Trade Facilitation Programme (TFP) Objectives & Achievements EBRD Trade Finance Forum Tbilisi 18-19 October 2018
EBRD Countries of Operation 9 November, 2018
102 Issuing Banks (IB) in 28 Countries No. IBs Country 1 Albania 5 Jordan 4 Serbia 8 Armenia 2 Kosovo Tajikistan Azerbaijan Kyrgyz Republic 3 Tunisia Belarus Lebanon 6 Turkey Bosnia & Herzegovina FYR Macedonia Turkmenistan Bulgaria Moldova 7 Ukraine Croatia Mongolia Uzbekistan Cyprus Montenegro 9 Egypt Morocco New IBs joining soon Georgia Romania West Bank & Gaza 9 November, 2018
EBRD Trade Facilitation Programme Facilitates financing of all stages of the trade chain Export Production Transport Storage & distribution Receivables 9 November, 2018
EBRD TFP Guarantees: Structure and Application Confirming Bank, Worldwide Issuing Bank, Country of Operations Buyer Seller L/C Issuance with request to confirm (L/G Issuance with counter-guarantee, other banking trade finance instruments) Application for L/C opening L/C Confirmation EBRD issues a Stand-By Letter of Credit covering the risks of Issuing Bank towards the Confirming bank SALES-PURCHASE AGREEMENT 9 November, 2018
EBRD TFP Guarantees: Example Imports from Austria into Georgia Doppelmayr Seilbahnen, Austria sells mono-cable gondola equipment to Tbilisi Park, Georgia Bank of Georgia opens a letter of credit, confirmed by UBS, Switzerland The EBRD guarantees 100% of the political and commercial payment risk 9 November, 2018
EBRD TFP Guarantees: Example - Artificial Snowmaking project - Georgia An Austrian exporter, sells snowmaking equipment to a Georgian importer TBC Bank, Georgia issues confirmed letters of Credit for total value EUR 2,280,820.74 with post- financing by Raiffeisen Bank, Austria EBRD covers 100% of the political and commercial payment risk 9 November, 2018
2,000 Georgian foreign trade transactions for EUR 1.3 bn TFP in Georgia Active since 2000, currently with 3 Issuing Banks: Bank of Georgia Basisbank TBC Bank So far TFP has supported over 2,000 Georgian foreign trade transactions for EUR 1.3 bn 9 November, 2018 8
EBRD Trade Facilitation Programme Annual Business Volumes 1999 – 2017 9 November, 2018
800 Confirming Banks in 77 Countries 9 November, 2018
1, 905 Transactions in 2017 Ranking No of Transactions by Country Greece Serbia Ukraine Cyprus Belarus Armenia Georgia Morocco Turkey Egypt Mongolia FYR Macedonia Romania Kyrgyz Republic Bulgaria Jordan Moldova Croatia Tajikistan Azerbaijan Kosovo Montenegro Bosnia and Herzegovina Tunisia Turkmenistan 9 November, 2018
EBRD: Capacity Building Projects EBRD – Blended Learning Solution 9 November, 2018
EBRD ICC e-Learning Programme Best students receive further scholarships and sponsored training programmes from leading banks and providers of trade finance trainings: Commerzbank Deutsche Bank KBC Bank Banca Popolare di Sondrio Oddo BHF-Bank, Germany ICC Paris ICC Austria ICC Academy BCR Publishing Coastline Solutions China Systems 9 November, 2018 13
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