When the U.S. Exports America Works: Export-Import Bank of the United States Annual Report, 2005

摘要

The Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank) is the official export credit agency of the United States. Ex-Im Banks financing products help U.S. companies to compete in todays challenging global marketplace. Since its inception in 1934, Ex-Im Bank has made financing available to support several hundred billion dollars of U.S. exports, primarily to developing markets worldwide. Ex-Im Bank assumes the credit and country risks that the private sector is unable or unwilling to accept. The Bank also helps U.S. exporters to remain competitive by providing financing to counter the export financing provided by foreign governments on behalf of their competitors. Ex-Im Bank provides pre-export financing, financing for foreign buyers of U.S. exports and insurance to protect U.S. exporters and their lenders against the risks of foreign buyer nonpayment. More than 80 percent of Ex-Im Banks transactions in recent years have been made available for the direct benefit of U.S. small businesses.