export goods to the jurisdictional Central Excise Commissionerate. The Brand Rate of
Duty Drawback is granted in terms of Rules 6 and 7 of the Drawback Rules, 1995
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Brings in much needed Capital required for capital Formation. The capital brought in has longterm perspective and the WEALTH GENERATION ability stays in the country even after the foreign
partner decides to leave the country. The capital has very low flight potential.
Brings in latest and modern technology vital for growth. MNC/TNC is the ideal vehicle for the
same.
Improved Productivity
Re-ploughing Of Profits
Even after the exit of the foreign partner, the employment generation continues.
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Profiteering
Overpricing of imports
Export Restrictions
Neo-Colonialism
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People save in order to provide against old age and unforeseen emergencies. Some people desire to save
a large sum to start new business or to expand the existing business. Moreover, people want to make
provision for education, marriage and to give a good start in business for their children.
Further, it may be noted that savings may be either voluntary or forced. Voluntary savings are those
savings which people do of their own free will. As explained above, voluntary savings depend upon the
power to save and the will to save of the people. On the other hand, taxes by the Government represent
forced savings.
Moreover, savings may be done not only by households but also by business enterprises and
government. Business enterprises save when they do not distribute the whole of their profits, but retain
a part of them in the form of undistributed profits. They then use these undistributed profits for
investment in real capital.
The third source of savings is government. The government savings constitute the money collected as
taxes and the profits of public undertakings. The greater the amount of taxes collected and profits made,
the greater will be the government savings. The savings so made can be used by the government for
building up new capital goods like factories, machines, roads, etc., or it can lend them to private enterprise
to invest in capital goods.
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For savings to result in capital formation, they must be invested. In order that the investment of savings
should take place, there must be a good number of honest and dynamic entrepreneurs in the country
who are able to take risks and bear uncertainty of production.
Given that a country has got a good number of venturesome entrepreneurs, investment will be made by
them only if there is sufficient inducement to invest. Inducement to invest depends on the marginal
efficiency of capital (i.e., the prospective rate of profit) on the one hand and the rate of interest, on the
other.
But of the two determinants of inducement to invest-the marginal efficiency of capital and the rate of
interestit is the former which is of greater importance. Marginal efficiency of capital depends upon the
cost or supply prices of capital as well as the expectations of profits.
Fluctuations in investment are mainly due to changes in expectations regarding profits. But it is the size
of the market which provides scope for profitable investment. Thus, the primary factor which determines
the level of investment or capital formation, in any economy, is the size of the market for goods.
Foreign Capital:
Capital formation in a country can also take place with the help of foreign capital, i.e., foreign savings.
Foreign capital can take the form of:
(a) Direct private investment by foreigners,
(b) Loans or grants by foreign governments,
(c) Loans by international agencies like the World Bank.
There are very few countries which have successfully marched on the road to economic development
without making use of foreign capital in one form or the other. India is receiving a good amount of foreign
capital from abroad for investment and capital formation under the Five-Year Plans.
Deficit Financing:
Deficit financing, i.e., newly-created money is another source of capital formation in a developing
economy. Owing to very low standard of living of the people, the extent to which voluntary savings can
be mobilized is very much limited. Also, taxation beyond limit becomes oppressive and, therefore,
politically inexpedient. Deficit financing is, therefore, the method on which the government can fall back
to obtain funds.
However, the danger inherent in this source of development financing is that it may lead to inflationary
pressures in the economy. But a certain measure of deficit financing can be had without creating such
pressures.
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There is specially a good case for using deficit financing to utilize the existing under-employed labor in
schemes which yield quick returns. In this way, the inflationary potential of deficit financing can be
neutralized by an increase in the supply of output in the short-run.
Disguised Unemployment:
Another source of capital formation is to mobilize the saving potential that exists in the form of disguised
unemployment. Surplus agricultural workers can be transferred from the agricultural sector to the nonagricultural sector without diminishing agricultural output.
The objective is to mobilize these unproductive workers and employ them on various capital creating
projects, such as roads, canals, building of schools, health centers and bunds for floods, in which they do
not require much more capital to work with. In this way, the hitherto unemployed, labor can be utilized
productively and turned into capital, as it were.
Capital Formation in the Public Sector:
In these days, the role of government has greatly increased. In an under-developed country like India,
government is very much concerned with the development of the economy. Government is building dams,
steel plants, roads, machine-making factories and other forms of real capital in the country. Thus, capital
formation takes place not only in the private sector by individual entrepreneurs but also in the public
sector by government.
There are various ways in which a government can get resources for investment purposes or for capital
formation. The government can increase the level of direct and indirect taxation and then can finance its
various projects. Another way of obtaining the necessary resources is the borrowing by the Government
from the public.
The government can also finance its development plans by deficit financing. Deficit financing means the
creation of new money. By issuing more notes and exchanging them with the productive resources the
government can build real capital. But the method of deficit financing, as a source of development finance,
is dangerous because it often leads to inflationary pressures in the economy. A certain measure of deficit
financing, however, can be had without creating such pressures.
Another source of capital formation in the public sector is the profits of public undertakings which can be
used by the government for further investment. As stated above, government can also get loans from
foreign countries and international agencies like World Bank. India is getting a substantial amount of
foreign assistance for investment purposes under the Five-Year Plans.
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Spreading of risk
Economic conditions
Maturity of format
Increased taxes
PULL FACTORS
o
Perceived/imminent
Unexploited markets
Pre-emption of rivals
FACILITATING FACTORS
o
Entrepreneurial vision
Lower tariffs
Cross subsidizations
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Overcome Xenophobia
DISADVANTAGES
ENHANCED
CUSTOMER
PREFERENCE
DISADVANTAGES
CREATES
INEFFICIENCY
IN
RESEARCH
DEVELOPMENT
PROMOTES LOCAL MARKETING ACTIVITIES
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Eligibility:
Buyer's Credit is extended to a foreign project company that intends to award the project execution to an
Indian project exporter. The financing will be available to all kinds of projects and service exports from
India.
Facility is available for development, upgrading or expansion of infrastructure facilities; financing of public
or private projects such a plants and buildings; professional services such as surveyors, architecture,
consultations, etc.
From a low of US $1.10 billion in January 1991, the Indian forex reserves have swollen to close to
US $ 250 billion. Examine the factors responsible for this phenomenal growth (Q.1b, 2007; Q.1,
2008)
v.
Discuss the reasons for recent weakening of Indian rupee vis--vis the U.S Dollar and its positive &
negative fallout. Recommend ideas to reverse the trend.
The recent global meltdown has resulted in the reserves going down some U.S dollars 260 billion.
Is this a cause for concern? (Q.1, 2008)
"The primary reason for the hike in reserves can be attributed to the Reserve Bank of India (RBI)
buying US dollars to prevent rupee from causing damage to our exports"
Realignment of exchange rates especially, non-US currencies decline may have increased reserve
value"
(Foreign Currency Assets) FCAs, expressed in dollar terms, include the effect of appreciation and
depreciation of non-US currencies such as the euro, pound and the yen, held in the reserves.
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Lower exports, as exporters are unable to maintain necessary profit margins if their dollar-linked
earnings fall. Analysts now predict that India's export target of $160 billion may not be met. A
more 'realistic' export target for this year has been pegged at $135-140 billion.
If the rupee continues to gain against the dollar, India's competitive strength in world trade (which
is already negligible) will weaken. This, in turn, shrinks new job avenues.
Exporters are keener to sell their product/services locally, if possible. This would increase local
supplies and lower prices and inflation. With factors suggesting that the rupee could rise, we
could see a scenario of an increasing percentage of goods and services being offered locally, which
would lead to lower prices and hence curb inflation further.
Companies will see their net income fall with rupee rise if they bill their clients in dollar terms.
Example: India's 'big four' in the software pack -- Infosys, TCS, Wipro and Satyam have already
seen their net income in the first quarter ending June, fall due to the sharp rupee rise.
A weak dollar thus hits currency-linked earnings.
However, a stronger rupee will benefit importers such as the oil marketing companies and airlines.
While exporters like software, textiles, drugs and auto components will be adversely impacted by the
stronger rupee, for global cyclicals, lower prices of landed imports will create downward pressure on
local prices, the brokerage told its clients, in a latest note.
Industries, where domestic prices are linked to the cost of imported raw material -- like metals,
have and will lead to further lowering of input cost of imported aluminum and copper. A reduction
in the domestic prices is expected. Obviously, importing price-sensitive electronics and gadgets
would also be cheaper, as would other retail items.
An appreciating rupee shows the strength of the economy, which can be seen when one travels
overseas, if you try to convert what the dollar is worth. So maybe you should plan your overseas
trip now, if you have enough disposable income.
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You obviously have concerns if you are an exporter or work in an export-house. Another groups
of people who may not be happy to see the rupee rising, would be those who hold dollardenominated accounts.
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What is acceptable in one culture may be taboo in another. For ExampleHandshake with
women
Interpretation and implication of colors
Attitudes towards Humor
Subtle differences or not so subtle differences in Habits, Ethics, Attitudes, Mannerisms,
Etiquettes.
Define the problem or goal in terms of the host country culture, habits and norms
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Consider the following example of countervailing duties: Assume Country A provides an export subsidy
to widget makers in the nation, who export widgets en masse to Country B at $8 per widget. Country B
has its own widget industry and domestic widgets are available at $10 per widget. If Country B
determines that its domestic widget industry is being hurt by unrestrained imports of subsidized widgets,
it may impose a 25% countervailing duty on widgets imported from Country A, so that the resulting cost
of the imported widgets is also $10. This eliminates the unfair price advantage that widget makers in
Country A have due to the export subsidy from their government.
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Export Trading Company (ETC). ETCs are virtually identical to EMCs, but they tend to function on a
more demand-driven basis, by which the demand of the market compels them to buy specific
commodities. They usually have long-standing customers for whom they source products on a regular
basis. For example, they might get a request from a customer to find a supplier of canned sweet peas
who can provide twenty container loads a month for a given number of months. The ETC will then
seek out a reputable manufacturer who can handle the demand at an economical price, and then
arrange for the transport of the goods to the customer. You can track down a good ETC via the same
channels recommended above for finding an EMC.
Indirect exporting can also involve selling to an intermediary in the country where you wish to
transact business, who in turn sells your products directly to customers or to other importing
distributors (wholesalers). Under these circumstances, you will not know who your ultimate
consumers are. When selling by this method, you are normally responsible for collecting payment
from the overseas customer and for coordinating the shipping logistics. In some instances, the
overseas agent might request that they be allowed to handle the shipping, usually because they
receive special transportation rates from carriers with whom they've done volume business for years.
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You have limited liability for product marketing problems -- there's always someone else to point
the finger at!
Depending on the type of intermediary with which you are dealing, you don't have to concern
yourself with shipment and other logistics.
In some instances, your local agent can field technical questions and provide necessary product
support.
You very rarely know who your customers are, and thus lose the opportunity to tailor your
offerings to their evolving needs.
When you visit, you are a step removed from the actual transaction. You feel out of the loop.
The intermediary might also be offering products similar to yours, including directly competitive
products, to the same customers instead of providing exclusive representation.
Your long-term outlook and goals for your export program can change rapidly, and if you've put
your product in someone else's hands, it's hard to redirect your efforts accordingly
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28. INCOTERMS
International Commercial Terms (Incoterms) are internationally recognized standard trade terms used
in sales contracts. Theyre used to make sure buyer and seller know:
Who is responsible for the cost of transporting the goods, including insurance, taxes and duties
Where the goods should be picked up from and transported to
Who is responsible for the goods at each step during transportation
Incoterms are used in contracts in a 3-letter format followed by the place specified in the contract (e.g.
the port or where the goods are to be picked up).
There are different terms for sea and inland waterways (e.g. rivers and canals) compared to all other
modes of transport. VAT isnt covered by Incoterms - you need to specify who pays the VAT on both
imports and exports.
i.
The seller makes the goods available to be collected at their premises and the buyer is responsible for all
other risks, transportation costs, taxes and duties from that point onwards. This term is commonly used
when quoting a price.
ii.
The seller gives the goods, cleared for export, to the buyers carrier at a specified place. The buyer is then
responsible for getting transported to the specified place of final delivery. This term is commonly used for
containers travelling by more than one mode of transport.
iii.
The seller puts the goods alongside the ship at the specified port theyre going to be shipped from. The
seller must get the goods ready for export, but the buyer is responsible for the cost and risk involved in
loading them.
This term is commonly used for heavy-lift or bulk cargo (e.g. generators, boats), but not for goods
transported in containers by more than one mode of transport (FCA is usually used for this).
iv.
The seller must get the goods ready for export and load them onto the specified ship. The buyer and seller
share the costs and risks when the goods are on board. This term is not used for goods transported in
containers by more than one mode of transport (FCA is usually used for this).
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The seller must pay the costs of bringing the goods to the specified port. The buyer is responsible for risks
when the goods are loaded onto the ship.
vi.
The seller must pay the costs of bringing the goods to the specified port. They also pay for insurance. The
buyer is responsible for risks when the goods are loaded onto the ship.
vii.
The seller pays to transport the goods to the specified destination. Responsibility for the goods transfers
to the buyer when the seller passes them to the first carrier.
viii.
The seller pays for insurance as well as transport to the specified destination. Responsibility for the goods
transfers to the buyer when the seller passes them to the first carrier.
CIP (Carriage and Insurance Paid) is commonly used for goods being transported by container by more
than one mode of transport. If transporting only by sea, CIF is often used
ix.
The seller pays for transport to a specified terminal at the agreed destination. The buyer is responsible for
the cost of importing the goods. The buyer takes responsibility once the goods are unloaded at the
terminal.
x.
xi.
The seller is responsible for delivering the goods to the named destination in the buyers country, including
all costs involved.
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