Sberbank's trade financing and trade finance services to corporate clients

Financing of Foreign Trade Activity

Sberbank organizes post-import, post-export and pre-export financing, medium-term and long-term financing of foreign trade operations of clients with the assistance of export credit agencies (ECA). The bank also credits foreign economic activity of clients and opens client limits to conduct transactions with unsecured letters of credit.

Foreign Trade Finance Transactions

• Analysis of the payment terms of foreign trade contracts, consultation on choosing the most advantageous and convenient forms of international settlements to protect client interests as much as possible
• Opening foreign trade documentary letters of credit including unsecured, transferable, revolving, red-clause or stand-by letters of credit
• Arranging acceptance of Sberbank's letters of credit by leading foreign banks
• Advising, execution and acceptance of export documentary letters of credit
• Collection business (documentary and clean collection)
• Issuing reimbursement obligations
• Issuing warrants against counter-guarantees of contractor banks
• Advising, verification, and sending documents to receive payment according to the warranties of contractor banks

Trade Finance Transactions in the Russian Federation

• Analysis of contractual payment terms, consultation for choosing the most advantageous and convenient forms of settlement for maximum protection of client interests.
• Operations with secured and unsecured letters of credit in the Russian Federation and in the currency of the Russian Federation.

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Advantages of Sberbank:

• Reliability and high business reputation
• Availability of a country credit rating
• Wide network of branches
• Highly professional staff with many years' experience in trade financing and documentary business
• Flexible, client-oriented approach
• High-quality customer service
• Credit lines of leading foreign banks in trade financing
• Financing subject to international financial market conditions

When working with the documentary letters of credit Sberbank ensures:

• Prompt receipt of money by the supplier, guaranteed by the bank that issued the letter of credit
• Coverage against commercial risks
• The ability to work with an unknown contractor
• Thorough professional examination of documents
• A high level of control over the flow of funds of the letter of credit
• Reliable and rapid operations and settlements

For detailed information please refer to your personal manager in the Trade Fnancing and Trade Finance Transactions Department of your territorial bank or to the Trade Financing and Financial Institutions Administration:

• Concerning performance of trade finance transactions - to the Trade Finance Transactions Department.
  Phone: +7 (495) 957-51-69
  E-mail:doc-cred@sberbank.ru

• Concerning trade and export financing - to the Trade and Export Financing Department/Department of Long-Term Financing Secured by ECA.
  Phone: +7 (495) 957-55-02
  Fax: +7 (495) 747-38-92
  E-mail:trade_finance@sberbank.ru

• Concerning financing of foreign economic activity - to the Foreign Economic Activity Financing Department.
  Phones: +7 (495) 747-35-02, 913-16-97
  E-mail:okved@sberbank.ru