This facility is available to assist manufacturing exporters to have adequate working capital to stock local raw materials that are mainly seasonal in nature, and achieve optimum levels of production all year round. This facility is made available either in local currency to exporters through their bankers and is available for a maximum term of one year, at a fixed rate determined by NEXIM.

The exporter must be a creditworthy limited liability company, cooperative society, existing/new production units with a minimum of 50% export orientation or an existing provider of export services. The exporter must establish that the loan will develop or expand his export business.

Banks wishing to participate under the facility must be in good financial health as evidenced by three years Audited Accounts, and meet additional criteria set by NEXIM from time to time.

All PB’s are expected to fully secure their lending. The types of security acceptable to NEXIM shall include but not limited to the following:
(i) Promissory Notes/Irrevocable Standing Orders for the amount of the facility suitably drawn.
(ii) Fixed and/or floating charge over all assets of the project and/or promoter’s landed properties with NEXIM’s interest noted.
(iii) A lien over the proceeds of the export transactions financed with NEXIM’s interest noted.
(iv) Marketable financial instruments

Application

The Participating Bank shall forward an application duly signed by at least two authorised signatories of the Bank on behalf of the exporter stating clearly the commodity to be stocked, quantity and quality, source, and price of procurement. Information on installed and existing production capacity of the exporter must be provided. The following documents must also accompany the application:
• Return on export finance portfolio
• Schedule of stock utilisation
• Copy (ies) of export contract(s)
• Bill of exchange duly accepted by the exporter

Upon approval, the facility is disbursed to the participating bank either enbloc or in tranches as the case may be. The following documents are to be provided for this purpose by the participating bank:
• Promissory Note
• Irrevocable Transfer Order
• Letter of Undertaking from the Bank that if the exporters stock reconciliation record is unacceptable to NEXIM, then NEXIM can exercise the right to recover the facility before its due date with penal charges.

The Bank shall submit to NEXIM the following documents:
a) Copies of warehouse warrants for the items stocked (where applicable)
b) Copy of insurance certificate for the items stocked against fire and burglary, etc
c) Letter of hypothecation by which ownership of the stocks is transferred to the sponsoring bank
d) Monthly stock reconciliation