Saudi Export-Import Bank
Last updated on 25 Feb 2024

Key facts


Saudi EXIM aims to provide export financing, guarantees, credit insurance and different facilities to enhance confidence in Saudi exports, their entry into new markets, and reduce the risks and create added value for Saudi-made exports and imports.

Dist, Umm Al Hamam Al Gharbi
7596 Salim Ibn Abi Bakr Shaikan 2462 West
Riyadh 12329
Saudi Arabia

+966 8004333330

www.saudiexim.gov.sa
PUBLIC
2020
Credit rating (sovereign) (Fitch)
A+
Foreign currency

Berne Union

Financings, insurance, and country export data


FY 2022 Requests funded, top sectors

Food products
25%
Iron and steel
11%
Medicine
8%
Paper products
8%
Rubber and plastics
8%

2021 export destinations

Asia

60 %

Africa

17 %

Europe

15 %

Americas

7 %

Oceania

1 %

Financing modalities


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Up to 100%
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Products


  • Letter of credit insurance policy:
    • Insurance policy between Saudi EXIM and local commercial banks/ financial institutions to protect them against the risk of nonpayment of an irrevocable Letter of Credit (LC) issued by the importer's bank.
    • Up to 100% of the confirmed L/C.
    • Short-term – 1 year – with automatic renewals at a year subject to annual review
  • Export credit insurance policy:
    • A credit insurance policy that covers the Saudi exporter against the risks of non-payment of the international buyer resulting from commercial or political risks.
    • Revolving policy (single-buyer or multi-buyer)
    • Cover up to 95% for multi-buyer policy, and 90% for single-buyer policy.
    • Short-term (up to 1 year), long-term (up to 5 year)
  • Letter of guarantee
    • ​​​Issuance of Letters of Guarantees to exporters to support their international bids and international project execution (banking instruments available: bid bond, advanced payment bond, performance guarantee, warranty bond and retention bond
    • Short, medium or long-term
  • Supply chain finance:
    • Short-term revolving facilities extended to large export-oriented Saudi companies to assist in managing payment of account payables to their complex supply chains and extending payment terms
  • Discounting:
    • Short-term revolving facilities providing liquidity to exporters against export receivables by reducing payment terms
  • Buyer credit:
    • Short to medium-term revolving facilities provided to international buyers of Saudi goods/ services against confirmed export orders.
  • Pre-export finance:
    • Short-term revolving facilities extended to companies against confirmed purchase orders to purchase required production inputs locally/ internationally (e.g. raw materials, packaging, etc.)
  • Structured finance for international projects:
    • Medium to long-term tailored loans financing exporters’ execution of international export-generating projects or projects with procurement from Saudi Arabia (e.g. EPC contracts)
  • Working capital finance:
    • Short-term finance export related working capital needs, including purchasing production inputs, paying overhead costs, etc.
  • Line of credit (international):
    • Short-term lines of credit extended to international Financial Institutions for import of Saudi Exports
  • Line of credit (domestic):
    • Short-term lines of credit extended to Saudi Financial Institutions for import of Saudi Exports

Policies


  • To request a products or services, beneficiaries should register in the agency's portal and fill out an application form for the product or service

News


  • 2024: The International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation and the Saudi EXIM Bank Sign an Implementation Agreement for a Line of Financing of USD 25 million in favor of Bank Al Habib Limited in Pakistan under the umbrella of “KSA SMEs Export Empowerment Program
  • 2024: Saudi EXIM Bank and SABIC Sign Letter of Credit- Insurance Policy
  • 2024: Saudi EXIM Bank Commits Over USD 2 Billion to Boost Mining Sector
  • 2024: Saudi Export-Import Bank Signs Memorandum of Understanding with Export–Import Bank of the United States
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