{"id":3092,"date":"2020-05-07T09:00:03","date_gmt":"2020-05-07T09:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cbbcfocus.com\/?p=3092"},"modified":"2025-04-23T10:08:54","modified_gmt":"2025-04-23T10:08:54","slug":"how-to-make-supplier-payments-less-complex","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focus.cbbc.org\/how-to-make-supplier-payments-less-complex\/","title":{"rendered":"How to make supplier payments to China less complex and more cost-effective"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"main-area__intro main-area__content-constrain\">\n<h2>Supply chains have been severely disrupted by the Covid-19 virus, turning already complex logistics and payment structures into something of a minefield. Adnaan Mukta explains how<\/h2>\n<p>The Covid-19 crisis has severely disrupted the supply chains of many UK businesses that depend on imports from China. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bankofengland.co.uk\/agents-summary\/2020\/2020-q1?sf119820470=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-anchor=\"?sf119820470=1\">Bank of England<\/a>\u00a0reports that production stoppages in China have hit output in sectors ranging from car manufacturing to aerospace.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content\">\n<div class=\"panel main-area__content-constrain \">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p>Now more than ever, therefore, businesses importing from China must focus on how best to manage complicated and potentially costly payments to their suppliers. With the value and volume of payments constantly changing \u2013 and little prospect of a return to \u2018business as usual\u2019 any time soon \u2013 efficient and effective payments processes are vital.<\/p>\n<p>This is both an immediate priority and a longer-term imperative. As China has become a global economic powerhouse, its trade with the UK has soared. UK imports from China were worth \u00a344.7 billion in 2018, the most recent year for which <a href=\"https:\/\/commonslibrary.parliament.uk\/research-briefings\/cbp-7379\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">data<\/a> is available. That&#8217;s a more than 10-fold increase since the beginning of the century. Before the Covid-19 crisis began, we were importing more from China \u2013 most of it goods, rather than services \u2013 than any country in the world other than the US, Germany and the Netherlands.<\/p>\n<p>A large chunk of those imports goes to British businesses since China plays an ever-increasing role in their supply chains \u2013 from huge industrial projects in sectors such as energy and infrastructure, to smaller contracts for manufacturing and wholesale supplies. Indeed, wholesale imports from China alone <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ons.gov.uk\/economy\/nationalaccounts\/balanceofpayments\/articles\/uktradeingoodsbyindustrycountryandcommodity\/2008to2017\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">account<\/a> for around 45 percent of all UK imports from the country.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"panel main-area__content-constrain \">\n<blockquote class=\"panel__quote\"><p>Once the COVID-19 pandemic begins to recede, it is likely that the value of those payments will continue to rise, with cross-border transactions between Britain and China increasing at a dramatic rate in recent years.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"panel main-area__content-constrain \">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p>A\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/b228dc80-03ba-11ea-9afa-d9e2401fa7ca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">report<\/a> published jointly by the City of London Corporation and the People\u2019s Bank of China at the end of last year revealed transactions between the UK and China totalled RMB 377 billion (\u00a344 billion) over the first nine months of 2019. That was 48 percent up on the same period of 2018.<\/p>\n<p>In that context, identifying the most economical and efficient way to pay Chinese partners for the goods they\u2019re buying is crucial. And with the Covid-19 pandemic adding to business complexity, the payments issue is even more pressing.<\/p>\n<p>These transactions can be complicated. Avoiding problems and pitfalls requires a specialist understanding of local regulation, banking and payments systems, as well as an appreciation of the idiosyncrasies of the Chinese marketplace. Get it wrong, and the payment may not even go through \u2013 beneficiary information listed in the wrong format, for example, may see payments rejected.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, payments not executed in the most cost-effective way possible threaten to load significant and unnecessary costs on to British businesses. With the right expertise and experience, the cost of making payments to Chinese suppliers can be managed, but there is plenty of scope for expenses to spiral.<\/p>\n<p>To take a good example, Chinese suppliers may price their goods in the local currency, but they routinely request payment in US dollars. Very often, the US dollar price will be significantly higher than its <em>renminbi<\/em> equivalent \u2013 the premium might be as much as 10 percent. The difference reflects the exchange rate risk that Chinese suppliers face as they convert US dollars into their home currency; UK importers are effectively covering the cost of potential currency market volatility.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"panel main-area__content-constrain \">\n<blockquote class=\"panel__quote\"><p>What many British businesses don\u2019t realise, however, is that there is nothing to stop them asking their Chinese suppliers to invoice in renminbi rather than dollars \u2013 doing so will likely result in reduced costs.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"panel main-area__content-constrain \">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p>Businesses will need support from a specialist payment provider as they make this switch, both to work with suppliers in China that may, at least initially, raise some objections, and to execute the payment in local currency. However, cutting out the 10 percent dollar invoice premium is potentially transformative for margins, with no risk to the supplier or the importer\u2019s relationship with them.<\/p>\n<p>Specialist payment providers can help UK importers manage their cross-border transactions much more effectively and efficiently. Their systems help eliminate the possibility of beneficiary errors, for example, while the provider\u2019s knowledge of the local market and regulations can be crucial in navigating around problem areas and maximising value.<\/p>\n<p>EQ Global recently worked with a British business that was sourcing materials from China for a manufacturing facility in Vietnam where its supplier payments were processed and executed; it was paying its Chinese suppliers from Vietnam rather than direct from the UK, incurring two sets of payment and exchange charges in the process, even before it negotiated to settle the final bill in dollars rather than the local currency. Using expert local knowledge to streamline such convoluted and expensive arrangements can dramatically reduce cost.<\/p>\n<p>Perfectly understandably, many organisations in the UK that make payments to China do not know how to overcome the challenges that this presents. In many cases, they\u2019re not even aware that they\u2019re saddling themselves with unnecessary costs because they simply don\u2019t know that another approach is possible.<\/p>\n<p>In the next few months, these costs and complexities could spiral as payment values and volumes fluctuate. Both now and in the future, as trade between the UK and China continues to grow, there is potential for many British importers to make significant savings on their payments and processes. But they\u2019ll need help from specialists who understand the local market in depth and breadth.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/equinitiglobal.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-3539 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/focus.cbbc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/unnamed.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"103\" height=\"44\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"panel panel--cta panel--dark panel--dark-default panel--two-columns main-area__content-constrain--outside-top-and-bottom-only \">\n<div class=\"panel__image panel__third \">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"main-area__intro-strapline\"><strong><em>This article was written by Adnaan Mukta, Business Development Executive, <a href=\"https:\/\/equinitiglobal.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">EQGlobal<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Supply chains have been severely disrupted by the Covid-19 virus, turning already complex logistics and payment structures into something of a minefield. Adnaan Mukta explains how The Covid-19 crisis has severely disrupted the supply chains of many UK businesses that depend on imports from China. The Bank of England\u00a0reports that production stoppages in China have hit output in sectors ranging from car manufacturing to aerospace. 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