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Sri Lanka Export Credit Insurance Corporation (SLECIC) (SLECIK)

Key facts

  • Established in 1978
  • Ownership: Public
Not Part of the OECD Part of the Berne Union

Latest update: 03/12/2021

Products

  • Supplier credit
  • Credit guarantee

Supplier Credit

  • Export credit insurance policies available for all exporters in all industries
  • Policies may be endorsed to lenders as collateral for working capital
  • Supplier credit products:
    - Whole turnover, single-buyer, and multi-buyer
    - Country-specific (multi-buyer)
    - Political risk only in a single country
    - Global cover available to offshore export companies domiciled in Sri Lanka
    - Subsidiary risk covers foreign subsidiaries of Sri Lankan companies
    - Covering ultimate buyers for indirect exporters domiciled in Sri Lanka
    - Consignment of stocks
    - Entrepôt trade insurance (port insurance)
    - Comprehensive service policy for Sri Lankan service exporters
    - Domestic insurance covers commercial risks for intra-Sri Lankan trade

Credit Guarantee

  • Short-term guarantee issued to lenders providing trade credit solutions against risk of non-performance of Sri Lankan exporters
  • Products:
    - Pre-shipment credit guarantee allows exporters to purchase raw materials against L/C or confirmed orders
    - Export production credit guarantee applicable to indirect exporters
    - Export performance guarantee for bid and performance bond support
    - Export performance guarantee covering ATA carnet to facilitate temporary exportation of valuable items for trade fairs and exhibitions; covers non-payment of import duty to foreign countries as a 100% demand guarantee
    - Export performance guarantee to freight forwarders covers non-payment of airlines charges up to 85%
    - Whole turnover bank guarantee covering the cost of passage to facilitate Sri Lankan migrant workers obtaining pre-departure loans

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