Loan type

Import Letter of Credit²

 

Provisions ¹

P: Bank Turnover Worth AMD 5bn, and More or Top 50 Taxpayers of Armenia

 A : Bank Turnover Worth 1.2-5  Billion

1

Purpose

Acquisition of operating assets, acquisition of fixed assets/capital investments

Acquisition of operating assets, acquisition of fixed assets/capital investments

2

Currency

In accordance with the list released by the Central Bank of Armenia (CBA)

In accordance with the list released by the Central Bank of Armenia (CBA)

3

Maturity

In accordance with the contractual timeframe of the transaction

in accordance with the contractual timeframe of the transaction

4⁴

Interest rate or Issuance/release fee

Contractual

Contractual

Release of Letters of Credit approved by a foreign financial institutions (FFI)

If secured only by cash funds and/or bonds issued by the Bank:

Contractual

Contractual

Release of direct Letters of Credit (without FFI approval)

Contractual

Contractual

If secured only by cash funds and/or bonds issued by the Bank:

Contractual

Contractual

Payment under a letter of credit

                                                                  0.15 %,
min. AMD 5,000
max: AMD 75,000

                                                                  0.15 %                                                   min. AMD 5,000                                                      max: AMD 75,000

For accepting and checking documents without discrepancies

Free

Free

For accepting and checking documents with discrepancies

Free

Free

5³

Application screening fee

Not defined

Not defined

For loans secured only by cash funds and/or bonds issued by the Bank (charged per each loan instrument) 

Not defined

Not defined

6

Charging of issuance/release fees

One-off, i.e. - upon issuance, throughout the entire effective period

One-off, i.e. - upon issuance, throughout the entire effective period

7

 Borrower, available bank account

Mandatory

Mandatory

8

Minimum amount

Not defined

Not defined

9

Maximum amount

Not defined

Not defined

10

Pledger

Resident and non-resident legal entities in the Republic of Armenia, individual entrepreneurs, individuals of full legal age (18 and over)

Resident and non-resident legal entities in the Republic of Armenia, individual entrepreneurs, individuals of full legal age (18 and over)

11

Letter of Credit recovery

Annex 1

 Annex 1

12

Penalties, fines

Contractual

Contractual

13

Insurance

At the Bank's request


 Cargo insurance in case of export/import financing (if required) or in other cases (upon the Bank's request)

14

Other provisions

Annex 2

 Annex 2

 

¹

Clients shall be granted classes subject to the Bank's "Procedure for Classifying Corporate Clients

²

The CBD Trade Finance Department shall be the subdivision responsible for FFI commissions

³

A commission imposed by a foreign financial institution (FFI) shall be charged separately; an incomplete quarter shall be deemed a full quarter.
Application screening fee
for a foreign currency credit instrument, the settlement and charging shall be made in AMD relying on the conversion sale exchange rate effective at the Bank upon making the payment

⁴

For a foreign currency credit instrument, the exchange rate equals the sale exchange rate effective at the Bank upon issuing the credit