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9/19/24, 9:43 AM                 Trafigura agrees ECA-backed facility for UAE non-oil exports | Global Trade Review (GTR)
        Trafigura agrees ECA-backed facility for UAE non-


        oil exports





        MENA / SEPTEMBER 18, 2024 / BY JOHN BASQUILL                                        SHARE THIS ARTICLE:























































        RELATED              Trafigura has agreed a US$150mn revolving credit facility backed by two
        NEWS                 export credit agencies (ECAs) and two banks to support non-oil commodity

                             exports from the UAE.
        Commodity trader
        loses appeal in      The two-year facility, announced today, is provided by Natixis CIB and First
        Singapore LC         Abu Dhabi Bank, both of which act as mandated lead arrangers. Natixis is
        fraud case           also bookrunner, facility coordinator, facility agent and ECA agent.


        Met Group secures    The deal is backed by a joint agreement between the two lenders, Trafigura
        €1.1bn borrowing     and the UAE’s federal export credit company, Etihad Credit Insurance (ECI),
        base for LNG sales   as well as the Abu Dhabi Exports Office (Adex). Legal counsel was provided
        and trading
                             by Allen Overy Shearman Sterling and Clyde & Co.



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