A Nigerian importer agrees to purchase industrial equipment from a German supplier using a documentary collection under Documents Against Payment (D/P) terms. Arrange the following steps of the payment and document release process in their correct chronological sequence from initial agreement to final fund transfer.
- 1The importer and exporter sign a commercial sales contract specifying payment via Documents Against Payment (D/P).
- 2The exporter dispatches the goods and presents the bill of exchange along with shipping documents to their local remitting bank.
- 3The remitting bank transmits the shipping documents and collection instructions to a collecting bank in the importer's country.
- 4The importer makes immediate payment for the sight draft at the collecting bank to obtain the shipping documents required to clear the goods.
- 5The collecting bank transfers the collected proceeds back to the remitting bank, which credits the exporter's account.
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The correct chronological order of the Documents Against Payment (D/P) process is: 1) Importer and exporter sign the sales contract agreeing to D/P terms; 2) Exporter ships goods and submits shipping documents with a bill of exchange to the remitting bank; 3) Remitting bank forwards documents to the collecting bank in the buyer's country; 4) Importer pays the bill to receive the shipping documents; 5) Collecting bank remits funds to the exporter's bank.
The correct sequence begins with contractual agreement between trading parties, followed by physical dispatch of goods and delivery of title documents to the remitting bank. The remitting bank transfers these to the collecting bank, which releases them to the importer only upon full cash settlement of the sight draft. Finally, the collected funds are remitted internationally back to the exporter's bank account.
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Documents Against Payment (D/P) Collection Process in International Trade