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Access the working capital you need and improve cash flow by bridging the gap between settlement with suppliers and payment from buyers, putting you in the position to negotiate better prices. Our import finance solutions offer flexible financing options, fixed or variable repayments and a drawdown process on individual transactions to qualified importers. This is combined with our international trade expertise, which enables us to design a structure to suit your specific trading cycle.

Our import solutions

Import documentary collections

Give suppliers payment assurances as you protect your interests by confirming that goods have shipped according to your specifications before making a payment.

Import documentary credits (letters of credit)

Let HSBC pay suppliers on your behalf, giving suppliers added peace of mind that they will receive payment after presenting the correct documents and you the comfort that documents evidencing the goods have been shipped will be presented before your supplier is paid.

Shipping guarantees

Speed up receipt of imported goods by providing freight carriers with a shipping guarantee backed by HSBC.

Import finance

Streamline access to working capital and protect against currency fluctuations by funding the difference between outgoing and incoming payments. Includes documentary credit reimbursement finance.

China firm cut from a different cloth

If Richard Sun were to sew his company’s label into shirts and jackets he would be known the world over.

Quorn Foods

Leveraging HSBC’s far-reaching global network and single platform to expand business around the world.

Orchestrating global growth

Acquisitions accelerated Jam Industries’ expansion – but the company had to learn how to bring new businesses on board

HSBC tops trade finance poll

HSBC has been named the world’s leading bank for trade finance for the third year in a row in the Euromoney Trade Finance Survey.

HSBC tops Asiamoney's Offshore RMB poll for the eighth year in a row

HSBC has been voted the best overall provider of offshore renminbi (RMB) products and services in Asiamoney’s Offshore RMB Poll 2019.

ASEAN – The future starts here

The 50th anniversary of ASEAN brings with it a new era of investment and trade

South-East Asia in 2018

Chinese demand should continue to provide growth.

Employee benefits and retention

The loss of key employees has an impact on any organisation, but the consequences can be particularly acute for small and mid-sized businesses. Apart from the costs of replacement, the disruption involved can also have a disproportionate operational impact. Fortunately, as Mark Hussain, Global Head of Commercial Insurance & Investments at HSBC explains, there are various incentives and benefits that can be used to maximise employee retention

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