After transfer to a truck in Europe, the goods arrived in Kosovo sometime during the summer.

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Cross-border transactions inherently take longer thanks to customs and tax considerations, and manufacturing companies are not inclined to rush payment or pay their suppliers until the goods have arrived and are ready to be used on the manufacturing floor.

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Their common faith facilitated trust, allowing a Quaker tradesman in London to ship goods across the ocean and be certain that he would be paid when they arrived in Philadelphia.

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