Korporacja Ubezpieczén Kredytów Eksportowych (KUKE)
Last updated on 24 Feb 2024
Key facts
ECA of Poland, owned by the State Treasury and Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego.
PUBLIC
1991
Credit rating (sovereign) (S&P)
A-
A
Foreign currency
Local currency
Authorizations and country export data
2021 top export sectors
Machinery/electrical
25%
Transportation
11%
Metals
11%
Chemicals
7%
Food products
7%
2022 export destinations
Products
- Protects exporters against the risk of non-payment by customers
- Europolicy:
- Simple credit insurance facility for SMEs
- Single transaction
- Generally buyers must be in high-income countries
- Policy beyond borders:
- Exporters or companies planning to sell abroad, regardless of size and industry are eligible
- Insurance of sales by your subsidiaries registered in other countries is available
- Cover: 95%
- Approx. 160 countries covered
- Maximum payment term is 2 years for most exports, 540 days for agricultural exports
- Package:
- Medium and large companies with consistent sales to a large portfolio of buyers, both at home and abroad
- Covers both export and domestic sales
- Option to cover receivables that have arisen before the signing of the insurance agreement
- Generally buyers must be in high-income countries
- Safe contract policy:
- Insurance cover for a single, large export contract
- Term not exceeding 2 years
- Insures credit risk, pre-shipment risk or both
- Approx. 165 countries covered
- Supplier credit insurance:
- Insurance cover for a single, large export contract financed by a long-term credit
- Term: 2 years or more
- Over 200countries covered
- Confirms the capability of a Polish company to perform a given contract
- Contract guarantees:
- Written commitment of the insurer to pay a certain amount to the beneficiary of the guarantee (the buyer) in the event of the contractor failing to meet its duties and obligations towards the beneficiary of the guarantee
- Eligibility: Companies joining a tender or applying for a contract in Poland or abroad
- Bid/tender, performance, advance payment, and warranty guarantees are available
- Environmental guarantees:
- For companies whose operations may give rise to adverse environmental effects
- Eligibility: Entrepreneurs conducting business operations that may be harmful to the environment
- Payment guarantees:
- Secures exporter's payment obligations towards his suppliers
- Also, supply chain finance guarantee, which secures exporter's payment obligations towards financial entities, mainly factoring companies
- KUKE Finance agrees to purchase outstanding invoice before its due date falls. In return, subject to the terms of the purchase, KUKE Finance immediately advances up to 90% of that invoice value
- The remaining balance is available to the exporter after KUKE Finance has received the payment from the customer
- Covers losses incurred in connection with the execution of a direct investment abroad as a result of events referred to as political risk and force majeure
- The insurance covers documented pecuniary and tangible expenditures as well as intangible and legal assets (net) invested in a foreign business, which give the right to participate in profits, in the estate in bankruptcy, guarantee the right to vote and to supervise and co-manage
- LC guarantee: The bank's payment is assured. If the bank receives no payment from abroad, KUKE pays compensation
- Factoring insurance: Insurance of receivables acquired by a factor
- Forfaiting insurance: Protects banks purchasing receivables under medium- and long-term export contracts from the risk of non-payment by the foreign entity
- Finance lease insurance: Protects leasing company against the risk of not receiving lease instalments from foreign business partners
- Counter guarantee: KUKE shares the risk with the bank issuing a guarantee, typically a contract guarantee. KUKE’s Counter Guarantee covers the recourse risk on the exporter if the beneficiary of a contract guarantee makes a request for payment under that guarantee. A Counter Guarantee may apply to a single contract, or to an entire guarantee line provided to the exporter by the bank
News
- 2024: KUKE and Oschadbank join forces to support investments in Ukraine