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Global Trade Alert

UK: Direct lending facility for UK Export Finance

Announcement

05 Dec 2012

In December 2012, the British government announced a change in its trade finance instruments.

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Number of interventions

2

2 certainly harmful

0 likely harmful

0 liberalising

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Implementation date

05 Dec 2012

Revocation date:

06 Mar 2014

Updated: 05 Dec 2012
Local content incentive

According to a media report (cf. Sources), UKEF provides loans under the condition that at least 25% of the loan is targeted to support British jobs.

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Updated: 05 Dec 2012
Trade finance

On 5 December 2012, George Osborne, the Chancellor of Exchequer, announced that a Ł1.5bn direct lending facility is to be established. UK Export Finance (UKEF) Department will be able to len...

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