2009-01-20

Payment behaviour of German companies shows slight improvement in fourth quarter

Supplier credits become more popular; pharmaceutics industry with best payment behaviour

The payment behaviour of German companies has improved a little bit at the end of 2008. Despite the financial crisis and an impending economic downturn, 80 percent of all German companies paid their bills within the payment due dates. D&B monitors this behaviour via its Dun Trade program that tracks 540 million payments each year.

The full press release is available in the German section of our website.

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