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Commerce includes
all those activities which are concerned with the transferring of goods and
services from the producers to the end users. However, this transition from the
producer to the consumer is not smooth. There are a number of hindrances
(difficulties) in the transition of goods from the producer to the consumer.
These hindrances are removed by various aids-to-trade. Some of the hindrances
to trade are:
Hindrances
to trade
1. Hindrance
of personal or direct contact:
Goods are produced by producers who are few and located at certain places as
compared to consumers, who are many and scattered in different place. As a
result, it is not possible for production to establish direct contact with the
consumers. This difficulty is known as ‘personal hindrance’. It can be solved
by middlemen such as wholesale trader and retail traders.
2. Hindrance
of place or distance:
Production takes place at a central place while goods so produced are consumed
at different locations spread far and wide. This difficulty is known as
‘difficulty of place or distance’. It can be solved by transportation and
communication.
3. Hindrances
of time: Certain goods are
produced seasonally while they are demanded throughout the year. This time gap
between the production and consumption is known as ‘difficulty of time’. It can
be solved by warehousing and storage.
4. Hindrance
of risk: Business is a
risk taking activity and profit is the reward for taking risk. Every business
is exposed to two types of risk, insurable risk and non-insurable risks. These
risks must be borne or shouldered by the businessmen. This problem is known as
‘the hindrance of risk’. It can be solved by insurance.
5. Hindrance
of finance: Finance is the
life blood of any business activity. The problem of finance affects the
producer, trader and the consumer. There is always a time gap between
production and consumption and between purchase and sale and thereby between
outflow and inflow of cash. This gap creates a ‘hindrance of finance’ which is
filled by banks and financial institutions by making available the required
cash to manufacturers, trade and consumers as per their demand.
6. Hindrance
of information: People will
demand goods only when they are aware or having information of the availability
of goods. This difficulty is known as ‘hindrance of information’. It can be
solved by advertising and salesmanship.
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