In carrying out foreign trade payments, there are possibilities of using a wide range of instruments.. Every sinlge instrument has its own specificities that we will consider in the paper. By far the most commonly used instrument of international payment is a documentary letter of credit. In addition to letters of credit and “traditional” payment instruments - waiting and bills in foreign trade transactions there is a possibility of payment bank transfer, which is mainly used for advance payments (payments in advance, before receipt of the goods), which carries certain risks for the buyer. There is also the possibility of documentary collection - the so-called documentary collection. When any instrument is the reverse order of strokes of re...