Monday 9 March 2015

How International Barter Exchange Has Helped Businesses Grow

By Leslie Ball


Despite being the oldest trading approach, it is still viable and applicable in today's business. A lot of business owners have engaged in international barter exchange to help their businesses grow and achieve their goal and objectives. Trading goods for goods or services have a lot of benefits not only to the business owners but also to a country's economy.

Countertrade is considered as a way to represent the joint world trading system as well as the economic welfare of the countries concerned. It is also believed to facilitate the development in most member countries. It is seen to eventually lead to increased world trade.

Exchanging goods or services eases the need of foreign exchange since no such revenue is used in the entire transaction. This simultaneously reduces the demand and supply of hard currency. High interest rates on foreign debts and reduced export prospects due to recession have contributed to shortage of hard currency hence considering this form of trade as their way out.

The success of every business depends on the flow of customers who come in to purchase your products or get your services. Barter will help you generate new customers. Some of those customers may be willing to pay in cash or compensate with another service or commodity of your interest and the business continue to grow.

Global exchange of goods or services also serve as a means of financing for smaller businesses. The associate networks sets a given amount of trade cash to your company against its projected future sales. The network will determine the amount your business is likely to make back in a year period and then it base the advance on that amount.

Barter trade is normally used when a country is a foreign currency is in short of supply or when a country apply foreign exchange control procedures. These include the limits imposed on the availability of foreign currencies to importers for the purpose of purchasing a foreign product.

The business can be conducted solely online without necessarily considering the physical location of your partner. The main challenge is that you actually spend the trade dollars you accumulate. You are also require you to balance the cash work with trade work since you still require to pay taxes with your earnings.

The economy of the foreign country purchasing the goods benefits from the direct offset but the purchaser does not necessarily benefit. The main objective is to eliminate the trade imbalance between importing and exporting countries. Both of the countries take advantage of its products to improve its economy at large.

The other form of barter trade is the indirect offset. It does not involve the same trade transaction. It occurs when a foreign government is in need of an importer for a long term investment in the country's economy. Other forms of global bartering includes the switch trading. This is where at least three countries are involved in a trade. The third country buys what the second country needs from the first one in exchange of a product it require, finally the three benefit from the trade.




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