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Exim Bank of India

The Export-Import Bank of India (Exim Bank) completed years of operations in March 2012. It was established by an Act of Parliament known as the Export-Import Bank of India Act 1981 and commenced operations in March 1982. Exim Bank is wholly owned by the Government of India. Exim Bank was set up for the purpose of financing, facilitating and promoting foreign trade in India and also to provide financial assistance to exporters and importers and for functioning as the principal financial institution for coordinating the working of institutions engaged in financing export and import of goods and services with a view to promoting the countrys international trade

Evolving Vision
Product Centric Approach Export Credits
1982-85

Export Capability Creation

1986-94

To develop commercially viable relationships with a target set of externally oriented companies by offering them a comprehensive range of products and services, aimed at enhancing their internationalisation efforts

Comprehensive Range of Customer Centric Products And Services Approach All Stages of the Export Business Cycle Exim Bank TODAY Leadership and Expertise in Indias Export Finance

Operational Philosophy
International Trade

Financing

Promoting

Facilitating

Through
Variety of Financing Programmes Value Added Business Advisory Services Research & Analysis

Catalyst for Financing

Projects
Products Services

Bank's Major Programmes

Export Credits Finance for Export Oriented Units Overseas Investment Finance Lines of Credit SME & Agri Finance Film Finance Rural Initiatives Export Services

EXPORT CREDITS

Pre-shipment credit: Provides access to finance at the manufacturing stage - enabling exporters to purchase raw materials and other inputs. Supplier's Credit: This facility enables Indian exporters to extend term credit to importers (overseas) of eligible goods at the postshipment stage. For Project ExportersIndian project exporters incur Rupee expenditure while executing overseas project export contracts For Exporters of Consultancy and Technological Services:Exim Bank offers a special credit facility to Indian exporters of consultancy and technology services, so that they can, in turn, extend term credit to overseas importers. Guarantee Facilities:Indian companies can avail of these to furnish requisite guarantees to facilitate execution of export contracts and import transactions.

FINANCE FOR EXPORT ORIENTED UNITS

Financing Programmes
Export Credit
Medium / Long Term
- Lines of Credit - Buyers Credit - Suppliers Credit

Import Credit
- Import Loan for capital goods - Bulk Import Loan for Raw Materials

Loans for Exporting Units

- Term Loans for expansion/ diversification/ new projects/ export product development/ export marketing/ research & development - Term Loans for overseas equity investment - Direct equity stake in Indian/ Overseas ventures of exporting companies

Short Term
- Pre/Post Shipment Credit

OVERSEAS INVESTMENT FINANCE

Finance for Indian Company's equity participation in the overseas Joint Venture Direct Finance (Term & Working Capital) to the overseas JV Finance (for equity/debt component) for acquisition of overseas businesses / companies including leveraged buy-outs including structured financing options Direct Equity by Exim Bank in the overseas JV of an Indian Company

Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) Finance

Exim Bank of India provides a suite of services to its SME clients. These include providing business leads, handholding during the process of winning an export contract and thus assisting the generation of export business on success fee basis, countries/ sector information dissemination, capacity building in niche areas such as quality, safety, export marketing, etc. and financial advisory services such as loan syndication, etc. The Bank has strong linkages with other stakeholders in agri sector such as Ministry of Food Processing Industries, GoI, NABARD, APEDA, Small Farmers' Agri-Business Consortium (SFAC), National Horticultural Board etc . Exim Bank has a dedicated Agri Business Group to cater to the financing needs of export oriented companies dealing in agricultural products.

FILM FINANCE

Cashflow financing for film production Cashflow financing for film distribution/exhibition in overseas markets Term loans for fixed assets finance Term financing for export market development

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Export Marketing Finance

Administered an Export Marketing Fund from World Bank SMEs extended export marketing finance to implement strategic export marketing plans aimed at entry into developed country markets and term loans for supply side upgradation Exim Banks assistance resulted in generation of significant exports to developed country markets

Many of these companies have become large companies with high export orientation
Based on the successes achieved in the programme implemented by Exim Bank in India, the Bank has shared its experience with other developing countries, with World Bank funding Over 300 companies supported in variety sectors:
Knitting Needles Polyester Ropes Home Appliances Pharmaceuticals Jute Products Printing Machinery Auto Components Herbal Products Textiles Software Castings

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Lines of Credit
Exim Banks extends export Lines of Credit (LOC) to overseas financial institutions, regional development banks and foreign governments and their agencies and Buyers Credits (BC) to foreign corporates LOCs also extended at the behest of Government of India LOCs serve as a market entry mechanism to Indian exporters and provide a safe mode of non-recourse financing option to Indian exporters LOCs/BCs are particularly relevant for Indian SME exporters as the payment risk is borne by Exim Bank Bank has in place 117 operative LOCs covering more than 94 countries of value of over US$ 3.85 billion

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Global Trade Finance under IFC

Agreement between Exim Bank and International Finance Corporation (IFC) Envisages confirmation of Letters of Credit (L/Cs), Standby letters of Credit, demand guarantees, promissory notes or bills of exchange received by Indian exporters From 105 pre-approved banks in more than fifty countries of IFCs

operation
Covers the risk of non-payment by Issuing Bank to Negotiating / Paying banks

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Agri Business Group

The Bank has put in place an Agri Business Group
The Group looks for viable projects and export transactions in agriculture sector.

The Bank has set up an agro-portal, in-house, which is an IT initiative to promote knowledge-based agriculture enterprise. The Bank brings out a bi-monthly newsletter Agri Export Advantage to facilitate information dissemination in 10 regional languages. Brought out following study reports;
Organic Farming Plantation Sector Agro & Processed foods Export Opportunities

Assisted a number of Small and Medium exporters in the Agro Sector covering
following products;
Honey, Mango pulp, mushrooms, gherkins,fresh & processed fruits & Vegetables

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