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[Music] this slideshow is a quick summary of how to pay Chinese suppliers by TT payment so let's start off by looking at what a TT payment is so it's a telegraphic transfer or wire transfer of funds between banks and it uses the Swift system it's pretty normal for Chinese suppliers to request this kind of payment it's also good to know that you can use ATT payment to send a different kind of currency so if your supplier asks for US dollars you can do that also common to send RMB so what do we need to know about tt payments well they're pretty safe which is good it's a well-established system and Swift is a global network of banks that talk to each other there may be fees to pay we'll go into that in a minute and payments usually take around three to five working days to clear so yeah fees not good news but it's pretty normal to pay fees for business banking when you do a swift payment it may well incur fees as well the fees that you're likely to pay can vary but they'll include a charge by your bank charges by banks within the system a charge by your suppliers bank that's receiving the money and if you asked any different currency there might be a markup on the exchange rate to pay - typically the fees aren't huge but you're looking at around between 25 to 50 US dollars per payment so now we know what a TT payment is how do you actually make one well luckily these days most banks allow you to make them online they'll be an online form and you news you need to fill it in with the exact information that they're requesting this will usually include the recipient name that's your supplier their bank details including the Iban Bickle swift code their address and all their bank address it's also going to include of course the amount that you're sending once you're good to go send that save a transaction record and then send that to your supplier then they'll know that their payment is on the way and they will be happy to start production and nothing will be held up a couple of other points be careful to double check for typos because if there are any the payment will be held up the same goes for getting the Chinese company name right because these can be very very long so make sure that they're written in full and in English if you need to go on another line you should be able to do that perhaps seeing TT payment get filled out will be helpful so if you want to look at an example you can use this link and go watch that on YouTube so if you're ready to make payments you might also be wondering about payment terms as an importer the more you can pay after the shipment the more favorable and secure that payment term is to you some big buyers might pay by letter of credit or they might pay a hundred percent in arrears of course small and medium enterprises might not be able to get such favorable terms from their suppliers we've written another post about payment terms you can follow this link and also go check that out a very typical payment term looks something like this there's a 30/70 split where you pay a thirty percent deposit and then a seventy percent final payment after the goods have passed to QC inspection usually what's going to happen is once you're content that your supplier knows what they're doing and is able to actually produce your goods then you send them the 30 percent deposit before they start production they'll buy what they need and get everything sorted for production and then start actually doing your mass production run it's a good idea to do a QC inspection and then once you've actually got your QC inspection report back and everything's fine then you send the remaining balance payments before your goods get shipped finally the supplier will send your goods and then also give you the documents like the bill of lading by Express courier but there is a better term that you might try to negotiate is very similar and that looks a little bit like this again it's a 30/70 split but on this occasion it's a little bit more secure for importers because you don't make the final payment until your goods have actually been shipped at the end of the process once you're happy that quality is okay the supplier will release the goods and then once the goods are on the ship the supplier will be given the bill of lading they send you a copy of this and if everything's ok with that you make the final 70 percent balanced payment by this point your goods are on the ship on their way to you once your supplier receives the payment they send you the original bill of lading that you need to take possession of your goods by Express courier everybody's happy because you know your goods are on the way before you make the final payment and your supplier knows that they can withhold the bill of lading if you don't pay them so how do we negotiate better payment terms well usually there are three scenarios that will allow you to negotiate better terms so the first one is if your company is well established and famous in this case your supplier will see you as less of a risk and they'll want to work with a famous client the second is if you arrange the financing of suppliers so if you are a very big buyer say you're purchasing more than around a million dollars a year you might be able to work with a company or Bank specializing in trade assurance solutions in this case your supplier will be paid when they need it but your account is actually debited much later and the third scenario is if you have a buying office in China yourself having a in-country presence will help your supplier to feel that they can have a personal relationship with you and if any issues do occur with payment they can come into the office and sort them out over at Southeast we're local and in our experience when we help our clients pay their suppliers we can often negotiate a zero percent deposit and a hundred percent after shipment at the end of the month so we'll just finish off with some FA cues about TT payments perhaps common sense this one don't prepay a hundred percent of the order before production starts and also don't why on payment before you are sure that the supplier knows what to do and is able to produce your goods are there any scans look out for ya the can be so some scanners can send fake invoices which look exactly like invoices you've got from your clients but they've perhaps got different bank details it's really important to very carefully check any new documentation against real information that you know to be true before you wire any payments can a supplier will receive a lower amount than is actually wired yes because in this case probably the transfer fees got deducted from the final payment as the person that's paying you need to choose to pay all of the fees otherwise your supplier might be awkward and hold up production few more fa Q's here so if your supplier asks you to wire a payment to their personal account is this okay in general you should be demanding an invoice from your supplies company and then paying that company it might be okay to send a payment to the boss's personal account for perhaps a very small amount of money a couple of hundred dollars but then you won't have an invoice if your supplier wants you to send the payment to a different company this sounds like it might be a scam but actually it's probably not a lot of Chinese companies often use a Hong Kong company to avoid needing to declare sales in China and therefore reduce tax perhaps they've got another company that actually holds an X what license for your goods or perhaps it's normal for them to collect payments and do all export procedures under another company if this is the case it's fine but in order to be safe it's good to get both companies to sign and stamp a joint declaration acknowledging that Company B collects your payment on behalf of Company A for more regular blog posts come check us out at quality inspection org we also blog over at soft feast so take a look at our blog there too at Sophie's com forward slash knowledgebase thanks for watching and we'll see you next time [Music]