Enhorabuena! Parabéns ao Banco Europeu de Investimento, o banco oficial da União Europeia, que dá os primeiros passos no financiamento à exportação dos países devedores, uma lacuna ou "market failure" identificada neste blog desde 2010 e 2011, entre as coisas que não lembravam à Troika. A Eurozone vai recuperar ou fracassar dependendo do reequilíbrio das contas de transacções correntes dos países membros, especialmente dos mais fracos.
Release date: 08 November 2013 Reference: 2013-175-EN
EIB President Hoyer stated: “By setting up this programme in Cyprus, we have taken an exceptional step to support trade finance in Cyprus. After the positive results of the instrument first implemented in Greece 5 months ago, we rapidly replicated it in Cyprus, to enable international trade by local companies at a time when international banks are retreating. Our presence here today underlines the Bank’s commitment to economic development in Cyprus and our discussions with President Anastasiades aim to strengthen further our cooperation in view of the current economic circumstances. We remain committed to investing in Cyprus, in view of the difficult economic context, and share the Government’s over-arching objective of not only achieving recovery, but also securing long-term economic growth in the country. We are confident that Cyprus can succeed”.
The EIB, which is traditionally involved in providing long-term finance on favourable terms, added this short-term credit support instrument for the first time in Greece in June 2013. The instrument aims to mitigate transaction and systemic risks of foreign banks interested in developing trade flows with Cyprus and favouring an export-led recovery promoted, in particular, by SMEs and mid-caps. The EIB will provide guarantees to the commercial banks for trade financing, which are expected to support a volume of transactions in the order of EUR 300-450 million per year.
In 2012 signatures comprised EUR 130 million for a new production unit at the Vasilikos Power Plant to enhance electricity supply in Cyprus, EUR 68 million for Limassol Sewerage and EUR 200 million for key infrastructure, while in May 2013 the EIB signed a similar loan of EUR 100 million. The projects financed by the EIB in Cyprus during the last 5 years amount to EUR 1.3 billion. Approximately 80% of this amount went to the strategic areas of energy, environment, transport and SMEs. Historically, the Bank contributed to the financing of the vast majority of key infrastructure and energy projects in Cyprus such as roads, water and wastewater treatment plants and electricity production.
Source: EIB.org http://www.eib.org/projects/press/2013/2013-175-eib-approves-eur-150-million-for-trade-finance-in-cyprus.htm
EIB 's first ever trade finance for Greece http://www.eib.org/projects/press/2013/2013-084-eib-first-ever-trade-finance-facility-for-greece.htm
Coisas que não lembram à Troika http://ppplusofonia.blogspot.com/2011/08/coisas-que-nao-lembram-troika.html
Há fundos da União Europeia a exigir prémios de risco soberano de mais de 5%a.a. para financiar projectos e pre-exportação em Portugal.
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Cobertura de risco país para o financiamento ao investimento e à exportação deveria fazer parte de um "Programa Cautelar" pós-troika, já que ninguem da troika se lembrou .