That decision is made every month. Most exporters make it once and leave it unchanged for years.
The choice between PC INR, PCFC, post-shipment credit, factoring, and other export finance instruments is not a one-time selection — it is a monthly decision, driven by your cash conversion cycle, the forward premium curve, and where the FX market is heading.
We track those variables and advise proactively — before the drawdown, not after.
Each factor changes every month. The right product for last quarter is often the wrong product for this quarter. The advisory tracks all three — and reviews the position before every drawdown decision.
How long cash is tied up between raw material purchase and export realisation. The right product must match the exact tenor of each stage. Pre-shipment and post-shipment are different problems requiring different instruments.
The annualised premium on USD/INR forwards currently runs at 2 to 3%. When the forward premium exceeds the interest rate difference between INR and FC borrowing, INR packing credit with a forward contract is cheaper than PCFC — every time, regardless of where spot moves. This arithmetic changes every month. The decision should change with it.
When the rupee is depreciating, a PCFC loan carries growing INR repayment risk. When the rupee is stable or strengthening, PCFC with natural hedge delivers lower cost. Carrying the wrong product through the wrong market phase costs more than the rate difference suggests.
Each product decision has its own arithmetic. Each is reviewed against the current forward premium, the current market phase, and your specific cash cycle — before every drawdown.
Optimised monthly based on forward premium and rupee trend. Neither product is always right. The blend ratio is the decision — and it moves each month as the market moves.
PCFC by default for export invoice discounting — loan and repayment in the same currency, lower rate, no forward unwind risk when buyers pay early. For early-paying buyers, INR bill discounting at 7.75% versus PCFC at 5.55% is a ₹23,000 difference on a single USD 100,000 bill.
Where working capital is structured as a Term Loan at 8.85% when Packing Credit net of IES subvention is available at 5%, the restructuring saves 3.85% annually on the balance shifted. On ₹10 crore, that is ₹38.5 lakh per year — from one facility change.
The Interest Equalisation Scheme at 2.75% per annum on INR export credit is a Government payment to your bank, passed to your packing credit account monthly. It applies only to INR credit — not PCFC. The PCFC-versus-INR blend directly affects how much IES benefit you receive each month. Managing the blend to stay within the annual cap while maximising subvention receipt is a standing advisory task.
Where DSO is long — 60 to 120 days — and bank post-shipment limits are constrained, export factoring and supply chain finance provide working capital without stretching existing limits. We map the right instrument to the right stage of the receivables cycle.
Running CC or OD at permanent maximum utilisation is a structural cost, not a liquidity management tool. We identify where the CC can be replaced by purpose-matched export credit instruments at lower rates — freeing headroom and reducing all-in interest cost simultaneously.
Every recommendation is formed from your actual drawdown data, your shipment and realisation cycle, the live forward curve, and current market conditions.
We do not recommend a product — we recommend the right product for this month, for your cycle, at this point in the market.
We do not represent any bank. We do not earn commissions on any financial product. Every product recommendation is measured against your working capital cost — not against a bank sales target.
We calculate your current all-in working capital cost and identify where the structure can be improved — before the next drawdown decision is made.