This step-by-step guide to the export life cycle, from order to payment, examines the financial risks and problems exporters face.

Peter Briggs has 40 years' experience as an international banker with Lloyds, heading operations such as Export Development, Credit Information, Letters of Credit and Bankers' Guarantees. He is an Associate of the Institute of Bankers and a member of the Institute of Export for which he is currently the Examiner in International Trade and Payments. As an independent financial consultant, he also lectures regularly on the financial aspects of exporting.