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absatzmarktorientiert

English translation: customer(-related)

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German term or phrase:absatzmarktorientiert
English translation:customer(-related)
Entered by: zhdim

18:38 Jan 23, 2004
German to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Accounting / annual report
German term or phrase: absatzmarktorientiert
Hi Proz,

This is from an Annual Report for a German company reporting under US GAAP (target language US English), but I think this term is HGB. I checked the complete IAS issued by the EU, and can't find the term. The rest of the translation below is accurate, but what specifically does this term mean? If you know the British English term, then please help with that, too.

Die Rückstellungen für ***absatzmarktorientierte*** Verpflichtungen enthalten im Wesentlichen Verlustrisiken aus schwebenden Verkaufskontrakten.

Provisions for ***absatzmarktorientierte*** liabilities consist primarily of the risk of loss on open purchase contracts.

I'll also be posting "beschaffungsmarktorientiert" separately.

Thanks in advance.
zhdim
customer(-related)
Explanation:
This refers to risks relating to liabilities to customers.

What's also critical here is that under US GAAP, Rückstellungen are "accruals" or "accrued liabilities", not provisions. "Provisions" under US GAAP are rather different: they are charges in the income statement, e.g. "provisions for income taxes". Rückstellungen für absatzmarktorientierte Verpflichtungen would therefore be "accrued customer(-related) obligations" or "accrued obligations to customers".

"Provisions" is the term used for the HGB and IASs/IFRSs.

Verlustrisiken aus schwebenden Verkaufskontrakten would be something like "potential losses from uncompleted customer contracts" or "onerous executory customer contracts".

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Note added at 2 hrs 46 mins (2004-01-23 21:24:41 GMT)
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or \"accrued customer(-related) liabilities\", \"accrued liabilities to customers\"
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RobinB
United States
Local time: 02:11
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Thanks, Robin!
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Summary of answers provided
5 +2customer(-related)
RobinB
4(sales) market orientated
vmontanes
4target market orientated
swisstell
3 +1at market value
Deborah Shannon


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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
(sales) market orientated


Explanation:
for bescahffungsmarktorientiert:

supply market orientated

Hope it helps.

vmontanes
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target market orientated


Explanation:
another version

swisstell
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41 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
at market value


Explanation:
Something of a guess as regards the English term, but it would seem to relate to the LCM (lower of cost or market value) principle and here is my source with an explanation at least:

Nach US-GAAP ist gemäß ARB 43 bei der Vorratsbewertung ebenfalls das strenge Niederstwertprinzip ("lower of cost or market") anzuwenden, wobei im Unterschied zum HGB für alle Vorrätegruppen bei der Ermittlung des Wertansatzes sowohl der Beschaffungs- als auch der Absatzmarkt berücksichtigt werden. Unterschreiten die Wiederbeschaffungskosten die Anschaffungs- bzw. Herstellungskosten, so sind die Vorräte mit dem mittleren Wert von Wiederbeschaffungskosten, realisierbarem Netto-Veräußerungswert und realisierbarem Netto-Veräußerungswert abzüglich der normalen Gewinnspanne anzusetzen. Dabei ist der realisierbare Veräußerungswert abzüglich der üblichen Gewinnmarge die Wertuntergrenze, selbst wenn die Wiederbeschaffungskosten diesen Wert unterschreiten.


    Reference: http://www.thyssenkrupp.com/fr/02-03/de/methods.html
Deborah Shannon
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agree  Mario Marcolin: :)
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
customer(-related)


Explanation:
This refers to risks relating to liabilities to customers.

What's also critical here is that under US GAAP, Rückstellungen are "accruals" or "accrued liabilities", not provisions. "Provisions" under US GAAP are rather different: they are charges in the income statement, e.g. "provisions for income taxes". Rückstellungen für absatzmarktorientierte Verpflichtungen would therefore be "accrued customer(-related) obligations" or "accrued obligations to customers".

"Provisions" is the term used for the HGB and IASs/IFRSs.

Verlustrisiken aus schwebenden Verkaufskontrakten would be something like "potential losses from uncompleted customer contracts" or "onerous executory customer contracts".

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Note added at 2 hrs 46 mins (2004-01-23 21:24:41 GMT)
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or \"accrued customer(-related) liabilities\", \"accrued liabilities to customers\"

RobinB
United States
Local time: 02:11
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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Thanks, Robin!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Deborah Shannon: I'd go with your explanation now Robin
39 mins
  -> Thanks. Your own explanation is relevant for inventory impairments (HGB: LCM; US GAAP: replacement cost or net realisable value; IAS: only net realisable value), but not, I'm afraid, for the context in question here (executory contracts).
agree  Brandis (X)
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