# International Trade and Commodity Finance

> Structure and manage letters of credit, guarantees, pre-export finance and commodity deals while controlling risk.

- **Provider:** Afriskora Training Solutions
- **Category:** Banking, Economics & Monetary Policy
- **Duration:** 5 days
- **Formats:** classroom (cities across Africa), live virtual (Zoom/Teams), in-house for teams
- **Certificate:** Afriskora Certificate of Completion, verifiable online
- **Booking:** request dates and a quote; invoice and EFT payment
- **Web page:** https://afriskora.co.za/courses/banking-economics/international-trade-and-commodity-finance
- **Request dates:** https://afriskora.co.za/request-training?course=international-trade-and-commodity-finance

## Overview

Trade finance keeps African imports and exports moving, and the AfCFTA is set to expand intra-African trade. This course explains the instruments and structures used in trade and commodity finance, the ICC rules that govern them, and how banks and traders manage credit, performance, country and compliance risks, including trade-based money laundering.

## Who should attend

- Trade finance and corporate bankers
- Commodity traders and exporters
- Credit and risk officers
- Compliance and operations staff

## Learning outcomes

- Choose suitable payment methods and trade instruments
- Apply UCP 600, URDG 758 and Incoterms 2020 correctly
- Structure pre-export, warehouse and supply-chain finance
- Identify and mitigate trade risks, including fraud
- Detect trade-based money laundering red flags

## Course outline

### Day 1: Trade fundamentals

- Methods of payment
- Incoterms 2020
- Trade documents
- AfCFTA opportunities

### Day 2: Documentary credits and guarantees

- Letters of credit under UCP 600
- Document examination
- Bank guarantees and standby LCs
- Collections under URC 522

### Day 3: Commodity finance structures

- Pre-export and prepayment finance
- Warehouse receipts and collateral management
- Borrowing-base facilities
- Hedging commodity price risk

### Day 4: Supply-chain finance

- Receivables and payables finance
- Factoring and forfaiting
- Export credit agencies and insurance
- Digital trade platforms

### Day 5: Risk and compliance

- Country and counterparty risk
- Trade fraud cases
- Sanctions and trade-based money laundering
- Structuring case study