UK Export Finance (UKEF)

Description

We are the UK government’s export credit agency

UK Export Finance (UKEF) is a UK government ministerial department and the nation’s export credit agency (ECA).

We help UK companies access and benefit from export finance (the particular class of loans, insurance policies or bank guarantees that enable international trade to take place as easily and securely as possible). We exist to complement not compete with the private sector, providing support that fills market gaps and maintains UK competitiveness.

We help UK companies to:

  • win export contracts by providing attractive financing terms to their buyers
  • fulfil contracts by supporting working capital loans or contract bonds
  • get paid by insuring against buyer default

We can support exports for any size of company and across all sectors, from capital goods to services and intangibles such as intellectual property.