Export financing has always been at the hub of any international company's activity. However it has moved up to the top of the agenda in the light of the recent Uruguay round on GATT. Willsher examines the new environment of project financing with a particularly detailed view of the risks involved, the instruments and other techniques vital to the knowledge of an international banker or corporate financier.

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Introduction - SECTION 1: STRUCTURES, INSTRUMENTS AND PRICING - Money Transfer - Letters of Credit - Factoring - Forfeiting - Export Credit Agencies - Buyers Credits and Lines of Credit - Cross-Border Leasing - Countertrade: Forms and Structures - Aid Funding and the Multilaterals - Project Financing - SECTION 2: ANALYSING AND ASSESSING CREDIT RISK - Commercial Risk, Corporate Risk and Credit Insurance - Political Risk, Political Risk and Emerging Markets - Performance Risk - Currency Risk and Hedging Techniques - Interest Rate Risk - Shipment Risks and Cargo Insurance - Secured Transactions and Security and Residual Value Insurance - Documentation Risk - Pricing Risk - Transfer Risk - SECTION 3: DOCUMENTATION - Letter of Credit - Bill of Lading - Packing List - Commercial Invoice - Certificate - Inspection Certificates - Bills of Exchange - Promissory Notes - Non-Negotiable Sea Way Bill - Air Way Bill - Multimodel Transport Document - Road Rail or Inland Waterway Document - Courier and Post Receipts - Transport Documents Issued by Freight Forwarders - Insurance Certificates - Certificates of Origin - Certificate of Quality - SECTION 4: CASE STUDIES IN STRUCTURING TRADE FINANCE - Glossary - Bibliography - Index