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EBRD Trade Facilitation Programme (TFP) – Objectives and Achievements. Rudolf PUTZ Vienna, 26 September 2017. Where we invest. EBRD TFP – Exports from Austria to Georgia. An Austrian exporter sells snow making equipment to Georgia
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EBRD Trade Facilitation Programme (TFP) – Objectives and Achievements • Rudolf PUTZ • Vienna, 26 September 2017
EBRD TFP – Exports from Austria to Georgia An Austrian exporter sells snow making equipment to Georgia TBC Bank, Georgia issuesa confirmed letters of Credit for total value EUR 2,280,820.74 with post-financing by Raiffeisen Bank, Austria EBRD covers 100% of the political and commercial payment risk
TFP Deal of the Year 2016Import of a floating dock from Ukraine • A shipyard in Limassol, Cyprus, imports a floating dock from Ukraine • Bank of Cyprus issues an L/C to ING Belgium SA/NV with a tenor of 1 year • The EBRD TFP guarantee covers 100% of the payment risk of the Issuing Bank in Cyprus to the Confirming Bank in Belgium
EBRD Trade Facilitation Programme Annual Business Volumes 1999 – 2016 22
TFP – 1, 359 Transactions in 2016Ranking No of Transactions by Country Ukraine Armenia Serbia Cyprus Belarus Greece Georgia Mongolia Egypt Morocco Turkey FYR Macedonia • Bulgaria • Croatia • Romania • Moldova • Jordan • Azerbaijan • Tajikistan • Kyrgyz Republic • Tunisia • Montenegro • Bosnia and Herzegovina • Kosovo 18
EBRD TFP – Top 20 Confirming Banks Ranked by Number of Transactions in 2016 • Commerzbank • KBCBank • Deutsche Bank • ING Bank • BHF Bank • Unicredit Bank • Citibank • Intesa Sanpaolo • Banca Popolare Di Sondrio • Raiffeisen Bank • Credit Suisse • UBS • Societe Generale • Credit Agricole • DZ Bank • Banco de Sabadell • Rabobank International • Danske Bank • Skandinavska Enskilda Banken • Arab Bank 20
EBRD TFP – Co-Financing Partners • ACE Global Markets (AGM) & Lloyds of London • AKA Bank, Germany • Arab Trade Finance Program, Abu Dhabi • Confirming Banks • Donor Risk Sharing Funds • Export Credit Agencies • FMO Netherlands • OPEC Fund for International Development, Vienna • Private Investment Funds
EBRD - Best Development Bank in Trade Readers and editors of Trade Finance Magazine, Global Trade Review (GTR) and Global Finance have voted the EBRDin 2015 and 2016 “ Best Development Bank in Trade” EBRD invites other development banks, commercial financial institutions, export credit agencies and donors to co-finance or co-finance with the EBRD
Donors • TFP Technical Cooperation (TC) Projects funded by: • The Early Transition Countries Fund • The Shareholder Special Fund • European Union • Norwegian, Swiss, Italian, Canadian, Taiwanese funding and other donors