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Average trade debtors average the number of days required for a company to receive payment from its customers. A large number means that a company must invest more cash in its unpaid accounts receivables, and a smaller number means that more cash is being made available for other uses.

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To calculate average trade debtors, you need to add the opening trade debtors balance to the closing trade debtors balance and divide it by 2. This will give you the average trade debtors for the specified period.

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