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Tea Swaps. Growing Confidence in the Future. James.Montlake@teaswap.co.uk. Tea Swaps. James W. Montlake BSc., MA, Managing Director. Tea Swaps. Price Confidence. James.Montlake@teaswap.co.uk. WHO. WHAT. WHY. WHEN. James.Montlake@teaswap.co.uk. WHO. James.Montlake@teaswap.co.uk.
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Tea Swaps Growing Confidence in the Future James.Montlake@teaswap.co.uk
Tea Swaps James W. Montlake BSc., MA, Managing Director
Tea Swaps Price Confidence James.Montlake@teaswap.co.uk
WHO WHAT WHY WHEN James.Montlake@teaswap.co.uk
WHO James.Montlake@teaswap.co.uk
Who trades Tea Swaps in Sri Lanka? “improved budgeting” “improved budgeting” “improved cash-flow management; lower borrowing rates and easier to spend/invest” “improved cash-flow management; lower borrowing rates and easier to spend/invest” “easier to offer fixed prices to clients” “protection from price volatility” “protection from price volatility” “easier to offer fixed prices to clients” James.Montlake@teaswap.co.uk
Tea Swap volume traded since Inception kgs traded Total volume = 700,000 kgs James.Montlake@teaswap.co.uk
Tea Swap Trials James.Montlake@teaswap.co.uk
Tea Swap Trial East Africa 23 leading East African Tea Companies trialing Swaps
Tea Swap trial East Africa • “Tea Swaps have tremendous potential to protect our business against auction price volatility and assist us to improve our financial forecasting. • We have found the Tea Swaps to be fairly simple to understand and use. • Joseph Ngige, General Manager, Karirana Estates Limited James.Montlake@teaswap.co.uk
Who else trades Swaps? http://www.farmdoc.illinois.edu/nccc134/conf_2014/pdf/Peterson_NCCC-134_2014.pdf James.Montlake@teaswap.co.uk
Tea has been absent from Swap markets Tea Coffee Orange Juice Cocoa Milk Swaps Wheat Sugar James.Montlake@teaswap.co.uk
WHAT James.Montlake@teaswap.co.uk
Tea Swaps Price Confidence James.Montlake@teaswap.co.uk
How does the Tea Swap work? Factory Price Auction Prices James.Montlake@teaswap.co.uk
How does the Tea Swap work? Fixed Price Fixed Price at $2.90 / kg James.Montlake@teaswap.co.uk
How does the Tea Swap work? Fixed Price Factory Price Tea is sold in the Auction as normal James.Montlake@teaswap.co.uk
How does the Tea Swap work? $0.13 $0.02 Fixed Price $0.09 $0.22 Factory Price Swap payment is the difference between Auction price and fixed Swap Price James.Montlake@teaswap.co.uk
How does the Tea Swap work? $0.13 $0.02 Fixed Price $0.09 $0.22 Factory Price Swap payment is the difference between Auction price and fixed Swap Price James.Montlake@teaswap.co.uk
How does the Tea Swap work? $0.13 $0.02 Fixed Price $0.09 $0.22 Factory Price Swap payment is the difference between Auction price and fixed Swap Price James.Montlake@teaswap.co.uk
WHY James.Montlake@teaswap.co.uk
Why trade Tea Swaps? Growing Confidence in the Future James.Montlake@teaswap.co.uk
Why would a Factory trade a Tea Swap? • Better planning • Higher profitability • No short term loans Price Confidence Factory James.Montlake@teaswap.co.uk
Why are Tea Swaps good for Farmers? PRICE CONFIDENCE Farmer Factory James.Montlake@teaswap.co.uk
Why are Tea Swaps good for Farmers? • Better planning • Higher quality • Plan expenses Farmer James.Montlake@teaswap.co.uk
Why are Tea Swaps good for Farmers? Farmer Factory James.Montlake@teaswap.co.uk
Why are Tea Swaps good for Traders? • Plan Blend Price • More Competitive • Long term Quotes Price Confidence Trader James.Montlake@teaswap.co.uk
Why are Tea Swaps good for Packers? PRICE CONFIDENCE Trader Packer James.Montlake@teaswap.co.uk
Why are Tea Swaps good for Packers? • Improved budgeting • Higher return on Capital • Less market risk Packer James.Montlake@teaswap.co.uk
Why are Tea Swaps good for Packers? Trader Packer James.Montlake@teaswap.co.uk
Swaps Benefit Everyone along the Value Chain Tea trade: Swap Prices Farmer Auction Trader/Exporter Packer Factory Tea Swaps Farmer Trader/Exporter Packer Factory James.Montlake@teaswap.co.uk
Appropriate for all sizes of business Small / Medium Business Big Business Forward James.Montlake@teaswap.co.uk
Swap Broker Spread $2.08 $2.12 Swap Broker Tea Buyer Tea Seller Broker makes the Market by dealing in Both Directions James.Montlake@teaswap.co.uk
Structure WHEN James.Montlake@teaswap.co.uk
Tea Swap Trial Timeline March April May June First Simulated Trades Started First Simulated Trades Completed 4th African Tea Convention - KAMPALA Second Simulated Trades Started Tea Swaps workshop – Nairobi and Mombasa Education & Training Roadshow - West Kenya East African Simulated Tea Swap Trial Begins 23 participating Tea Companies in East Africa James.Montlake@teaswap.co.uk
Next Steps June July August September TeaSwap Africa Established First live Swap Trades Completed 4th African Tea Convention - KAMPALA Education and training Roadshow – East Africa Live East African Tea Swap Market Begins James.Montlake@teaswap.co.uk
Key benefits of using Tea Swaps 2 1 3 4 No Impact on Physical Price Confidence Everyone Benefits Improved Finances James.Montlake@teaswap.co.uk
To find out more… James.Montlake@teaswap.co.uk www.teaswap.co.uk +94 76 476 0316 (Sri Lanka) +44 79 084 78226 (UK)