(JACSES, Tokyo, 22 June 2022) It has been reported that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced to halt Official Development Assistance (ODA) to the Matarbari 2 in Bangladesh and the Indramayu coal-fired power project in Indonesia. Both projects have been...
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2022/06/30
Country: Indonesia, Japan, Russia
ECAs: Japan Bank for International Cooperation
Issue: Climate Change, End Coal Financing, Oil, Gas and Mining
2022/06/30
ECAs: Japan Bank for International Cooperation, SACE S.p.A., UK Export Finance (UKEF)
Issue: Climate Change
(ECA Watch, Ottawa, 30 June 2022) Sanctions on Russian fossil fuel exports have generated conflict over ECA support for African fossil fuel development. Existing ECA African projects include, for example, UKEF's reluctance to end discussion of...
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2022/06/29
Country: Denmark, France
ECAs: Denmark EKF
Issue: Renewables
KfW IPEX-Bank, together with Crédit Agricole CIB, Banco Santander, S.A., Mizuho Bank, European Investment Bank (EIB), and the Danish Export Credit Agency (EKF), has decided to finance the 30 MW Eoliennes Flottantes du Golfe du Lion (EFGL) floating wind project offshore France. “Fixed offshore...
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2022/06/29
Country: Germany
(Mass News, 13 June 2022) The German government is working to expedite the export of Ukrainian grain by rail, with plans being considered to establish a special fund to pay for the project. To facilitate the creation of a “grain bridge” Berlin is mulling setting up a special fund to purchase...
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2022/06/29
Country: Russia
Issue: Debt, European Union
On 3 June 2022 the EU adopted its sixth package of sanctions against Russia and Belarus. These prohibit the purchase, import or transfer of crude oil and certain petroleum products from Russia into the EU, as well as insuring and financing the transport, in particular through maritime routes,...
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2022/06/29
Country: USA
ECAs: Export-Import Bank of the United States
Issue: Aircraft
(Global Trade Review, London, 1 June 2022) The Export-Import Bank of the United States (US Exim) has bolstered its support for the domestic aviation manufacturing industry, renewing a US$450mn supply chain finance (SCF) guarantee backing sales to Boeing. Under US Exim’s SCF programme, the...
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2022/06/29
Issue: Debt
(Fintech & Finance News, Tunbridge Wells, 1 June 2022) Lack of trade finance for SMEs threatened to bring supply chains to a halt in 2020. SMEs play a critical role in trade – responsible for between 20 and 40 per cent of exports from OECD countries. When it comes to affordable trade...
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2022/06/29
Issue: European Union
(Lexology, London, 31 May 2022) On 19 March 2020, the European Commission adopted the Temporary Framework on State aid measures to support the economy in the current context of the COVID-19 outbreak. This included, amongst other forms of aid such as grants, advances, tax concessions, loans, etc...
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2022/06/29
Issue: BRIC countries
(Vanguard, Lagos, 15 June 2022) The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has mobilised a whopping $35 bilion for the development of the continent in the last 4-5 years, with significant support from Nigeria and Egypt. The Central Bank of Egypt has also partnered with Afreximbank to train...
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2022/06/29
Country: Japan
ECAs: Japan Bank for International Cooperation
Issue: Climate Change
(Reuters, Kuwait, 7 June 2022) The state-owned Kuwait Petroleum Corporation is seeking to borrow up to $1 billion from banks including HSBC and JPMorgan, according to a parliamentary document reviewed by Reuters. The Kuwait Petroleum Corporation is currently negotiating with the Japanese export...
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2022/06/29
Issue: Climate Change, End Coal Financing, Oil, Gas and Mining
(Global Trade Review, London, 1 June 2022) Following talks in Berlin on May 27, G7 climate, energy and environment ministers issued a communique in which they promised to halt new public finance for the unabated fossil fuel sector by the end of the year, except in “limited circumstances clearly...
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2022/06/29
Country: United Kingdom
ECAs: UK Export Finance (UKEF)
Issue: Climate Change, Renewables
UK Export Finance (UKEF), was named the world’s best for sustainable finance at the TXF Global Export Finance Conference in Lisbon on Tuesday.June 7...
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2022/06/29
Issue: OECD
An interesting overview of official export credit agencies and activites. In 2020, the 10 largest MLT export credit volumes were from the ECAs for China (US$18 billion), France (US$12.1 billion), Germany (US$8.6 billion), Italy (US$8.4 billion), South Korea (US$5 billion), Sweden (US$4.7...
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2022/05/31
(Global Trade Review, London, 18 May 2022) A more stable trade environment helped generate US$117.7bn in new medium to long-term trade credit insurance business in the second half of 2021, according to freshly released data, although soaring inflation threatens to undercut the bounce back. A...
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2022/05/31
Country: Greece, Turkey, United Arab Emirates (UAE)
Issue: BRIC countries
(Gulf Today, Dubai, 15 May 2022) Massimo Falcioni, CEO of Etihad Credit Insurance (ECI), the official export support agency of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), welcomed Sheikh Mohamed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan’s election as the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and his role in steering the UAE economy towards...
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