General Export Facility
Working capital to grow your export business.
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 can support facilities of up to £25 million. For larger facilities, the Export Development Guarantee may be more suitable.
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.
Success stories
Micro-SME Circular Group gets the edge on competitors with General Export Facility
With the General Export Facility, Circular Group wins a key contract and looks to expand into new markets.
General Export Facility delivers eight-figure funding package
We provided a guarantee that secured Denholm Seafoods with funding from HSBC UK, which will support its ambitious growth plans.
