Ucp 600: Uniform Customs And Practice For Documentary Credits -

In the intricate world of international trade, trust is a rare commodity. A buyer in Germany may be reluctant to pay a seller in Brazil before goods are shipped, while the seller fears dispatching a container of goods without a guarantee of payment. This fundamental impasse is resolved by the documentary credit (often called a letter of credit), and the legal and practical framework that makes it work smoothly across 180+ countries is UCP 600 . What is UCP 600? Officially titled the Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits , UCP 600 is a set of internationally agreed rules published by the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC). The "600" refers to the revision number, which came into effect on July 1, 2007 (superseding the previous UCP 500).