{"id":579035,"date":"2023-01-23T03:58:51","date_gmt":"2023-01-23T03:58:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2023\/01\/23\/another-usd-1-5-bn-from-the-itfc-for-energy-and-commodities-imports\/"},"modified":"2023-01-23T03:58:51","modified_gmt":"2023-01-23T03:58:51","slug":"another-usd-1-5-bn-from-the-itfc-for-energy-and-commodities-imports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2023\/01\/23\/another-usd-1-5-bn-from-the-itfc-for-energy-and-commodities-imports\/","title":{"rendered":"Another USD 1.5 bn from the ITFC for energy and commodities imports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"content-anchor\" id=\"tldr-story-02\"><\/a> <strong>More imports money from the ITFC: <\/strong>The government has signed a fresh USD 1.5 bn financing agreement with the International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC) to fund energy and basic commodities imports, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CNBCArabia\/status\/1617203541013061634?s=20&t=ph2ifqXeXGIp_bv0dgdCAw\">tweet by CNBC Arabia<\/a> citing ITFC CEO Hani Sonbol. Sonbol yesterday met with the planning and oil ministers <a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/35824fc4-dcf9-45e2-a8f1-58c520f69336\">in Cairo<\/a> to sign the agreement, finalizing the organization\u2019s 2023 work plan in Egypt, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MPEDEGYPT\/posts\/719142842908888\">Planning Ministry statement<\/a>. The story also got coverage in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/egypt-funding-agreement-idAFC6N30V00Q\">Reuters<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The lender has long helped finance our imports: <\/strong>The fresh finance comes under the ITFC\u2019s 2018 credit agreement with Egypt, which it last year extended <a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/7e889954-da3e-49ae-bfb6-380033628f1a\">to a possible USD 6 bn from USD 3 bn<\/a> and renewed for another five years, Planning Minister Hala El Said said in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MPEDEGYPT\/posts\/719142842908888\">statement<\/a>. The agreement is meant to fund the purchase of basic goods and commodities, such as petroleum, wheat, and other subsidized food staples. Last year, the ITFC lent us <a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/7289258f-d062-452b-9562-02e9930eb248\">USD 800 mn for petroleum and USD 700 mn for commodities<\/a> imports, after extending us a <a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/34359488-bebe-45fc-be5b-6a2bf16c7563\">\u201crecord\u201d USD 2.3 bn<\/a> in imports financing in 2021. The ITFC\u2019s total financing portfolio with Egypt now stands at some USD 14.5 bn, El Said said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Our energy + commodities bill has been on the rise<\/strong><strong>: <\/strong>The government\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/9277ac91-54d6-4311-a5ad-06ce7685b6e9\">subsidy bills<\/a> for fuel and <a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/ef757b31-8042-413d-b3df-4fa9b8756ce7\">bread<\/a> have surged amid the fallout of the Russia-Ukraine war after price inflation in global markets sent the cost of food and fuel imports soaring.<\/p>\n<p><strong>FROM IMPORTS TO EXPORTS- The ITFC yesterday launched its USD 350k local export <\/strong><strong>academy<\/strong> in partnership with the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency (MSMEDA) and the Trade and Industry Ministry, according to the ITFC\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.itfc-idb.org\/news-events\/news\/itfc-under-aftias-2-0-launches-step-training-to-boost-the-capacities-of-egyptian-exporters\">website<\/a>. The academy is meant to \u201cboost the capacities of Egyptian entrepreneurs and incorporate their products and services into the global supply chain,\u201d the lender said. It was one of <a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/1bbb7936-ae6f-4b29-80b5-4ac3132946f5\">several export-oriented programs<\/a> the ITFC inked with Egypt last summer, as the government aims to <a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/158188ff-65a9-4146-adc1-5f53c1a3f6e5\">boost exports to USD 100 bn annually<\/a> by 2027.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More imports money from the ITFC: The government has signed a fresh USD 1.5 bn financing agreement with the International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC) to fund energy and basic commodities imports, according to a tweet by CNBC Arabia citing ITFC CEO Hani Sonbol. Sonbol yesterday met with the planning and oil ministers in Cairo [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":579036,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"single-feature.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":false,"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","ep_exclude_from_search":false,"_primary_brand":0,"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7576],"tags":[317,7106,101,93,72,727,845,678],"brand":[],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"class_list":["post-579035","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-development-finance","tag-commodities","tag-debt","tag-development-finance","tag-energy","tag-enterpriseam","tag-hala-el-said","tag-international-islamic-trade-finance-corporation","tag-planning-ministry","wpautop","entry"],"acf":{"mongo_id":"6f9f4041-842c-4a4f-8eb0-a9c6ab17ab0d","is_powered_by":true,"story_type":"1","photo_url":"https:\/\/ent.news\/2023\/1\/387.jpg","photo_position":"above","related_issue":[579028],"teaser":"","voice_url":""},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.1 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Another USD 1.5 bn from the ITFC for energy and commodities imports - EnterpriseAM Egypt<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2023\/01\/23\/another-usd-1-5-bn-from-the-itfc-for-energy-and-commodities-imports\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Another USD 1.5 bn from the ITFC for energy and commodities imports\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"More imports money from the ITFC: The government has signed a fresh USD 1.5 bn financing agreement with the International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC) to fund energy and basic commodities imports, according to a tweet by CNBC Arabia citing ITFC CEO Hani Sonbol. 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