1. COUNTERTRADE
Luis Pachón
María Camila Dávila Gallego
Jenny Alejandra Triana Ávila

2. International trade in
which goods are
exchanged for other
goods, rather than for
hard currency.

3. For instance Colombia needs rice from the United States, the United States
needs electronics products from Japan and Japan needs coffee from
Colombia.

4. Benefits
1. Only option.
2. Competition.
3. Foreign
4. Non-trade benefits.

5. Risks
1.Disposal of goods.
2.Internal expertise.
3. Length of time.
4. Results uncertain.

6. Types of countertrade
 Barter

7. Switch Trading

8. Counter Purchase

9. Buyback

10.  Offset

11.  Compensation Trade

12. Sources
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%20EE.UU%20-%20Agroindustria%20-%20Fasc%C3%ADculo%20-3.pdf
Counter trade - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. (n.d.). Wikipedia, the
free encyclopedia. Retrieved March 19, 2013, from
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counter_trade
Countertrade Definition | Investopedia. (n.d.). Investopedia - Educating
the world about finance. Retrieved March 19, 2013, from
http://www.investopedia.com/terms/c/coun
Government Barter & Countertrade - YouTube. (n.d.). YouTube. Retrieved
March 19, 2013, from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wK2SCnhNdiA