Export-Import Bank of Malaysia Berhad
Last updated on 22 Feb 2024
Key facts
A state-owned developmental institution providing finance and credit insurance for Malaysian exports and cross-border activities.
PUBLIC
1995
Credit rating (Fitch)
BBB+
Foreign currency
Disbursements and exposure
FY 2022 exposure by top products
Manufacturing and agro based
59%
Construction
41%
Mining and quarrying
1%
Wholesale trade and tourism
0%
FY 2022 exposure
Financing modalities
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90%
95%
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100%
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Products
- Financing for Malaysian manufactures and traders’ export trade financing requirement
- Products:
- Pre-shipment: Working capital for production of goods
- Post-shipment: Finance shipment amount of invoice
- Eligibility: Companies registered under Company Act 1965
- Maximum loan amount:
- Pre-shipment: Up to 85% of export order value
- Post-shipment: Up to 100% of export invoice
- Tenor:
- Pre-shipment: Up to 120 days (longer exceptionally)
- Post-shipment: Up to 180 days (longer exceptionally)
- Interest rate: Cost of funds plus spread
- Currency: MYR, USD, and EUR currencies at agency’s discretion
- Repayment: Monthly, quarterly, or semi-annual
- Disbursement:
- Pre-shipment: Direct to the local suppliers or exporters
- Post-shipment: Direct to exporter
- Fees: 1.0% on the financing amount
- Financing for foreign buyers of Malaysian goods and services
- Eligibility:
- The supplier/contractor must be a Malaysian-owned and controlled company
- Product exported from Malaysia must be of Malaysian origin
- Maximum loan amount: Up to 85% of the project cost or contract value
- Tenor:
- Private foreign company: Up to 10 years
- Foreign government: Up to 15 years
- Interest rate:
- Cost of funds plus a spread based on risk assessment considerations
- Currency: USD, EUR, and other currencies at agency’s discretion
- Repayment: Monthly, quarterly, or semi-annual options
- Disbursement: Directly to contractor, supplier, or project owner
- Fees: Processing fee of 1.0% of the financing amount
- Available to Malaysian-owned and controlled companies engaged in the provision of services for the global market
- Eligibility:
- The service provider/contractor must be a Malaysian-owned company
- Maximum loan amount: Up to 70% of the project cost or contract value
- Tenor: Up to 5 years
- Interest rate: Cost of funds plus spread
- Currency: MYR, USD, EUR, and other acceptable currencies
- Repayment: Monthly, quarterly, or semi-annual options
- Disbursement:
- Directly to supplier
- Directly to the borrower for overhead expenses or as reimbursement of previously incurred expenses
- Fees: Minimum processing fees of 1.0% of the financing amount; fees are waived for SMES
- Malaysian exporters can help the overseas buyer secure a long-term Malaysia EXIM Bank guaranteed financing
- Covered tenor: 3–6 months beyond invoice due date
- Eligibility:
- Existing contract with minimum value of MYR 2 million or foreign currency equivalent
- The commercial contract must have a minimum Malaysian content of 30% in the form of goods and services
- Cover:
- The lending bank can finance up to 85% of the contract value, while the 15% balance must be paid directly by the buyer to the exporter as down payment prior to the start of the credit period
- For public buyers, 100% financing is allowed
- Repayment tenor: Between 2 and 15 years
- Fees:
- Processing fee of 1% (subject to change) on insured amount
- Minimum MYR 1,000 and a maximum MYR 20,000 (or foreign currency equivalent)
- Post-shipment insurance against non-payment by foreign buyers
- Term: 1 year with annual renewals
- Risk exposure commences when the goods are shipped to overseas buyers
- Risks covered: Commercial and political
- Coverage percentage:
- Commercial: Up to 90%
- Political: Up to 95%
- Maximum financing size:
- Medium-term: USD 10 million
- Long-term: No limit
- Credit terms: Up to 180 days
- Eligibility:
- Malaysian entities registered under Companies Act of 1965
- Minimum 2 years in operation
- No adverse track record in the credit database
- Minimum capital of MYR 100,000
- Evidence of export during the previous 12 months
- Fees:
- Credit limit application fees: MYR 250 per buyer
- Annual review of buyer: MYR 250
- EXIM Bank confirms L/C’s issued by 78 Asia Development Bank participating issuing-banks from 16 Asian countries
- Eligibility:
- Exporter must be a Malaysian-incorporated company
- Trade between Malaysia and 43 ADB Developing Member Countries
- Goods that are not on the list of ADB excluded goods and contracts
- Guarantee amount: Up to 100%
- Tenor: Matches L/C terms
- Currency: MYR, USD, EUR, and other currencies
- Fees: 0.1% of the guarantee amount
- MalaysiaKitchen financing facility
- Bond risk insurance
- Overseas project financing
- Overseas contract financing
- Overseas investment financing
- Go-Export Financing (GEFP)
- Provides financing to SMEs and corporate clients, enabling them to invest and grow in the areas of export development, green technology and supply chain ecosystem
- GEFP comprises three programs known as EXIM Go-SMExport, Go-Export ACE, and Go-Export GreenTech
- Funding may be used to grow businesses, obtain funds for cashflow requirements, or expand in strategic green-tech and other tech sectors
- Both EXIM Go-Export Green Technology and Go-SMExport have a financing cap of MYR 10 million. No upfront fee is required and there will also be a double deduction tax relief for Trade Credit protection
- As for the Go-Export ACE, there is a cumulative funding limit of up to MYR 100 million for vendors
- Additional direct financing products (both Sharia and commercial):
- Term loan
- Revolving credit
- Import financing
- Bill of exchange purchase
- Additional trade finance products:
- For exporters: LC advising, transfer, collection, outward bill of collection, confirmation, back-to-back
- For importers: LC, inward bill collection, shipping guarantee, endorsement of transport document
- Trade finance guarantee products: Bank guarantees and stand-by LCs
Policies
- Provides conventional and Islamic finance, as well as Shariah-compliant products
- Corporate governance guidelines and social and environmental responsibilities
- Green Lane policy to promote innovation at SMEs
News
- 2023: EXIM Bank unveils go-export financing program (“GEFP 2023”) to support SMEs and corporates’ business growth