Rabobank Export Finance finances the exports of capital goods and services, primarily to emerging countries. The relevant credit risks, mainly commercial and political risks, are covered by the government-backed Export Credit Agency (ECA) in the exporter’s home country. The key sectors in which we are active include food & agribusiness, marine & offshore, short and long term ECA transactions, technology and construction.

Products:

Medium and long term financing for buyers of capital goods, mainly in emerging markets
Advance payment, performance and warranty bonds to exporters with ECA coverage
Working capital financing for exporters
ECA covered short-term financing of commodities

Advantages for buyers:

Normally can provide longer tenors as the product nature to relief borrower’s financial stress. These can be up to 12 years plus the construction period
Competitive pricing
Less restrictive covenants and security requirements compared to alternative solutions
Options to fix interest rates
US dollar, Euro and other major currencies
Provides additional credit lines on top of existing banking facilities

Advantages for exporters:

Providing buyers with financing to the buyer at attractive terms helps exporters to win new contracts.
Having financing in place for the buyer secures payments to the exporter
Payments from the loan are paid directly to the exporter
No repayment risks for the exporter

In addition, non-recourse project finance structures can benefit from ECA cover and thanks to our close partnership with Rabobank’s Project Finance team, we are well positioned to combine Export Finance and Project Finance products.

Recently financed projects include bottling and slaughtering equipment in China, bridges and hospital equipment in Sri Lanka, a new cocoa processing plant for Ivory Coast, an MDF plant in Mexico, a milk processing factory in Zanzibar and tugboats for Nigeria.

Products & Services