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Skip Navigation HOME Editorial Guidelines Mission Statement About Us Contact Help Support Us UK Newswire Archive 30-08-2003 21:20 1 comment(s) ECGD office occupation PHOTOS the uk's export credit guarantee department offices occupied.
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www.credits-and-loans.com /export_credit.html

  
 ECGD UK, the Export Credits Guarantee Department
Export Credit Agencies provide security to enable bank loans to be made available on behalf of overseas buyers.
Some Export Credit Agencies even provide loans themselves.
This is where Export Credit Agencies step in.
www.eastwest.be /east_west/ecgd.html

  
 The Corner House - Turning a Blind Eye
Export Credit Agencies (ECAs) are for the most part governmental or semi-governmental agencies that use taxpayers' money to help their country's companies win investment and export business overseas.
Export credit guarantees are almost without exception underwritten by sovereign guarantees issued by the importing country.
Export credit debt is charged at commercial rates of interest, not the lower rates incurred by bilateral or multilateral loans.
www.thecornerhouse.org.uk /document/correcgd.html

  
 Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Links to the websites of the official export credit agencies of OECD Member Countries (Note: Iceland and Ireland do not have official export credit agencies).
Description and explanation of the rules related to premium in the 2004 Arrangement on Officially Supported Export Credits.
Export Credit Financing Systems in OECD Member and non-Member Countries
www.oecd.org /countrylist/0,2578,en_2649_34169_1783635_1_1_1_1,00.html

  
 Export-Import Bank of the United States - Fact Sheet - Hoover's Online
It has joined with export credit agencies of 15 other nations to offer financial assistance to the Trade Bank of Iraq, which was formed in July 2003.
Ex-Im Bank, which assumes credit and country risks that private sector lenders cannot or will not stomach, furnishes US businesses (most of them with less than 100 employees) with operating credit and export credit insurance, and provides loans and loan guarantees to foreign buyers.
Sure, the US is running a huge trade deficit, but don't blame the Export-Import Bank of the United States for not trying to stem the tide.
www.hoovers.com /ex-im-bank/--ID__131718--/free-co-factsheet.xhtml

  
 Ecologic - Institute for International and European Environmental Policy - The Use of Environmental and Social Criteria in Export Credit Agencies' Practices
In recent years the export credit agencies of all of the major industrialised countries established guidelines with regard to environmental and social standards.
The study, which was commissioned by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ), surveys the environmental guidelines of eight OECD member states' export credit agencies.
Export credits were in many cases used to finance large projects that were not at all complementary to the goals of sustainable development.
www.ecologic.de /modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=829

  
 Ilisu Dam Campaign - Briefing: Snouts in the Trough, Export Credit Agencies, Corporate Welfare and Policy Incoherence
Export Credit Agencies (ECAs) — publicly-backed government agencies which give financial guarantees to companies operating abroad — are now the single largest source of taxpayer support for private sector companies seeking to off-load on to the public the financial risks of their business projects in the South and Eastern Europe.
Export credit- related debts now constitute a major drain on the foreign exchange earnings of developing countries.
Export credits from Ex-Im for millions of dollars worth of US-built pulp mill equipment to Roslesprom, the Russian State Timber Industry Company.
www.ilisu.org.uk /snouts.html

  
 ecgd
Export Credits Guarantee Department - The ECGD is the government department responsible for providing financial and insurance...
Estate [1] Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) [1] Export Credits Guarantee Department ECGD [1] Food Standards Agency [1] Forestry Commission [1] HM Customs...
A yield to warrant expiration and the speculative grade bond and the contingent conversion trigger and the major credit reporting agencies and the default risk.
www.solutionsellinggroup.com /ecgd.html

  
 Export Credit Insurance - Foreign Receivables Insurance
Any kind of exporter can apply for receivables insurance, including manufacturers, distributors, dealers, etc. Your foreign customers don't need to be huge corporations or government agencies; any buyers can be considered as long as they are creditworthy, as determined by financial information, trade references, or in some cases simply your company's own ledger experience.
Export credit insurance protects your foreign receivables against commercial and/or political risks which could result in non-payment of your invoices.
Export credit insurance makes your international receivables more attractive to your bank or other lenders.
www.meridianfinance.com /credit_export.shtml   (737 words)

  
 EXPORT CREDITS GUARANTEE DEPARTMENT (ECGD)
A network of co-operation agreements with other Export Credit Agencies also provides a facility if the contract needs to be sourced from more than one country.
Apart from providing support directly to larger exporters, ECGD's guarantees indirectly benefit hundreds of smaller companies in the UK, and this is often through the supply chain.
ECGD's close links with banks in the City of London enable it to develop attractive financial packages tailored to meet the needs of the overseas buyer.
test.netgates.co.uk /nre/ecotec/descriptors/ecgd.htm   (737 words)

  
 The Corner House - Recommendations for the Export Credits Guarantee Department (ECGD) on Debt and Export Credits
Export credit agencies including ECGD have long been accused of contributing to the build up of unsustainable levels of debt in developing countries.
Lack of consistency between export credits granted and overall government strategies in recipient countries, including failure to ensure that all guarantees have a direct or indirect impact on poverty.
Moreover, all IDA only countries are now only provided within export credits for expenditures deemed 'productive,' and under IMF programmes are not officially allowed to take on commercial loans.
www.thecornerhouse.org.uk /document/debtecgd.html   (737 words)

  
 ex-im U.S.-Hungary credit plan for SE Europe 050300
Representatives of the export credit agencies of the United States and Hungary met in Budapest May 3 to sign the South-East Europe Reconstruction Credit Initiative.
Ex-Im Bank is the official export credit agency of the United States.
The plan is designed to provide low-cost financing for small and medium-sized businesses and for environmentally friendly projects in the region, according to a U.S. Export-Import Bank press release.
www.useu.be /ISSUES/exim0500.html   (737 words)

  
 ECA (Export Credit Agency) information and links.
List of credit insurers, export credit agencies, companies and organizations.
HKECIC - Export Credit Insurance Corporation (Hong Kong)
EKN - Export Credits Guarantee Board [ ExportKreditNämden ] (Sweden)
www.eastwest.be /east_west   (737 words)

  
 NetInsert - Trade in World
ECA (Export Credit Agency), linked list of agencies.
Here at Peru Market Places we provide peruvian exports opportunities and information.
The GIA trading group is an import export agents portal that drives international trade by providing market intelligence on each industry and linking the best local agents with the right suppliers worldwide.
www.netinsert.com /dir/0.0.1.2.3.1.html   (737 words)

  
 Environmental Defense Fund
In 1997, the G-8 Summit final Communiqué included a section on "Environmental Standards for Export Credit Agencies" encouraging ECAs to adopt "sustainable practices by taking environmental factors into account when providing financing support for investment in infrastructure and equipment." The 1998 Communiqué of the G-8 Finance Ministers also contained language supporting this goal.
Export credit agencies (ECAs) and investment insurance organizations are together the world's largest public international finance institutions, subsidizing more than 10 percent of world trade.
Ilisu Hydroelectric Dam, Turkey: Several ECAs are considering extending about $850 million in export credits and guarantees for this project.
www.commondreams.org /pressreleases/march99/032599d.htm   (832 words)

  
 Environmental Defense Fund
Export credit agencies (ECAs) and investment insurance organizations are together the world's largest public international finance institutions, subsidizing more than 10 percent of world trade.
In 1997, the G-8 Summit final Communiqué included a section on "Environmental Standards for Export Credit Agencies" encouraging ECAs to adopt "sustainable practices by taking environmental factors into account when providing financing support for investment in infrastructure and equipment." The 1998 Communiqué of the G-8 Finance Ministers also contained language supporting this goal.
The group's report, A Race To the Bottom: Creating Risk, Generating Debt and Guaranteeing Environmental Destruction, profiles a sample of the environmental and social negligence of these export finance agencies.
www.commondreams.org /pressreleases/march99/032599d.htm   (832 words)

  
 The Corner House - Underwriting Bribery
This briefing outlines the ongoing problem of bribery and corruption in international business, the role of export credit agencies in perpetuating this corruption, its cost to poorer countries, and what measures governments export credit agencies should be taking to tighten their anti-corruption procedures.
How ECAs respond to bribery convictions in Lesotho, in particular, whether they debar any companies convicted, irrespective of whether they were direct recipients of official export credit support or not, will be a crucial test of their willingness to tackle bribery.
Suspicions of bribery first surfaced in 1994, when the Lesotho government sought to suspend Masupha Sole, the chief executive of the Lesotho Highlands Development Authority, which was responsible for the project, and another Authority official, while it carried out a management audit prompted by irregularities in the Authority's accounts.
www.thecornerhouse.org.uk /briefing/30ecabribe.html   (16005 words)

  
 International Financial Institutions
The International Financial Institutions (IFIs) Program works to support local communities concerned about projects financed mainly by the World Bank Group and Export Credit Agencies.
Export Credit Agencies and Investment Insurance Agencies, commonly known as ECAs, are public agencies that provide government-backed loans, guarantees and insurance to corporations from their home country that seek to do business overseas in developing countries and emerging markets...
The World Bank Group is a multilateral development bank that provides loans and credits to developing countries to stimulate social and economic development, yet it often support projects that have significant negative social and environmental impacts.
www.ciel.org /Ifi/programifi.html   (16005 words)

  
 Environmental Defense Fund
In 1997, the G-8 Summit final Communiqué included a section on "Environmental Standards for Export Credit Agencies" encouraging ECAs to adopt "sustainable practices by taking environmental factors into account when providing financing support for investment in infrastructure and equipment." The 1998 Communiqué of the G-8 Finance Ministers also contained language supporting this goal.
The group's report, A Race To the Bottom: Creating Risk, Generating Debt and Guaranteeing Environmental Destruction, profiles a sample of the environmental and social negligence of these export finance agencies.
Ilisu Hydroelectric Dam, Turkey: Several ECAs are considering extending about $850 million in export credits and guarantees for this project.
www.commondreams.org /pressreleases/march99/032599d.htm   (832 words)

  
 EDC - News Releases 2004
The agreement is aimed at promoting co-operation and coordination between the two export credit agencies with respect to their various financing, insurance, re-insurance and guarantee activities.
Set up in 1992 as a joint stock company, Eximbank Romania is the sole institution within the Romanian financial system operating as both a bank and an export credit insurance agency.
OTTAWA -- December 22, 2004 -- Canadian and Romanian companies partnering on export contracts can benefit from a new agreement signed between Export Development Canada (EDC) and Banca de Import Export a Romaniei (Eximbank Romania).
www.edc.ca /docs/news/2004/2004_news_e_6831.htm   (299 words)

  
 International Rivers Network: International Finance
International financial institutions – the World Bank, regional development banks, export credit agencies, private banks – play a major role in promoting and developing large dams.
Governments are about to grant export subsidies for hydropower projects that are financed by their export credit agencies.
Finance is the weakest link of many dam projects, and so it is often financial institutions that decide whether or not a dam project goes ahead.
www.irn.org /programs/finance   (1345 words)

  
 finance.txt
Trade Points should be able to facilitate access to foreign credit information, either by bringing a member company of a credit reporting network into the LTEA or by acting as a distributor for overseas credit reporting agencies.
The cost of full export factoring services usually comprises two elements: (1) the financing cost, which is normally the factor's cost of funds plus a margin, and (2) a service charge covering the credit intermediation and collection services.
Factoring is a particularly useful source of finance for SMEs that have some experience in exporting and generate a significant level of export turnover.
sunsite.icm.edu.pl /untpdc/dlp/acte/docs/finance.txt   (14164 words)

  
 Hammonds ~ Financing of projects
We act for lenders of all types, developers, sponsors, government bodies, multi laterals and export credit agencies.
Hammonds' lawyers have acted for a number of significant clients, including lenders of all types, developers, sponsors, government bodies, multi-laterals and export credit agencies.
The IPFG provides the focus of this expertise within Hammonds, drawing upon the combined experience and skills of a number of Hammonds' lawyers.
www.hammondse.com /Default.aspx?sID=552   (14164 words)

  
 WISE/NIRS Nuclear Monitor; ROMANIA: NEW FINANCIERS, NEW PROBLEMS FOR CERNAVODA-2
In this way, Euratom and all export credit agencies are reviewing different EIA studies for the project, all of which have never been subjected to public consultations in Romania in violation of the Romanian environmental protection law.
International NGOs believe that Euratom and export credit agencies' approval of financial aid for the project would condone the violation of international law by the Romanian government.
The US Eximbank soon clarified that the reference environmental impact assessment (EIA) study for the project to be reviewed is the Environmental Assessment Summary produced by AECL from Canada and made public by the Romanian state-owned nuclear agency SNN since December 2001.
www.antenna.nl /wise/571/5424.html   (555 words)

  
 Corporate Banking / Rabobank International - Rabobank America
Rabobank has expert knowledge of major official export credit agencies (ECAs) and foreign investment agencies.
Rabobank's Structured Trade Commodity Finance group provides highly-structured short, medium and long term export and cross-border financing solutions for our clients' export financing needs.
Rabobank is considered to be an industry leader in the financing of trade flows for such agricultural commodities as grain, cotton, coffee, sugar, cocoa, seafood, rubber, dairy, and food products.
www.rabobankamerica.com /raboIntl_corporate.aspx   (720 words)

  
 DECREE No
The persons or firms domiciled abroad who have branches, agencies or permanent establishments in Guatemala which export merchandise originated from drawback or export, will not enjoy this income tax exemption if their country of origin grants a credit for incomes tax paid in Guatemala.
The purpose of this is to promote, encourage, and develop within the National Customs Territory, the production of merchandise for export to countries outside Central America and also to regulate the export or drawback activity of the companies qualified under the Active Perfecting or Total National Added Component Regimes.
That in order to meet the previous objectives it ;is necessary to promulgate laws that will encourage the export and drawback industry, and thus permit our country to reach an adequate level of competitive with respect to other nations.
www.vestex.com.gt /LEY_29_89_en.htm   (720 words)

  
 Metro 2 Consumer Credit Reporting Software
To help you ensure that only accurate credit histories are reported to the consumer credit agencies, the Metro 2 Consumer Credit export assistant validates the information gathered during the file generation process and produces the Export Audit Report and an Errors and Exemptions Report.
The Metro 2 Consumer Credit Reporting module of The Mortgage Office™ enables you to report borrower credit information to the four major consumer credit agencies: Equifax, Innovis, Experian and TransUnion.
Assistant-driven Metro 2 file generation with ability to export to a location of your choice.
absnetwork.com /ls050.asp   (720 words)

  
 WWW Virtual Library: International Affairs Resources--U.S. Government Information Sources
Export-Import Bank of the United States-- Information on U.S. export promotion and financing, plus foreign country data, from the official export credit agency of the U.S. government.
United States Government Manual-- Searchable information source about the agencies of the legislative, executive, and judicial branches.
Federal Web Locator-- A central catalog to find all U.S. government agencies on the Web, from the Center for Information Law and Policy.
www2.etown.edu /vl/usgovt.html   (2014 words)

  
 Capital Markets Structuring & Origination
Export and Agency Finance- We are a leading arranger of structured financings solutions that manage risk through credit and political risk arbitrage with sovereign agencies and local and international investors and insurers.
Global Structured Credit Products- We use structured finance techniques and credit derivative products to create structured debt vehicles that enable investors to realize arbitrage opportunities on fixed income assets, and provide credit risk solutions to investment portfolios for leading financial institutions and corporate clients in order to address changing regulatory requirements or enhance liquidity.
These solutions include the arranging and underwriting of financings in different debt markets related to CAPEX investments projects (full recourse or limited recourse) as well as acquisition financing and future flow transactions.
www.vpul.upenn.edu /careerservices/wharton/CareerLink/position/CitigroupCapMrtFull.htm   (2669 words)

  
 Indonesia - Rainforest Portal
Export Credit Agency Finance in Indonesia - Examines the role of Export Credit Agencies in Indonesia and their finance of environmental destructive activities.
Of this, 61 percent is lowland evergreen broadleaf rainforest.
Indonesian Ministry of Forestry - The Indonesian Ministry of Forestry with links to FORDA and other institutes.
www.rainforestweb.org /Rainforest_Regions/Asia/Indonesia   (725 words)

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