1. EBRD Trade Facilitation Programme (TFP) – Objectives and Achievements
Rudolf PUTZ
Vienna, 26 September 2017

2. Where we invest

3. EBRD TFP – Exports from Austria to Georgia
An Austrian exporter sells snow making equipment to Georgia
TBC Bank, Georgia issues a confirmed letters of Credit for total value EUR 2,280, with post-financing by Raiffeisen Bank, Austria
EBRD covers 100% of the political and commercial payment risk

4. TFP Deal of the Year 2016 Import of a floating dock from Ukraine
A shipyard in Limassol, Cyprus, imports a floating dock from Ukraine
Bank of Cyprus issues an L/C to ING Belgium SA/NV with a tenor of 1 year
The EBRD TFP guarantee covers 100% of the payment risk of the Issuing Bank in Cyprus to the Confirming Bank in Belgium

5. EBRD Trade Facilitation Programme
Annual Business Volumes 1999 – 2016 22

6. TFP – 1, 359 Transactions in 2016 Ranking No of Transactions by Country
Ukraine
Armenia
Serbia
Cyprus
Belarus
Greece
Georgia
Mongolia
Egypt
Morocco
Turkey
FYR Macedonia
Bulgaria
Croatia
Romania
Moldova
Jordan
Azerbaijan
Tajikistan
Kyrgyz Republic
Tunisia
Montenegro
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Kosovo 18

7. EBRD TFP – Top 20 Confirming Banks
Ranked by Number of Transactions in 2016
Commerzbank
KBC Bank
Deutsche Bank
ING Bank
BHF Bank
Unicredit Bank
Citibank
Intesa Sanpaolo
Banca Popolare Di Sondrio
Raiffeisen Bank
Credit Suisse
UBS
Societe Generale
Credit Agricole
DZ Bank
Banco de Sabadell
Rabobank International
Danske Bank
Skandinavska Enskilda Banken
Arab Bank 20

8. EBRD TFP – Co-Financing Partners
ACE Global Markets (AGM) & Lloyds of London
AKA Bank, Germany
Arab Trade Finance Program, Abu Dhabi
Confirming Banks
Donor Risk Sharing Funds
Export Credit Agencies
FMO Netherlands
OPEC Fund for International Development, Vienna
Private Investment Funds

9. EBRD - Best Development Bank in Trade
Readers and editors of Trade Finance Magazine, Global Trade Review (GTR) and Global Finance have voted the EBRD in 2015 and 2016 “ Best Development Bank in Trade”
EBRD invites other development banks, commercial financial institutions, export credit agencies and donors to co-finance or co-finance with the EBRD

10. Donors TFP Technical Cooperation (TC) Projects funded by:
The Early Transition Countries Fund
The Shareholder Special Fund
European Union
Norwegian, Swiss, Italian, Canadian, Taiwanese funding and other donors