US UCC Article 5’s Non-Variable Provisions
How UCC Article 5 governs letters of credit in the US, its non-variable provisions, and the legal nuances that affect issuers and beneficiaries.
After months of depleting US dollar reserves and denial of importers’ LCs amid the country’s dire foreign currency crisis, some Sri Lankan banks have managed to honour LCs.
Sri Lanka’s Power and Energy Minister has sought Cabinet approval for emergency purchases of coal, but importers have been informed by People’s Bank that it is not possible to open LCs.
According Reuters reporting, a Sri Lankan government official has affirmed that the country has purchased two cargoes of 60,000
As the country’s foreign exchange shortage worsens, regular suppliers of imports who previously extended credit terms are now insisting on confirmed LCs.
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