Hungarian Export-Import Bank plc
Last updated on 18 Feb 2024
Key facts
Hungarian state-owned entity that provides Hungarian exporters with financing and insurance facilities. The bank (Eximbank) and the insurer (MEHIB) operate within an integrated framework and carry out their duties with a shared organization and corporate identity, under the name of EXIM.
PUBLIC
1994
Credit rating (S&P)
BBB-
BBB-
Foreign currency
Local currency
Country trade data
2021 top export spectors
Machinery/electrical
39%
Transportation
16%
Chemicals
9%
Plastic or rubber
7%
Metals
5%
2022 export destinations
Financing modalities
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Products
- Short-term insurance products:
- Export receivable insurance
- Factoring insurance
- L/C confirmation insurance
- Medium and long-term insurance products:
- Buyer credit insurance
- Supplier credit insurance
- Supplier credit discounting insurance
- Manufacturing risk insurance
- Investment insurance
- Tied aid insurance
- The bank provides partial security for the repayment of loans granted by commercial banks to improve the international competitiveness of companies domiciled in Hungary
- Cover: Typically, 50% but cannot exceed 80% of the principal amount of the guaranteed loan
- Currency: HUF, EUR, and USD
- Amount: Minimum of HUF 50 million, EUR 150 thousand, or USD 150 thousand
- Expiry: Final maturity of the loan secured with guarantee + 15 days
- Collateral: Based on individual appraisal, and may include a pledge on current assets, mortgage on property, cash collateral, corporate guarantee, pledge on shares, etc.
- Risk premium: Determined on a case-by-case basis
- The bank offers guarantees for the fulfilment of export transactions to SMEs and large companies with export sales
- Purpose of facility includes bid (tender) guarantee, advance payment guarantee, performance guarantee, and warranty guarantee
- Cover: As per export transaction and purpose of guarantee (usually 2%–30%), but cannot exceed 80% of the value of the export contract
- Currency: EUR and USD
- Amount: Minimum of EUR 150 thousand or USD 150 thousand
- Expiry: Determined individually in line with the export transaction
- Collateral: Based on individual appraisal, and may include a pledge on current assets, mortgage on property, cash collateral, corporate guarantee, pledge on shares, etc.
- Risk premium: Determined on a case-by-case basis
- Buyer credit financing for the purchase of goods and/or services of Hungarian origin supplied under a commercial contract concluded between Hungarian exporters and their foreign buyer
- Facility is typically secured by MEHIB insurance policy
- Amount: Minimum of EUR 1 million or USD 1 million
- If a transaction exceeds EUR 20 million, Eximbank typically provides the credit in a co-financing arrangement with the involvement of commercial bank(s)
- Currency: EUR, USD
- Tenor:
- Minimum of 2 years and maximum of 10 years, as allowed by OECD Arrangement
- A tenor of less than 2 years must be approved on an individual basis
- Interest rate:
- Medium and long-term: Fixed at minimum CIRR
- Short-term: Floating, based on EURIBOR or USD LIBOR + margin
- Eximbank will finance 85% of the supply contract value, and requires a minimum 15% down payment
- Content requirements:
- Goods and services greater than 50% Hungarian
- Construction and installation greater than 25% Hungarian
- Other financial modalities:
- Interbank buyer credit provides credit to the buyer’s bank, which on-lends proceeds to the buyer
- Project risk buyer credit
- Tied aid
- Export Promotion Credit Program: Assists Hungarian exporters and their suppliers in fulfilling their orders and implementing the necessary developments and investments
- The financial constructions of the Export Promotion Program can be accessed directly via Eximbank or via Hungarian financial institutions
- Discounting facilities: Purchases deferred-payment receivables arising from export supply
- Direct export pre-financing: Provides small, medium, and large corporations with financing for the period prior to the export shipment of goods or services
Policies
- Certification of Hungarian content is required for all supported transactions
- OECD compliance, and additional environmental and social policies specific to Eximbank
- Adheres to anti-corruption policy
- Data protection policy (in compliance with GDPR)
- Anti-money laundering and anti-terrorist financing policy
News
- 2024: The agency reviewed and updated its Green Finance Framework