Sberbank of Russia offers a comprehensive range of services for accounts settlement in domestic and foreign trade, and also provides protection for export and import businesses from possible economic, currency, political and other business risks.

International trade finance transactions of Sberbank include:

• 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.

Financing of foreign trade activity:

• Providing post-import financing

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 and high quality of service
• Access to credit lines of leading foreign banks in trade financing
• Opportunity to receive financing subject to international financial market conditions

When you choose Sberbank of Russia as your partner, you as our client get a range of proven advantages:

• 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 the Trade Financing and Trade Finance Transactions Department of your territorial bank or to the Trade Financing and Financial Institutions Administration:

• Trade Finance Transactions Department. Phone: +7 (495) 957-51-69; E-mail: doc-cred@sberbank.ru.
• Trade and Export Financing Department. Phone: +7 (495) 957-55-02; Fax: +7 (495) 747-38-92; E-mail: trade_finance@sberbank.ru.
• Foreign Economic Activity Financing Department. Phones: +7 (495) 747-35-02, 913-16-97; E-mail: okved@sberbank.ru.