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INDONESIA - TRADE FINANCE - ITFC Signs US$60 million Structured Trade Finance Sugar Deal with Indonesia

http://www.itfc-idb.org - Jeddah, January  2012: The International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC), a member of the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) Group, signed a US$60 million Syndicated Structured Finance with an Indonesian sugar refinery, PT Angels Products at IDB Headquarters in Jeddah.

The US$60 million structured trade financing for Indonesia’s PT Angels is for the purchase of raw sugar for the domestic demand. The agreement was signed by Mr Tony Wijaya Ng, Director, PT Pasifik Agro Sentosa, Indonesia and Eng. Hani Salem Sonbol, Deputy CEO of ITFC. Mr. Hasjim Oemar, President Director, PT Pasifik Agro Sentosa, and Mr. Teh Choon Bok, Independent Commissioner, PT Pasifik Agro Sentosa, attended the signing ceremony along with representatives from ITFC. (source)

INDONESIA - FINANCE - Islamic Development Bank Finances Dayaindo

Theindonesiatoday.com - Islamic Development Bank (IDB) allocates US$42 million of financing support to PT Manhattan Investama, parent company of PT Dayaindo Resources International Tbk (KARK), to assist its business growth.

Around US$15 million, provided by Islamic Corporation for the Development of Private Sectors (ICT), will be allocated to KARK to fund up coal trading activities. Director Sudiro Andi Wiguna said the money is enough to lease three coal vessels for one month. (source)

WORLD - TRADE FINANCE - ITFC signs up HSBC as key trade finance partner

CPF FINANCIAL  - International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC) and HSBS sign MoU to implement Shari’ah-compliant trade financing

Dr Waleed Al-Wohaib, Chief Executive Officer, International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation

HSBC has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Islamic Development Bank’s ITFC on trade finance and to provide help on various treasury activities such as joint trade financing and investment of liquidity. The MoU means ITFC customers will be able to use HSBC’s services to facilitate the issuance of Letters of Credit on behalf of ITFC for customers who import or export goods.

HSBC Amanah, the bank’s global Islamic finance business, is present in seven countries, four of which contribute more than 50 per cent to the GDP of Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC) member countries. (source)

TRADE FINANCE - Islamic trade finance seen lifting growth of sector

DUBAI, June 9 (Reuters) - Islamic trade finance has benefitted from shifting preferences towards Sharia-compliant banking and could serve as one of the key growth drivers to help the nearly $1 trillion Islamic finance industry double in size.\

The global Islamic finance industry, which has been growing between 15 to 20 percent a year, is widely expected to reach $2 trillion in the next three to five years. (source)

TRADE FINANCE - IDB entities boost trade finance ties with Indonesia

The Jeddah-based Islamic Development Bank (IDB) Group) is boosting its ties with Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim country, under its Member Country Partnership Strategy (MCPS), a new initiative launched by the IDB in 2010 to identify, target, allocate, implement and evaluate its financing more efficiently in member countries. Thus far, already $3.5 billion have been allocated under this program to Indonesia for 2011-2014.

The latest initiatives under the MCPS include a Strategic Partnership Agreement (SPA) signed during the IDB Group/Indonesia meeting held in Jakarta on in May 2011 by the Islamic Cooperation for the Development of the Private Sector (ICD), the private sector financing arm of the IDB Group, and the Lembaga Pembiayaan Ekspor Indonesia (Indonesia Eximbank), to jointly explore investment opportunities in Indonesia and other IDB member countries. (full story - arab news)

ISLAMIC TRADE FINANCE - ITFC Supports Intra OIC Trade by $1.25B During First Half 2010

ITFC Trade Finance Operations Helps Bolsters Intra-OIC Trade and Assists with Sustainable Economic Development in Order to Enhance the Welfare of Millions of Lives across the Muslim World.

The International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation, ITFC, a member of the Islamic Development Bank Group, announced that it carried out 36 trade finance operations with a total value of $1.253 billion in favour of 16 countries during the first half 2010.

Commenting on the results of the first half of 1431 (2010), Dr. Waleed Bin Abdul Mohsen Al-Wohaib, CEO ITFC, said: "These results reflect our continued efforts to advance trade by contributing to the development of markets and trading capacities to help member countries do business more effectively, in addition to being catalysts for economic solidarity, to facilitate and develop trade through the establishment of new trade links among the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) Member Countries".

ISLAMIC TRADE FINANCE - ITFC - Angels Products Indonesia - 25 million USD deal

This BLOG will also follow up on "Islamic trade finance". This item often gets neglected, but will proof to be of big importance for the Indonesian Islamic banks in the years to come. 

The Indonesian Islamic banks are therefor invited to keep us updated on any remarkable deals.

2009 was a successful year for the Islamic Trade Finance Corporation ITFC ( a division of the Islamic Development Bank IDB) and especially the deal with Angels Products Sugar Refinery in Banten-Indonesia got a lot of international attention.

PT ANGELS PRODUCTS – INDONESIA

The International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC) inherited the pioneering mantle of its trade finance expertise and its application of innovative Islamic finance products developed over a period of more than 30 years to develop markets and trading capacities to help the member countries of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) do business more effectively amongst themselves and with the rest of the world. This savoir-faire, positions ITFC at the forefront of international trade finance and as a vehicle for enhancing economic development.