plan for the next year. It has no foreign subsidiaries, but more than half of its sales are from exports. Its foreign cash inflows to be received from exporting and cash outflows to be paid for imported supplies over the next year are disclosed below: Currency Total Inflow Canadian dollars (C$) C$ 35,000,000 German mark (DM) DM 5,500,000 French franc (FF) FF 15,000,000 Swiss franc (SF) SF 6,000,000 The spot rates and one-year forward rates as of today are: Currency Spot Rate CS $0.90 Total Outflow C$ 2,500,000 DM 1,600,000 FF 12,000,000 SF 8,000,000 One Year Forward Rate $0.05

plan for the next year. It has no foreign subsidiaries, but more than half of its sales are from exports. Its foreign cash inflows to be received from exporting and cash outflows to be paid for imported supplies over the next year are disclosed below: Currency Total Inflow Canadian dollars (C$) C$ 35,000,000 German mark (DM) DM 5,500,000 French franc (FF) FF 15,000,000 Swiss franc (SF) SF 6,000,000 The spot rates and one-year forward rates as of today are: Currency Spot Rate CS $0.90 Total Outflow C$ 2,500,000 DM 1,600,000 FF 12,000,000 SF 8,000,000 One Year Forward Rate $0.05

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