With the term barter system (English: offset or also: offset account) are designated in the economy of commercial conclusions, with which a commodity must be paid not exclusively with money, but one settles in the course of a totally or partly with another commodity or service. Barter systems are today mainly in the import export trade usual, if the business partners or partner countries are financially weak and/or foreign exchange weak. A variant of such exchanges inland over a multilateral pool becomes also as beard he trade (EN: more barter transaction) designates.

Barter systems in the foreign trade

Barter systems are often completed in the foreign trade, in order to avoid foreign exchange problems and/or to keep the commercial balance sheet balanced. Ideally exported thereby goods with the same value abroad as to be in response from there imported. The Ministries of Trade and restaurant support and often obtain such barter systems, which are defined also with the term (exchange commodity against commodity).

Many different companies can be involved, which exchange their goods in the transnational goods traffic in the context of a barter system. It does not concern thereby however the moneyless bartering, but all transactions between the different involved ones are quite settled for the sake of simplicity in money value. In the long run however the money return flow from the sales and the supply of goods is to compensate the purchase of goods of these companies abroad at certain companies.

Barter systems with foreign exchange-weak countries can open new markets. These countries are to be e.g. imported then in a the position manufactured products and exported in response raw materials. Apart from the associated chances there are naturally also risks, e.g. with falling Rohstoffpreisen or with the marketing of the goods received in the compensation way. Therefore there are specialized trading ventures also on barter systems.

Barter systems with securities

A barter system with securities is a trade, with which purchases and sales within a bank to become balanced to be able, without including a stock exchange.

In Germany the banks were subjected voluntarily, them to the stock exchange obligation thus usually go with all security purchases and - sales to the stock exchange. Such barter systems may take place therefore only exeptionally on express desire of a customer.

See also

• Bartering.

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