Offshore Trading Company

A company created in another country to buy goods from an exporter in one or more other foreign countries and to sell these same goods to importers in other foreign countries. This can give the owning company certain legal advantages in its home country.

The documentation is processed by the offshore trading company and all administrative, managerial and day-to-day financial transactions are handled by it. The goods are shipped from the seller in one country to the buyer in the other country without ever being shipped or landed in the country where the offshore trading company is located.