The main form of intrernational economic cooperation represents trade, which is carried out by a large number of individual business operations. Businesses, that carry out these transactions are part of the global economy and it brings not only many opportunities to engage in international business activities but also threats and risks. The thesis is divided into three main parts. The first part of thesis presents the type of risks' origin emerging from international trade and its characteristics. The second part describes in detail the means of prevention of risks of payment in the condition of international trade. The third part deals with the analysis of the trade contract in which was used the letter of credit, based on the data receive...