Project ID: 34874

China Eximbank provides $144 million buyer’s credit loan for Nzeto-Tomboco-Mbanza Congo Highway Rehabilitation Project (Linked to Project ID#31742)

Commitment amount

$ 259094071.13531035

Adjusted commitment amount

$ 259094071.14

Constant 2021 USD

Summary

Funding agency [Type]

Export-Import Bank of China (China Eximbank) [State-owned Policy Bank]

Recipient

Angola

Sector

Transport and storage (Code: 210)

Flow type

Loan

Level of public liability

Central government debt

Infrastructure

Yes

Category

Intent

Mixed (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Commercial

Development

Representational

Mixed

Financial Flow Classification

OOF-like (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Official Development Assistance

Other Official Flows

Vague (Official Finance)

Flows categorized based on OECD-DAC guidelines

Project lifecycle

Status

Completion (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Pledge

Commitment

Implementation

Completion

Suspended

Cancelled

Milestones

Commitment

2007-09-28

Geography

Description

On November 28, 2003, the Chinese Government and the Angolan Government signed a framework agreement pertaining to a special economic cooperation arrangement (Agreement name in Chinese: 中华人民共和国商务部与安哥拉共和国财政部关于两国经贸合作特殊安排的框架协议). Following the signing of the framework agreement, on September 28, 2007, China Eximbank entered into a $2 billion Master Loan Facility Agreement (MLFA) with the Government of Angola. The MLFA, which is an oil prepayment facility, was designed to finance 100 projects via individual loan agreements (ILAs). The MLFA was split between a $1.0 billion phase I facility and a $1.0 billion phase II facility. Availability of the phase II facility was subject to confirmation by the lender on or prior to the date falling five years after satisfaction of the conditions precedent to the MLFA and was made available by China Eximbank during that period. The MLFA was a framework agreement under which the Government of Angola and China Eximbank could conclude individual buyer’s credit loan agreements (ILAs or subsidiary loan agreements) for the purpose of financing up to 90% of the contract price owing to certain contractors in respect of certain contracts. ILAs approved through the MLFA carried the following estimated borrowing terms: an interest rate of 3-month LIBOR 3 plus a 1.5% margin, a 13.75 maturity, a 1.25 year grace period, a management fee of 0.3%, and a 0.3% commitment fee. Sonangol provided a source of collateral under the MLFA, and repayments were made with the proceeds of oil sales from Sonangol to UNIPEC (China international United Petroleum & Chemicals Co. Ltd, Sinopec group), which were deposited in an Angolan Ministry of Finance (MINFIN) account at China Eximbank. The volume of oil to be sold to UNIPEC each month for repayment of the loan varied according to market oil prices. Under the agreement, 70% of works have to be contracted with Chinese companies and the same proportion of construction material, equipment and labour has to be contracted in China. Loan disbursements were made on a project-by-project basis. Tendering, management and payments were jointly managed by the Chinese Ministry of Commerce and the Angolan Ministry of Finance (which coordinated the various Angolan line ministries responsible for supervising the projects). The Angolan Ministry of Finance submitted the projects for tendering; China Eximbank selected Chinese candidate firms for the projects; and a joint commission made the final firm selections. The process was managed by an office in the Angolan Ministry of Finance -- known as Gabinete de Apoio Técnico (GAT) -- that was specifically created to manage the MLFA with China Eximbank. On September 28, 2007, China Eximbank and the Government of Angola signed a $144,000,000 buyer’s credit loan agreement for the Nzeto-Tomboco-Mbanza Congo Highway Rehabilitation Project. The proceeds of the subsidiary loan were used to partially finance a $143,865,890 commercial contract with China Road and Bridge Corporation (CRBC), which was signed on May 17, 2007. The purpose of this project was to rehabilitate a 214 km road that runs from Nzeto (N'Zeto) to Mbanza Congo (M'Banza Congo) via Tomboco. CRBC was the contractor responsible for implementation. The project was reportedly completed, but its precise project implementation start and end dates are unknown.

Additional details

1. This project is also known as the Phase 2 of the N'Zeto-Tomboco-M'Banza Congo Road Project. The Portuguese project title is Reabilitação e Duplicação da Estrada Nzeto/Tomboco/Mbanza Congo. The Chinese project title is 卡西托至恩泽托至姆邦扎刚果. 2. In July 2020, AidData asked Dr. Lucy Corkin, a leading expert on Chinese lending to Angola, whether the second, third, and fourth master loan facility agreements (MLFAs) that the Angolan Government signed with China Eximbank in 2007 and 2009 were structured as a buyer’s credit loans like the first MLFA that the Angolan Government signed with China Eximbank in 2004. Dr. Corkin noted that the second, third and fourth MLFAs were treated more like ceiling increases to the initial facility. Therefore, for the time being, AidData categorizes the second, third, and fourth MLFAs as buyer's credit loans. 3. Sinosure is also assumed to be involved in this loan facility as the 2003 framework agreement (中华人民共和国商务部与安哥拉共和国财政部关于两国经贸合作特殊安排的框架协议) specified that Sinosure will be signing relevant agreements with the Government of Angola, although the nature of the agreements is unclear. 4. AidData considers this loan to be collateralized in a de facto sense. The cash desposited by the Angolan Ministry of Finance into a bank account controlled by China Eximbank is, for all intents and purposes, a source of collateral. This is true even if the lender does not have a formal security interest in the account.

Number of official sources

4

Number of total sources

8

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Details

Cofinanced

No

Direct receiving agencies [Type]

Government of Angola [Government Agency]

Implementing agencies [Type]

China Road & Bridge Corporation (CRBC) [State-owned Company]

Insurance provider [Type]

China Export & Credit Insurance Corporation (Sinosure) [State-owned Company]

Collateral provider [Type]

Sociedade Nacional de Combustiveis de Angola (Sonangol) [State-owned Company]

Collateral

Sonangol provided a source of collateral under the MLFA, and repayments were made with the proceeds of oil sales from Sonangol to UNIPEC (China international United Petroleum & Chemicals Co. Ltd, Sinopec group), which were deposited in an Angolan Ministry of Finance (MINFIN) account at China Eximbank. The volume of oil to be sold to UNIPEC each month for repayment of the loan varied according to market oil prices.

Loan Details

Maturity

14 years

Interest rate

7.008%

Grace period

1 years

Grant element (OECD Grant-Equiv)

9.1527%

Bilateral loan

Export buyer's credit

Investment project loan

Pre-export financing or Commodity prepayment financing