{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DefinedTerm","name":"currency risk","description":"Currency risk is the exposure to financial loss that arises when exchange rate movements reduce the value of a payment or receivable in the home currency. In international trade and freight forwarding, it emerges wherever purchase prices, freight rates, or customs duties are agreed in a foreign currency: if that currency strengthens between contract signing and the payment date, actual costs rise with no corresponding benefit received. The exposure is most pronounced on long payment terms, in tr","inDefinedTermSet":{"@type":"DefinedTermSet","name":"Frachtportal Logistics Glossary","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com/en/glossary"},"url":"https://www.freight-academy.com/en/glossary/currency-risk","inLanguage":"en","dateModified":"2026-06-26T22:15:25.865147","citation":"https://www.investopedia.com/terms/f/foreignexchangerisk.asp","markdownMirror":"https://www.freight-academy.com/api/md/glossary/en/currency-risk","provider":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Frachtportal","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com"},"quickSummary":"currency risk · Currency risk is the exposure to financial loss that arises when exchange rate movements reduce the value of a payment or receivable in the home currency. · Quelle: https://www.investopedia.com/terms/f/foreignexchangerisk.asp"}