EXIMBANKA SR
Last updated on 26 Feb 2024
Key facts
A government-owned entity that provides state support of exports by financing and insuring export credit.
PUBLIC
1997
Credit rating (S&P)
A
A
Foreign currency
Local currency
Authorizations, exposure, and country export data
FY 2022 exposure by product type
Investment credits
54%
Export credits
43%
COVID loans
2%
Discount credits
1%
2022 export destinations
Financing modalities
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Products
- Insures against foreign debtor’s failure to pay
- Tenor: From 180 days to 2 years (and more in exceptional cases)
- Cover: Commercial and political risks resulting in failure to pay
- Predominant part of the value of goods or services must be of Slovak origin
- Special program for SMEs reduces cost to exporter
- Provided to exporter's bank or other financial (commercial) company that provides credit to the foreign buyer's bank or directly to the foreign buyer
- Risks covered: Political and commercial risks
- Tenor: Over 2 years
- The minimal amount of the insured's participation in an insurance incident is at least 5%, and no more than 50% of the insured amount may be paid to the insured (exporter)
- The foreign buyer must pay more than 15% of the export contract value directly to the exporter prior to, but no later than, the delivery date of the goods and services
- Non-payment guarantee to lenders to cover qualitative and quantitative conditions of export contracts
- Bid bonds
- Advance payment guarantees
- Performance bond
- Supplier’s warranty bonds
- Retention bonds
- Payment guarantees
- Payment guarantees
- Loan guarantees
- Tenor usually matches loan agreement period
- Purchase of foreign receivables
- Tenor of receivables: Maturity of receivables aged between 30 and 60 days
- Tenor of financing: Ranges between 1 and 5 years
- Currency: EUR or USD
- Interest rate: EXIMBANKA SR’s cost of funds to obtain the currency plus a margin
- Financing to the exporter or its lender
- Finance new investments or expansion of an existing investment abroad.
- Financing types and tenors:
- Operating capital: Usually up to 2 years and renewable, 100% of cost
- Purchase and modernization of technology: Up to 7 years
- Real estate: Up to 10 years
- Interest rate: EXIMBANKA SR’s cost of funds to obtain the currency plus a margin
- SMEs have interest rate reduced by at least 0.25% compared to a regular loan through an EIB program
- Buyer credits:
- Loan up to 85% of the investment value
- Tenor: Up to 2 years for non-durable goods and services, up to 8.5 years for technology
- Financing for investments max. 85% of investment amount
- Foreign investment loans:
- Loan up to 85% of the investment value
- Tenor: Up to 8 years
- Special-purpose refinancing resources to commercial banks to grant export credits
- Tenor: Typically, up to 1 year; renewable
- Eligibility: Exports must be predominantly of Slovak origin
- Insurance of loans to finance production destined for export against the risk of non-payment due to exporter’s inability to comply with export contract terms
- Manufacturing risk insurance
- Overseas investment insurance for Slovak legal entities
- Insurance of a confirmed export irrevocable documentary L/C
- Insurance of bank guarantees issued in relation to export contract award or performance terms
- Pre-export credit insurance
- Guarantee insurance
- Other products include export financing and insurance consulting, development financing consulting, and events and workshops
Policies
- EXIMBANKA SR can support concessional loans for a public buyer of Slovak goods and services, with a repayment term of up to 2 years or more
- Cooperation agreements with dozens of institutions in over 30 countries
- EXIMBANKA SR is the only available Slovak financing product for Slovak exports in Ukraine