General Export Facility
Access trade finance facilities typically worth up to £25 million – fulfil multiple export contracts, pay for labour costs and build inventory to boost your exports.
How it works
Designed for SMEs, the General Export Facility can help you increase your export volumes when you need extra cash to take on new orders or develop your exports.
We provide a guarantee to your bank, helping you access a range of trade finance facilities to help grow your business. With maximum repayment terms of up to 5 years we can support:
- cash facilities such as trade loans
- contingent obligation facilities such as bonding and letter of credit lines
The General Export Facility is designed for smaller exporters: read how MIA Sports arranged a £75,000 finance facility to support their expansion into Dubai. For corporate facilities over £25 million, the Export Development Guarantee may be more suitable.
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Eligibility
You must be able to show that either:
- in any one of the last three financial years, at least 20% of your annual turnover has been made up of export sales
- in each of the last three financial years, at least 5% of your annual turnover has been made up of export sales
Participating banks can automatically provide our guarantee for applications meeting certain criteria.
How to apply
Complete our contact form to discuss an application.