Scenario: Gro-Tru Grows To Europe Gro-Tru, a maker of chemical fertilizers and pesticides, sees enormous growth potential in Central Europe. The company has received several inquiries from potential importers in the region, but in most cases, the potential importers have expressed difficulty in obtaining the hard currency to pay for Gro-Tru's products. Alistair Green, vice-president for business development, is exploring how Gro-Tru can meet the needs of the potential market. Gro-Tru would be engaging in , if it decides that in exchange for a hard-currency sale it would make a hard-currency purchase of an unspecified product from the importing nation in the future.