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Major exporters pledge ongoing credit support for developing country imports

24-Nov-2008

Thirty-six exporting countries, including 29 OECD countries plus Brazil, Estonia, India, Israel, Romania, Russia and Slovenia, issued a statement pledging continued export-credit support for international trade deals in line with a call by G20 leaders for emerging and developing economies to retain access to financing for imports in the present financial crisis.

Principles and Guidelines to promote Sustainable Lending practices in the provision of Official Export Credits to low income countries

20-Jun-2008

The provision of official export credits to public and publicly guaranteed buyers in low income countries should reflect Sustainable Lending practices (lending that supports a borrowing country’s economic and social progress without endangering its financial future and long-term development prospects). 

ECG Members agree to apply principles to obtain reasonable assurances that their commercial lending decisions are not likely to contribute to debt distress in the future in relation to any official export credit with a repayment term of one year or more.

Meeting of the Participants to the Arrangement on Officially Supported Export Credits

16-Jun-2008

Summary of the 102nd Meeting of the Participants to the Arrangement on 23-24 April 2008.

2008 Arrangement on Officially Supported Export Credits

02-Jan-2008

The 2008 version of the Arrangement text contains new provisions applicable to local costs, Ships and Aircraft sectors; this new Arrangement text came into effect on 1st January 2008.

34th Meeting of the Group on the Aircraft Sector Understanding on Export Credits for Civil Aircraft

22-Nov-2007

On the 8 - 9 November 2007, the Participants to the Aircraft Sector Understanding (ASU) met in Paris at the OECD for their first substantive discussions following the entry into force of the ASU last July.

2007 Sector Understanding on Export Credits for Civil Aircraft

05-Sep-2007

The Participants to that Sector Understanding decided in 2005 to review its provisions and Brazil joined these discussions. A revised Sector Understanding on Export Credits for Civil Aircraft came into force on 1 July 2007

A new OECD Recommendation has been adopted by the OECD to address environmental issues relating to projects backed by officially supported export credits

12-Jun-2007

12-June-2007

The OECD Council has adopted a revised Recommendation on Common Approaches on the Environment and Officially Supported Export Credits. This new Recommendation builds on experience gained in implementing the previous version, which is accordingly superseded, and provides for stronger environment-related requirements for export deals to qualify for export credit support from OECD governments' Export Credit Agencies.

Statistics on Export Credit Activities (up to and including the year 2005)

17-Jan-2007

Official aggregated record of the level of officially supported export credits extended by OECD Member countries for the period to the end of 2005.

Summary Table of Official Export Credit Commitments to IDA-Only Countries by Sector

19-Jun-2006

2001-2006 Summary Table of Official Export Credit Commitments to IDA-Only Countries by Sector.

106th Meeting of The OECD Working Party on Export Credits and Credit Guarantees (ECG)

19-May-2006

Summary Report of the The OECD Working Party on Export Credits and Credit Guarantees which met on 24 and 25 (morning) April 2006. The main issues for discussion were officially supported export credits in the context of establishing dialogues with Non-Member Economies, measures to deter bribery and planning for the review of the OECD Recommendation on export credits and the environment.