1. Trade Facilitation Programme (TFP) Objectives & Achievements
EBRD Trade Finance Forum
Tbilisi October 2018

2. EBRD Countries of Operation
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3. 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
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4. EBRD Trade Facilitation Programme
Facilitates financing of all stages of the trade chain
Export Production
Transport
Storage &
distribution
Receivables
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5. 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
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6. 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
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7. 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, with post- financing by Raiffeisen Bank, Austria
EBRD covers 100% of the political and commercial payment risk
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8. 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
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9. EBRD Trade Facilitation Programme
Annual Business Volumes 1999 – 2017
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10. 800 Confirming Banks in 77 Countries
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11. 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
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12. EBRD: Capacity Building Projects
EBRD – Blended Learning Solution
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13. 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
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