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Countertrade : developing country practices

Material type: TextTextPublication details: OECD ParisFR 1985Description: 40 pAction note:
  • 3/7/00 M2LMGR
Summary: Examines the nature and extent of countertrade and outlines the reasons why exporters resort to it. Discusses the short and long term effects of countertrade. Argues that in the longer run barter is an inefficient and costly method of trading and outlines the risk it poses for weakening the international trading system. Two annexes describe the main forms of countertrade and give an inventory of recent countertrade transactions.
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Examines the nature and extent of countertrade and outlines the reasons why exporters resort to it. Discusses the short and long term effects of countertrade. Argues that in the longer run barter is an inefficient and costly method of trading and outlines the risk it poses for weakening the international trading system. Two annexes describe the main forms of countertrade and give an inventory of recent countertrade transactions.

3/7/00 M2LMGR

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