That's what we used to do , Joe .. use a 3rd party .. but the Dollars have to clear into a US bank . I had many discussions with Iranian banks when they told us that we should use a code and not their name as the beneficiary . We were not happy with that at all and took advice from people like the FSA . Anyway , on a tangent , but still talking about foreign produce ... I have a tin of 12 Uvas de Suerte in the fridge That are good until middle of 2012 so will celebrate the Spanish new year ( 1 hour ahead of the UK ) .