Currency swinging 6% a month: how much buffer in quotes?
Yusuf B.
Verified member · Dealer
The local currency moves 6% a month and the client wants the contract in local currency.
Quoting in USD looks expensive; locking a local price risks FX loss.
How do peers handle it? Is there an established practice?
Discussion (3)
Ade O.Verified member · Procurement lead2026-09-07
Price in USD and settle in local currency at the payment-date rate; both sides accept that.
Fatou D.Verified member · Procurement lead2026-09-08
A 5% FX buffer is more dignified than a later increase, and clients understand it.
Grace W.Verified member · Project chief engineer2026-09-09
Shorten the quote validity to seven days; in volatile periods that is the most practical.
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