For importers and freight forwarders. An agent from our network pays a shipping line, an air carrier, a road carrier or their agent abroad under your payment order. We write down the terms before your roubles are debited and prepare documents that your bank will accept.
Estimate the minimum fee
The final fee and rate are fixed in the payment order
Minimum amount: 10,000 USD or equivalent
This is a minimum, not an offer or a rate lock. The final figure depends on the country, amount and the banks involved and is fixed in the payment order.
Request a quoteYou pay in roubles from your current account under an agency agreement. An agent from our pool sends the invoice currency to the carrier or its agent. The purpose of payment includes the invoice and shipment numbers, so the carrier sees at once which cargo the money is for.
The agency agreement, payment order, payment confirmation, the agent's report and completion certificate. Together with the transport documents, they evidence the transport costs to the bank, your accountants and the customs declarant.
3 business days
The term runs from the moment the payment order is signed and the roubles are sent.
Transport rarely comes with a single invoice. The agency agreement is signed once, and each invoice from the carrier or its agent is paid under its own payment order.
the main invoice from the shipping line, air carrier or road carrier
Payment order 1: its own rate and feeport and terminal costs, paperwork in the country of departure
Payment order 2: its own rate and feecontainer demurrage, storage, rerouting
Payment order 3: its own rate and feeA foreign freight forwarder's services for arranging transport are paid the same way, if the agreement describes them and the basis for payment. Small invoices from one carrier are discussed separately: there is a minimum payment amount.
We do not handle payments without a foreign trade basis or payments by individuals. If the beneficiary, country or basis fails our checks, we tell you before you transfer roubles and take no money.
The payment is the same, but the basis and documents differ.
Under EXW, FCA or FOB, the buyer pays for the main carriage. Basis for payment: a contract of carriage or a forwarding agreement and the carrier's invoice.
Under CFR, CIF, CPT or DAP, the supplier has paid the freight and included it in the price. You then pay the supplier against the invoice, with no separate payment to the carrier.
Pays a foreign line or agent on behalf of its clients under an agreement with the foreign partner. There are many invoices, so one agency agreement with a payment order for each payment is convenient.
Often the invoice is sent not by the carrier itself but by its agent in the country of departure. You then need a document showing why the money goes to the agent: an agreement or a letter from the carrier.
from 0.9%
minimum fee for paying for transport
The final fee depends on the carrier's country and bank, the amount and the payment route. We put it and the rate into the payment order before your roubles are debited. You don't pay us separately: the broker's fee is paid by the executing agent.
Send us the report for a past freight payment or tell us your rate. We'll calculate the full cost with the FX markup and fixed charges and look for a lower rate in our pool. If we can't find one, we'll say so.
Transport from abroad is paid separately from the goods if the delivery terms say so. The invoice comes from a foreign shipping line, airline, road carrier or forwarder, and it has to be paid in foreign currency, often before the cargo is released. A late payment costs money here: the cargo waits in port, and storage and demurrage accrue every day.
This is decided by the delivery terms in the contract. Under EXW, FCA or FOB, the buyer pays for the main carriage and needs its own payment to the carrier. Under CFR, CIF, CPT or DAP, the freight is already in the price of the goods, and there is no need to pay the carrier separately. There may also be extra charges beyond the terms: demurrage, storage, rerouting. We check their basis before payment.
For the bank, you are paying for a service provided by a foreign company. The basis is a contract of carriage or a forwarding agreement and an invoice. The service is evidenced by the transport document and a completion certificate. If the agreement amount reaches the threshold set by the Bank of Russia instruction, it is registered with your bank in the same way as a supply contract. More on the currency contract payments page.
When goods are imported, the cost of transport to the place of arrival in the EAEU is included in the customs value. So the carrier's invoice and the payment documents are needed not only by the bank but also by the customs declarant. The agent's report and the payment confirmation show how much was paid for transport and to whom.
We are not an agent with a single channel but a broker with our own network. For the carrier's invoice we choose an agent from our pool whose route to the beneficiary's country and bank works on the payment date, and compare the terms. You see the agent, rate and fee before your roubles are debited. On request, the roubles wait in a special escrow account until the currency has gone to the carrier, for an additional fee. If you pay for the goods separately, see invoice payments.
Yes. Goods and transport are separate payments on different bases: the supply contract and the contract of carriage or forwarding agreement.
No, as long as there is a document showing why the money goes to the agent: an agreement or a letter from the carrier. We check this before any documents are signed.
10,000 USD or the equivalent in another currency. If your invoices are small, tell us about the volume: we'll discuss how to combine them into one payment.
Yes. A Russian forwarder can pay its foreign partners through an agent from our pool under its own agreement with them. Each invoice goes under its own payment order.
Payment confirmation, the agent's report and completion certificate. Together with the contract of carriage, the invoice and the transport document, they evidence the transport costs.
From 0.9%: that is the minimum fee. The final fee and the rate are written into the payment order before your roubles are debited. You don't pay us separately.
Describe the payment. We'll reply with a proposed route and terms. We name the agent in advance, and the rate and fee go into the payment order before your roubles are debited.