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Featuring:
Special
Small Business Policy, Ex-Im Bank/SBA Initiative, September Conference
in Johannesburg, Launch of Mexico Web Portal, and BLADEX signs Agreement
Special
Insurance Policy for Small Businesses
We offer qualifying
small businesses an enhanced export credit insurance policy that allows
you to extend credit terms directly to your international buyers and
also protects your balance sheet against risks of nonpayment. This policy
has no first loss deductible, no minimum premium, expanded coverage,
and a special financing enhancement. To learn more, go to Small
Business Policy.
New
Ex-Im Bank-SBA Initiative Able to Support Up to $100 Million in Financing
U.S. small businesses seeking to sell their products
and services in foreign markets will have access to expanded financing
support as a result of a new joint initiative involving Ex-Im Bank and
the Small Business Administration (SBA). The program allows SBA and
Ex-Im Bank to co-guarantee loans of up to $2 million to small business
exporters under SBA's Export Working Capital Program, and can support
an aggregate of up to $100 million in loans over two years. For more
information, contact Ex-Im Bank's Charles Goohs at 202.565.3790, SBA's
Deborah Conrad at 410.962.4582, or see Small
Business Initiative.
Upcoming
Events:
If Africa is A Target Market: Save September 29 and 30 to be in Johannesburg
Working together, the Corporate
Council on Africa (CCA) and Ex-Im Bank are co-organizing a continent
wide "Increasing Capital Flows to Africa" event in Johannesburg
on September 29 and 30. The agenda will include sessions on: Specific
Project and Investment Opportunities; Assessing African Equity Capital
Markets; Debt Markets; Credit Ratings; Project/Structured Trade
Finance; SMEs and Financing; Agribusiness Financing; Housing
Finance Models; Black Economic Empowerment and Investment in South
Africa; Strategic Partnerships and Alliances - Financing Mergers
& Acquisitions between Foreign and African Companies; Good Governance;
and Financing IT in Africa. For additional information, please view
CCA's web site and
e-mail us at Ex-Im Bank at eximafrica@exim.gov
to be kept informed as the full agenda is developed.
Ex-Im
Bank Seminars
These interactive
workshops demonstrate how you can increase export sales, minimize foreign
buyer default risks, improve cash flow, and break into new markets.
Visit Training
Seminars to learn about these and other seminars or call 202.565.3936.
New
Portal for Mexico
Visit
Ex-Im Bank in
Mexico.
Latin
Multinational Bank Signs MGA with Ex-Im Bank
Banco Latinoamericano
de Exportaciones S.A. (BLADEX), a multinational bank headquartered in
Panama City, Panama, can now provide medium-term loans supported by
Ex-Im Bank guarantees for U.S. exports to Latin America and the Caribbean.
The master guarantee agreement between the two institutions provides
the financing framework to facilitate Ex-Im Bank's medium-term loan
guarantees for U.S export sales to buyers in 23 countries. For more
information, see: BLADEX
Signs Master Guarantee Agreement with Ex-Im Bank.
Ex-Im
Bank Adds Moroccan Dirham to Foreign Currency Program
Ex-Im Bank added
the Moroccan dirham to its foreign currency guarantee program, under
which it can guarantee lender loans denominated in particular foreign
currencies, allowing foreign buyers of U.S. exports to borrow in their
own currencies. Other recently approved currencies include the CFA franc,
Russian ruble, Brazilian real, Philippine peso, Mexican peso, Colombian
peso, and South African rand.
Ex-Im
Bank Middle East Finance Roundtable Report Available
Over the next five years, the capital requirements for the Gulf Cooperation
Council countries plus Jordan and Egypt are projected to be $146 billion.
Focusing on the larger infrastructure needs in the region, Ex-Im Bank
organized and hosted the Middle East Finance Roundtable. Participants
included commercial banking executives, government officials, representatives
of U.S. companies who wish to become more active in the region, companies
from the Middle East, and experts in project and structured finance.
The participants discussed what specifically the various parties could
do to expand trade and meet the large infrastructure requirements in
the region. If you would like to receive a copy of the report, please
e-mail Barbara Ransom at barbara.ransom@exim.gov.
Support
for U.S. Exports to Iraq
Ex-Im Bank
is providing support to Iraq via The Trade Bank of Iraq. Visit Iraq
web page.
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on the resources of government agencies to feature regional developments,
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Ex-Im
Bank Product Video
Learn via a multimedia experience
how Ex-Im Bank can increase your international sales by: 1) covering political
and commercial risks so your firm can enter new markets; and 2) providing
buyer financing or extending credit terms.
See U.S.
Exporter Video.
Ex-Im
Bank Environmental Guidelines Approved
Ex-Im Bank approved a
new version of its Environmental Procedures and Guidelines on July 1. The
guidelines are now consistent with Common Approaches for evaluating environmental
impacts of projects supported by export credit agencies of the Organization
for Economic Cooperation and Development. For more information, see:
Ex-Im Bank and
the Environment.
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